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Strongstry to Irwell vale
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Drizzle and very mild. Blue tit 20+ Great tit 25+ Coal tit 8+ Lond tailed tit two groups 12 and 8 Chaffinch 8 Goldfinch three groups 8/14/23 Greenfinch 4 Bullfinch 14+ Redpoll 9 Nuthatch 5 Treecreeper 3 Robin 12+ Dunnock 4 Wren 9 Blackbird 12+ House sparrow 7 at Irwell vale Mistle thrush 3 Song thrush 2 Gr...
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Trickett's Memorial to Holmes Terrace Lodge 08/01/12
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Staghills Woods (Trickett's to Lea Bank)7 mallard (4m & 3f)sparrowhawk - 1 male flying low along the path at Sandybank3 lesser black back gull over1 black headed gull overgreen woodpecker heard yaffling at 2 sites, but prbably the same bird5 great spotted woodpecker6 wood pigeon2 collared do...
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Cowm Reservoir,Whitworth.8/1/2012
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2 Cormorant,85 Mallard,24 Tufted Duck(my largest count at Cowm!)72 BH Gull, 6 Common Gull, 4 Collared Dove, 12 Woodpigeon, 6 Robin, 5 Blackbird, 70 Fieldfare(heading NW at 11-15am) 3 Mistle Thrush,2 Coal Tit, 5 Blue Tit, 3 Great Tit, 10 Magpie, 8 Rook, 5 Carrion Crow, 1 Raven, 3 House Sparrow, 1 Chaff...
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Tooter Hill, 8th Jan 2012
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09:45-11:00 Pink Footed Goose, 11 on pasture had probably come down in the low cloud / mist and flew off west when I accidently disturbed them, Sparrowhawk, female zipped through, Fieldfare, c120 flew over south east, Starling, c200 were on sodden pasture. Carrion Crow, 6, These were the only birds...
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Whitworth Area. 7/1/2012
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Healey Dell 56 Canada Geese,5 BH Gull, 10 Woodpigeon, 2 Dipper, 4 Robin,2 Blackbird, 1 Blue Tit,15 Magpie, 70 Jackdaw( 1 sporting lots of white feathers) 10 Rook,5 Carrion Crow. Spring Mill Res 1 Goldeneye(f), 5 Goosander,6 Magpie, 2-300 Starling, BH Gull 20, 2 Common Gull,5 Woodpigeon. Wallbank L...
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Clowbridge Res, 7th Jan 2012
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09:00-09:45 Canada Goose, 10 flew off south at 09:05 Goosander, 9 inc 4 males, some signs of pairing, B.H.Gull, 8, Common Gull, 2, L.B.B.Gull, 1, House Sparrow, a good flock of 20 in the car park, Greenfinch, 4 in the car park. Regards, David Nuttall.
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Whitworth Reservoirs 6/1/2012
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Spring Mill 1 Goosander on res, 2 Goosanders flying over,Wren,Pied Wagtail.10 BH Gull,3 Common Gull,5 Jackdaw. Cowm Res 70 Mallard,15 Tufted Duck,19 Canada Geese,30 BH Gull,5 Common Gull,4 Carrion Crow. Pretty gloomy out there today,things will get better! Regards, Dave Ousey.
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Holden Wood
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Thursday 5th Jan 3-4pm 11 meadow pipits min 12 mallards flew away northish, 4 on water, 16 flying north later on 1 kestrel 200 plus gulls of which around half were common gulls, other half black headed...............in fields around res and some in field across grane road - plenty to eat i suppose pl...
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Bits and Bats
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coud hear a mistle thrush from my house earlier on today about 11am drove down grane road and saw a male kestrel near the lay by past calf hey around and spotted approx 10 mallard in a flood pool on a field on grane side road of holden wood 50 plus jackdaws in the air today wheeling around with pigeons a...
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Clough Head Area. 1/1/2012
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At 3-45pm, in the descending gloom, a Short Eared Owl hunting around the main road for a couple of minutes,stunning! Regards, Dave Ousey.
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Happy New Year from Cowm Reservoir,Whitworth.
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70 Mallard,12 Tufted Duck, 2 Goosander,56 BH Gull,6 Common Gull.6 Dunnock,4 Robin,4 Coal Tit,2 Blue Tit,4 Magpie,3 Carrion Crow, 1 Reed Bunting. Lots of "wet" rain! Been a good year at Cowm with:- Common Tern,Little Grebe,Spotted Flycatcher,Pochard,Teal to name but a few! Happy New Y...
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Wet Moss, 1st Jan 2012
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08:30-12:00 Cormorant, 1 flew down The Irwell, Grey Heron, 2, Mallard, c6, Red Grouse, pair on Wet Moss, Moorhen, 1 at Irwell Vale, Golden Plover, 21 on Wet Moss, Snipe, 3 flushed on Wet Moss, B.H.Gull, c100 especially on pasture off Holcombe Road, Herring Gull, 8 on pasture with above, L.B.B.Gull, 3...
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Cowpe 30/12/2011
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grey heron - 1 at Lench & 1 at Kearn's Lodgemallard - 1 pr at Lenchsparrowhawk - 1 at Lenchgolden plover - flock heard in the mist on Cowpe Moss, no idea of numbers but sounded to be quite a fewsnipe - 1 above Cowpe Resgrey partridge - 3 at Cowpe Resblack headed gull - 23 at Cowpe rescommon gull - 5 at Cowpe...
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Whitworth Garden 03/12/11
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Just a quick summary of a few visitors. Whitworth Garden Dec 3, 2011 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM 16 species Eurasian Collared-Dove 5 Eurasian Jay 4 Common Magpie 4 Carrion Crow 3 Coal Tit 2 Great Tit 2 Blue Tit 4 Long-tailed Tit 2 Eurasian Blackbird 2 European Starling 10 Dunnock 2 Common Chaffinch 8 European Green...
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The Hile, 30th Dec 2011
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08:15-10:15 Mallard, 31 on Jack Lodge, Goosander, male on Jack Lodge, Kestrel, 1 hunting towards The Brex, B.H.Gull, c6 feeding on pasture, Common Gull, min 43 feeding on pasture, L.B.B.Gull, 1 south, Stock Dove, 1 on wires near East Hile, Collared Dove, 4 around Edgeside Park, Little Owl, 1 on ruin...
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The Glen
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Not sure how unusual this behaviour is in December but this morning I have seen a magpie carrying nesting material ( 3 different sightings ) and blue tits are entering and leaving one of my nest boxes.
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Iceland Gull - AMR. 26th Dec.
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Imm/ 2cy Iceland Gull in with Gull roost on Boxing Day eve. May be worth checking other roosts. Info - R Archer.
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Clough Bottom 27.12.11.
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Clough Bottom Pink Footed Goose 100+ over to the west Mistle Thrush 6 single flock Carrion Crow 6 B.H.Gull 1 Windy Bank Kestrel 1m Carrion Crow 5 pfyldes
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Haslingden Grane Monday 26 december 2011
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Holdenwood res 4 Cormorants in trees, 3 Herons, 100+ Woodpigeons flew over, plenty of B H Gulls, 1 Kestrel. Ogden res 3 Cormorants 1 pair Goosander, 4 Teal, 1 Dipper, 1 Grey wagtail, 1 Kestrel, 2 Herons. Neil
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Stacksteads 26.12.11.
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Stacksteads Mallard 19 [10m 9f Greens Lodges] Bullfinch 1f Goldfinch 2 Great Tit 5 Blue Tit 2 Stock Dove 1 Mistle Thrush 1 Starling 50+ [30+20+ odds] House Sparrow 10 Magpie c10 Carrion Crow c20 Jackdaw 40+ [40+4+ odds] B.H.Gull c50 over east in small groups Robin 3 Wood Pigeon 14 Feral Pigeon 7 New Line...
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Clowbridge Res, 26th Dec 2011
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09:45 - 10:45 Goosander, 3 males & 2 redheads, Goldeneye, 2 males & 1 female, Mallard, c26 flew in, Kestrel, 1 male hunting behind boat house, B.H.Gull, c20, Common Gull, c6, L.B.B.Gull, 3 over south, Goldfinch, charm of c16 in point wood. Regards, David Nuttall.
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holden wood
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sunday 25th december 10am-11.15am my feeders is attracting chaffinches, great tietc etc 2 cormorants approx 12 mallard a few teal 50 plus common gulls esp around the bank min 1 herring gull, maybe more, some unid'd large gulls most likely herring 1 grey heron 1 raven fielding in fields then mobbed b...
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Cowm Reservoir,Whitworth
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Merry Christmas to all Rossendale birders. 2 Goosander,14 Tufted Duck,5 Common Gull were the highlights. Then a garden tick for me in the shape of a "gronking" Raven ! Dave Ousey.
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The Glen
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Large Turkey in kitchen, all the best to everone for Christmas and The New Year, let's hope for a milder winter for our beautiful birds, they've had a lot to put up with over the last couple of years, Tony.
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Grane, 24th Dec 2011
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14:15-16:15 Cormorant, 5 at Holden Wood, 4 of which were roosting in trees on far side & 1 on Ogden, Grey Heron, 1 hunting on pasture at Holden Wood, Canada Goose, 28 on pasture at Holden Wood, Mallard, 6, Goosander, 2 males & 1 redhead at Calf Hey, Kestrel, 1 at Holden Wood, Golden Plover, 3 in t...
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A weekend at Strongstry feeding stations.
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Blue tit 9 Numbers down on last year Great tit 14 Same as last year Coal tit 4 Have recovered from a poor start L T tit 7 Well down on last year Bullfinch 12 Numbers have increased year on year Chaffinch 4 Static numbers Greenfinch 2 Fewer than summer Goldfinch 4 As abov...
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Cowm Reservoir 18/12/2011
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16 Tufted Duck,60 Mallard, 80 Canada Goose,4 Goosander,6 Common Gull,45 BH Gull,Dipper, Pied Wagtail,Grey Wagtail,Reed Bunting. Dave Ousey
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Edge Cote, 18th Dec 2011
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10:00-12:00 Snipe, 12 flushed. L.B.B.Gull, c12 over generally south west, G.S.Woodpecker, male on Edge Lane, Grey Wagtail, 1 flew over Marl Pits, Coal Tit, 1, Rook, 1 over, Jay, 1 in conifers, Raven, 1 over. Regards, David Nuttall.
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Cowpe 18/12/11
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mallard - 1pr on Lench lodgessparrowhawk - 1 over Lenchperegrine - 1 over Cowpe Rescommon gull - min 30 at Cowpe Resblack headed gull - 6 at Cowpe Resherrring gull - 2 at Cowpe Resmoorhen - 2 at Lench Lodgeskingfisher - 1at Lench Lodgesgrey wagtail - 1 at Cowpe Resdipper - 1 at Cowpe Resraven - 2 over Cowpe...
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Snipe? Jack Snipe
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3pm- 4.45pm Holden Wood today Somethings similar to Kevin.....soemthings very different.... cormorant - 1 at Holden Wood flying around nt sure if it roosted.grey heron - 1 at Holden Woodmallard - 12 on holden wood, 2 flew up valleyteal - 5 on Holden Woodgoosander - 2 flew up valleylapwing - i did no...
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