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Grane Reservoirs.Friday 1st July 2011
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Visited Holden Wood,Ogden and Calf Hey Reservoirs this afternoon and saw the following species:-GC Grebe,Little Egret(feeding at the far western end of Ogden Reservoir for over 2 hours) Grey Heron, Greylag Goose,Canada Goose,Mallard, Buzzard,Kestrel (watched 4 birds hunting together) Lapw...
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Clowbridge Res, 2nd July 2011
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07:45 - 08:45
Canada Goose, 21 inc 2 well grown goslings,
Mallard, c6,
Kestrel, 1 hunting moorland,
Sparrowhawk, male mobbed by Swallows,
Common Sandpiper, pair seen twice,
Curlew, 2,
B.H.Gull, c6,
L.B.B.Gull, 2 south 1 north,
Swift, 4,
Skylark, c6 singing,
Swallow, c20,
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little egret
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Holden Wood Res 12-00 noon 1/7/11 1 little egret on mud at side of res
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Grane valley 30/6/11
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12:00pm start Walk from Heap Clough to Clough Head
Sand Martins breeding c8 holes in use at Jamestone quarry
1 Oystercatcher
2 L R Plover
1pr Wheatear + 2 yng
1 Reed Bunting calling
1 Mistle Thrush
5 juv. Wheatears - no ads present
1pr B.H.Gull on rock ledge with 1 small juv. - 1st breeding recor...
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Spotted flycatchers
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We now have no Spotted flycatchers in Strongstry, the second nest has been predated and the fledgelings have gone, there is on adult carrying food this morning but no sign of any others.
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Little Egrets
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Pair of Little Egrets at Holden Wood Resevoir PM today.
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Watergrove 29/06/2011
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Bit on the quiet side Cormorant x1 Mallard x10 Canada Geese x 15 Coot x1 Tufted Duck x1 Great Tit x 3 Goldfinch x 6 Chaffinch x 5 Wren x1 Robin x 1 Blackbird x1 Willow Warbler x 10 (6 in one party) Crow x 5 Rook x1 Common Sandpiper x1
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Holden Wood res. 28/6/11
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14:00 - 15;00hrs No signs of Egrets but in addition to yesterdays wader count 1 Redshank 1 Oystercatcher Bob & Archie -- Edited by Bigbadbob on Tuesday 28th of June 2011 10:30:51 PM
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Reedsholme to Clowbridge 29/6/11
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11:00hrs onwards
Song Thrush still in good voice hereabouts - 2 in song this morning + 1 feeding bird at Crawshawbooth.
Blackcaps in song at Crawshawbooth and Stoneholme
Stoneholme
1 juv. Dipper
1 juv. Grey Wagtail
Coal Tit family party in conifers
Willow Warbler in song
Jay calling
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Spotted flycatcher
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Unfortuneatly it appears the downstream pairs nest has been predated around the 14th day after laying, i have checked a before and after photograph and the front of the nest has been pulled downwards, possibly Rat or Heron. Both Rob and I have checked the site today and there is no sign of the adults, i...
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Grane Area
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Walked over from Rammy . . 0520 till 1300 Saw the following; 3 Garden Warbler singing again in the Strongstry area. Upstream Spotted Flycatcher pair still feeding young Holden Wood Res, Grey Heron Kingfisher c 8 Little Ringed Plover 2 Common Sandpiper Snipe calling f Sparrowhawk Ogden Pair Stonec...
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Clowbridge Res, 26th June 2011
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06:30-07:30
Canada Goose, 17 in middle of res,
Mallard, 2 males,
Common Sandpiper, 2 acting agitated so suspect young around,
Curlew, 2 pair on surrounding hills, again acting like young around,
L.B.B.Gull, c20 south / west,
Swift, c8,
Skylark, c5 in song,
Swallow, c12,
House Martin, 1 n...
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Alderbottom Viaduct, 25th June 2011
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20:00-21:00
Great Crested Grebe, 1 flew down the valley; had me wondering for a while!
Mallard, c4 well grown family groups,
Lapwing, 1 flying towards Buckden,
B.H.Gull, c12 on E.B.S.W
L.B.B.Gull, steady flow of birds north,
Stock Dove, 1 on wires,
Swift, c20 seen near and far from the viadu...
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Windy Bank 22.6.11.
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Windy Bank Willow Warbler good numbers Meadow Pipit c6 Sky Lark c10 Swift c10 Curlew 2 Grasshopper Warbler 1 minimum pfyldes johnh
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Youngsters in the garden
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Plenty of juvs knocking around just now including, Goldfinch (lots), Greenfinch (a few), Dunnock, H Sparrow, Starling, Great-tit, Bluetit, Blackbird, and a young Robin starting to show an interest in the moth trap, think I will have some help emptying it before long. I have been expecting Bullfin...
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Cowm res 20/06/11
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Evening whip round with the worst pr of bins imaginable. 2 x Tufted Duck 20+ Mallard 2x Black headed Gull 10+ Willow Warbler 12x Swift 2x Greenfinch 10x Goldfinch 2x Lesser Redpoll 2x Linnet 3x Rook 1x Tawny Owl flying 2x Grey Wagtail 15 x Pied Wagtail (lot's of young) 3x Chaffinch 5x Magpie 1 x Carrion Cr...
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Staghills and Shadlock 19.6.11.
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Staghills Woods Blackcap 3 Chiff Chaff 3 L.T.Tit c10 Coal Tit family party G.S.W.pecker 1m + 1 juvenile Sparrow Hawk 1f soaring over woods Greenfinch family party Wood Pigeon several + 1 on a nest Robin several with young Song Thrush 1 singing Shadlock Area Lapwing 3 adults + 2 well grown young Sky Lark...
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Spotted flycatcher update
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First pair now feeding young, they either hatched yesterday or Thursday i think, the second pair for what ever reason have abandoned the first nest site [ i have had a quick look at the first nest and it looks fine ] and moved across the river and the female is sitting on eggs. There is almost certainly a th...
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Whitworth Garden Breeding to date
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Mixed Fortunes this year in the garden for seeing young Bullfinch 4 males 2 females 3 young (Highest ever count of both adults and young) Blackbird 3 males 2 females young Goldfinch 8 adults 5 young Greenfinch 2 males 2 females young Chaffinch 1 male 1 female young Blue Tit 4 adults 6 young Great Tit 3...
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Cowm Res/ Quarry 14/06/2010
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Up Facit incline and skirting around quarry edges. Pied wagtail x2 Stonechat x1 Meadow Pipit x 3 Goldfinch x 3 Robin x 1 Blackcap x1 Blackbird x 2 Woodpigeon x 4 Carrion Crow x 10 House Martin x2 Swallow x2 Swift x3 Lesser Redpoll x 5 Cowm Res Oystercatcher x2 Blackcap x2 Lesser Redpoll x 4...
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Eden Wood & Irwell Vale 14/6/11
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Eden Wood. Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler & Song Thrush all singing. Moorhen & f Mallard on water - no sign of young with either. 1 young GSW with adult. Irwell Vale. juv Pied Wag on Methodist church roof.
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Clough Bottom 13/6/11
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8 curlew edge of res 1 common sandpiper 2 canada geese 1 female mallard and 1 young redpoll chaffinch goldcrest jay blue and great tits Dave and kempy
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Lee Quarry 12.6.11
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Lee Quarry Wheatear c6 Redpoll 1 over Heron L.B.B.G. c40 over going south Swift 3 Pied Wagtail 2 Meadow Pipit c10 Sky Lark 6 Carrion Crow 2 Quarry Road Willow Warbler c6 Redpoll 2 Linnet 1 Swallow 2 Chaffinch 5 Blackbird 1 Calling Robin 1 Starling 6 Magpie 2 Wood Pigeon 2 pfyldes johnh
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Strongstry/Irwell vale round robin
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Blue tits most young in boxes fledged good numbers Great tit lots of young around Coal tit numbers still down L T Tit several family parties Bullfinch several young doing well Greenfinch one family party not many about Goldfinch more than usual in the hay fields Chaffinch 2/...
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Deeply Vale, 11th June 2011
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06:15 - 08:45
Grey Heron, 2 on local lodges,
Canada Goose, c90 with many family groups / creches with up to 30 goslings. 37 adults on AMR,
Mallard, 2 pair,
Grey Partridge, a pair flushed; first for a while!
Pheasant, pair + c6 calling males,
Moorhen, pair with 2 small young,
Curlew, c4,
Lapwing...
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Tawny
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Two young Tawny owls in a tree in my back garden tonight.
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Clough Bottom 10.6.11.
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Clough Bottom Curlew 3 Common Sandpiper 2 pair Oystercatcher 1 over Spotted Flycatcher 2 minimum Redpoll 1 pair with young G.S.W.pecker 1 calling Goldcrest good numbers Blackcap 1 Willow Warbler 1 Chaffinch good numbers Blackbird c6 Swallow c6 pfyldes johnh
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Buzzard - Edenfield
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1 over recreation ground this afternoon, inner-most primaries missing. (both wings) -- Edited by Ina on Thursday 9th of June 2011 07:19:44 PM
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Gulls over H'den
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Was parked up near the Halo on Tuesday about 5pm and watching the return passage of the LBBG's. 100's passed by with 1 confirmed Herring Gull. There may have been 3 other HG's in them but could have looked paler because of the light.
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Cloughbottom Res 31-5-11
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spotted flycatcher tree creepers goldcrests blue,great and coal tits common sandpiper curlew over little ringed plover over kestrel meadow pipits skylarks 2 mallard 1 chick pied wagtail goldfinch Dave & Paul Kemp
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