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Warth and whittaker pasture 12/03/11
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Warth 1 woodcock, 1 kestrel, 1 green woodpecker, 1 great spotted woodpecker, 2 stock dove, 2 long tailed tits & 50 redwing Whittaker Pasture 12 lapwing & 5 meadow pipits 5 bramblings still coming to our feeders at Gaghills cheers Kevin
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park rd waterfoot
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12 siskins 3male +1 female tufted ducks new line
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Strongstry
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Pair Grey wagtail on river Dipper carrying nesting material Buzzard overhead [two primaries missing from right wing] All the usual plus a first this winter a flock of Siskin [17] at the feeders looking like they might hang around for a while.
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lumb
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Greenwoodpecker calling 1pr Lapwings 14 Fieldfare female Sparrow hawk 6 march
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Bits n pieces 06/03/11
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lapwing - 5 at Higher Mount Pleasasnt (the only birds other than a few crows and a pair of mallard seen on walk from Edenfield to Waterfoot) stock dove - 1pr at Warth grey wagtail - 1pr in Waterfoot & 2 flying upstream at Ilex Mill nuthatch - 1 entering hole in ash tree in Staghills Woods treecreeper - 1...
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Healey Dell 6.3.11.
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Healey Dell Woodcock 2 Nuthatch 4 [2 in song] Dipper 2 G.S.W.pecker 1 Rook 4 pair Magpie 6 Woodpigeon 10 Blue,Great and Coal Tit all song and calling Bullfinch 1 Chaffinch good numbers some in song Song Thrush 1 House Sparrow c10 Canada Geese 2 over and 2 in the pond Mallard 3m 1f Moorhen 2 Blackbird 6 Land...
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Broadhead Sunday 6 March
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2 Woodcock, 1 Siskin on way home saw my first Grey Wagtail of 2011, in the middle of the road at Lane side Haslingden Neil
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Irwell Valley - Wet Moss, 6th March 2011
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07:30 - 11:00 Canada Goose, 2 pairs, Mallard, c20, Sparrowhawk, female over, Red Grouse, pair on tops, Pheasant, calling from Alden, Golden Plover, 21 on the tops, Curlew, 1 over, Lapwing, 6 at Buckden, B.H.Gull, c20 at EBSW, L.B.B.Gull, c12 over, Collared Dove, c6, Wood Pigeon, c20, Skylark, c8 in...
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Crown Point 1-3-11
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Male Hen Harrier seen by Clive Morton near car park displaying well Ian
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Limy valley 2/3/11
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10:30 - 12:20 Stoneholme Dipper on river Wren in song - not many about. Pr Coal Tit Goldcrest in song 3 Chaffinch in song 1 G.S.W. at Crawshawbooth calling Reedsholme Goldfinch, Greenfinch and Coal Tit all calling or in song No sign of any Waxwings Pr Long Tailed Tit 1 Buzzard mobbed by crows flew towa...
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Cragg Quarry - Cowpe Moss
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Very few Skylark today, only saw 3 all day No Snow Buntings c35 Golden Plover on the top Pr Peregrine, f pursuing Gp which out flew it! Pr Raven mobbing a Buzzard which rose very high then moved N.E. Waterfoot area Grey Wagtail in river nr Lords garage Dipper further upstream plus pr Long tailed Tit &...
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waxwings
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28-2-11 12-00 noon Hardman Mill area New Hall Hey c50 waxwings
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lumb
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lapwings calling probably 1 pair curlew 23 feb raven Huttock top Bacup 21 feb
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Trickett's memorial to Grane 27/02/11
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Tricketts Memorial 1pr great spotted woodpecker, 1 green woodpecker yaffling all morning and moving between Trickett's and Warth, 1 pr goldcrest, 1pr jay, 3 wren & 1 pr bullfinch Staghills Woods 1pr great spotted woodpecker, 1pr nuthatch, 1 treecreeper, 1pr mistle thrush & 1 wren Lea Ban...
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rawtenstall
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peregrine from ilex mill takes pidgeon across the road at silly point
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Woodcock
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This evening down in Lumb vale around dusk my dog and i flushed a Woodcock then 200 yds further down the path we flushed another two. As far as i am concerned that is the first time i have recorded them in the old nature reserve.
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Grane 27th Feb 2011
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08:00 - 11:00 Cormorant, at least 11 with 7 on Holden Wood and 4 on Ogden but much movement between the two res as somone was shooting first thing!, Canada Goose, 34 feeding at the side of Ogden + 2 pairs in Jamestone Quarry, Teal, 12 on Holden Wood + 20 on Calf Hey, (could include same birds but none seen in...
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Calf Hey 26-02-11
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3 Male Goosander ~12 Teal Mallard Around feeders Blue Tits Great Tits Coal Tits Redpoll Siskin Chaffinch Cheers Ian
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Gull passage 26/2/11
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Out and about around Irwell Vale and Strongstry this afternoon. Pr Goosander Lumb Vale Strongstry B.K.s feeding area- 2 G.S.W. Pr Bullfinch 2 Nuthatch 1 Treecreeper Chaffinch, Goldfinch,Grt Tit in single figures Double figure counts of Blue Tit,15+ By far the most interesting aspect of the after...
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Cragg Quarry 24/2/11
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A good few Skylarks along the way with c5 above Cowpe res. C6 Cragg Quarry, c4 Cowpe Moss and c8 Cowpe Lowe. Several in song. 9 Snow Bunting in quarry flying away from us, many droppings found. Raven calling over Cowpe Lowe No Golden plover on Cowpe Moss 1 Woodcock flew from quarry Partridge roost found...
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Spring Mill and Cowm Reservoirs 25/02/2011
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Spring Mill 7 Goosander,2 Goldeneye,Great Crested Grebe,20 BH Gull,Herring Gull,Grey Heron,2 Canada Geese. Cowm Reservoir 3 Cormorant,Goldeneye,30 Mallard,4 Tufted Duck,45 Canada Geese,2 singing male Chaffinch,2 singing Song Thrush, single Curlew calling and flying north over reservoi...
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David Ousey
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Holcombe Moor skylarks
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Yesterday was warm and sunny and it brought out a calling pair of skylarks on the moor, quite early I think. The egg laying collared doves in my garden have failed as two eggs are on the floor under their skimpy nest.
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Cragg Quarry 22/2/11
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A very misty morning with visibilty down to 20 yards at times. Two machines in the quarry digging out trackways for mountain bike circuit. c10 Snow Buntings feeding in the quarry flew into the mist and not seen again. 1 Golden plover calling 1 Skylark in flight from Rooley Moor Rd c20 Starlings in shee...
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Absent friends
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First weekend since mid November that no Brambling have been present at the feeding station. To make up for them missing there has been a pair of Treecreeper chasing and displaying today.
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Muck spreading
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The farmer has muck spread the fields beside Buckden woods during the last couple of days and this afternoon in those fields were, Lapwing 12 C Crow 4 Rook 23 Jackdaw 18 Fieldfare 47 Redwing 28 Wood pigeon 12 + Meadow pipit certainly 7 but probably more Skylark 3 Goldfinch 14 Greenfinch 8. -- Edited b...
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Irwell Valley, 13th Feb 2011
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10:30 - 11:30 Canada Goose, 3 flew up the valley, Mallard, c12 on HTL Tufted Duck, pair on HTL Coot, single on HTL, B.H.Gull, c12 on EBSW, L.B.B.Gull, 4 south, Herring Gull, 2 south, Stock Dove, 1 at Alderbottom, Pied Wagtail, c70 at EBSW, Grey Wagtail, 1 at EBSW, Dunnock, 1 in song, Song Thrush, 3 in song...
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Waxwings 10/2/11
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12 Waxwings at Cloughfold rec. at approx 12:30hrs. Birds were feeding on insects. 2m Bullfinch also seen 3 Waxies still close by in the grounds of Leabank at 14:45 heading into Staghills estate. Bob.
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8/2/11 various
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E.B.S.W. c40 Pied Wagtail usual B.H.Gull lesser numbers of Jackdaw than of late, Irwell Vale 1 Kingfisher 1 Dipper singing c5 Long Tailed Tit nr football ground. Not much else. Grt. Hameldon 1 Short Eared Owl watched hunting behind Mitchells House res. 1 Snipe on Hameldon Bob & Archie.
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Seat Naze to Strongstry 06/02/11
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grey heron - 1 at Edge Cote & 2 at Holmes Terrace Lodge cormorant - 1 flying over Road End towards Grane mallard - 23 in Rawtenstall & 56 at Holmes Terrace Lodge goosander - 2 redheads at Holmes Terrace Lodge & 1 at Townsendfold buzzard - 1 mobbed by crow over Edge Cote/ Chapel hill area snip...
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Various Sites 6.2.11
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E.B.S.W. L.T.Tit c20 Pied Wagtail c40 B.H.Gull c100 Common Gull 1 Jackdaw c30 Edgeside Brambling 1 Greenfinch c10 Chaffinch 6 Mistle Thrush 2 Blue and Great Tits Robin 2 Woodpigeon 3 Goldfinch 1 over Stacksteads L.T.Tit c10 Robin c10 Blackbird 6 Blue and Great Tits Coal Tit 1 calling Jackdaw 10 Carri...
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