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Crawshawbooth 13th October 2010.
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Folly Clough-Hardmans. (am), A few Fieldfare around this morning, several parties over (no particular direction) 60+, 10, a few 2`s + 3`s. 1 Buzzard, 2-3 Brambling,10 Redwing, 1 Nuthatch, 5+ Goldcrest. Craig.
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Mitchell House res' sightings 12/10/10
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13:00hrs 1 pair of Stonechat on res wall, 3 Reed bunting, 84 Pinkfeet high west, 2 Goosander. Regards Steven -- Edited by Steven Grimshaw on Tuesday 12th of October 2010 07:13:41 PM
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Redwings 11/10/10
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Whitworth down valley until Waterfoot as I drove to work
Lot's of birds from first light right down the valley all flying in a Southerly direction. Parties ranged from 50s to 2 and 3s.
Always a sight i love to see.
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Crawshawbooth 10th Oct 2010.
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Folly Clough-Hardmans Ruin Area. Good numbers of thrushes around this morning, including 4 Ring Ouzel, 1 Fieldfare (1st of autumn for me), 6+ Song Thrush, and 15+ Blackbirds. Several small groups of Redwings over to the west, some dropping in to feed on the hawthorns in sheltered valleys. Also lot...
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Strongstry woods and river
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River has settled back down after the flooding, Dipper 3+ Grey wagtail 2 Kingfisher 1 Heron 5+ Moorhen 2 Mallard 20+ Goosander 4+ [all female] Cormorant 1 [this looks like a young bird, on and off all week] Nothing strange in the woods,started the feeding stations end of september, Goldfinch numbers...
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Lee Quarry & Stubbylee Moss 10/10/10
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snipe - 1 little owl - 2 skylark - 2 meadow pipit - 16 swallow - 2 flying south redwing - 72 redwing also had a male blackcap at Waterbarn in Stacksteads today Maxine saw 2 skeins of pink footed goose over Waterfoot this morning at around 10:20. Presumably the same birds that Dave and Jim saw over Grane. c...
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Stacksteads 10.10.10
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Lee Quarry to Rooley Moor road Starling c1000 Carrion Crow 200+ Meadow Pipit 1 Kestrel 1m Elm Clough Ring Ouzel 3 Wood Pigeon c40 Blue Tit 5 Magpie 2 pfyldes
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Grane, 10th October 2010
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08:15-11:15 Cormorant, 4 flew east towards AMR and a single on Calf Hey, Grey Heron, 1 on Calf Hey, Canada Goose, 12 on Holden Wood Res, Pink Footed Goose, a skein of c240 over west, Mallard, 119 on Calf Hey and 8 on Holden Wood, Wigeon, male on Holden Wood Res, Teal, 11 on Calf Hey, Sparrowhawk, 2 singles,...
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Redwings Sunday 10-10-10
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08 Hr to 09 hr. Woodland behind Sykside, Haslingden. Flocks in 100,s dropping in, comeing from the west. Neil
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Edge Cote 09/10/10
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1 grey heron 58 snipe 2 golden plover over towards Cowpe 1 tawny owl disturbed from edge of wood 6 meadow pipit cheers Kevin
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buzzards and wheatear 07/10/10
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2 buzzards watched for 15 minutes soaring from Whinberry Naze then over Marl Pits and Reedsholme this afternoon at around 2:30pm 1 wheatear in Great Height Quarry cheers Kevin
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Blackbirds and Robins.
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Quite a large arrival of both species this morning in the Folly Clough/ Hardmans Ruin area of C/booth. 30+ Blackbirds and 15+ Robins in a small area as compaired to just singles yesterday morning. Blackbirds also leaving to west after feeding. Several Song Thrush and Goldcrest in area also. Crai...
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Grane to Rawtenstall 06/10/10
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little grebe - 1 on Calf hey cormorant - 1 on Calf hey Canada goose - 40 on Ogden Res mallard - 146 on Calf hey, 11 on Holden wood, 7 at Irwell Vale, 57 at Holmes Terrace Lodge & 8 at Rawtenstall teal - 11 on Calf Hey goosander - 2 on the Irwell at Townsendfold kestrel - 2 on Haslingden moor, 2 at Holden Wood &a...
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Lapwings
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about 60 in the air at about 4.30 - probably the Knowsley Road lot.
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Hawfinch in Memorial Gardens, Haslingden?
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Took my little boy to the park today about 11.30am and noticed a Grey Heron fly over pretty low and the odd sight of a pair of Magpies carrying a number of twigs to a specific tree. There were plenty of Robins singing by the sound of it. One thing that caught my eye was at least 1 bird in a tree maybe 2, midway...
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Stubbylee Moss to Spring Mill 04/10/10
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Stubbylee Moss/ Whitworth Quarry 1 sparrowhawk, 2 kestrel, 2 snipe, 6 skylark, 6 pied wagtail, 60 meadow pipit, 5 swallow, 3 house martin, 1 wheatear, 9 goldfinch, 23 linnet & 1 reed bunting Cowm 1 great crested grebe, 1 cormorant, 1 mute swan, 40 mallard, 13 tufted duck, 15 black headed gull,1 gr...
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Spring Mill Reservoir and Healey Dell area.Sat 2nd October
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Spring Mill Great Crested Grebe,Meadow Pipit,5 BH Gulls,2 LBB Gulls over. Healey Dell area Great Spotted Woodpecker(M),4 Chaffinch,Great Tit,Blue Tit,Robin,Mallard,2 Moorhens,Grey Heron,Sparrowhawk(Flew at the side of me clutching a pigeon that managed to escape losing lots of feathers i...
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Swallows Newchurch 02/10/10
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10:30am 12 flew over 16:00 2 flying around Seat Naze Ian
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Grane 02/10/10
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Holden Wood Res 100+ Mallard 1 Heron 16 Canadas Goldfinch, Linnets, Reed Bunting, Meadow Pipits 1 Jay Ogden 2 Cormorant Calf Hey 80+ Mallard 6 Teal 1 Cormorant 1 Raven over 1 Kestrel 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker Shame it wasn't Duck Count!! Ian
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Various 2/10/10
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1 Swallow on wires at rear of Union Terrace Cloughfold 1 Heron in river at Fallbarn 2 Pied Wagtail on Rawtenstall cricket field Holland Ave, Twin lodges, Cribden Clough 1 Chiffchaff - brief song Good mixed flock of finches/tits inc, juv. Bullfinch 3 Jay over + 2 at Twin lodges then 3 from Laund Hey very h...
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Clowbridge Res, 2nd Oct, 2010
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07:15-08:45 Good passage and plenty about. Canada Goose, 86 at first light but most flew off down the valley, Mallard, 38, Wigeon, 3, Merlin, juv through alerted to it calling wagtails and pipits, Kestrel, 1 hunting rough ground, Moorhen, 1, Lapwing, at least 27 with flocks of 27, 16 & 3, B.H.Gul...
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Redwings
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My first this Autumn 3 flying over Newchurch 29-09-10 Ian
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Seat Naze to Marl Pits 26/09/10
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Seat Naze 1 kestrel, 1 chiffchaff, 15 swallow, 2 hose martin, 1 great spotted woodpecker, 40 meadow pipits, 1 grey wagtail, 1 pied wagtail, 2 jay, 7 greenfinch, 30 goldfinch, 30 linnet & 1 redpoll Edgecote 1 heron, 13 snipe, 1 kestrel, 27 meadow pipit, 2 mistle thrush, 16 starling, 1 goldcrest fa...
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Clowbridge res. 26/9/10
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10.30 hrs approx. with P.Fyldes. 4 Goldfinch 1 Cormorant 1 B.H.Gull 1 Kestrel 4 Stonechat 2 Jay 3 M.Pipit c90 Canada Goose in field Small planting nr. to Compstons Cross Min. 12 Long Tailed Tit 1 Willow Warbler 1 Jay Bullfinch heard 1 Redpoll flew over 7 M.Pipit > S. 1 Coal Tit 1 Reed Bunting nearby. Bo...
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Grane, 26th Sep, 2010
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07:00-11:00 Cormorant, 3 flew in from the west down the valley, Grey Heron, 2, Canada Goose, 8, Mallard, 90 on Calf Hey, Teal, 4 on Calf Hey, Sparrowhawk, female over Calf Hey, Kestrel, 2 singles, Peregrine, male over, Merlin, female landed on a dry stone wall close to where I was climbing up onto Hasli...
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Ospreys over Ogden
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At 1.55pm today there were three raptors over Ogden calling and flying very high, so high I am unsure what they were but my impression was that they were Ospreys. Did anyone else see these birds who could perhaps have a more certain identification.
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Whitworth 25.9.10
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Cowm Res Tufted Duck 12 G.C.Grebe 1 Mallard c30 Cormorant 3 Mute Swan 1 B.H.Gull 10 Landgate Stonechat 2 Meadow Pipit 3+15 Starling 10 Kestrel 1 Wood Pigeon 1 pfyldes
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flock of small birds
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i noticed a flock of about 30 possibly more smaller birds flying around Grane - they appeared smallish finches flying close together. looked fairly lightish in colour - not dark. could have been goldfinch, linnet or one of those migrant buntings/finches ..... they were to the side of the highes...
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Cowm Res 19.9.10
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Cowm Res Green Woodpecker 1 seen and calling Kingfisher 1 Dipper 1 middle outflow Grey Wagtail 1 middle outflow Raven 1 over Cormorant 3 Tufted Duck 7 Mallard c30 Mute Swan 1 B.H.Gull 2 Swallow c50 Chaffinch c10 + c20 Goldfinch 4 Robin 1 singing Magpie 3 Carrion Crow c10 Starling 8 Meadow Pipit 4 New Line...
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Clowbridge Res, 19th Sep, 2010
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09:30-11:00 Cormorant, 2 on usual pylon, Mallard, 3, Moorhen, 1 juv, Snipe, 1 over south, B.H.Gull, 1, Meadow Pipit, c80 in east bay especially, Pied Wagtail, c8, Grey Wagtail, 1 on outflow, Dipper, 1 on outflow, Mistle Thrush, party of 9 near car park, Stonechat, 3 to north of res, Coal Tit, 2 in point...
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