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Cowm Reservoir.14/12/10
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Birds seen on res in last few days:- 4 Goldeneye(2m,2f) 7 Goosander(5m,2f) 18 Canada Geese,40 Mallard, Single male Tufted Duck,Single male TEAL present late pm Tuesday,4 Mute Swans,20 Common Gull, LBB Gull Adult, 1st winter Herring Gull,120+ BH Gulls during Monday afternoon. Under dam area:- 10...
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Brambling
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Flock of approx 10/15 mostly female but some male [Brambling] feeding opposite my house regular since friday, also thrush numbers have risen, two Treecreeper taking mealworm as well.
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Musbury, sat, 11 dec
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1 Little Owl, Being scolded by Stonechat. 50+ Feildfairs Flock of finches 30-40 mostly Chaffinch, few Gouldfinch, 1 Greenfinch. Flock of 20 Blue,Great & Coal Tits 1 Jay Few Redwings, Blackbird, 1 Mistle thrush. Few crows & Magpie. Heard Collard dove. 12 Starlings Neil
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Cowm Reservoir.11/12/10
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3 Goldeneye(2 males 1 female) 55 Mallard,60 BH Gull,8 Common Gull,42 Canada Geese,1 Coal Tit, 1 Dipper,20 Wood Pigeon,66 Jackdaw,20 Carrion Crow,4 Rook, 10 Magpie, No Tufted Duck seen on the 3/4 frozen water. Finally, a Curlew flew over calling constantly, heading south. Regards, Dave Ousey.
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Holden Wood 5/12/2010
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2.30pm 1 jay, kestrel, at least 20 Mallard which started to roost on the frozen over reservoir, at least 8 teal, may have been some Wigeon too 2 snipe, 1 grey hero, approx 20 chaffinch getting ready top roost, 1 male pheasant, 1 Wren calling plenty of Carrion Crows, Magpies, BH Gulls, Woodpigeons, som...
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Feeding station
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There were 15 robins on the ground this morning at the same time. Thrush numbers getting better No Goldfinch, Greenfinch, or brambling yesterday or today. We had 4 Starling this morning for the first time. Bullfinch numbers rising each day, around 17 this morning. There was one Jay in particular thi...
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Lower Irwell Valley, 5th Dec 2010
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09:15-10:45 Grey Heron, 1 feeding on edge of river, Teal, 2 flew down river, Mallard, c12 on EBSW and c8 on river, Goosander, redhead feeding in river, Moorhen, 2 on edge of river, Lapwing, c6 on EBSW, Snipe, 3 on EBSW and 1 flew up river at Strongstry, B.H.Gull, c50 mainly on EBSW, Common Gull, flock of 3...
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Lapwings
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8 lapwings around Mitchell WTW 1.15 Monday, 1 in a field off Hudrake on way to rawtenstall 2.30pm about Lapwings around Holden Wood on 30th November flyign over Grane Road 11.30am
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Feeding stations
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As you would expect the feeding stations have been very busy over the cold spell, below is average numbers over the last week. G TIT 15+ [about normal] B TIT 20+ [as above] C TIT 5+ [there numbers have been low all year] L T TIT [only today have a party of 12+ appeared] CHAFFINCH 6+ BULLFINCH ...
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Cowm Reservoir.30/11/10
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2 Goldeneye(1 male,1 female) 1 female Goosander,75 Mallard,14 Tufted Duck,72 Canada Geese,5 Mute Swan(2 adults,3 juveniles)65 BH Gulls,6 Common Gull, 1 LBB Gull(adult) on the water bathing. Regards, Dave Ousey.
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Whitworth 29/11/10
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A few day's of work and a cold spell had me hoping for the chance of something odd turning up on the garden feeders.
1x Female Brambling
2x Lesser Redpoll
1x Female Bullfinch
1x Male Great Spotted Woodpecker
1x Goldcrest
30x Goldfinch
10x Greenfinch
8x Chaffinch
1x Song Thrush
10x Blackbi...
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Holden Wood 3-4.30pm
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What a difference a day makes - Holden Wood nearly frozen and no ducks there at all. About 11 Lapwings though which roosted in the field. 3 had flown off elsewhere. Plenty of BH Gulls flying over, also Common Gulls----all heading North. Plenty of Blue and Great Tits at my feeders. A Robin but no othe...
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Staghills Woods Marl Pits and Cowpe Res 28/11/10
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Staghills Woods (Trickett's Memorial through to Lea Bank) 3 wood pigeon, 1 tawny owl, 1 green woodpecker, 4 great spotted woodpecker, 9 magpie, 2 jay, 1 jackdaw, 4 carrion crow, 2 goldcrest, 16 blue tit, 21 great tit, 2 coal tit, 10 long tailed tit, 4 treecreeper, 7 wren, 11 starling, 33 blackbird, 4 so...
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Partridge Family
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Five grey partridge high on the Musbury valley but no sign of the ravens that I went to see again.
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Grane, Sat 27/11/10
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Holdenwood resv. 40+ Mallard 15 Wigeon 1 Dipper 1 Heron Black-headed Gulls Ogden resv 2 Goldeneye 1 Kestrel 1 wren Neil
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Waxwings 27/11/10
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Six Waxwings in tree tops at Higher Constablelee late morning. They flew off probably into somebodies garden. Lots of berries on trees in gardens, good numbers of blackbirds feeding on these. A good selection of birds along Hollin Lane included the following c6 Redwing c10 Blackbird 1 Robin 2 Du...
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clowbridge \clough bottom res. 26\11\2010
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clear cold sunny day round res and through woodlands.. 1 fem goldeneye, 7 goosander, 1 GBB gull over, 2 Brambling over, 1 buzzard mobbed by crows, 2 raven over,2 GS woodpecker , Fieldfare, Redwings, Kestrel,Jay
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Irwell Vale
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A kingfisher perched in the winter sun actually looked a lot bigger that normally, at first I was not sure it wasn't a piece of blue plastic but it flew off after a few minutes. Other highlights were a couple of dippers, heron and lots of mallard.
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Pink Feet 26.11.10.
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Pink Feet 150+ east over Newchurch at 10am pfyldes and Nicholas
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Ravens courtship display.
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I had superb views of three ravens displaying this afternoon, they were viewed from the Rossendale Way opposite Ogden Res. One was not displaying and spent a lot of time perched in a tree, the other two were rolling upside down and closing their wings to dive and were quite close, perhaps 50 yards. The...
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Waxwings 25/11/10
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13:30 approx. 4 birds at Higher Constablelee then relocated to Wiswell Close near to Alder Grange school on berry tree. Very approachable. Bob.
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Waxwings 20/11/10
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5 Waxwings in tree tops at Higher Constablelee at 13:00hrs. Good veiws of birds flycatching and calling. Bob.
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Alden, saturday 20 nov
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30+ Meadow Pipit 2 Kestrel 3 Mistle Thrush 1 Pied wagtail Carrion crows& Magpies Neil
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Bits and Bobs
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I filled my seed feeder at Holden Wood again and also put a peanut feeder up there and its been fairly active - Great tits, Blue Tits, Chaffinches, Robin seen feeding. Have also visited the feeders at Clough Head Info Centre as they had Bramblings there last week but I had no luck. Plenty of Coal Tits th...
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Warth to Cowpe Res 21/11/10
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Warth 1pr peregrines hunting the hillside, 1 kestrel, 1 sparrowhawk, 4 lesser black back gull over, 1 grey wagtail, 1 dipper, 120 fieldfare, 16 redwing, 1 mistle thrush, 27 blackbird, 7 goldfinch & 13 chaffinch. Cowpe Moss 60 golden plover, 5 snipe & 1 red grouse Cowpe Res 1 cormorant, 1 spar...
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peregrine 20/11/10
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1 hunting pigeons low over the rooftops near Rawtenstall Market today. Later seen flying onto the chimney of Ilex Mill cheers Kevin
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Cowm Reservoir. 13/11/10
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2 GC Grebe(1 ad,1 juv),2 Cormorant,Grey Heron,Mute Swan,20 Canada Geese,42 Mallard,12 Tufted Duck,Kestrel,Sparrowhawk,4 Common Gull,55 BH Gull,2 Woodpigeon,14 Collared Dove,2 Grey Wagtail,Wren,6 Dunnock,Robin,8 Blackbird,4 Mistle Thrush,Goldcrest(First 1 here for a while) 6 LT Tit,C...
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Pied Billed Grebe at Hollingworth Lake.
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For those who dont know already there is a Pied Billed Grebe at Hollingworth Lake,Littleborough.It was first found on Tuesday.Its out of Rossendale I`m afraid but well worth a visit! Regards, Dave Ousey.
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Redpoll
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This a first for me this low down in the valley, two female Redpoll with a flock of Goldfinch and Greenfinch. Two/three fe Brambling still here with the finches. Started feeding sultanas in with the mix, no thrushes yet.
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Waterfoot to Rawtenstall14/11/10
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Trickett's Memorial Ground 1 sparrowhawk, 1 tawny owl, 1 green woodpecker & 1 jay Seat Naze/ Edge Cote 1 heron, 38 snipe, 1 jack snipe, 1 kestrel, 1 common gull, 1 stock dove, 32 + 12 fieldfare, mixed flock of at least 12 blue tit, 1 wren 2 coal tit and 3 goldcrest Marl Pits/ Waingate Village 1 cormor...
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