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Staghills Woods, Warth & Hurdles Quarry 13/11/11
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Staghills Woods 3 Great spotted woodpecker, 2 wood pigeon, 2 grey wagtail, 2 flocks of long tailed tit, 5 coal tit, 18 blue tit, 16 great tit, 12 wren, 2 dunnock, 1 treecreeper, 4 nuthatch, 16 robin, 16 blackbird, 6 redwing, 3 carrion crow, 1 jay, 6 magpie, 3 chaffinch, 18 goldfinch & 1 flock of 6 bul...
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Whitworth Vis-Mig 23/10/2011
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08:00-10:00 Facit Incline Summit 1100ft. Weather strong southerly constant. Overcast with mid cloud. Few spots of rain but clearing skies. 21 species Eurasian Sparrowhawk 1 Common Kestrel 1 Black-headed Gull 12 (1-5-2-4) Common Wood-Pigeon 30 (6-6-6-1-12) Eurasian Jay 3 Common Magpie 30 This...
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Feeding stations Strongstry.
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Concidering the mild weather we have had a sudden increase of Blackbirds, there were at one point today 13 feeding at the same time, only two were females. Regarding every thing else, very quiet.
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Clowbridge Res, 12th Nov 2011
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08:30 - 09:45 Cormorant, 3 flying up the Limy Valley, Mallard, 12, Tufted Duck, male & 2 females, Goldeneye, 5 inc 3 males, Goosander, male & 2 redheads, Kestrel, 1, B.H.Gull, c12, Redwing, c6 over south, Raven, 2 over east, Starling, c20 over south, House Sparrow, c25 in car park, Goldfinch...
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Haslingden Birds
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saw a Jay Monday 7 November 1pm around the cemetry on Grane Road double figures of House Sparrows usually present in the hedges behind H'den Health Centre and haslingden County Primary School. Fairly decent numbers present on Helmshore Road and St Peters Avenue too.
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Waterfoot to Grane 061111
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Waterfoot 50 redwing & 1 mistle thrush singing Warth 1 grey heron, 1 stock dove,2 green woodpeckers yaffling, 1 great spotted woodpecker, 1 pied wagtail, 9 robin, 7 blackbird, 2 redwing, 1 mistle thrush, 2wren, 2 dunnock, 1 treecreeper, 10 great tit, 10 blue tit, 2 coal tit, 5 chaffinch, 4 gol...
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Swinshaw Moor, 6th Nov 2011
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08:00-11:00 A frosty morning turned into a glorious day! Cormorant, 3 on Shortclough Res, Grey Heron, 1 on Shortclough and flew over the moor, Pink Footed Goose, c50 east at 09:50, Mallard, 20 on Limy near Craven Heiffer, Goosander, male flew up the Irwell Valley, Sparrowhawk, female chasing Starl...
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Cowm Reservoir. 4/11/2011
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Canada Goose 106,Mallard 62,Tufted Duck 7,GC Grebe,Kestrel, BH Gull 32(1 with black head already moulting back!) Common Gull 2, LBB Gull 26 & 2 Herring Gull (Adults) flying over,Wood Pigeon 12, Collared Dove 4, Magpie 6,Jackdaw 12,Carrion Crow 10, Blue Tit 6,Great Tit, Coal Tit 4,Treecreepe...
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strongstry 4/11/11
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brief walk by the river ....from 2.45-3.45pm 1 moorhen, 2 mallard, 1 grey heron, 1 dipper 2 flocks of long tailed tits one with 13 with at least 2 blue tits 1 rook over stubbins, 1 wren usual carrion crows, blackbirds, robin, dunnocks there was a cormorant at calf hey on tuesday 1st nov 11.50am
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Haslingden
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3 Herring Gulls over Haslingden about 11.55am heading south.....
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Grane, 30th Oct 2011
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08:30-11:30 Cormorant, 3 fishing on Ogden, Grey Heron, 2 on Holden Wood, Canada Goose, 7 on Holden Wood, Mallard, 54 on Holden Wood & 2 on Calf Hey, Kestrel, 2, Sparrowhawk, 2 inc 1 chasing Blue Tits around a Hawthorn tree, Red Grouse, pair on the moors, Pheasant, a male and three hens "flushe...
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Cowpe area 30/10/11
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Cowpe allotments mixed flock including minimum of 10+ long tailed tit, 3 great tit, 3 blue tit, 1 coal tit, 3 goldfinch & 1 treecreeper. 2 jay and 3 dunnock (1 singing) Lench 1 grey heron, 2pr mallard, 1 sparrowhawk, 1 stock dove, 1 pied wagtail, 6 robin, 8 blackbird, 1 fieldfare, 40 redwing, 19 jac...
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Marsh Harrier. Clowbridge Sun 30th Oct 2011.
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Marsh Harrier fem/imm over to South above pylon height at 7.30am. Craig. -- Edited by C Bel on Sunday 30th of October 2011 01:02:29 PM
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Another big cat sighting
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Apparently a big cat chased a lurcher at Calf Hey yesterday afternoon according to a story in the Lancashire Telegraph so you had better keep your cameras handy if birding in this area.
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Clough Bottom and Clowbridge 29/10/11
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Clough Bottom 1 female mallard, 45 fieldfare, 6 mistle thrush, 150 starling, 30+ coal tit, 12+ goldcrest, 9 crossbill and 1 linnet over towards Deerplay Clowbridge 64 Canada geese, 1 female goldeneye, 30+ mallard, 1 male tufted duck, 9 black head gull and 1 mistle thrush cheers Kevin
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Silven Clod Road 28th October
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09.00 - 09.30 Robin , Magpie (15) , crows , starlings (10) , chaffinch , blue & Great tits , Blackbird , Fieldfare (6) feeding on berries , Redwing (3) , Wren , Pheasant (3) , Kestrel , Greenfinch (4) , Goldfinch (10) , Goosander (1) flying down valley , Jay (present msot days recently) , Canadas (52) g...
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Cowm Reservoir 28th October
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Great Crested Grebe,Cormorant,76 Canada Geese, 40 Mallard, 15 Tufted Duck, 25 BH Gull,3 Common Gull, 2 Wood Pigeon, 4 Collared Dove, Grey Wagtail, 2 Dunnock,3 Robin, 4 Blackbird, 3 Blue Tit, Jay, 6 Magpie,2 Rook,12 Carrion Crow,8 Jackdaw,20 Starling,6 House Sparrow,Chaffinch,4 Goldfinch. Re...
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Harden Moor
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Walk on the Moor this evening till last light.. Birds of note; Merlin over Fletcher Bank flying W . Single Jack Snipe and Little Owl on the Moor Rob Archer
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Spring Mill and Cowm etc 23/10/11
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Spring Mill 16 Canada geese flew over towards Prickshaw Lodge, pink footed geese hear in the distance but not seen, 4 tufted duck, 2 grey partridge, 3 lesser black backed gull over, 24 black headed gull, 1 sparrowhawk, 1 kestrel, 1 little owl, 1 stock dove, 2 wood pigeon, 2 pied wagtail, 3 meadow pipit...
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Healey Dell 23.10.11
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Healey Dell Jay 8 minimum Nuthatch 3 minimum Coal Tit 1 Grey Wagtail 1 on the main path thro the dell Mallard 22 B.H.Gull 2 on the pond Wood Pigeon c20 Wren 2 Mistle Thursh 1 Carrion Crow 6 Robin 8 minimum Blue and Great Tits Wallbank Lodge Mute Swan 2 adults + 1 juvenile Moorhen 3 B.H.Gull 22 New Line Res Can...
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Strongstry to Bull hill
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Wood Pigeon 50+ Buckden woods roost Meadow Pipit 6 Lapwing 40+ two seperate flocks Raven 1 Snipe 3 Fieldfare 30+ flock over head Kestrel 2 Sparrowhawk 1 mobbed by corvids Crow 10+ Rook 40+ Jackdaw 20+ Magpie 7 Jay 3 All the usual in the woods, including two Roe Deer.
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Little Grebe
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A local walker left me a note saying he had seen a small " duck " on east view lodge on Sunday, I have been this evening and watched a Little Grebe for about half an hour. This is a first on this lodge since I have been here.
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cloughbottom
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11 Teal 1male Tufted Duck 2Ravens 1GS Woodpecker
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Rawtenstall to EBSW & Grane 16/10/11
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Rawtenstall to EBSW little grebe - 3 juvs on Holmes Terrace Lodge Canada goose - circa 16 flying down the valley at Rawtenstall mallard - 78 at Rawtenstall, 24 at Holmes Terrace Lodge and 14 on the river at EBSW goosander - 3 redheads at Fallbarn and 3 over EBSW sparrowhawk - 5 sightings between Rawtens...
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Twine Valley 16.10.11
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Twine Valley Fieldfare 200+ Redwing 2 Blackbird 10 Starling 100+ Brambling 4 Goldfinch several charms Bullfinch 1m Greenfinch 2 Chaffinch c10 Meadow Pipit 1 L.T.Tit 4+3 Coal Tit 2 Great Tit good numbers Blue Tit good numbers Raven 1 over Jackdaw 4 Carrion Crow c10 Magpie c20 Rook 1 Kestrel 1m 1f Sparr...
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Did anyone spot this on Birdforum.net
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Yesterday on the whats around map on Birdforum I noticed a orange square over Rossendale, it stated that a Rough Legged Buzzard had beeen seen by a user known as Den9112. http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=213724 Today he has a thread confirming his identification of the bird and photos...
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Clough Bottom Res, 16th Oct 2011
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10:40-11:10 Wigeon, 7 females / juvs Teal, 3 Tufted Duck, 1 male, Crossbill, 1 calling but not seen, Regards, David Nuttall
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Clowbridge Res, 16th Oct 2011
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09:00-10:30 Goldeneye, 2, Goosander, 2 imm males & 2 redheads, Mallard, 2, Kestrel, 1 hunting moor, Sparrowhawk, 1 over south, Common Sandpiper, 1 on dam wall, Redwing, c12, Fieldfare, c20 Meadow Pipit c20 south, Chaffinch, c30, Reed Bunting, c12. Regards, David Nuttall
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Waterfoot to scrubbing Mills 15/10/11
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cormorant - 1 seen flying over Rawtenstall towards Grane common buzzard - 1 circling high over Waterfoot with a male sparrowhawk for company little owl - 1 in Hurdles Quarry green woodpecker - 1 heard yaffling in Staghills Woods and another or possibly the same bird seen in Hurdles Quarry skylark - 2 n...
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Stacksteads 15.10.11.
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Stacksteads. Fieldfare 15 Redwing 1 Blackbird 2 Jay 4 G.S.W.pecker 1 Greenfinch 6 Chaffinch 4 Goldfinch 4+10+1 Blue and Great tits pfyldes
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