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Whitworth area 270909
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Healey Dell 1 sparrowhawk, 1 jay, 1 great spotted woodpecker, 25 wood pigeon, 1 grey wagtail, 1 mixed flock with approx 15 great tits, 10 blue tits, 2 coal tits, 10 long tailed tits, 3 chaffinch & 1 treecreeper. Spring Mill 1 great crested grebe, 1 grey heron, 2 cormorant, 26 black headed gull, 1 kes...
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Groundwork - HTL, 27th Sep 2009
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08:00-09:30 "Fogged off" from the higher ground due to the misty start and the only clear area I could find was down The Irwell. Little Grebe, 2 well grown juvs and 1 adult on HTL eating small fish, Grey Heron, 2 feeding from middle of river, Mallard, 9 on HTL and c12 on river, Moorhen, 3 adults...
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Stubbylee Moss/ Whitworth Quarry 260609
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snipe - 5 pink footed geese heard around midday but not seen skylark - 2 meadow pipit - 55 pied wagtail - 2 wheatear - 1 raven - 2 goldfinch - 6 chaffinch - single female in the working area of the quarry was unusual cheers Kevin
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Ratwenstall 26/9/09
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Twin lodges & Cribden Clough 16:00 - 18hrs seen whilst picking blackberries c20 House Martin feeding with - c6 Swallow 5 Bullfinch 32 Wood Pigeon feeding mainly on haws 1 juv. L.B.B.Gull flew N. 1 Grey Wagtail flew N. 1 Dipper in song at Leabrook on R.Limy 1 Grey Wagtail on river Also a report of a sin...
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Clowbridge Res, 26th Sep 2009
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17:30 - 18:30 Cormorant, 2 on the usual pylon flew off south down the valley, Canada Goose, 6 flew off the res onto pasture, G.C.Grebe, 2, Mallard, 5, Kestrel, 1, B.H.Gull, 5, L.B.B.Gull, 1 over south, Meadow Pipit, c6, Grey Wagtail, 1, Stonechat, 5, Goldfinch, charm of 23 feeding on res banking. Reg...
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buzzard
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Buzzard flying along the side of the M66 at junction 1 this evening around 1700 hrs.
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misc
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at least 40 lapwings in the field on the right handside of grane road as you drive to blackbrn about 2pm, wednesday 23rd sept qute a few starling flocks over h'den nowadays. also looks like housemartins still breeding - keep flying into the eaves of houses still.
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Reedsholme 24/9/09
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All birds seen whilst at work. 1 Nuthatch calling 1 G.S.W. flew over 2 seperate Jays 1 Green Woodpecker calling 1 Willow Warbler calling 1 Grey Heron over Usual tit species and Greenfinch at feeders. Bob.
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Plunge/Gincroft 23/9/09
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Went out looking for 'winter' thrushes. Must have had a psychic message from Mr Fyldes. LOL. 13 Mistle thrush, 3 groups all calling and moving in same direction over Horncliffe towards Edenfield. 2 Goldcrest with Bluetits. 3 Jay (min) 1 Grey Heron 1 Sparrowhawk.f. 1 GSW C Crows and Magpies 2 Meadow pi...
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Thrushes 23.9.09
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Stacksteads Thrushes 60+ over 10.30.a.m. mistle or fieldfare size.
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Seat Naze, Edge Cote & Marl Pits 200909
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Seat Naze 40 meadow pipit, 1 swallow, 1 stock dove & 15 goldfinch Edge Cote 15 snipe, 8 skylark, 3 stock dove, 32 meadow pipit, 2 grey wagtail, 8 pied wagtail, 5 goldfinch, 2 linnet, 3 reed bunting & 1 mixed flock with mininmum 4 blue tit, 2 coal tit, 2 great tit, 6 long tailed tit, 2 goldcrest, 3 cha...
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Wildfowl Count 20th September 2009
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Holden Wood Reservoir appx 16 Mallard (6m 10f), c 10 Black-headeds, 2 Heron, 34 Canada Goose (14 on fields, then another 20 flew in), 2 Cormorant, 2 Kingfisher very active on wooded shore, 2+ Grey Wagtail, several Meadow Pipits Calf Hey c20 mallard, 4 (poss 5) Teal, 10 Black-headeds, Green Woodpecke...
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Cowm and New Line 20.9.09
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Cowm G.C.Grebe 2 Tufted Duck 3 Cormorant 1 Mallard c40 B.H.Gull c30 Common Gull 2 G.S.W.Pecker 1 Grey Wagtail 1 Meadow Pipit 2 Wren 2 Wood Pigeon 6 New Line Willow Warbler 1 Swallow 3 Mallard 52 Canada Goose 28 B.H.Gull 28 Magpie 2 Chaffinch 1 pfyldes and johnh
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Stubbylee Moss general area 190909
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6 bar tailed godwit over, flying north 5 snipe 3 skylark 6 swallow 1 pied wagtail c50 meadow pipit 3 wheatear 1 linnet cheers Kevin & Ian -- Edited by KEVIN LISTER on Saturday 19th of September 2009 05:14:17 PM
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Clowbridge res. 19/9/09
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09:15 - 11:00 hrs approx. c10 Greenfinch but many more amongst bushes with H.Sparrows in car park 1 Pied Wagtail 2 Skylark 2 Reed Bunting 2 Cormorant sat atop pylon 3 B.H.Gull 1 G.C.Grebe c20 Meadow Pipit in S. bay but small numbers all around prob c50 in total. c12 charm of Goldfinch 5 Stonechat - 11 on 1...
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Liver Hill 18th September
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"Office day" Loveclough - Liver Hill - Bonfire Hill - CBooth - Loveclough House martins still at Loveclough Kestrel behind Goodshaw Chapel. Wheatear and 50+ Meadow Pipits Liver Hill area. 10 Goldfinch , Grey Heron over and SE owl pellet on wall by Bonfire Hill. Bob
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Kingfisher 5.15pm
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a Kingfisher on a lodge just off Bury Road in rawtenstall - more or less opposite the whitchaff - not surewhat its called though. 1grey heron, 3 mallard, also the usual woodpigeons, robins, blackbirds, a mistle thrush, jackdaws, magpies, blue tits, bat-eating great tits,
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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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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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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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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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Osprey
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Osprey over heapclough, Haslingden Grane,18.30 hr 1 Green woodpecker neil
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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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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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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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