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buzzard
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Buzzard being attacked by a female sparrowhawk above buckden woods this evening about 1700 hours, it flew off towards irwell vale. I know have three feeding stations set up for the winter, they are just begining to get busy, especially with jays, there seems to be a lot about.
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Calf Hey Res - Wed Sept 16th 2009
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Charlie and I had a walk around the Calf Hey Res and had: Teal 3 (1m & 2f) Mallard: 29 Grey Heron: 1 Common Gull: 1 BHG: 25 also Wall Brown B 1 Speckled Wood B 1
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large thrush flock
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large thrush flock of over 30 crossing from ogden res to heap clough today about 5.30pm hard to get a good view of them but did not look grey/blue as fieldfares are and looked more typical song/mistle/redwing from below. most likely a post-breeding/early autumn grouping of mistle thrushes? too...
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Musbury,Sunday 13 september
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3 jays 1 Sarrowhawk 1 Kestrel 1 Peregrine Wood pigeons Magpies Carrioncrows Medowpipits piedwagtails
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Neil Burke
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Plunge 13-09-09
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2 Swallows 2 Wheatear (probably juveniles) 25+ Meadow Pipits Charm of 12 Goldfinch 2 Green Woodpeckers Heard Great Spotted Woodpecker 4 Jays Goldcrest Cheers Ian
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Ian Brady
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Deeply Vale-Harden Moor, 13th Sept 2009
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07:30-10:30 Grey Heron, 2 singles Mallard, 17, Peregrine, female with take away breakfast (Wood Pigeon), Kestrel, 5 singles, Moorhen, 3 on bottom lodge, Lapwing, flock of 55, Snipe, 2 flushed off Harden Moor, L.B.B.Gull, c12 moving east, Wood Pigeon, c20, Collared Dove, 3, Skylark, 5 on Harden Mo...
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David Nuttall
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Stubbylee Moss area 12/09/09
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teal - 7 merlin - 1 golden plover - 8 skylark - 1 meadow pipit - 70+ pied wagtail - 1 swallow - 8 raven - 1 heard linnet - 2 cheers Kevin
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Clowbridge Res, 12th Sept 2009
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08:00-09:00 Cormorant, 2 perched up on the pylons, Canada Goose, 11, Mallard, 5&2, Meadow Pipit, c40 Pied Wagtail, 3, Skylark, 5 moving south calling, Stonechat, party of 7 & a single, Greenfinch, c12 in car park, Goldfinch, c10 on side of res, Reed Bunting, c4. Regards, David.
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David Nuttall
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Osprey
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Osprey over heapclough, Haslingden Grane,18.30 hr 1 Green woodpecker neil
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Neil Burke
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sparrowhawk or peregrine?
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This morning just after 7am, I was watching 3 blackbirds eating the berries in a Rowan tree in my garden, then suddenly a huge bird swoped towards the blackbirds, they flew away quickly and the bird landed on a branch at the back of the garden. It was still a little grey outside, but I got the binocular...
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Clough Bottom Res, 10th Sept 2009
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18:15-19:00 A quick walk around the res produced the following: Pied Wagtail, 4, Grey Wagtail, 1, Meadow Pipit, c8 going south, Swallow, a flock of 14 whizzing around, House Martin, 10 on Doric, Spotted Flycatcher, 2, Goldcrest, 2, Treecreeper, 1, Coal Tit, c4, Chaffinch, 1. Regards, David Nuttal...
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David Nuttall
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Reedsholme 7/9/09
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Swallows have fledged 3 young from their second brood today. The breeding site is on a beam in one of the loading bays. 1 Green Woodpecker calling from woodland 1 G.S.W. over flying 1 Nuthatch calling No sign of any feeding H.Martins over the woodland today which is such a common feature at this time of...
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Bigbadbob
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Holdenwood resv monday 7 Sep
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1 Kingfisher 15 Mallard 3 Black-headed gull 3 Heron 3 Cormerant 8 Lapwing 20+ Canada Goose 1 Sarrowhawk Plenty of Swallows Neil
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Neil Burke
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various sites 060909
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Stubbylee Moss 2 snipe, 10 swallow, 70 meadow pipit, 50 starling, 1 female whitethroat on fence at the top of Deansgreave Lane & 15 linnet. Spring Mill Res 1 cormorant over, 1 sparrowhawk, 1 kestrel, 10 black headed gull, 1 juv little owl, 4 stonechat, 30 wood pigeon, 20 jackdaw, 9 linnet & 7...
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Cowm and New Line 6.9.09
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Cowm Res Dipper 2 Grey Wagtail 1 over Cormorant 1 on pylon B.H.Gull c30 L.B.B.Gull 1 over Mallard c40 Starling c200 Goldfinch 2 Greenfinch 8 Chaffinch c10 Great Tit 1 Magpie 2 Carrion Crow 4 Canada Goose 9 Swallow c100 House Martin c10 New Line Stock Dove 1 over Tufted Duck 1 B.H.Gull 3 Mallard 37 pfyldes...
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Grane, 6th Sept 2009.
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07:30-11:00 Cormorant, 1 flew over Haslingden Moor and onto Holden Wood, Grey Heron, c4 Holden Wood / Ogden, Canada Goose, 6 on pasture near Holden Wood, Mallard, c20 Holden Wood / Ogden, Sparrowhawk, 2 jousting with Crows, Kestrel, 3, Pheasant, female with two well grown but flightless young, Lap...
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David Nuttall
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wet walk round ashworthmoor
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57 FEMALE GOOSANDERS VERY LARGE FLOCK OF YOUNG SWALLOWS FEEDING ON A HATCH OF FLIES RIGHT ON THE WATER SURFACE, DIFFICULT TO COUNT BUT CERTAINLY 60 + NO GULLS
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brian
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Kearns Cowpe
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Kingfisher Brandwood Stacksteads 60 Swallows 30 Meadow Pipits 8 Longtailed Tits
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johnh
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Strongstry August review
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BLUE TIT~~~PLENTY OF YOUNG GREAT TIT~~~GOOD NUMBERS COAL TIT ~~~SEEMS TO HAVE RECOVERED L T TIT~~~~~BEGINGING TO FLOCK, OK BULLFINCH~~SEVERAL PAIR WITH YOUNG CHAFFINCH~~MORE THAN USUAL GREENFINCH~ONES AND TWOS GOLDFINCH~~SEVERAL YOUNG IN SMALL FLOCK ROBIN~~~~~AS USUAL WREN~~~~~PLENTY AR...
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Cowm Res 30.8.09
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Cowm Res Mallard c40 + 7 half grown young Tufted Duck 2 Cormorant 1 B.H.Gull 54 L.B.B.Gull 1 over Swallow c20 Dipper 1 Bullfinch 1 Goldfinch c6 Greenfinch 3 Woodpigeon 2 Carrion Crow c10 Magpie 1 Robin 1 Stonechat 3 juveniles pfyldes
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Warth to Brow Edge Quarry 30/08/09
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Warth/ Higher Lench 2 great spotted woodpecker, 5 grey wagtails, 6 meadow pipit, 40 house martin, 20 swallow, 1 willow warbler, 1 jay & 15 goldfinch. Hurdles Quarry/ Whittaker Pasture/ Brow Edge Quarry 1 swift, 7 skylark, 2 great spotted woodpecker, 80 meadow pipit, 1 pied wagtail, 4 wheate...
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Limy Valley 29/8/09
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Had a quick 2 hours this afternoon inbetween the Clarets getting beaten and United winning. Pr Dipper + 1 Grey wagtail on the river at Crawshawbooth. 1 singing Dipper at Goodshawfold c50 Swallow ( inc. many juvs) mobbing 2 hovering Kestrels at Goodshawfold Pair Grey wagtail at Folly Clough + c12 Swal...
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Bigbadbob
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Clough Bottom and Clowbridge 290809
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Clough Bottom 4 spotted flycatchers, 1m stonechat & 1 juv treecreeper in mixed flock containing at least 20 goldcrests and 20 coal tits. Clowbridge female mallard with 6 well grown young, 1 common tern, 2 black headed gull, 2 lesser black back gull, 6 meadow pipit & 2 pied wagtail. cheers Kev...
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Early geese? 26/8/09
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Had a skein of 23 geese heading W to E over Reedsholme this morning at 10:15. Certainly not Canadas did anybody else pick these up? Had they been a month later I would have swore there were Pinkfeet due to the flight line and the height that they were flying at. The calls were remeniscient of Pinkies. Unf...
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Bigbadbob
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Clowbridge Res 6-15 pm 24/08/09
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1 female common scoter 2 stonechat c10 mallard c12 black headed gulls 6 crows 2 wood pigeon Dave
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Dave Howorth
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Hen harrier 24 August
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Male Hen harrier on Haslingden moor 19.30 Neil
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Neil Burke
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Cowm Res 23/8/09
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3 stonechat 15 Black headed gull c20 Mallard 1 Cormorant 1 Blackbird 3 Chaffinch 1 Grey wagtail 2 Magpie 4 Crows 1 Weasel Dave & m.l.o.
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Dave Howorth
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Ashworth Moor Res 230809
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Canada Goose - 135 cormorant - 1 great crested grebe - 1 mallard - 1 lapwing - 90 black headed gull - 15 lesser black back gull - 5 herring gull - 1 kestrel - 1 wheatear - 6 pied wagtail - 4 swallow - 6 reed bunting - 1 rook - c25 feeding in nearby field raven - 1 heard over Deeply Vale cheers Kevin & John -- Edi...
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Wildfowl Count - Grane Sun 23rd August
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Hi All Due to a family get together this weekend for a birthday, I won't be able to get to Grane to count ducks. If anyone is in that area Sat or Sun could they post their sightings as replies to this message. Many thanks Jim
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JimOrmerod
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Clowbridge res. 22/8/09
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Evening visit -19:00hrs c35 House sparrows in car park area 1 pr Reed Bunting 4 Stonechat 9 Meadow pipit 1 Wheatear 2 Heron 1 Kestrel c4 B.H.Gull 1 Willow Warbler calling from bushes c10 Mallard inc. 6yng Vis - mig at 20:00 hrs approx. c32 Swallow moving S. 6 Starling > S. 6 Goosander > N. 2 Whinchat...
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