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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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Spotted flycatchers
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/33778435@N07/5797212926/in/photostream
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Bull Hill via Irwell Valley & Ogden Valley, 5th June 2011
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05:00-10:00
Pheasant, 2,
Oystercatcher, 1 at EBSW,
Curlew, 2 pairs,
Golden Plover, 3 pairs on the tops,
Lapwing, 3 pairs,
Dunlin, 1 on the tops,
Wood Pigeon, c30,
Stock Dove, groups of 4 & 2,
Collared Dove, 2,
Swift, c40,
G.S.Woodpecker, 2,
Green Woodpecker, yaffling at Sunnybank...
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Grane, 4th June 2011
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05:45 - 08:45
G.C.Grebe, 1 on Ogden,
Canada Goose, c20 inc young,
Kestrel, 2,
Pheasant, 2 calling,
Oystercatcher, 1 / 2 pair,
Curlew, pair,
Lapwing, c20, inc sitting birds,
Snipe, 1 "chipping",
Swift, c20,
G.S.Woodpecker, 2,
Green Woodpecker, calling regularly,
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Spotted flycatcher
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The spotted flycatchers at strongstry have built there nest and the female this morning was sitting on it, and the male was hawking from a nearby tree.
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Spotted flycatcher
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Pair of Spotted flycatcher on the river in Strongstry very close to last years nest site.
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