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Strongstry woods and river
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Blue tit doing well Great tit plenty Coal tit seems to have recovered from a bad start Long tailed tit only one small flock of 8 Chaffinch numbers still increasing Goldfinch several small charms of 5/6 Greenfinch odd ones Bullfinch commonest finch many pairs and young Robin 20+ Wre...
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SparrowHawk-Haslingden area
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Sparrowhawk seen 19.9.11 in front garden, Haslingden near to A56. A Female swooped down to take a wood pigeon from the tree, one of a pair of wood pigeons we have had visit daily for the last 2 years. It took the pigeon to the ground and started to tear into into for several minutes until a passer by distu...
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DJG
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Trickett's Memorial to EBSW 250911
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Trickett's Memorial 1 nuthatch + 1 song thrush Seat Naze 30 black headed gull, 1 common gull, 15 meadow pipit, 2 pied wagtail, 2 raven over, 1 flock of 40 carrion crow + 12 goldfinch Edge Cote 1 lapwing, 26 snipe, 1 sparrowhawk, 1 kestrel, 14 meadow pipit, 1 jay + goldcrests heard calling from the conif...
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Stacksteads 25.9.11.
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Elm Clough to Rooley Rd Wheatear 1 Meadow Pipit c100 going south Swallow 5 south Carrion Crow c40 Elm Clough Goldfinch c20 single flock Blackbird 1 Jackdaw 4 Rook 5 Carrion Crow c10 L.B.B.Gull 3 flying west Wood Pigeon 7 Swallow 3 Meadow Pipit c20 Stacksteads Rec Area Heron 1 over Wood Pigeon 3 Carrion C...
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75% certain it was a Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
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I don't recall ever seeing a LSW but I am almost sure I saw one yesterday at the fishermans car park at Ogden, it landed in a flowering hawthorn and disappeared completely. It had the dipping flight pattern of a woodpecker and plenty of white on its back and was the size of a finch. It certainly was not a wa...
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Dog Nobbler
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Herring Gulls
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1 adult 1 prob 2nd year 1 unknown but of similar size heading over Haslingden at about 12.30pm Northwards
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allotment cowpe
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21/9/11 4 chiff chaff 21/9/11 river irwell new hall hey 3 redhead gooseander Dave
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Cowm Reservoir,Whitworth.18/9/2011
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3 Cormorant, 25 BH Gull.55 Mallard,2 Coot, 1 juvenile Moorhen,4 Tufted Duck, 5 Great Tit,3 Chaffinch, 2 Robin,Kestrel (for Steve Rush),3 Magpie,10 Jackdaw,10 Carrion Crow,2 Swallow. Regards, Dave Ousey.
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North Rossendale, 18th Sep 2011
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08:30-11:30
Canada Goose 53 on Clowbridge,
Mallard c30 on Clowbridge,
Teal 2 females on Clowbridge,
Tufted Duck 1 female on Clowbridge,
Goosander redhead on Clowbridge,
Kestrel 1 at Clough Bottom & 1 being mobbed by a Rook at Clowbridge!
Golden Plover 1 over Compstons east,
Skylark 3...
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David Nuttall
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Haslingden Moor 18 September 2011
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15 Snipe 1 Skylark 30+ Meadowpipit 1 Raven 2 Kestrels Carrioncrows Neil
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Neil Burke
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Clowbridge res. 16/9/11
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07:50 start 12 Swallow over dam wall + 11 moving S. c20 Meadow Pipit on res bank Flocks of c30 + 6 Goldfinch Flock of c50 Linnet 4 Pied Wagtail 1 Wheatear 1f Goosander 1 Jay in wood Compstons Cross Steady passage E. to S.E. from 09:20hrs for 1hr. 93 Swallow in 13 parties. Meadow Pipit, constant movement...
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Holden Wood 5 -6.15pm
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1 grey heron on bank, another seen flying later near the plantatiopn at ogden 20 approx lapwings with around 30 gulls mianly b h but at least 2 common gull 10 plus meadow pipit, 2 gold finch, 10 plus linnet sepnding a lot of time on bank, 10 plus flock of long tailed tits with some great and blue 2 ra...
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sarfraz
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CLOWBRIDGE RES. 14th Sept.
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6 - 7.30pm. in the rain.. 2 Dunlin, 1 Snipe, 18 Mallard, 20+ Swallow, 1 M Pipit, 1 L E Owl. Craig.
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C Bel
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Facit Incline-Cowm Res 12/09/11
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A very blustery walk indeed. Gusts reached 19mph in the valley and no doubt much higher on the tops. Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) 30 Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula) 3 Great Cormorant (Eurasian) (Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis/hanedae) 1 Black-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) 1 Common Wo...
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Ste Rush
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Ashworth Moor Res
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Grey Phalarope on the Res this morning from 1130 . Still present when I left 12.45. Sheltering mainly in low rocks close to shoreline below Owd Betts.. Rob Archer
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Cribden Clough 12/9/11
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12:00 hrs c100 mixed Swallows and House Martins feeding over fields min c70 Swallow. c80 Goldfinch flock c10 Greenfinch c5 Chaffinch 10 Wood Pigeon c6 Meadow Pipit Twin Lodges c30 Starling 5 Greenfinch 2 Meadow Pipit River Limy - Leabrook 1 Dipper 20 Mallard Reedsholme 1 Grey Wagtail 1 Kingfisher B...
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Holmes Terrace Lodge and Grane 11/09/11
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Holmes Terrace Lodge 1 heron, 2adult and 1 juv little grebe, 39 mallard, 1 tufted duck & 2 moorhen. 1 kingfisher, 1 grey wagtail and 1 dipper on the river. 1 chiffchaff singing nearby. Holden Wood Res (with Dave Nuttall) 1 heron, 18 Canada goose, circa 50 mallard, 100 black headed gull flew off...
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Cowm Res and Landgate 11.9.11
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Cowm Res Coot 2 Cormorant 2 Tufted Duck 5 B.H.Gull c30 Mallard c40 Bullfonch 1 Goldfinch 6 Redpoll 4over Carrion Crow party of 5 + c6 House Martin c20 Swallow c20 Meadow Pipit c10 Kestrel 1m Wood Pigeon c20 Landgate Wheatear 1 Goldfinch c20 single flock Linnet 9 + 4 Meadow Pipit c15 Swallow 5 House Martin...
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Crawshawbooth 11/9/11
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16:40hrs c50 Wood Pigeon - on farmland, Pinner area 6 L.B.B.Gull >S Flock of c40 Goldfinch feeding on thistles - Stoneholme c60 House Martins feeding over wood at Stoneholme with c20 Swallows 1 Heron in river - Stoneholme 1 Dipper on river- Stoneholme Flock of 9 Blackbirds feeding on rowan berrie...
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Bigbadbob
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Cheesden Valley, 11th Sep 2011
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11:30-13:30 Mallard, c50 on Buckhurst and lower lodge, Sparrowhawk, female being mobbed by c60 swallows, Kestrel, 3 singles, Grey Partridge, a covey of 4 near cheesden bar lodge, Pheasant, 1 male, Skylark, 1 over calling, Swallow, c100, Sand Martin, 2 through south, Meadow Pipit, c20 south, Pied...
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David Nuttall
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Clough Bottom Res, 11th Sep 2011
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10:00-11:00 Kestrel, 1 hunting moor, L.B.B.Gull, adult and 1st winter bird on res for two minutes before flying off south, Skylark, 2 flew over south, Swallow, c20 south and 20 feeding around res, Sand Martin, flocks of 3 & 2 south, House Martin, 1 south, Meadow Pipit, c40 especially on eastern b...
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David Nuttall
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Clowbridge Res, 10th Sep 2011
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17:15-18:15
Canada Goose, 48 feeding on pasture,
Mallard,46 on res bank mainly,
Kestrel, male hunting moorland,
B.H.Gull, one touring the res,
Swallow, c15,
Meadow Pipit, c4,
Pied Wagtail, 2 family groups of 4 & 2,
Wheatear, single on dry stone wall at top end and one on fence behind b...
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David Nuttall
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Harden Moor 6/9/11
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Last light walk on the moor. Saw the following; 1 f Merlin. Peregrine 2 Kestrel 2 Grey Partridge 4 Raven 2 Snipe 3 Skylark f Sparrowhawk On Ashworth Moor Res .. c150+ Meadow Pipit on the Res shoreline 73 Goosander Rob Archer
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Various sites 6/9/11
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Afternoon Townsendfold to E.B.S.W. - river well up after rain Dipper on river + 4 Grey Wagtail and 1 juv. Moorhen 2 Sparrowhawk over Horncliffe Small L.B.B.Gull passage S. included 1 Herring Gull E.B.S.W. c40 Swallows inc.c4 House Martin c40 Pied Wagtail c60 Starling Clowbridge res. a good wind blo...
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Bigbadbob
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Cowm Reservoir.4/9/11
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2 Raven,1 Spotted Flycatcher,3 Robin,3 Coal Tit,30 Mallard,20 BH Gull, 2 Coot.3 Cormorant. Regards, Dave Ousey.
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David Ousey
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Tawny Owl
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TO hooting somewhere around where I live.....last night from 11pm to 1am.......not too close ....but not that far too
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sarfraz
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cloughbottom
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1 (f) gooseander 1 canada goose greenwoodpecker calling 25 siskin 2 whinchat on farm track to Swallow shore reedbunting Reedmoss 23 swallows
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johnh
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Seat Naze and Whitworth 04/09/11
(Preview)
Seat Naze and Edge Cote grey heron - 1, black headed - 10, lesser black back gull - 2, stock dove - 2, wood pigeon - 24, skylark - 1, great spotted woodpecker - 2, grey wagtail - 2, meadow pipit - 35+,swallow - 26, house martin - 20, chiffchaff - 1, jay - 2, long tailed tit - 15, coal tit - 2 family parties, gol...
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Grane, 4th Sep 2011
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G.C.Grebe, pair on Ogden
Grey Heron, 1 on Holden Wood,
Canada Goose, 3 on Holden Wood,
Goldeneye, female / juv on Ogden,
Sparrowhawk, female seen twice,
Kestrel, 6 singles,
Lapwing, c50 on pasture near Ogden,
Stock Dove, 1 in Jamestones,
G.S.Woodpecker, 2 singles,
Swallow, c100,
House...
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David Nuttall
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Ravenshore/irwell vale. 4/09/11
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RAVENSHORE 1 Dipper 2 Herons Ewoodbridge sewage works I Ciffchaff Irwellvale 2 Dipper 2 Kingfisher Neil
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Neil Burke
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