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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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Lee Quarry & Stubbylee Moss 10/10/10
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snipe - 1 little owl - 2 skylark - 2 meadow pipit - 16 swallow - 2 flying south redwing - 72 redwing also had a male blackcap at Waterbarn in Stacksteads today Maxine saw 2 skeins of pink footed goose over Waterfoot this morning at around 10:20. Presumably the same birds that Dave and Jim saw over Grane. c...
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Stacksteads 10.10.10
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Lee Quarry to Rooley Moor road Starling c1000 Carrion Crow 200+ Meadow Pipit 1 Kestrel 1m Elm Clough Ring Ouzel 3 Wood Pigeon c40 Blue Tit 5 Magpie 2 pfyldes
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Grane, 10th October 2010
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08:15-11:15 Cormorant, 4 flew east towards AMR and a single on Calf Hey, Grey Heron, 1 on Calf Hey, Canada Goose, 12 on Holden Wood Res, Pink Footed Goose, a skein of c240 over west, Mallard, 119 on Calf Hey and 8 on Holden Wood, Wigeon, male on Holden Wood Res, Teal, 11 on Calf Hey, Sparrowhawk, 2 singles,...
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Redwings Sunday 10-10-10
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08 Hr to 09 hr. Woodland behind Sykside, Haslingden. Flocks in 100,s dropping in, comeing from the west. Neil
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Edge Cote 09/10/10
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1 grey heron 58 snipe 2 golden plover over towards Cowpe 1 tawny owl disturbed from edge of wood 6 meadow pipit cheers Kevin
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buzzards and wheatear 07/10/10
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2 buzzards watched for 15 minutes soaring from Whinberry Naze then over Marl Pits and Reedsholme this afternoon at around 2:30pm 1 wheatear in Great Height Quarry cheers Kevin
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Blackbirds and Robins.
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Quite a large arrival of both species this morning in the Folly Clough/ Hardmans Ruin area of C/booth. 30+ Blackbirds and 15+ Robins in a small area as compaired to just singles yesterday morning. Blackbirds also leaving to west after feeding. Several Song Thrush and Goldcrest in area also. Crai...
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Grane to Rawtenstall 06/10/10
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little grebe - 1 on Calf hey cormorant - 1 on Calf hey Canada goose - 40 on Ogden Res mallard - 146 on Calf hey, 11 on Holden wood, 7 at Irwell Vale, 57 at Holmes Terrace Lodge & 8 at Rawtenstall teal - 11 on Calf Hey goosander - 2 on the Irwell at Townsendfold kestrel - 2 on Haslingden moor, 2 at Holden Wood &a...
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Lapwings
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about 60 in the air at about 4.30 - probably the Knowsley Road lot.
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Hawfinch in Memorial Gardens, Haslingden?
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Took my little boy to the park today about 11.30am and noticed a Grey Heron fly over pretty low and the odd sight of a pair of Magpies carrying a number of twigs to a specific tree. There were plenty of Robins singing by the sound of it. One thing that caught my eye was at least 1 bird in a tree maybe 2, midway...
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