Rossendale Bird Sightings

KEVIN LISTER · KEVIN LISTER

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

Bigbadbob · Bigbadbob

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...

Pat n Bob · Pat n Bob

"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

sarfraz · sarfraz

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,

brian · brian

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.

Birderbryan · Birderbryan

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

sarfraz · sarfraz

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...

Neil Burke · Neil Burke

3 jays 1 Sarrowhawk 1 Kestrel 1 Peregrine Wood pigeons Magpies Carrioncrows Medowpipits piedwagtails

Ian Brady · Ian Brady

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

David Nuttall · David Nuttall

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...

KEVIN LISTER · KEVIN LISTER

teal - 7 merlin - 1 golden plover - 8 skylark - 1 meadow pipit - 70+ pied wagtail - 1 swallow - 8 raven - 1 heard linnet - 2 cheers Kevin

David Nuttall · David Nuttall

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.

Neil Burke · Neil Burke

Osprey over heapclough, Haslingden Grane,18.30 hr 1 Green woodpecker neil

cornishrex · cornishrex

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...

David Nuttall · David Nuttall

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...

Bigbadbob · Bigbadbob

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...

Neil Burke · Neil Burke

1 Kingfisher 15 Mallard 3 Black-headed gull 3 Heron 3 Cormerant 8 Lapwing 20+ Canada Goose 1 Sarrowhawk Plenty of Swallows Neil

KEVIN LISTER · KEVIN LISTER

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...

pfyldes · pfyldes

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...

David Nuttall · David Nuttall

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...

brian · brian

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

johnh · johnh

Kingfisher Brandwood Stacksteads 60 Swallows 30 Meadow Pipits 8 Longtailed Tits

brian · brian

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...

pfyldes · pfyldes

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

KEVIN LISTER · KEVIN LISTER

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...

Bigbadbob · Bigbadbob

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...

KEVIN LISTER · KEVIN LISTER

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...

Bigbadbob · Bigbadbob

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...

Dave Howorth · Dave Howorth

1 female common scoter 2 stonechat c10 mallard c12 black headed gulls 6 crows 2 wood pigeon Dave

Neil Burke · Neil Burke

Male Hen harrier on Haslingden moor 19.30 Neil

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	Stubbylee Moss general area 190909 (Preview) 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	KEVIN LISTER	0	172	Sat Sep 19 6:13 PM, 2009 by KEVIN LISTER
	Clowbridge res. 19/9/09 (Preview) 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...	Bigbadbob	0	186	Sat Sep 19 12:15 PM, 2009 by Bigbadbob
	Liver Hill 18th September (Preview) "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	Pat n Bob	0	201	Sat Sep 19 8:14 AM, 2009 by Pat n Bob
	Kingfisher 5.15pm (Preview) 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,	sarfraz	0	178	Fri Sep 18 10:35 PM, 2009 by sarfraz
	buzzard (Preview) 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.	brian	0	175	Fri Sep 18 9:19 PM, 2009 by brian
	Calf Hey Res - Wed Sept 16th 2009 (Preview) 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	Birderbryan	0	177	Fri Sep 18 5:11 PM, 2009 by Birderbryan
	large thrush flock (Preview) 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...	sarfraz	0	202	Tue Sep 15 7:04 PM, 2009 by sarfraz
	Musbury,Sunday 13 september (Preview) 3 jays 1 Sarrowhawk 1 Kestrel 1 Peregrine Wood pigeons Magpies Carrioncrows Medowpipits piedwagtails	Neil Burke	0	207	Sun Sep 13 3:10 PM, 2009 by Neil Burke
	Plunge 13-09-09 (Preview) 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	Ian Brady	0	174	Sun Sep 13 2:55 PM, 2009 by Ian Brady
	Deeply Vale-Harden Moor, 13th Sept 2009 (Preview) 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...	David Nuttall	0	180	Sun Sep 13 10:57 AM, 2009 by David Nuttall
	Stubbylee Moss area 12/09/09 (Preview) teal - 7 merlin - 1 golden plover - 8 skylark - 1 meadow pipit - 70+ pied wagtail - 1 swallow - 8 raven - 1 heard linnet - 2 cheers Kevin	KEVIN LISTER	0	196	Sat Sep 12 5:03 PM, 2009 by KEVIN LISTER
	Clowbridge Res, 12th Sept 2009 (Preview) 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.	David Nuttall	0	175	Sat Sep 12 9:52 AM, 2009 by David Nuttall
	Osprey (Preview) Osprey over heapclough, Haslingden Grane,18.30 hr 1 Green woodpecker neil	Neil Burke	0	200	Fri Sep 11 9:06 PM, 2009 by Neil Burke
	sparrowhawk or peregrine? (Preview) 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...	cornishrex	2	279	Fri Sep 11 12:58 AM, 2009 by sarfraz
	Clough Bottom Res, 10th Sept 2009 (Preview) 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...	David Nuttall	0	173	Thu Sep 10 7:16 PM, 2009 by David Nuttall
	Reedsholme 7/9/09 (Preview) 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...	Bigbadbob	0	194	Mon Sep 7 9:21 PM, 2009 by Bigbadbob
	Holdenwood resv monday 7 Sep (Preview) 1 Kingfisher 15 Mallard 3 Black-headed gull 3 Heron 3 Cormerant 8 Lapwing 20+ Canada Goose 1 Sarrowhawk Plenty of Swallows Neil	Neil Burke	0	164	Mon Sep 7 9:05 PM, 2009 by Neil Burke
	various sites 060909 (Preview) 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...	KEVIN LISTER	0	168	Sun Sep 6 9:07 PM, 2009 by KEVIN LISTER
	Cowm and New Line 6.9.09 (Preview) 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...	pfyldes	0	162	Sun Sep 6 3:12 PM, 2009 by pfyldes
	Grane, 6th Sept 2009. (Preview) 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...	David Nuttall	1	265	Sun Sep 6 2:34 PM, 2009 by Ian Brady
	wet walk round ashworthmoor (Preview) 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	brian	0	218	Wed Sep 2 8:51 PM, 2009 by brian
	Kearns Cowpe (Preview) Kingfisher Brandwood Stacksteads 60 Swallows 30 Meadow Pipits 8 Longtailed Tits	johnh	0	191	Tue Sep 1 11:19 AM, 2009 by johnh
	Strongstry August review (Preview) 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...	brian	0	194	Mon Aug 31 5:10 PM, 2009 by brian
	Cowm Res 30.8.09 (Preview) 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	pfyldes	0	174	Sun Aug 30 5:44 PM, 2009 by pfyldes
	Warth to Brow Edge Quarry 30/08/09 (Preview) 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...	KEVIN LISTER	0	192	Sun Aug 30 4:44 PM, 2009 by KEVIN LISTER
	Limy Valley 29/8/09 (Preview) 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...	Bigbadbob	0	183	Sat Aug 29 9:16 PM, 2009 by Bigbadbob
	Clough Bottom and Clowbridge 290809 (Preview) 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...	KEVIN LISTER	0	184	Sat Aug 29 6:05 PM, 2009 by KEVIN LISTER
	Early geese? 26/8/09 (Preview) 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...	Bigbadbob	0	222	Wed Aug 26 11:35 PM, 2009 by Bigbadbob
	Clowbridge Res 6-15 pm 24/08/09 (Preview) 1 female common scoter 2 stonechat c10 mallard c12 black headed gulls 6 crows 2 wood pigeon Dave	Dave Howorth	2	227	Wed Aug 26 3:56 PM, 2009 by Dave Howorth
	Hen harrier 24 August (Preview) Male Hen harrier on Haslingden moor 19.30 Neil	Neil Burke	0	236	Mon Aug 24 8:30 PM, 2009 by Neil Burke
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