Rossendale Bird Sightings

brian · brian

Two male Blackcaps feeding on meal worm this morning and again this evening, we also had a brief visit from a young Green woodpecker on Tuesday which was a first for the feeding station near the house.

C Bel · C Bel

Had 1hr 10 mins sat watching proper between 9.50 - 11am. (Started way too late!) M Pipit - 10,14,2,3,1,4,3,3,5,5,10,3,4,5,12,4,1,2,3,5,2,10. = 111 all south. Chaffinch - 1,3,1,1,1,1,1,3,2,1,2. = 17 sth. Linnet - 8,6,7,2,2. = 25 sth. R Bunt. - 1 sth. B/Bird - 1 sth. Greenfinch - 8 sth. Siskin - 2,15...

David Ousey · David Ousey

3 first winter Common Gulls, 20 BH Gull,Coot,4 Tufted Duck.5 LBB Gulls over. Regards, Dave Ousey.

brian · brian

Blue tit doing well Great tit plenty Coal tit seems to have recovered from a bad start Long tailed tit only one small flock of 8 Chaffinch numbers still increasing Goldfinch several small charms of 5/6 Greenfinch odd ones Bullfinch commonest finch many pairs and young Robin 20+ Wre...

DJG · DJG

Sparrowhawk seen 19.9.11 in front garden, Haslingden near to A56. A Female swooped down to take a wood pigeon from the tree, one of a pair of wood pigeons we have had visit daily for the last 2 years. It took the pigeon to the ground and started to tear into into for several minutes until a passer by distu...

KEVIN LISTER · KEVIN LISTER

Trickett's Memorial 1 nuthatch + 1 song thrush Seat Naze 30 black headed gull, 1 common gull, 15 meadow pipit, 2 pied wagtail, 2 raven over, 1 flock of 40 carrion crow + 12 goldfinch Edge Cote 1 lapwing, 26 snipe, 1 sparrowhawk, 1 kestrel, 14 meadow pipit, 1 jay + goldcrests heard calling from the conif...

pfyldes · pfyldes

Elm Clough to Rooley Rd Wheatear 1 Meadow Pipit c100 going south Swallow 5 south Carrion Crow c40 Elm Clough Goldfinch c20 single flock Blackbird 1 Jackdaw 4 Rook 5 Carrion Crow c10 L.B.B.Gull 3 flying west Wood Pigeon 7 Swallow 3 Meadow Pipit c20 Stacksteads Rec Area Heron 1 over Wood Pigeon 3 Carrion C...

Dog Nobbler · Dog Nobbler

I don't recall ever seeing a LSW but I am almost sure I saw one yesterday at the fishermans car park at Ogden, it landed in a flowering hawthorn and disappeared completely. It had the dipping flight pattern of a woodpecker and plenty of white on its back and was the size of a finch. It certainly was not a wa...

sarfraz · sarfraz

1 adult 1 prob 2nd year 1 unknown but of similar size heading over Haslingden at about 12.30pm Northwards

Dave Howorth · Dave Howorth

21/9/11 4 chiff chaff 21/9/11 river irwell new hall hey 3 redhead gooseander Dave

David Ousey · David Ousey

3 Cormorant, 25 BH Gull.55 Mallard,2 Coot, 1 juvenile Moorhen,4 Tufted Duck, 5 Great Tit,3 Chaffinch, 2 Robin,Kestrel (for Steve Rush),3 Magpie,10 Jackdaw,10 Carrion Crow,2 Swallow. Regards, Dave Ousey.

David Nuttall · David Nuttall

08:30-11:30 Canada Goose 53 on Clowbridge, Mallard c30 on Clowbridge, Teal 2 females on Clowbridge, Tufted Duck 1 female on Clowbridge, Goosander redhead on Clowbridge, Kestrel 1 at Clough Bottom & 1 being mobbed by a Rook at Clowbridge! Golden Plover 1 over Compstons east, Skylark 3...

Neil Burke · Neil Burke

15 Snipe 1 Skylark 30+ Meadowpipit 1 Raven 2 Kestrels Carrioncrows Neil

Bigbadbob · Bigbadbob

07:50 start 12 Swallow over dam wall + 11 moving S. c20 Meadow Pipit on res bank Flocks of c30 + 6 Goldfinch Flock of c50 Linnet 4 Pied Wagtail 1 Wheatear 1f Goosander 1 Jay in wood Compstons Cross Steady passage E. to S.E. from 09:20hrs for 1hr. 93 Swallow in 13 parties. Meadow Pipit, constant movement...

sarfraz · sarfraz

1 grey heron on bank, another seen flying later near the plantatiopn at ogden 20 approx lapwings with around 30 gulls mianly b h but at least 2 common gull 10 plus meadow pipit, 2 gold finch, 10 plus linnet sepnding a lot of time on bank, 10 plus flock of long tailed tits with some great and blue 2 ra...

C Bel · C Bel

6 - 7.30pm. in the rain.. 2 Dunlin, 1 Snipe, 18 Mallard, 20+ Swallow, 1 M Pipit, 1 L E Owl. Craig.

Ste Rush · Ste Rush

A very blustery walk indeed. Gusts reached 19mph in the valley and no doubt much higher on the tops. Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) 30 Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula) 3 Great Cormorant (Eurasian) (Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis/hanedae) 1 Black-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) 1 Common Wo...

rob archer · rob archer

Grey Phalarope on the Res this morning from 1130 . Still present when I left 12.45. Sheltering mainly in low rocks close to shoreline below Owd Betts.. Rob Archer

Bigbadbob · Bigbadbob

12:00 hrs c100 mixed Swallows and House Martins feeding over fields min c70 Swallow. c80 Goldfinch flock c10 Greenfinch c5 Chaffinch 10 Wood Pigeon c6 Meadow Pipit Twin Lodges c30 Starling 5 Greenfinch 2 Meadow Pipit River Limy - Leabrook 1 Dipper 20 Mallard Reedsholme 1 Grey Wagtail 1 Kingfisher B...

KEVIN LISTER · KEVIN LISTER

Holmes Terrace Lodge 1 heron, 2adult and 1 juv little grebe, 39 mallard, 1 tufted duck & 2 moorhen. 1 kingfisher, 1 grey wagtail and 1 dipper on the river. 1 chiffchaff singing nearby. Holden Wood Res (with Dave Nuttall) 1 heron, 18 Canada goose, circa 50 mallard, 100 black headed gull flew off...

pfyldes · pfyldes

Cowm Res Coot 2 Cormorant 2 Tufted Duck 5 B.H.Gull c30 Mallard c40 Bullfonch 1 Goldfinch 6 Redpoll 4over Carrion Crow party of 5 + c6 House Martin c20 Swallow c20 Meadow Pipit c10 Kestrel 1m Wood Pigeon c20 Landgate Wheatear 1 Goldfinch c20 single flock Linnet 9 + 4 Meadow Pipit c15 Swallow 5 House Martin...

Bigbadbob · Bigbadbob

16:40hrs c50 Wood Pigeon - on farmland, Pinner area 6 L.B.B.Gull >S Flock of c40 Goldfinch feeding on thistles - Stoneholme c60 House Martins feeding over wood at Stoneholme with c20 Swallows 1 Heron in river - Stoneholme 1 Dipper on river- Stoneholme Flock of 9 Blackbirds feeding on rowan berrie...

David Nuttall · David Nuttall

11:30-13:30 Mallard, c50 on Buckhurst and lower lodge, Sparrowhawk, female being mobbed by c60 swallows, Kestrel, 3 singles, Grey Partridge, a covey of 4 near cheesden bar lodge, Pheasant, 1 male, Skylark, 1 over calling, Swallow, c100, Sand Martin, 2 through south, Meadow Pipit, c20 south, Pied...

David Nuttall · David Nuttall

10:00-11:00 Kestrel, 1 hunting moor, L.B.B.Gull, adult and 1st winter bird on res for two minutes before flying off south, Skylark, 2 flew over south, Swallow, c20 south and 20 feeding around res, Sand Martin, flocks of 3 & 2 south, House Martin, 1 south, Meadow Pipit, c40 especially on eastern b...

David Nuttall · David Nuttall

17:15-18:15 Canada Goose, 48 feeding on pasture, Mallard,46 on res bank mainly, Kestrel, male hunting moorland, B.H.Gull, one touring the res, Swallow, c15, Meadow Pipit, c4, Pied Wagtail, 2 family groups of 4 & 2, Wheatear, single on dry stone wall at top end and one on fence behind b...

rob archer · rob archer

Last light walk on the moor. Saw the following; 1 f Merlin. Peregrine 2 Kestrel 2 Grey Partridge 4 Raven 2 Snipe 3 Skylark f Sparrowhawk On Ashworth Moor Res .. c150+ Meadow Pipit on the Res shoreline 73 Goosander Rob Archer

Bigbadbob · Bigbadbob

Afternoon Townsendfold to E.B.S.W. - river well up after rain Dipper on river + 4 Grey Wagtail and 1 juv. Moorhen 2 Sparrowhawk over Horncliffe Small L.B.B.Gull passage S. included 1 Herring Gull E.B.S.W. c40 Swallows inc.c4 House Martin c40 Pied Wagtail c60 Starling Clowbridge res. a good wind blo...

David Ousey · David Ousey

2 Raven,1 Spotted Flycatcher,3 Robin,3 Coal Tit,30 Mallard,20 BH Gull, 2 Coot.3 Cormorant. Regards, Dave Ousey.

sarfraz · sarfraz

TO hooting somewhere around where I live.....last night from 11pm to 1am.......not too close ....but not that far too

johnh · johnh

1 (f) gooseander 1 canada goose greenwoodpecker calling 25 siskin 2 whinchat on farm track to Swallow shore reedbunting Reedmoss 23 swallows

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	Feeding stations (Preview) Two male Blackcaps feeding on meal worm this morning and again this evening, we also had a brief visit from a young Green woodpecker on Tuesday which was a first for the feeding station near the house.	brian	0	89	Thu Sep 29 8:48 PM, 2011 by brian
	CLOWBRIDGE(Limy Lane) 29th Sept 2011. (Preview) Had 1hr 10 mins sat watching proper between 9.50 - 11am. (Started way too late!) M Pipit - 10,14,2,3,1,4,3,3,5,5,10,3,4,5,12,4,1,2,3,5,2,10. = 111 all south. Chaffinch - 1,3,1,1,1,1,1,3,2,1,2. = 17 sth. Linnet - 8,6,7,2,2. = 25 sth. R Bunt. - 1 sth. B/Bird - 1 sth. Greenfinch - 8 sth. Siskin - 2,15...	C Bel	0	113	Thu Sep 29 2:36 PM, 2011 by C Bel
	Cowm Reservoir.Saturday 24th September (Preview) 3 first winter Common Gulls, 20 BH Gull,Coot,4 Tufted Duck.5 LBB Gulls over. Regards, Dave Ousey.	David Ousey	2	189	Mon Sep 26 10:34 PM, 2011 by David Ousey
	Strongstry woods and river (Preview) Blue tit doing well Great tit plenty Coal tit seems to have recovered from a bad start Long tailed tit only one small flock of 8 Chaffinch numbers still increasing Goldfinch several small charms of 5/6 Greenfinch odd ones Bullfinch commonest finch many pairs and young Robin 20+ Wre...	brian	0	119	Sun Sep 25 7:26 PM, 2011 by brian
	SparrowHawk-Haslingden area (Preview) Sparrowhawk seen 19.9.11 in front garden, Haslingden near to A56. A Female swooped down to take a wood pigeon from the tree, one of a pair of wood pigeons we have had visit daily for the last 2 years. It took the pigeon to the ground and started to tear into into for several minutes until a passer by distu...	DJG	7	214	Sun Sep 25 6:26 PM, 2011 by brian
	Trickett's Memorial to EBSW 250911 (Preview) Trickett's Memorial 1 nuthatch + 1 song thrush Seat Naze 30 black headed gull, 1 common gull, 15 meadow pipit, 2 pied wagtail, 2 raven over, 1 flock of 40 carrion crow + 12 goldfinch Edge Cote 1 lapwing, 26 snipe, 1 sparrowhawk, 1 kestrel, 14 meadow pipit, 1 jay + goldcrests heard calling from the conif...	KEVIN LISTER	0	138	Sun Sep 25 5:38 PM, 2011 by KEVIN LISTER
	Stacksteads 25.9.11. (Preview) Elm Clough to Rooley Rd Wheatear 1 Meadow Pipit c100 going south Swallow 5 south Carrion Crow c40 Elm Clough Goldfinch c20 single flock Blackbird 1 Jackdaw 4 Rook 5 Carrion Crow c10 L.B.B.Gull 3 flying west Wood Pigeon 7 Swallow 3 Meadow Pipit c20 Stacksteads Rec Area Heron 1 over Wood Pigeon 3 Carrion C...	pfyldes	0	149	Sun Sep 25 2:02 PM, 2011 by pfyldes
	75% certain it was a Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (Preview) I don't recall ever seeing a LSW but I am almost sure I saw one yesterday at the fishermans car park at Ogden, it landed in a flowering hawthorn and disappeared completely. It had the dipping flight pattern of a woodpecker and plenty of white on its back and was the size of a finch. It certainly was not a wa...	Dog Nobbler	6	488	Fri Sep 23 10:29 PM, 2011 by sarfraz
	Herring Gulls (Preview) 1 adult 1 prob 2nd year 1 unknown but of similar size heading over Haslingden at about 12.30pm Northwards	sarfraz	1	147	Thu Sep 22 8:33 PM, 2011 by sarfraz
	allotment cowpe (Preview) 21/9/11 4 chiff chaff 21/9/11 river irwell new hall hey 3 redhead gooseander Dave	Dave Howorth	0	162	Thu Sep 22 12:08 PM, 2011 by Dave Howorth
	Cowm Reservoir,Whitworth.18/9/2011 (Preview) 3 Cormorant, 25 BH Gull.55 Mallard,2 Coot, 1 juvenile Moorhen,4 Tufted Duck, 5 Great Tit,3 Chaffinch, 2 Robin,Kestrel (for Steve Rush),3 Magpie,10 Jackdaw,10 Carrion Crow,2 Swallow. Regards, Dave Ousey.	David Ousey	0	164	Sun Sep 18 9:07 PM, 2011 by David Ousey
	North Rossendale, 18th Sep 2011 (Preview) 08:30-11:30 Canada Goose 53 on Clowbridge, Mallard c30 on Clowbridge, Teal 2 females on Clowbridge, Tufted Duck 1 female on Clowbridge, Goosander redhead on Clowbridge, Kestrel 1 at Clough Bottom & 1 being mobbed by a Rook at Clowbridge! Golden Plover 1 over Compstons east, Skylark 3...	David Nuttall	0	187	Sun Sep 18 8:55 PM, 2011 by David Nuttall
	Haslingden Moor 18 September 2011 (Preview) 15 Snipe 1 Skylark 30+ Meadowpipit 1 Raven 2 Kestrels Carrioncrows Neil	Neil Burke	0	138	Sun Sep 18 8:45 PM, 2011 by Neil Burke
	Clowbridge res. 16/9/11 (Preview) 07:50 start 12 Swallow over dam wall + 11 moving S. c20 Meadow Pipit on res bank Flocks of c30 + 6 Goldfinch Flock of c50 Linnet 4 Pied Wagtail 1 Wheatear 1f Goosander 1 Jay in wood Compstons Cross Steady passage E. to S.E. from 09:20hrs for 1hr. 93 Swallow in 13 parties. Meadow Pipit, constant movement...	Bigbadbob	0	146	Fri Sep 16 8:39 PM, 2011 by Bigbadbob
	Holden Wood 5 -6.15pm (Preview) 1 grey heron on bank, another seen flying later near the plantatiopn at ogden 20 approx lapwings with around 30 gulls mianly b h but at least 2 common gull 10 plus meadow pipit, 2 gold finch, 10 plus linnet sepnding a lot of time on bank, 10 plus flock of long tailed tits with some great and blue 2 ra...	sarfraz	1	151	Thu Sep 15 8:42 PM, 2011 by sarfraz
	CLOWBRIDGE RES. 14th Sept. (Preview) 6 - 7.30pm. in the rain.. 2 Dunlin, 1 Snipe, 18 Mallard, 20+ Swallow, 1 M Pipit, 1 L E Owl. Craig.	C Bel	0	191	Wed Sep 14 9:51 PM, 2011 by C Bel
	Facit Incline-Cowm Res 12/09/11 (Preview) A very blustery walk indeed. Gusts reached 19mph in the valley and no doubt much higher on the tops. Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) 30 Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula) 3 Great Cormorant (Eurasian) (Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis/hanedae) 1 Black-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) 1 Common Wo...	Ste Rush	0	131	Mon Sep 12 8:06 PM, 2011 by Ste Rush
	Ashworth Moor Res (Preview) Grey Phalarope on the Res this morning from 1130 . Still present when I left 12.45. Sheltering mainly in low rocks close to shoreline below Owd Betts.. Rob Archer	rob archer	1	181	Mon Sep 12 4:10 PM, 2011 by C Bel
	Cribden Clough 12/9/11 (Preview) 12:00 hrs c100 mixed Swallows and House Martins feeding over fields min c70 Swallow. c80 Goldfinch flock c10 Greenfinch c5 Chaffinch 10 Wood Pigeon c6 Meadow Pipit Twin Lodges c30 Starling 5 Greenfinch 2 Meadow Pipit River Limy - Leabrook 1 Dipper 20 Mallard Reedsholme 1 Grey Wagtail 1 Kingfisher B...	Bigbadbob	0	110	Mon Sep 12 2:54 PM, 2011 by Bigbadbob
	Holmes Terrace Lodge and Grane 11/09/11 (Preview) Holmes Terrace Lodge 1 heron, 2adult and 1 juv little grebe, 39 mallard, 1 tufted duck & 2 moorhen. 1 kingfisher, 1 grey wagtail and 1 dipper on the river. 1 chiffchaff singing nearby. Holden Wood Res (with Dave Nuttall) 1 heron, 18 Canada goose, circa 50 mallard, 100 black headed gull flew off...	KEVIN LISTER	0	115	Sun Sep 11 11:16 PM, 2011 by KEVIN LISTER
	Cowm Res and Landgate 11.9.11 (Preview) Cowm Res Coot 2 Cormorant 2 Tufted Duck 5 B.H.Gull c30 Mallard c40 Bullfonch 1 Goldfinch 6 Redpoll 4over Carrion Crow party of 5 + c6 House Martin c20 Swallow c20 Meadow Pipit c10 Kestrel 1m Wood Pigeon c20 Landgate Wheatear 1 Goldfinch c20 single flock Linnet 9 + 4 Meadow Pipit c15 Swallow 5 House Martin...	pfyldes	0	127	Sun Sep 11 8:45 PM, 2011 by pfyldes
	Crawshawbooth 11/9/11 (Preview) 16:40hrs c50 Wood Pigeon - on farmland, Pinner area 6 L.B.B.Gull >S Flock of c40 Goldfinch feeding on thistles - Stoneholme c60 House Martins feeding over wood at Stoneholme with c20 Swallows 1 Heron in river - Stoneholme 1 Dipper on river- Stoneholme Flock of 9 Blackbirds feeding on rowan berrie...	Bigbadbob	0	140	Sun Sep 11 8:12 PM, 2011 by Bigbadbob
	Cheesden Valley, 11th Sep 2011 (Preview) 11:30-13:30 Mallard, c50 on Buckhurst and lower lodge, Sparrowhawk, female being mobbed by c60 swallows, Kestrel, 3 singles, Grey Partridge, a covey of 4 near cheesden bar lodge, Pheasant, 1 male, Skylark, 1 over calling, Swallow, c100, Sand Martin, 2 through south, Meadow Pipit, c20 south, Pied...	David Nuttall	0	128	Sun Sep 11 6:35 PM, 2011 by David Nuttall
	Clough Bottom Res, 11th Sep 2011 (Preview) 10:00-11:00 Kestrel, 1 hunting moor, L.B.B.Gull, adult and 1st winter bird on res for two minutes before flying off south, Skylark, 2 flew over south, Swallow, c20 south and 20 feeding around res, Sand Martin, flocks of 3 & 2 south, House Martin, 1 south, Meadow Pipit, c40 especially on eastern b...	David Nuttall	0	123	Sun Sep 11 6:22 PM, 2011 by David Nuttall
	Clowbridge Res, 10th Sep 2011 (Preview) 17:15-18:15 Canada Goose, 48 feeding on pasture, Mallard,46 on res bank mainly, Kestrel, male hunting moorland, B.H.Gull, one touring the res, Swallow, c15, Meadow Pipit, c4, Pied Wagtail, 2 family groups of 4 & 2, Wheatear, single on dry stone wall at top end and one on fence behind b...	David Nuttall	0	126	Sat Sep 10 7:21 PM, 2011 by David Nuttall
	Harden Moor 6/9/11 (Preview) Last light walk on the moor. Saw the following; 1 f Merlin. Peregrine 2 Kestrel 2 Grey Partridge 4 Raven 2 Snipe 3 Skylark f Sparrowhawk On Ashworth Moor Res .. c150+ Meadow Pipit on the Res shoreline 73 Goosander Rob Archer	rob archer	0	220	Wed Sep 7 11:37 AM, 2011 by rob archer
	Various sites 6/9/11 (Preview) Afternoon Townsendfold to E.B.S.W. - river well up after rain Dipper on river + 4 Grey Wagtail and 1 juv. Moorhen 2 Sparrowhawk over Horncliffe Small L.B.B.Gull passage S. included 1 Herring Gull E.B.S.W. c40 Swallows inc.c4 House Martin c40 Pied Wagtail c60 Starling Clowbridge res. a good wind blo...	Bigbadbob	0	169	Tue Sep 6 7:32 PM, 2011 by Bigbadbob
	Cowm Reservoir.4/9/11 (Preview) 2 Raven,1 Spotted Flycatcher,3 Robin,3 Coal Tit,30 Mallard,20 BH Gull, 2 Coot.3 Cormorant. Regards, Dave Ousey.	David Ousey	3	183	Tue Sep 6 6:50 AM, 2011 by Ste Rush
	Tawny Owl (Preview) TO hooting somewhere around where I live.....last night from 11pm to 1am.......not too close ....but not that far too	sarfraz	0	131	Tue Sep 6 12:11 AM, 2011 by sarfraz
	cloughbottom (Preview) 1 (f) gooseander 1 canada goose greenwoodpecker calling 25 siskin 2 whinchat on farm track to Swallow shore reedbunting Reedmoss 23 swallows	johnh	0	155	Mon Sep 5 10:42 AM, 2011 by johnh
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