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Edenfield/Turn area. am. 1/11/10
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c50 Fieldfare 3 Mistle Thrush 1Grey Wag 2 Jay 2GSW c20 Mixed flock of various tits, (no Goldcrest seen or heard) c10 Mixed flock Chaff, Green & Gold finch.
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Cowm and Broadclough 31.10.10
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Cowm Res Green Woodpecker 1 Kestrel 1m Sparrow Hawk 1f Pied Wagtail 2 Coal Tit c6 Blackbird 2 Woodpigeon c20 Tufted Duck 11 Mallard c30 Goosander 1f B.H.Gull c60 Cormorant 3 Canada Geese 12 Mute Swan 5 Broadclough Fieldfare 5 Bullfinch 1pair Blackbird 2 Wood Pigeon c100 Great Tit good numbers Blue Tit...
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C/Booth 31st October 2010.
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Waxwing, At least 2 singles heard over Folly Clough area in first 30 mins of daylight this morning. 25+Brambling with 15+ Chaffinch flock in Folly Wood. 1 Woodcock at dawn just over mist net! 200 Fieldfare, 30 Redwing, 6 Jay, 2 Goldcrest, Nuthatch also. Craig. -- Edited by C Bel on Sunday 31st of Octo...
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Seat Naze to Grane 31/10/10
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Seat Naze/ Edge Cote 1 heron, 1 sparrowhawk, min 40 snipe, 1 grey partridge, 14 meadow pipit, 1 pied wagtail, 13 fieldfare, 5 redwing, 1 mistle thrush, 10 long tailed tit, 6 goldcrest, 1 jay and 1 reed bunting Marl Pits 1 green woodpecker, 13 goldfinch, 2 siskin, 4 redpoll & 2 bullfinch Holmes Terra...
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Clowbridge, 31st Oct 2010
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09:00-10:15 Canada Goose, 4, Mallard, 11, Kestrel, female hunting rough ground around res, B.H.Gull, c6 on and around res, Common Gull, 16 flew north over the res, L.B.B.Gull, 1 flew north over res, Collared Dove, 1 near car park, G.S.Woodpacker, female tapping away in point wood, Grey Waytail,...
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Bits and Bobs
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Pink Feet over my area on Monday 24th October at 9am. Not seen though. Grey Wagtail at the Texaco Garage on Helmshore Road, H'den with a White Wagtail on Thursday at 3pm -- Edited by sarfraz on Saturday 30th of October 2010 12:18:30 AM
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Edenfield 24/10/10
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Min of 20 Redwing back again between Gincroft & Turn Male Kestrel - Gincroft Lane 20+ Goldfinch still feeding in my garden every day with up to 4 greenfinch daily
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Waxwings in Whitworth.24/10/10
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Whilst sat in my "front room" at 10am this morning a flock of 10 Waxwing landed in a tree opposite my house.despite a panic to get my binoculars the birds only stayed about 20 seconds,they flew of northwards and despite extensive searching were not seen again.
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The week in the Whitworth area.
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Cowm Reservoir 5 Cormorants, GC Grebe, 2 Grey Heron, Mute Swan,15 Tufted Duck,Goldeneye(female on Saturday),Dipper,3 Common Gull,2 Redpoll, 3 Bullfinch(2 males/female) Wallbank Pond 4 Mute Swan,2 Moorhen. Brownwham Reservoir 9 Goosander,Tufted Duck,Green Woodpecker. Brown Wardle 5 Mist...
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Waterfoot etc 24/10/10
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sparrowhawk - 1 male at Gaghills & 1 female at Warth kestrel - 1 at Warth kingfisher - 1 on Kenroy's Pond at Warth great spotted woodpecker - 1 in Waterfoot Park and 2 over Warth grey wagtail - 2 at Warth and 1 at Gaghills pied wagtail - 1 at Warth mistle thrush - 1 at Gaghills fieldfare - at Gaghills flock...
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Cowm Res 24.10.10.
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Cowm Fieldfare c40 west + c20 south Song Thrush 1 Jay 2 Tufted Duck 12 G.C.Grebe 1 Mallard c30 Canada Goose 16 B.H.Gull c60 23.10.10. Stacksteads Redwing c200 over pfyldes
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Cribden Clough & Chapel Hill 24/10/10
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10:30 hrs approx. Cribden Clough 3 Redwings on berries 1 Mistle Thrush 1 Jay 11 Long Tailed Tit c25 Wood Pigeon on berries. Twin Lodges 6+6+7 Fieldfare 1f Sparrowhawk on the hunt c150 W. over ski slope following the hillside 1 Pied Wagtail c100 Fieldfare seen dropping in from E. over Bonfire Hill, Craw...
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23/10/10 Cribden Clough
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Twin Lodges - Cribden Clough 09:00hrs A very quiet morning c16 Redwing 3+2+1 Mistle Thrush very few Blackbirds 1 Jay 20+ Goldfinch flew down valley c20 Greenfinch on wires c20 Wood Pigeon on berries Chapel Hill farmland - 11:00hrs 2 Bullfinch - Marl Pits c200 Fieldfares on tree tops and amongst hawt...
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Lower Irwell Valley, 23rd Oct 2010
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15:30-17:00 Mallard, c30 inc 25 on H.T.L. Sparrowhawk, female glided down the valley then flushed Jackdaws & Lapwings from fields near Buckden Clough on its return, Kestrel, 1, Moorhen, 2 at H.T.L. Lapwing, c15 flushed by Sparrowhawk near Buckden Clough, B.H.Gull, c10 on E.B.S.W. L.B.B.Gu...
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C/booth 21st October 2010.
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What a difference a day makes!! From 8.30 this morning Thrushes(manly Fieldfare) were piling through.3000+ in 2 Hrs. Coming over from Water and heading NW, with a few large flocks dropping into top of Folly Wood and Hardmans. Upto 1000 were feeding on a few hawthorns in Folly Wood, leaving after 5-10...
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Cowm Reservoir (Last weeks highlights)
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Great Crested Grebe(Juv),Cormorant 4,Grey Heron 2,Mute Swan, Canada Goose 20,Mallard 42,Tufted Duck 10,Kestrel,Sparrowhawk,Black Headed Gull 60,Common Gull 2,Woodpigeon 12,Collared Dove 8,Meadow Pipit 4,Pied Wagtail 2,Grey Wagtail,Wren 2,Dunnock,Robin 4,Blackbird 5,Redwing,Song...
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Lapwings
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sometime last week, i forgot the date i saw about 60 lapwings around kowsley road which would have been the birds that roost there. i have had a few pied wagtails on my roof for a few days. they see to be here quite regular. i an see them out of my attic window as i am online - they always spy on what i do.
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C/Booth 20th October 2010
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19 Whooper Swans north then east over c/booth at c11am this morning. Very quiet otherwise, re: thrushes.No redwing or fieldfare. Craig.
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Holdenwood Res , Sunday 17 -10-10
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1 cormorant 2 Mallard 1 Male Sparrowhawk was seen to catch, I think a Piedwagtail, ( I was some distance from them) It flew to the ground on the dam of Ogden res , where it was attacked by 2 Carrion crows , who chased, bufeited and tried to snach its pray, all 3 birds pluss pray dissapeared into sunken outflo...
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Stubbins to Irwell Vale 11/10/10
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Stubbins 2 Jay 3 Cormorant flying downriver. Chatterton 1 Dipper 1 Kingfisher Alderbottom 1 Jay Irwell Vale 1 Kestrel. f. 1 Goosander 2 Jay 3 Bullfinch. 2f.1m. Redwing & Mistlethrush heard between Chatt & Alderbottom Far more ticking Robins around Edenwood than is usual.
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Stacksteads 17,10.10.
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Elm Clough with Kevin Brambling 1 L.T.Tit 6 Coal Tit 1 Blue and Great Tits plenty G.S.W.pecker 1 Chaffinch odd ones House Sparrow c6 Wood Pigeon c10 Dunnock 1 Heron 1 over B.H.Gull 1over Magpie 3 Law Head old tip area Bullfinch 1pr Goldfinch 2 L.T.Tit 2 Mistle Thrush 1 Blackbird 1 Blue and Great Tits Hut...
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Lee Quarry, Rooley Moor, Bacup Cemetary
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young peregrine being hassled by crows in Quarry. Flock of 100 starlings at top of leach with 20 crows, 2 Meadow pipits, flock of 20 redwing in Cemetery
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Clowbridge - Rawtenstall
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07:30 - 10:30 Canada Goose 30 at Clowbridge Res Wigeon, pair on Clowbridge Res, Teal, 5 flushed off Swinshaw Moor, Mallard, c20 at Clowbridge, Grey Heron, 1 on Twenty Penneth, Kestrel, c8 all over the place! Sparrowhawk, 1 at Clowbridge, pair over Clough Bottom, Golden Plover, 3 west over Swinshaw M...
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Staghills Woods and Hurdles Quarry 16/10/10
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soaring buzzard mobbed by crows over Hurdles Quarry 2 great spotted woodpeckers in Staghills Woods 2 nuthatch near Top Barn Lane in Staghills Woods treecreeper 1 at Lea Bank in large mixed flock of blue, great and coal tits & 1 in Staghills Woods long tailed tit - 1 family party in Trickett's Memor...
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Cowm Res 15.10.10.
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Cowm Res Tufted Duck 13 Goosander 3f Mute Swan 1 Cormorant 3 B.H.Gull c10 Common Gull 1 Blackbird c10 more than usual Wren 1 very noisey Chaffinch Blue and Great Tit Wood Pigeon c20 Carrion Crow c20 Magpie c10 Kestrel 2 pfyldes
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Crawshawbooth 13th October 2010.
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Folly Clough-Hardmans. (am), A few Fieldfare around this morning, several parties over (no particular direction) 60+, 10, a few 2`s + 3`s. 1 Buzzard, 2-3 Brambling,10 Redwing, 1 Nuthatch, 5+ Goldcrest. Craig.
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Mitchell House res' sightings 12/10/10
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13:00hrs 1 pair of Stonechat on res wall, 3 Reed bunting, 84 Pinkfeet high west, 2 Goosander. Regards Steven -- Edited by Steven Grimshaw on Tuesday 12th of October 2010 07:13:41 PM
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Redwings 11/10/10
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Whitworth down valley until Waterfoot as I drove to work
Lot's of birds from first light right down the valley all flying in a Southerly direction. Parties ranged from 50s to 2 and 3s.
Always a sight i love to see.
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Crawshawbooth 10th Oct 2010.
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Folly Clough-Hardmans Ruin Area. Good numbers of thrushes around this morning, including 4 Ring Ouzel, 1 Fieldfare (1st of autumn for me), 6+ Song Thrush, and 15+ Blackbirds. Several small groups of Redwings over to the west, some dropping in to feed on the hawthorns in sheltered valleys. Also lot...
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Strongstry woods and river
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River has settled back down after the flooding, Dipper 3+ Grey wagtail 2 Kingfisher 1 Heron 5+ Moorhen 2 Mallard 20+ Goosander 4+ [all female] Cormorant 1 [this looks like a young bird, on and off all week] Nothing strange in the woods,started the feeding stations end of september, Goldfinch numbers...
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