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redwings 28/10/09
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c350 redwings in several flocks of up to 60 birds seen in Waterfoot area between 06:55 & 07:20 this morning. cheers Kevin
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Plunge/Rochdale Road 26/10/09
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Top of Gincroft Lane Small party of LTT's Close by but not with the above, 3 Goldcrest (seen) must have been at least double that though judging by the calls, a lot of chasing about. 2 Blackbirds feeding on berrys 1 Robin in every bush!!! Not much else to be seen apart from marauding dogs, kids and hairy-t...
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Ina
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Bird/ Football quiz
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Name three English League clubs that are nicknamed after the same bird and then two English League clubs that are nicknamed after a different bird? No Googling please
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Dog Nobbler
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Collard Doves
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My back garden Collard Dove 'flock' has increased suddenly from the 4 or 5 I've had for a few years, to 16 minimum. Do they follow the food like feral pigeons? Have we had a population explosion? Is it a lack of female Sparrowhawks? If it's the latter, can I have my Sparrowhawk back please Brian, I'm being...
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Balladen - Cowpe Moss, 23/10/09
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Balladen 2 Mistle Thrush c20 Long Tailed Tit Flock of 5 Meadow Pipit on Horncliffe tip Horncliffe 1m Merlin flew from under the lee of the hillside then over towards Sand Beds or Plunge. Pr kestrel hunting top of Sand Beds lane on slope into Plunge. 1 Snipe in same area flushed from wet patch Just 1 Snipe...
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Gincroft over to Horncliffe
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Top of Gincroft 1 GSW Blue, Gt & coaltits Over the top 3 Meadow pipits 1 Kestrel,m Horncliffe 1 Green Woodpecker Usual C.Crows & magpies, lots of Robins and Wrens,no finches except a couple of chaffinches, only the odd female blackbird.
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Ina
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Weekend Quiz
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How old was the oldest caged bird in the world when he fell off his perch? I will answer this question in a few days when everyone who is interested has had a go.
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Whitworth 18/10/09
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18/10/09 Flock of 50x Redwing flying low and South this morning at 09:30 14/10/09 4 x Raven flying. 1 pr seemingly chasing off another pr that was flying east.
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Grane, 18th Oct 2009
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07:30-10:30 Cormorant, 1 flew onto Calf Hey and preened on the edge of the res, Grey Heron, 2 flew down Ogden, Canada Goose, 57 on Holden Wood, Mallard, c12, Sparrowhawk, single male & single female, Red Grouse, a group of 3 on the tops! Pheasant, 1 calling, Moorhen, 1 on quarry lake, Snipe, 12 on th...
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Hameldon - Clowbridge 18/10/09
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Start 08:30hrs New Laithe, Dunnockshaw 11 Fieldfare in hawthorns 17 Redwing out of wood then moved N. 1 Kestrel 1m Stonechat c6 Chaffinch> N. Hameldon Hill Flocks of c100 +c20 Fieldfare >N. c30 Starling >N. 3 Snipe flushed Nutshaw Hill 3 Snipe flushed 5 Meadow Pipit 1 Little Owl nr quarry Ra...
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Cowm Res 18.10.09
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Cowm Goldeneye 1f Tufted Duck 6 G.C.Grebe 1 Cormorant 1 B.H.Gull c50 Common Gull 3 Redpoll 1 L.T.Tit 10 Goldfinch 5 Chaffinch 2 Greenfinch 1 Grey Wagtail 1 Pied Wagtail 2 Bleu Tit c15 Great Tit c10 Robin 3 Wren c6 Magpie c10 Carrion Crow c20 Blackbird 3 Wood Pigeon c5 over going east Stock Dove 2 Meadow Pip...
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Edge Cote - Chapel Hill 17/10/09
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Not much seen on the way up through Marl Pits apart from an odd few tits. 18 Snipe flushed from moorland above Edge Cote + 2 Meadow Pipits. 1 Green Woodpecker calling from below conifer plantation. c80 Fieldfare flew into tree tops below Edge Cote farm. Small group of finches at Edge Cote farm on feeders...
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Cribden Clough 17/10/09
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One each of Dipper and Grey Wagtail on the river on the way up. 40 Mallard loafing on the river. 50 Redwing then joined by c100 moving from E. then up the Limy valley eventually moving N.W. 3 Chaffinch S. but probably only local movement. 15 Fieldfare + 5 Redwing dropped into clough from E. 12 Starling W. 3...
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Redwing, saturday 17 october 09
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Heavy passage 1500+++ of redwing east to west over Haslingden 08.00 hr-09.15hr peak 08,30hr in flocks of upto aprrox 200 seen from back garden Neil
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Gt Hameldon 16th October
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Group of 20 Golden Plover on the South slope of Gt Hameldon this afternoon at 4pm. Bob
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Waterfoot 15/10/09 (unusual find)
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A friend today brought a bird to work for me to have a look at. His cat had brought it in this morning and he did not know what it was. He had it in his van in a box. In my mind I thought it would be a Starling of sorts but was amazed to see a magical and beautiful. Water Rail! Of all the things a Cat would catch.....I...
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Nuthatch count.
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Tried an experiment on saturday, with the help of friends, mobile phones, cameras, and plenty of peanuts, we staked out three feeding stations and two wooded areas for over two hours and came up with a confiedent seven[nuthatch] individuals, with the aid of photographs we tried to identify these in...
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Limy Valley 15/10/09
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Reedsholme - 06:00 -14:00hrs 2 Goldcrest calling most of the morning from leylandii 1 G.S.W. 1 Kestrel 2 Dippers chasing over the mill yard c50 Redwing moving N. 1 Heron, over Folly Clough - 15:30hrs c130 Redwing feeding in scrub and flying about c5 Long Tailed Tit with birds heard a further site among...
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Bigbadbob
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Unusual Bird of Prey ( Marl Pitts)
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I have been a falconer for many years. Mainly hawks. However today whilst playing football at Marl Pitts I saw a very large Falcon. I am almost 100% sure it was bigger than a Female Peregrine. Does anybody know if a falconer has lost a falcon around Rossendale?? Gyr??? Saker??? Hybrid???
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Turn 14/10/09
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c70 mainly Redwing with ? a couple of Fieldfare ('chacks' heard) this afternoon. 1GSW storing food in top of a telegraph pole, capped it off with something pink!!! Female of course.
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Ina
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Marl Pits- Chapel Hill, 13/10/09
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14:30 hrs 2 Mistle Thrush 3+10+7 Goldfinch 1 Jay 15 Magpie C50 Starling c80+10+3 Redwing on the move W. though 2 with Starlings 1 G.S.W. 5 Greenfinch Twin Lodges - 16:00 hrs 4 Redwing + 1 Fieldfare in trees c100 flew into same trees with another c100 moving on W. c40 Jackdaw c8 Magpie 6 mixed Green & C...
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Telescope found at Ashworth Moor Res
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Found a telescope this eve at AMR, if its yours contact me at davidwinnard@yahoo.co.uk Dave
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Musbury 12/10/09
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Kestrel Pheasant Meadow Pipit Green Woodpecker Grey Partridge Magpie Carrion Crow Wood Pigeon Rock Dove
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Waterfoot an Whitworth 11/10/09
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Waterfoot 15 + 45 redwings Stubbylee Moss 2 teal, 1 snipe, 1 kestrel, 1 skylark, 3 pied wagtail, 12 meadow pipit & 1 raven Cowm 1 great crested grebe, 2 cormorant, 45 mallard, 1 tufted duck, 60 black headed gull, 2 common gull, 3 lesserblack back gull, 1 pied wagtail, 25 mead...
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Clough Head & Calf Hey 08:30 - 10:30 11/10/09
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Great Spotted Woodpecker Chaffinch Blue Tit Great Tit Carrion Crow Meadow Pippit Pheasant Goldcrest Goldfinch Cormorant Grey Wagtail Long Tailed Tit -- Edited by Matt on Monday 12th of October 2009 01:32:46 PM
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Calf Hey res, Saturday 10 October
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5 Wigeon 8 Mallard Siskin Mistle THrush Goldcrest Coal tit Wren Robin Woodpigeon Neil
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Clowbridge Res 8.10.09
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Clowbridge Stonechat 5 Goldfinch 5 family party Dunnock 1 Meadow Pipit c10 Pied Wagtail c10 Magpie 1 Carrion Crow c10 Kestrel 1 Goosander 2 redheads Mallard 3 G.C.Grebe 1 Cormorant 4 B.H.Gull c40 Common Gull 1 juv Canada Goose 20 pfyldes Dave Howorth Paul Kemp
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lapwing
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c 40 lapwing over factory units Broadway estate 9-30 am 8/10/09 Dave
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Redwing 8/10/09
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2 Redwing over Helmshore 07:15 today.
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Quiz question
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Which bird was formerly eaten by Catholics during Lent because it wasn't classed as meat and why?
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