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Reaps Moss, 3rd May 2009
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19:00-20:30 Snipe, 1 flushed of the moss and 1 "chipping" away! Wheatear, pair, Skylark, c20 with perhaps 10 in song, Meadow Pipit, c20, Carrion Crow, 2. All records shown on a very windy evening! Regards, David Nuttall.
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Swinshaw Moor TTV SD82H
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Canada goose - 1 mallard - 6 lapwing - 1 lesser black backed gull - 3 feral pigeon - 4 stock dove - 3 wood pigeon - 8 swift - 1 skylark - 13 swallow - 8 house martin - 4 meadow pipit - 10 grey wagtail - 2 pied wagtail- 1 wren - 7 dunnock - 6 robin - 13 wheatear - 2 blackbird - 7 mistle thrush - 1 willow warbler - 5 blue tit -...
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Clowbridge 3/5/09
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19:00hrs approx. 10 Wheatear in the area 1m Stonechat c12 Swallow feeding over the water 1 Common Sandpiper 3 Goldfinch 2 Redpoll 1 Pheasant 1 Grasshopper Warbler reeling 3 Reed Bunting singing c6 Willow Warbler in song Bob.
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E.B.S.W. - Strongstry 3/5/09
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08:30hrs approx. Good numbers of Swallows & Martins present probably c70 with at least c11 Swift. 1 Sparrowhawk over Horncliffe 1 Kestrel flew over 2 Oystercatcher 1 Pied Wagtail Blackcap in song - 6 between E.B.S.W. & Stronstry 2 Long Tailed Tit in Stongstry woods 2f Mallard with 10 yng on r...
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Deep Clough 2nd May 2009
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6:00 - 8:00am 10+ mainly male Wheatears (probably Greenland race) with at least 1 pair of locals c20 Linnets singing Meadow Pipits 1p Lapwing 1p Curlew Skylarks 6 Swallows 4 Willow Warblers 1p Blackbird feeding young Heard a Bullfinch Chaffinch singing Wrens Carrion Crows mobbed by Lapwings Cheer...
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Clough Bottom Res, 3rd May 2009
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09:10 - 10:00 Mallard, 4 males, Sparrowhawk, female flew in off hillside and low over water and dam wall, Common Sandpiper, pair, L.B.B.Gull, 3 dropped on the water for five minutes before flyingg off south, Grey Wagtail, 1, Pied Wagtail, 1, Swallow, 1, Coal Tit, c4 calling, Goldfinch, 2 lots of 2, Ch...
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Top of Leach, 2nd May 2009
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14:00-16:00 Canada Goose, 6, Kestrel, male, Curlew, 1 over Brandwood Moor, Stock Dove, 1, Skylark, c20, mainly singing, Swallow, 6, Meadow Pipit, c20, Pied Wagtail, 2, Wheatear, c12 inc 1 sat on trig point! Mistle Thrush, 1 feeding fledged juv! Carrion Crow, c80 in one loose flock! Jackdaw, c20 in w...
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Stubbylee Moss/ Whitworth Quarry 02/05/09
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2pr Canada goose 1pr mallard 1 moorhen 3 lapwing 1 little ringed plover heard 1 curlew 25+ skylark 20+ meadowpipit 2 pied wagtail 8 swallow 1pr wheatear carrying nest lining material to nest site min 8 twite, at least 3 of which were colour ringed birds. 2 males seen in display flight & 2 females se...
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Clowbridge Res, 2nd May 2009
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07:00-08:45 G.C.Grebe, 2 assume a pair! Mallard, c8 mainly males, Canada Goose, pair, Curlew, 1 over calling, Pied Wagtail, 2, Grey Wagtail, 1, Stonechat, pair, Wheatear, 7, a single, pair and group of 4. A male appeared to be of the Greenland race as it was vey bright and big! Swallow, 1 flew south! Sk...
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Clowbridge Res, 29th April 2009
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20:30-21:00, Grsshopper Warbler, 2 reeling birds at the northern end, Willow Warbler, c4 singing birds, Canada Goose, 2 flew on then flew off ten minutes later! G.C.Grebe, 2. Reed Bunting, 2 calling males. Regards, David Nuttall
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Seat Naze to Alderbottom 26/04/09
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Seat Naze / Edge Cote/ Marl Pits 1 heron, 2 snipe, 1 kestrel, 36 wood pigeon, 8 skylark, 8 meadow pipit, 4 swallow, 12 willow warbler, 1 blackcap, 20 magpie, 10+ greenfinch & 1 reed bunting Holmes Terrace Lodge area 1pr little grebe, 1 heron, 1 Canada goose, 1 mallard, 1 coot, 2 willow wrabler, 1 bla...
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Clough Bottom 26.4.09
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Clough Bottom Res Common Sandpiper 2 Goosander 3 [2m 1r] Mallard 3m Swallow 1 Jay 4 Meadow Pipit 3
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Grane, 26th April 2009
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06:00 - 09:15 Cormorant, 1 flew down valley onto Holden Wood, Grey Heron, 1 on Ogden, Canada Goose, c20, mainly in pairs with some sitting birds, Mallard, c12, mainly males, Goosander, 3 males flew down the valley, probably off Calf Hey & 1 Redhead on Calf Hey, Sparrowhawk, female in a tussle with...
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Grane, sat 25 & 26 April
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Sat, on moor behind Musbury hights. 1 red grouse 9 northern Golden plover Sun, top end of Grane. 1 Jacksnipe 3 Greenland Weatears. 2males & 1 female Best wishes Neil -- Edited by Neil Burke on Sunday 26th of April 2009 02:50:09 PM
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Great Spotted Woodpecker
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The Woodpecker was on the bird table in my garden this lunchtime, we have not have a visit from him since mid January. He spent lots of time in the trees also along the old railway line, (Gregory Fold area).
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Clowbridge Res, 25th April 2009
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G.C.Grebe, pair, Kestrel, 1 hovering over Nutshaw, Sparrowhawk, female flew south over boat house, Curlew, 1 over calling, Skylark, c6 in song, Meadow Pipit, c6 on res banking, Pied Wagtail, c4, Stonechat, male of res banking, Wheatear, male on res banking, Grasshopper Warbler, 1 reeling at nort...
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h'den moor
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4-6pm, wed 22nd april managed to get up here for the first time ever plenty of chaffinches and tits at the calf hey info centre, plenty of meadow pipits on the farms and moor, good numbers of carrion crow and one possible raven magpies and woodpigeons too 1 curlew seen, 3 more heard 1 lapwing heard not se...
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Haslingden Grane - Calf Hey
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Went around Calf Hey this morning 0930hrs and had Common Sandpiper: 1 Mallard : 2 (one pair) and Grasshopper Warbler reeling at least 1 at Musbury Heights side of reservoir on flat area just behind fencing... Hope they get going here!! it is ideal for them... PS: Nigel tells me the Blackcap is back and...
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Wildfowl Count - Grane Sun 19th April
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Holden Wood Res 1 Great-crested Grebe, 14 Canada geese, 12 Mallard, 1 Grey Heron, 10 Lapwing, several Meadow Pipits, 1 Swallow Ogden Res - Nil Calf hey - no wildfowl but 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker several Goldcrest singing Ashworth Moor Res 6 Canada Geese, 1 Pied Wagtail Noce to se...
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Ducklings
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Two female mallard with 12 ducklings on the river this evening.
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Weir Bacup 21.4.09
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Weir Kestrel 1 pair [ male feeding the female] Swallow c10 Wheatear 5 minimum Goldfinch 1 pair Pied Wagtail 1 pair Reed Bunting 2m both calling Curlew 1 pair + 1 calling Sky Lark c4 calling Meadow Pipit c6 Mallard c10 Canada Geese 15 [ 2 birds sitting ] Carrion Crow c10 Magpie 2 Woodpigeon 5 L.B.B.Gull 2 ov...
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Ogden sightings
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cormorant [ not popular] pied wagtail grey wagtail pair of common sandpiper sparrowhawk jay carrion crow magpie wood pig grey heron merlin has been seen by bailiff bhg canada goose curlew heard meadow pipit oyster catcher
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Whitworth Cycle Route 20/04/09
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Facit-Britannia Willow warbler x2 Blackbird x10+ Mistle Thrush x2 (Nest at Shawforth Abandoned) Another nest seen at Knowsley cres Robin x10+ Blue and Great Tits numerous Chaffinch x2 Swallow x2 Sparrowhawk x1 Starling x 10+ Jackdaw x 2 Wood Pigeon x4 Collared Dove x4 Goldfinch x 3 Dunnock x4 Pied w...
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Haslingden and Oswaldtwistle Moor
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Been on the look out for Dotterel and Greenland's, but nothing doing as yet. Had a great party of 10 Golden Plover and one pair of Red Grouse, one Curlew calling and several pairs of Skylark and Meadow Pipits. About 4 singing Willow Warblers around the Information Centre could be more.
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Treecreeper
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This morning I noticed one treecreeper climbing up a willow tree at the back of my garden, last time i saw one was about October-ish. There have also been three bullfinches visiting the garden over the past few days. Helmshore, Gregory Fold/Old Railway Line area.
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Weekend round robin strongstry/irwell vale
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blue tits [nesting everywhere,3 boxes occupied] great tit [as above,2 boxes occupied] l t tit [all paired off and nesting] coal tit [numbers still low] chaffinch [numbers up on last year] bullfinch [commonest finch] goldfinch [i think numbers down] greenfinch [only odd pairs] nuthatch [probabl...
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Irwell Vale
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Female Pied Flycatcher 2 Oystercatchers 2 Chiff chaff 2 Blackcaps WillowWarblers Mallard +5 young L T Tits Cloughbottom Curlew Redpoll 5 Canada Geese
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Deeply Vale - Harden Moor, 19th April 2009
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06:45 - 10:15 G.C.Grebe, 2 on A.M.R, Canada Goose, c20 in pairs and singles, Mallard, c12, Goosander, male on A.M.R, Kestrel, 1 male, Pheasant, c4 calling away!, Oystercatcher, pair feeding on farmland, Lapwing, c12 scattered over farmland, Curlew, 3 maybe 4 pairs, Snipe, 1 at Ridshaw and 1 flushe...
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David Nuttall
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Whimbrel, 18/04/09
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Bob Ives had 3 Whimbrel fly east, calling, over A.M.Res this evening! Regards, David Nuttall.
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helmshore
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About 12 Siskins still at Gregory Fold 15 April +Curlew near Rossendale School
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