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Clowbridge , Clough Bottom and Peers Clough 15.11.09
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Clowbridge Res Greenfinch c20 Great Tit 6 Blue Tit 6 Coal Tit 1 House Sparrow c10 Goosander 5 on the small res [ 2m 3rh ] + 1 pair flying around Mallard 1 pair Cormorant 1 Raven 1 over Magpie 2 Carrion Crow 4 Meadow Pipit 5 Stonechat 2 pair Blackbird 1 L.B.B.Gull 3 over B.H.Gull c10 Clough Bottom Res Goosand...
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Lower Irwell Valley, 15th Nov 2009
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09:00-11:00, Little Grebe, 1 on H.T.L. Cormorant, 1 flew down the Valley, Grey Heron, 1, Canada Goose, 5 flew up the Irwell, Mallard, c12, Goosander, parties of 3 & 2 down the Irwell, 1 on H.T.L. Moorhen, 3 on H.T.L. B.H.Gull, c60 on E.B.S.W. L.B.B.Gull, c40 north or south in small groups, Common G...
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Owl
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Owl hooting at 2am today for a few minutes. Must be a Tawny. I wonder what they feed on. I live just south of H'den town centre, in the Greenfield Ward and there is not much in terms of greenry here. There is the Memorial Gardens and then to the east you have farmland/hills. I have heard them in the su...
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Rawtenstall 12/11/09
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Focus car park 1 Red-head Goosander 1Grey Heron 1 Grey Wagtail and about a dozen Mallard + 2 White (farmyard)Geese. All I was after was a new venetian blind!!!
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Clowbridge res. 9/11/09
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14:30 hrs - dusk 1 Cormorant 3 Wigeon - 2m + 1f 9 Mallard 1 Goosander c300 B.H.Gull inc. very few commons 1 Bullfinch - car park c5 Greenfinch 2 Stonechat 1 Reed Bunting 1 Mistle Thrush 1 Blackbird 1 Kestrel 1 Pied Wagtail 1 Dipper in song along R. Limy where it enters the back pond. 34 Lapwing flock split wi...
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Staghills Woods, Marl Pits, Edge Cote & Holmes Terrace Lodge 08/1/09
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Staghills Woods ( Trickett's Memorial to Lea Bank) 3 great spotted woodpecker, 2 feral pigeon, 1 grey wagtail, 1 nuthatch, 2 treecreeper, 22 robin, 5 redwing, 2 song thrush, 36 blackbird, 15 long tailed tit, 7 coal tit, 18 blue tit, 17 great tit, 3 starling, 7 wren, 3 dunnock, 2 jay, 10 magpie, 5 carrion...
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Clough Bottom Res, 8th Nov 2009
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16:20 - 16:50 Goosander, 1 Redhead, Goldeneye, 3 males, Mallard, 26, Tawny Owl, 1 calling from lower plantation (1 calling near home last night!) Goldcrest, 3 calling from conifers. Regards, David Nuttall.
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Grane, 8th Nov 2009
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10:30-13:00 G.C.Grebe, 1 fishing on Ogden, Cormorant, 2, 1 roosting on Holden Wood, 1 fishing Ogden, Grey Heron, 2 on Holden Wood, Mallard, 6 on Calf Hey, Goldeneye, male on Ogden, male & imm male on Calf Hey, Kestrel, 2, Snipe, 4 flushed off the tops, Woodcock, 1 flushed off the tops, Golden Plove...
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Cribden Clough 7/11/09
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12:40 hrs Just snatched a hour or so between the showers. Leabrook 1 G.S.W. small flock of 4/5 Chaffinch Cribden Clough c40 Fieldfare/Redwing flew around hillside towards Twin lodges Still good numbers of Blackbirds about probably 20 - 25 between here & Twin lodges. 1 Mistle Thrush 2 Meadow Pi...
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Gaghills 01/11/09
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female brambling at our feeders this morning. cheers Kevin
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Clowbridge Res, 31/10/09
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08:00-09:00, Goosander, 6, Goldeneye, 3, Mallard, 1, B.H.Gull, c12, Meadow Pipit, c20, Stonechat, 3, Collared Dove, 4, Blackbird, c8, Fieldfare, 2, Starling, c12, House Sparrow, c6, Chaffinch, 2, Greenfinch, c12, Bullfinch, pair in car park unusual for me, Reed Bunting, 2. Regards, David Nutt...
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Musbury, Saturday 31 october, Morning
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1 Green woodpecker 3 Stonechat 1 Kestrel 1 Heron 1 Piedwagtail 1 Reedbunting Plenty of mostly Fieldfare, some Redwing, on the move west, dificult to count. Flock of Chaffinch, aprox 30 Neil
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Whitworth 31/10/09
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Wallbank Lodge 5 mute swan ( 1adult & 4 juvs), 2 mallard, 17 black headed gull, 2 moorhen & 1 kingfisher. Spring Mill 1 great grested grebe, 1f goldeneye, 27 black headed gull, 1 common gull, 1 little owl, 1 green woodpecker calling, 1 wood pigeon, 1 grey wagtail, 15 meadow pipit, 100 starling...
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Twin Lodges 30/10/09
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30/10/09 c20 Blackbirds c20 Redwings 3 Bullfinch Finch & tit flock c20 inc. 5 Long tailed & 2 Coal in hawthorns. 40 Jackdaw on farmland. Cribden Clough very quiet after the other days events. 29/10/09 Hurst lane c20 Blackbirds in hedge 3 Redwing 3 Bullfinch 10 Greenfinch 4 Goldfinch 2 G.S.W....
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Cowm to Stacksteads 30.10.09
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Cowm Res Goldeneye 1f Tufted Duck 4 G.C.Grebe 1 Mallard 65 Cormorant 1 B.H.Gull 60+ Redpoll 2 Goldfinch 7 L.T.Tit 8 Wren 1 Robin 3 Dunnock 1 Blackbird 1 Woodpigeon 7 Jackdaw c40 Magpie 2 Carrion Crow c10 Jay 1 New Line Res Canada Geese 118 Mallard c20 Moorhen 3 Stacksteads Redwing 4 Greenfinch 8 Feral Pig...
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buzzard 29/10/09
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Buzzard seen soaring over lower end of Cowpe valley this morning before flying west cheers Kevin
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Winter thrushes 28/10/09
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Report from A.Jones of large thrush passage of mainly Fieldfare though Clowbridge this morning. c2000 between 09:40 and 10:30 hrs all heading down the Limy valley. See reports for E.Lancs area this a.m. Cribden Clough 14:40 hrs approx. 2 Meadow Pipit loafing in grass. min. 11 Jackdaw c20 tit flock...
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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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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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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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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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