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holden wood reservoir 3/01/2009
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1-2pm over 40 bh gulls - over 20 on the iced out reservoir. 8 magpies up to 6 carrion crows 3 woodpigeons 2 blackbirds calling 1 wren seen 2stone chat 2 corvids flying over westwards may have been ravens no ducks, cormorants, herons, moorhens, geese on the reservoir - i walked up to the far side. a mi...
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Cowm Reservoir,Whitworth,this weekend.
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Birds seen this weekend:-Great Crested Grebe, Cormorant 2,Grey Heron,Canada Geese 42,Pink Footed Goose(Later seen flying off alone heading north),Mandarin Duck,Mallard 50,Tufted Duck 10(highest total this winter),Goldeneye(Male),Goosander 3(2M,1f), BH Gull 42, Common Gull 4,GBB Gull...
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Clowbridge Res, 3rd Jan 2010
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10:15 - 11:00 The reservoir was around 80% frozen over which was unsurprising as it was -6 when I arrived and reliably informed it was -9.7 overnight! The following were noted: Barnacle Goose, feral bird associating with Mallard on small pond by car park. Goosander, 10 ( 6 males) feeding in the ice fre...
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Crossbills, 2nd Jan 2010
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Two Crossbills flew over calling whilst I was sledging with the kids at Marl Pits this afternoon! Regards, David Nuttall
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Staghills Woods & Warth 01/01/10
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Staghills Woods 4 mallard, 1 moorhen, 3 feral pigeon, 7 wood pigeon, 1 collared dove, 4 great spotted woodpecker, 5 wren, 3 dunnock, 11 robin, 30 blackbird, 6 song thrush, 20 redwing, 27 long tailed tit, 4 coal tit, 21 blue tit, 14 great tit, 2 or 3 nuthatch, 2 treecreeper, 1 jay, 13 magpie, 20 jackdaw,...
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Bits n Bobs
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2 lapwings on the h'den/osw'le border flying ito h'den at about 11.45am on xmas eve grey wagtail on our yard wall at 3.15pm on xmas day. dont get many of them aroun here except odd few in winter. so a nice littlexmas present i guess. anway hope you are all enjoy Xmas day and Merry Xmas from my side!
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Save the best till the last. 31.12.09.
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Cowm Res Tufted Duck 6 minimum G.C.Grebe 1 Goosander 1 pair Mallard c40 Pink Footed Goose 1 Canada Goose 36 B.H.Gull c40 Common Gull c10 Mute Swan 6 New Line Res Goosander 1m Moorhen 4 Mallard 47 B.H.Gull 80 Common Gull 8 Canada Goose 17 Clough Bottom Common Gull 1 Happy New Year to all pfyldes
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Mistle Thrush
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I live at the edge of Helmshore and a Mistle Thrush was feeding on a neighbours tree today which suggests to me that times are hard in the open country. Merry Christmas everyone.
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Cowm Reservoir,Whitworth 30/12/09
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Birds seen in blizzard conditions:- Mute Swan 6,Canada Geese 30,Pink Footed Goose,Mandarin Duck,Mallard 50,Tufted Duck 8,Goldeneye(F),Goosander(Pair), BH Gull 65, Common Gull 2,Woodpigeon 4,Collared Dove 4,Dunnock, Robin 2,Blackbird 2, Magpie 8,Carrion Crow 4, Starling 24, House Sparr...
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Grane, 31st Dec 2009
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08:30 - 10:30 Canada Goose, 18 flew in from Oswaldtwistle direction, Mallard, 4 on Ogden, Golden Plover, flocks of 3 & 6 on the tops, B.H.Gull, c40, Common Gull, 1, G.B.B.Gull, 2 singles (Adult & Imm) heading west, Green Woodpecker, 1 yaffled several times, Coal Tit, c12, Mistle Thrush, 1, B...
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L T Tits
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about 15 L T Tits in the rawtenstall frie station trees 2.30 pm today -- Edited by sarfraz on Monday 28th of December 2009 08:10:56 PM
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Waterfoot and New Line 28.12.09.
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Waterfoot Park Road Brambling 5 Redpoll 1 Chaffinch c10 Blackbird 2 Wren 2 Great Tit 1 Starling c6 New Line Res Goosander 5 [3m] B.H.Gull 110 Common Gull 5 Moorhen 4 Mallard 41 pfyldes
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Clowbridge Res, 26th Dec 2009
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09:00 - 10:00 Cormorant, 3 on foating platform flew into the water to feed. Mallard, 11 on small pond near car park, Goldeneye, 1 male feeding in east bay, Goosander, 14 (10 males), Sparrowhawk, 1 female hunting south of res, B.H.Gull, c20, Common Gull, c6, Collared Dove, 4, Dipper, 1 feeding in outfl...
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Strongstry woods/river
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Grey Heron 2 in the wet fields Moorhen 1 on the river Dipper 3 all up the streams Goosander 3 female Grey Wagtail 1 on the horse manure Pied Wagtail 3 same place Wood Pigeon 20+ in Buckden woods roost Jackdaw 5,Crow 2,Rook 8 in horse fields Jay 1 Lumb vale G S Woodpecker 3 around the woods Wren 3, one seem...
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Cowm Reservoir,Whitworth.24/12/09
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Last year I was lucky enough to find 12 Crossbills on Christmas Eve,what would this year bring! Not much change really at Cowm,now a male and female Goosander a female Goldeneye,Pink Footed Goose,but there was no sign of the male Mandarin. No activity on the water,motorboats,skiers etc due to lots o...
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Cowm Res,Whitworth.23/12/09
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100 Canada Geese,60 Mallard,5 Tufted Duck,Mandarin Duck,35 BH Gull,2 Common Gull, Goosander (Male),10 Carrion Crow,4 Jackdaw,6 Magpie,4 Goldfinch,20 House Sparrow,18 Starling,3 Coal Tit,2 Blue Tit,4 Great Tit,2 Dunnock,3 Robin,12 Blackbird, 6 Mute Swan.Went around the res after going to s...
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Red Grouse at Great Clough 19th Dec
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8am top of Great Clough towards Great Hambledon at SD 802 280 were 2 Red Grouse in deep snow. Nothing else up there except a few crows , starlings and my car keys.
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Loveclough 21st Dec
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2 common snipe flushed from pond behind football pitch 1.20 pm today. (Also there yesterday lunchtime apparently). Bob and Pat.
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Chapel Hill, 20th Dec 2009
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10:00 - 11:45 Grey Heron, 1 stalking a semi frozen pond, B.H.Gull, 3 north up the Limey Valley, Herring Gull, 3 west over Rawtenstall, Little Owl, 1 sat on dry stone wall, Dunnock, 1 singing! Mistle Thrush, pair & single, Blackbird, c30 Coal Tit, c4, mainly in Balladen clough, Blue & Great Tit...
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Cowm Reservoir,Whitworth.
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Last weeks highlights:- Great Crested Grebe, 4 Cormorant(1 ad,3 juv),Grey Heron, Mute Swan(2ad,4juv),Pink Footed Goose,40 Canada Geese,Mandarin Duck(male), 55 Mallard, 9 Tufted Duck, Goldeneye(fem),Sparrowhawk(fem),60 Black Headed Gull,12 Common Gull, 4 Woodpigeon,8 Collared Dove, G...
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Waterfoot 19/12/09
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Staghills woods 2 greater spotted woodpeckers 2 jays c6 redwing Trickets memorial gardens 3 nuthatch c20 redwings 15 greenfinch blue tits great tits long tailed tits 1 greater spotted woodpecker jay wrens blackbirds Edgeside woods 5 redpoll 1 siskin goldfinch greenfinch chaffinch 3 black heade...
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Clowbridge res. 13/12/09
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14:15 hrs to dusk. 9 Collared Dove - car park area. 2 Cormorant 4 Goosander 1 Goldeneye 62 Canada Geese 1 Barnacle Goose 6 Mallard flew on at dusk + 22 on the outlet stream. 2 Stonechat 22 Lapwing circling then onto Burnt hill. c200 Starling flighting & then to roost at S. end. 2 Blackbird - car park. c2...
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TTV SD81J Scout Moor & AMR 13/12/2009
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TTV SD81J Scout Moor I didn't expect to see much for this tetrad and I wasn't wrong. Only 11 birds from 4 species seen as follows golden plover - 1 snipe - 2 wren - 1 carrion crow - 7 AMR 15:00 to 16:10 1 great crested grebe 13 mallard 49 goosander 70 lapwing c1100 black headed gull c400 common gull 2 great bla...
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Clowbridge Res, 13th Dec 2009
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10:45-12:00 Cormorant, 3 Mallard, 8 Goldeneye, 1 male Goosander, 4 Kestrel, 1 Lapwing, 6 south, 25 north B.H.Gull, c50 Common Gull, c8 G.B.B.Gull, 1 Dipper, 1 M. Pipit, 6 Pied Wagtail, 2 Stonechat, pair, Rook, 21 over, House Sparrow, c12 in car park, Goldfinch, 4, Greenfinch, 4, Chaffinch, 2, Reed B...
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Lapwings - 12/12/09
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A sizeable flock - 80+ of these birds were in fields at Black Moss (Rising Bridge) on the afternoon of the 12th. Bob.
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TTV SD82R Bacup & SD82W Reaps Moss 12/12/09
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SD82R Bacup black headed gull - 16 feral pigeon - 15 wood pigeon - 2 collared dove - 5 grey wagtail - 1 dipper - 1 wren - 2 dunnock - 2 robin - 7 blackbird - 3 mistle thrush - 2 coal tit - 1 blue tit - 5 great tit - 10 jay - 5 magpie - 22 jackdaw - 20 carrion crow - 13 starling - 24 house sparrow - 18 chaffinch - 5 goldfinch -...
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Holden Wood Reservoir 12/12/2009
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14:00 - 15:00 25 Lapwings flew off field (probably to Haslingden) 4 Mallard 1 Heron 2 Goosander flew over towards Ogden 1 Cormorant Cheers Ian
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loveclough
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Greenwoodpecker calling Newline 88 Canada Geese
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Knowsley Road Haslingden
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4/12/09 2-15pm 160 Lapwing on factory roof Dave
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More Geese 9/12/09
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Two skeins totalling approx. 200 birds W. over Reedsholme at 15:20 hrs. Bob.
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