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Cloughbottom Res 12-5-10 5-30pm
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1 spotted flycatcher seen in two different parts of wood 1 male manderine 1 male gooseander 2 canada geese 2 male 1 female mallard 2 singing willow warblers several meadow pipit and skylarks blue tit taking nesting materiel in nest box coal tits great tits chaffinch goldfinch 8 crows 1 jay 1 blackbird...
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Spotted Flycatcher
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My first of the season by the river between Strongstry and Stubbins.
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Brown Wardle,Whitworth and Lee Quarry 10/5/10
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9 Dotterel still present this evening on south west slopes. In Lee Quarry(with Peter Fyldes and Dave Howorth) Grasshopper Warbler seen and heard reeling. Dave Ousey.
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Lee Quarry Road 10.5.10.
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Lee Quarry Road Grasshopper Warbler still present tonight in the same place pfyldes Dave Howorth Dave Ousey
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Cloughbottom
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Mandarin male 1 female Mallard 4 males Curlew Sandpiper Reedbunting Coal Tit Blue Tit Great Tit Goldfinch 3 Goldcrest 4 8 Woodpigeons Rockcliff Bacup Sparrow Hawk Rawtenstall Sparrow Hawk 9 May
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Brown Wardle Sunday 9-5-10
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9 dotteral 6 lapwing 6 wheatear 4 canada geese 1 on nest 1 linnet 2 pied wagtails loads of meadow pipit skylarks swallows house martins 3 lesser black backed gulls several crows Dave Howorth,Pete Fyldes,Paul Kemp & John Holdsworth
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Brown Wardle,Whitworth.8/5/10
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9 Dotterel on south facing slope of Brown Wardle from 10am till 6pm at least on Saturday. Sorry for late post, Dave Ousey.
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Whittle Pike, 8th May 2010
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17:15 - 19:30 Inspired by the posting on The Manchester Birding website of 9 Dotterel on Brown Wardle today I thought I'd have another crack at trying to find some too! Alas a long slog up Plunge and a gusting wind on the tops were all in vain as the hill tops were almost barren of all birdlife. Seen on the...
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E.B.S.W. 7/5/10.
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18:20hrs Pr of Oystercatcher c10 Pied Wagtail 1 Blackcap + 1 around curcuit c4 Willow Warbler Still good numbers of hirundines present. House Martin numbers at c100 with c150 Swallow, Sand Martin present in very small numbers c3. No Swift seen. Pr Dipper at Ewood Bridge. Hirundines appear to have v...
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Lee Quarry 5.5.10.
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Lee Quarry Wheatear 5 Sky Lark c10 Canada Goose 1pair Meadow Pipit 3 Pied Wagtail Quarry Road Grasshopper Warbler 1 reeling in the wooded clough by the gates. Willow Warbler 4 Swift 2 over Swallow 1 over Goldfinch c6 Mistle Thrush 1 calling Blackbird 2 calling pfyldes and johnh
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Staghills
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GS Woodpecker LT Tits Blackcap W Warbler 10 Goldfinch Nr Kenroy Lapwing +1pair Collard Doves Lumb Blackcap still at Oakley Rd
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Calf Hey Res, Haslingden Grane 3rd May 2010
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Today had 9 singing Willow Warblers from the Car Park and going all round their normal breeding haunts around the reservoir and back to car park. If anything a slight increase... One Common Sandpiper on mudbanks of reservoir.
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Whitworth 3.5.10.
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Cowm Res Wheatear 3 Swallow c10 House Martin 2 Willow Warbler c10 Redpoll 8 L.T.Tit 1 Song Thrush 2 Dunnock c6 Chaffinch Blue and Great Tits Blackbird 4 B.H.Gull 1 Mallard c25m 3f G.C.Grebe 3 Tufted Duck 3 pair Canada Geese 6 Carrion Crows Wood Pigeon 8 Magpie 4 Landgate and Moss Quarry Redpoll 1 over Lin...
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Top of Leach, 3rd May 2010
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06:30-09:30 Canada Goose, c12 pairs especially Cowpe Res and Cragg icn sitting birds, Mallard, c8, Golden Plover, 2 pairs, Curlew, c3 pairs, L.B.B.Gull, c20 with crows below Top of Leach and c50 on quarry pool, Stock Dove, pair + single near Rakehead, Swift, single at Atherton Holme, Skylark, c20...
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E.B.S.W. 2/5/10 - Hirundines
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14:15 hrs After last nights apparent dispersal of Swallows and Martins before dusk I wasn't expecting much today. But numbers were even higher with c400 present. Swallows definatley outnumber martins at about 4-1 with very few sand martins present. Swift numbers were on the low side with c20 seen...
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Grane, 2nd May 2010
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06:30-09:30 Grey Heron, 1 on Holden Wood, Canada Goose, c12 inc bird still sitting, Mallard, c8 mainly males, Kestrel, 2, Pheasant, 1 calling, Golden Plover, 5 on the tops, Lapwing, c12, Common Sandpiper, 1 on Calf Hey, Snipe, 1 chipping at Holden Wood, Curlew, 2 pairs, Oystercatcher, pair, L.B.B....
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Cloughbottom and Red Moss
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Gooseander male 5 Mallard 1 pair Sandpiper 3 Curlew 5 Jays Buzzard mobed by 3 C Crows Spotted Flycatcher 1pair Linnits Goldcrests 3 Coal Tits Pheasant
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Lee Quarry, Whitworth Quarry And Stubbylee Moss 010510
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Lee Quarry 5 Canada geese, 1f kestrel, 1pr little owl, 2 lesser black back gull over, 14 meadow pipit, 2 pied wagtail, 2 swallow, 14 wheatear, 1 wren in the quarry and 3 on the road up to the quarry, 1 willow warbler & 1 linnet Stubbylee Moss and Whitworth Quarry 1 grey heron, 18 Canada geese, 3pr malla...
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E.B.S.W/ 1/5/10
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18:15hrs. Good numbers of hirundines present again with c300 Swallows and House Martins with small numbers of Sand Martin all were gone by 20:15 hrs The same thing happened last night (see Davids entry for 30/4/10). Pr of Oystercatcher present and just 2 Pied Wagtail. Bob 'n' Archie.
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Edenfield - Garden 1/5/10
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2 Swift low over tree 07:30 1 Juv Collared dove with adults this morning....another mouth to feed!!! LTT's collecting moss Ina
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E.B.S.W. 30th April 2010
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18:45-19:00 Just a quick look but good numbers feeding along the edge of the trees. Swift c80 Swallow c150 House Martin c80 Sand Martin at least 2 Regards, David Nuttall
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Waterfoot to Plunge 28/04/10
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Waterfoot 4 house martins back over the conservative club. Lench 1 grey heron, 7 Canada geese, 1 moorhen, 1 pied wagtail, 3 swallow, 1 willow warbler, 1 long tailed tit, 60 starling, robin nest with 4 young, 1 mistle thrush & 1 song thrush. Cowpe Res and surrounding area 1 grey heron, 8 Canada geese...
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Swifts 28.4.10
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Edgeside Swift 7 seen by my son Nicholas at 7 pm today pfyldes
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Twine Valley
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Whitethroat male singing 2 Redpoll
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E.B.S.W. 25/4/10
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11:00 hrs approx. Wak around the curcuit No sign of Yellow Wagtail 3 Blackcap in song c20 Swallow c3 Sand Martin 1 House Martin 1pr Oystercatcher 1 Green Woodpecker calling from Hardsough area & possibly the same bird at Ravenshore later. 1 Jay 2 Long Tailed Tit 1pr Bullfinch c6 Willow Warbler 1 S...
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B acup
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Green wood pecker off Tod Rd
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Clough Bottom 26.4.10
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Clough Bottom Res Peregrine 1 over Kestrel 1 Common Sandpiper 1 pair + 1 Reed Bunting 2m Willow Warbler 2 calling Swallow 1 Blackbird 2 Pied Wagtail 3 Meadow Pipit c6 Carrion Crow 50+ Magpie 2 Wood Pigeon 2 L.B.B.Gull 1 on the water Robin 1 calling Chaffinch several calling pfyldes Dave Howorth Pau...
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Haslinden
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Chiff Chaff off St Crispin Way
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Shadlockcote Near Jack Lodge
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Curlew 2 Lapwing 2pair Skylark 6 Meadow pipits 6 Stonechat 1pair Swallow 5 Woodpigeon 5 Wheatear 4 males 1 female Jack Lodge Canada geese 1 pair Heron Mallard 4 all males Cloughbottom Sandpiper 2 Dean Lane Reedbunting male Weir Dam Canada Geese 7 Moorhen Mallard 3males 1 female
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A local disgrace
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Swinnel Brook has been polluted again resulting in all the fish and insect life being wiped out with consequences to the bird life. I followed the trail of death from Helmshore up to Swinnel Brook on Friday noting dead wild brown trout up to 4lbs and hundreds of smaller fish some of which were being take...
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