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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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Clowbridge res. 31/5/11
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09:30hrs approx
Circular tour as far as Compstons Cross
1 Collared Dove in carpark + lots of H.Sparrows
Min 4 Reed Bunting
Pr Curlew on territory with poss yng + others heard
1 Grey Partridge
1pr Stonechat
c20 Swift
1 Sand Martin
2 Swallows
1pr Canada Geese
3pr Linnet
Min 8 Redpoll spread...
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Cowpe area.30/5/2011
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Moorhen 2, Pied Wagtail 4, Wheatear 2,Meadow Pipit 5, Great Tit 12, Blue Tit 6,Long Tailed Tit 5,Blackbird 3,Willow Warbler 4, Blackcap 2, Jackdaw 22, Carrion Crow 14,Magpie 6,Grey Heron 2,Canada Goose 5.LBB Gull 10,Swift 40+,Swallow 35, House Martin 10,Starling 24,Chaffinch 8,Goldfinch 4,Re...
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Cowm Reservoir,Whitworth.Sunday 29th May.
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Common Tern on the reservoir was found by John Hallsworth and Peter Fyldes this morning before 11-15am.Many thanks gentlemen! Went up the second time with a rather wet Kevin Lister and saw the bird along with lots of Swift a few Swallows and House Martins,2 Kestrels together also 2 Redpoll on the res w...
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Cowm Reservoir,Whitworth.25/5/2011
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An unusual visitor to the reservoir tonight in the form of a Coot,its only the second one I have seen here in the last eight years of watching the site.Also 2 Redpoll,3 Tufted Duck,10 Mallard and 2 people swimming around the reservoir! Regards, Dave Ousey.
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bacup park
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1pair nuthatch feeding young g s woodpecker 2 blackcaps
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