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Waxwings in Helmshore 1st April
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36 waxwings at 5pm , 20 at 6pm. Willow (!) tree between #133 and #135 Mercer Cres Helmshore. Apparently been there most of the day. Bob & Pat
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E.W/B.S. 1.4.09
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E.W.B.S. 4pm Chiff Chaff 1 calling Swallow 3 pfyldes
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Clough Bottom 30.3.09 and 31.3.09
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Clough Bottom Res 30.3.09 Goosander 4 [1m 3redheads] Canada Geese 3 Mallard 7 31.3.09 White Wagtail 1 Pied Wagtail 1 Grey Wagtail 2 Meadow Pipit 3 Mallard 1 pfyldes
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Pheasant
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male pheasant in rossendale, on the border with holcombe at about 1.30pm yesterday a dead male pheasant on the a56 just when leaving haslingden on the way to burnley/clitheroe
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E.B.S.W. 31/3/09
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E.B.S.W. & circular route - 15:00hrs approx. 1pr Oystercatcher c15 Pied Wagtail 1 Grey Wagtail 1 Pheasant c60 mixed C. Crow & Jackdaw c25 B.H.Gull On the river 1 Kestrel 1 Kingfisher 1 Dipper 1pr Grey Wagtail 1 Moorhen 1pr Goldfinch - a distinct lack of finches! 2 Sand Martin feeding with 7 S...
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cloughbottom
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1 pair stonechat 29 march
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Swallows
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30/03/09 Ewood Bridge 6 Swallows behind sewage works Dave
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Swallow at Ramsbottom today.
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I had a Swallow on passage at Fir Street, Ramsbottom today. It brought itself to my attention with the constant chattering as it headed North...
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Clowbridge / Gambleside 25.03.09
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Short stroll - without bins aaargh !!! Siskin (heard) 1 Reed Bunting 1 Curlew Meadow Pipit song & display flight Skylark song Goldfinch song Greenfinch song Chafinch song Evidence of badger diggers..... Andy
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Loveclough to Cribden
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Siskin & Reed bunting Loveclough. Jay & Grey Wagtail Gin Clough. 2 pairs Curlew & 3 Snipe Cribden Moor. Grouse droppings Cribden top. Stock Dove Laund Farm. 6 pairs Lapwing Pinner Clough area Sparrowhawk behind Carr Bank Farm. Bob and Pat.
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Lee Quarry and E.W.B.S. area
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Lee Quarry Wheatear 5 [2m 3f] Meadow Pipit 6 Quarry road Mistle Thrush 2 Starling 1 Sparrow Hawk 1f E.W.B.S. area Swallow 1 over the beds Chiff Chaff 1 Sparrow Hawk 1f Grey Wagtail 1 L.T.Tit 3 Bullfinch 1 L.B.B.Gull c10 over going north west
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various sites 29/03
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Warth 4 stock dove & 1 green woodpecker Hareholme 1pr long tailed tit & 1 chiffchaff Whinberry Wood, Lower Cloughfold 1pr mistle thrush & 1 chiffchaff Holmes Terrace Lodge 1 little grebe, 1pr mallard, 1 moorhen, 1 female sparrowhawk in tree at the lodge & 2 mal...
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Plunge - E.B.S.W. 29/3/09
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Plunge - 13:00hrs 1 G.S.W 2 Coal tit 1 Goldfinch 2 Blackbird 2 Chaffinch 7 Wheatear 1m Reed Bunting 1pr Pied Wagtail 1pr Stonechat 1 Snipe 1 Mistle Thrush 2 Kestrel E.B.S.W. - 15:00hrs 1 Oystercatcher on far side 1 Dipper on river 1pr Grey Wagtail on river 1pr + 1m Sparrowhawk displaying very high 1pr Kes...
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New Line and E.W.B.S. 28.3.09.
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New Line Res Tufted Duck 6 [3m 3f] Mallard c10 Canada Geese 60 Pied Wagtail 1 E.W.B.S. beds only Shellduck 1 Canada Geese 2 Jackdaw 200+ Carrion Crow c20 Pied Waigtail c50 Magpie c10 B.H.Gull c20 Mallard 4 Starling 10 pfyldes
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Clowbridge Res. 28/03/09
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06:45 - 08:15 Canada Goose, flock of 14 on the main res which later flew off to the south. 2 pairs on the "back pond", Mallard, 6 males, Goldeneye, 3 males, Goosander, 2 males & 2 Redheads on the "back pond", Curlew, 1 over south, Lapwing, min 3 chasing around to fields north of...
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Seat Naze to Grane 22/03/09
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Seat Naze/ Edge Cote/ Marl Pits 12 snipe, 1pr stock dove, 6 skylark, 14 meadow pipit, 1 pied wagtail, 1 jay, 7 long tailed tit, 1m bullfinch & 1 reed bunting. Holmes Terrace Lodge 1pr little grebe, 3 heron, 1pr mallard, 1 moorhen, 1 kingfisher & 1pr long tailed tit carrying nest mate...
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Aggressive blue tit
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I have witnessed strange behavior from a blue tit that has been deliberately flying into the window at the rear of my house, it does this several times and on a regular basis. I am wondering if it is because I have a nest box on the wall nearby and the bird sees its own reflection as a rival, anyone any commen...
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Deeply Vale - Turf Moor, 22/03/2009
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07:30 - 10:30 G.C.Grebe, 1 on A.M.R, Grey Heron, 2 on flooded pasture, Canada Goose, pairs or more on most waters with c10 pairs in total, Mallard, 3 pairs, Teal, 1 pair on top lodge, Goosander, 8, 4 males & 4 redheads, on A.M.R, Kestrel, pair on previous nest site + 1 over Harden Moor, Pheasant, c4 si...
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STRONGSTRY/BULLHILL ROUND ROBIN
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0900 TO 1300 great tit 12+ blue tit 16+ long tailed tit 10+ [in pairs now] coal tit 3 [numbers still down] chaffinch 8+ bullfinch 8+ nuthatch 4 treecreeper 2 grey wagtail 2 [carrying nest material] robin 8+ goldcrest 1 dunnock 6+ wren 2 [struggled to find anymore] blackbird [good numbers] song thrush [...
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E.B.S.W. - Lumb Vale 20/3/09
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E.B.S.W. 14: 30 approx. 1 Chiffchaff singing near the entrance 1 Shelduck sat on filter bed 12 B.H.Gull built uo to c50 by 17:30 2 Canada Goose c80 C.Crow c10 Jackdaw c4 Mallard + 2pr & 1m on river c9 W. Pigeon 1 Kestrel Irwell Vale 1 Goldcrest 3 L.T.Tit. G.S.W. drumming 1 Pheasant c3 Collard Dove Song...
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Clowbridge to Clough Bottom 20/3/09
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Mid-day walk to Clough Bottom via Red Moss and back via Compstons Cross. 1 Reed Bunting, m. 1 Pied Wag. m. 2 Kestrel. Both f. one each side of hill 5 min. singing Sky Lark Double figures of Meadow Pipit, mostly Clough Bottom side. Goldcrest in wood. Didn't search res's, but not much to see. Couple of G.C.G...
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Clowbridge res. 19/3/09
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14:45hrs approx. 3 Whooper Swan present until 16:30 hrs then headed W. 2m Goldeneye 2m Tufted Duck 2 G.C. Grebe 1 f Goosander 1 Common Gull 2pr Stonechat c3 Pied Wagtail 1 Meadow Pipit - displaying 1 Skylark in song Curlew heard 2pr + 1m Mallard Bob 'n' Archie.
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twite 19/03/09
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6 twite at Huttock Top today cheers Kevin
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Whitworh and Bacup 15.3.09
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Whitworth Quarry Twite 5 Meadow Pipit 6 Cowm Res Goldeneye 4 [2m2f] Tufted Duck 4 [2m2f] Cormorant 3 Canada Geese c20 Mallard c20 B.H.Gull c10 Common Gull 2 L.T.Tit 2 Coal Tit 3 Great Tit 1 calling Chaffinch c6 calling Mistle Thrush 1 calling Carrion Crow c20 Magpie c6 Sky Lark 2 Spring Mill Res Oysterca...
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Various sites 16/3/09
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E.B.S.W. 14:25 hrs approx. No sign of Ina's mystery gull, but c25 B.H.Gull, c20 P. Wagtail and 2 Canada Geese. Plunge to Foe Edge 14:45 approx 1 Wheatear, 2 Meadow Pipit, 1 Skylark in song, 1 Peregrine. Cragg Quarry 1 Raven over, 1 Skylark in song + 3 Wheatear on ground. Cowpe Res. 7 Canada Goose Cowpe M...
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Cloughbootom
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3Curlew Gooseander male 15 March
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crown point
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2 male Wheatear and lots of Skylarks this morning at 8.30am Bob
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???? Gull at EBSW
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Anyone looked over the gulls at EBSW today? At approx 15:30 seen from Hardsough Lane. 1 Large pale gull, walking about, chuncky body more horizontal than Black Headed it was with. Stretched wings a couple of times and no obvious sign of black. Considerably larger than the crows that had the odd go...
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Warth to Horncliffe 1st wheatear returns 15/03/09
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Warth 1pr stock dove, 1 great spotted woodpecker & 1 dipper. Hurdles Quarry 1 little owl, 1pr stockdove & 1 meadow pipit. Scrubbimg Mills 6 skylark, 6 meadow pipit & 1m wheatear. Whittaker Pasture 8 skylark. Cowpe Lowe 4 lapwing, 30 skylark & 10 meadow pipit. Mo...
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Grane, 15/03/2009
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06:30 - 09:15 G.C.Grebe, 1, Cormorant, 1 feeding on Ogden, Grey Heron, 2 flew west up the valley, Canada Goose, 3 pairs on pasture and 7 in Troy, Mallard, 6, Goldeneye, pair on Calf Hey, Goosander, a pair flew in to join two males on Calf Hey, Sparrowhawk, female seen 3 times, Kestrel, 1, Red Grouse, pair...
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