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Spring Mill Res 15/04/2026
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great crested grebe - 1prCanada goose - 2prgoosander - 6oystercatcher - 1lesser black-backed gull - 2buzzard - 2stock dove - 1prpied wagtail - 1swallow - 1house martin - 1stonechat - 1prmistle thrush - 1starling - 13magpie - 6jackdaw - c50carrion crow - c30 Very quiet at Cowm Res, with a yaffling gre...
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Jamestone West 13-4-26
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11:00 - 13:00 ~40 Sand Martins in nest holes Linnets 3 Ring Ouzel 6+ Male Wheatear, 1 singing 3 P Stonechats Meadow Pipits 1 Raven over Cheers Ian
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Stacksteads 13 4 26
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Blackcap 1 cemetery Willow Warbler 2 Cemetery 1 Lee Clough Chiff Chaff 1 cemetery Nuthatch 1 cemetery Chaffinch 2 cemetery 2 Lee Clough Robin several at both sites Blue 3 cemetery 2 Lee Clough Coal Tit 1 cemetery Great Tit 3 Cemetery Goldfinch 2 cemetery 1 Lee Clough Wood Pigeon 2 cemetery Whea...
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various sites 10 to 12/04/2026
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Friday 10/04 blackcaps singing off Thornfield Avenue & at Gaghills in Waterfoot Saturday 11/04 curlews at Nun Hills & on the moor between Weir & Clough Bottom oystercatcher 1pr in Whitworth Quarry kestrel in Lee Quarry swallow in Whitworth Quarry & at Deansgreave road New Line si...
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house martins 11/04/26
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1pr of house martins flying to nest site on Victoria Arcade a couple of minutes before it hail-stoned this morning cheers Kevin
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Greenfold 11/4/26
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2 Swallows feeding in the remains of the old reservoir. 13 Golden Plover in flight + 6 on the ground later. Bob.
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Greenfold 10/4/26
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Afternoon ramble Usual cast of lapwings, larks and curlew + 10 Wheatears on sheep pasture at Greenfold. Now 2 rook nests at the White Bull, Crawshawbooth. Pr Dipper + Grey Wagtail on Folly Brook. Bob.
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Clough Bottom, 10th April 2026
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10:15-11:15 Canada Goose, pair flew over Red Moss, Goosander, 1 redhead on the res, Sparrowhawk, 1 female soaring over plantation, Curlew, calling birds at Red Moss, Swallow Shore and a pair flying below Deerplay Hill, Skylark, 1 singing over Red Moss, Meadow Pipit, 6 at Red Moss, Song Thrush, 1 sin...
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Reedsholme to Greenfold 8/4/26
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Afternoon onwards 1 Buzzard over Brookes' Wood 1 Rook nest nr the White Bull at Crawshawbooth Folly Clough - 1 Nuthatch Pr Jays 2 Willow Warblers, 1 singing + 1 perched quietly. 1 Buzzard Greenfold - Pr Reed Bunting + 1 male. 5 Wheatear + 3 on sheep pasture 1m Kestrel c/20 Golden Plover 8+ pr Lapwing 2 L.B....
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Lumb my garden
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Heap Clough, 6th April 2026
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17:45-18:45 Cormorant, 1 flew over and dropped onto Ogden, Grey Heron, 1 near Jamestones, Canada Goose, 12, mainly in Troy quarry, Kestrel, 1 over the moor, Buzzard, soaring bird, Skylark, 1 singing bird, Sand Martin, 1 flew over west, Pied Wagtail, 2 pairs, Stonechat, 1 male sat on a fence post, Mis...
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Clough Bottom Res 05/04/2026
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A common sandpiper was present today Also noted in the strong winds great crested grebe - 1 Canada goose 5 mallard - 2prs goosander - 2 male & 2 female curlew - calling bird grey wagtail - 1pr pied wagtail - 1 reed bunting - 1 male cheers Kevin
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Overnight 22-3-26
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Large movement of Common Scoter from about 21:00 - 22:45 Ian
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Clough bottom res. 0810-0940hrs
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Good to be home. damp but missed the drizzle Pheasant Skylark Curlew pair Reed bunting Chiffchaff Siskin Goldfinch Chaffinch Bullfinch Long tailed tits Goldcrest Song thrush Great spotted woodpecker Grey wagtail pair Kestrel only and single Canada goose and about ) mallards...
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blackcaps etc 03/04/2026
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male blackcap seen feeding and singing across the river from EBSW & another heard briefly singing at The Holme, Townsendfold today. Also noted today 6 chiffchaffs around EBSW goosander pr on the river at Ewood Bridge & another pair off Holt Mill Bridge at Warth cheers Kevin
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Reedsholme & Greenfold 2/4/26
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Reedsholme 2 Buzzard displaying 1 Jay Pr Grey Wagtail Mistle Thrush singing Chiffchaff singing Dipper at possible nest site for the second day. Nuthatch calling Goodshaw - 1 Raven Male Rook soliciting female in the middle of the road at Goodshaw Ave. Jackdaw stealing sticks from old rook nests. Gre...
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HWR - Jamestones - Clough Head 2-4-26
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HWR Pair Great Crested Grebe 8 pair Lapwing Heard Teal - couldn't see them 1 Cormorant Canada Geese Moorhen Coot 2 Chiffchaff - 1 singing ~10 Sand Martin 1 Swallow 2 Male Reed Bunting 6 BH Gull, 2 LBB Gull, 1 Juv Common Gull 2 Oystercatcher on meadow Greenfinch singing in wood from HWR to Grane Rd Troy Qua...
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Clowbridge to Clough Bottom
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Clowbridge: Great Crested Grebe 4 (2 pair) Cormorant 2 Grey Heron over back pond Canada Goose 17 Mallard 2 Goosander 1m (back pond) Moorhen 1 (Limy Water) Curlew 1 sat and 2 over calling Lesser Black Back Gull 2 Stock Dove 1 Skylark 1 Meadow Pipit 6 Pied Wagtail 2 Wren, Dunnock, Robin, LTT2, Blue Ti...
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Greenfold 1/4/25
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16:00hrs onwards - overcast & gloomy. 1 Herring Gull + 4 Rook on mucked field at Goodshaw. Mistle Thrush singing from Badgercote area. 2 Canada Goose on pond at Greenfold + 5 flying in later 1 Buzzard 1 Kestrel Only 1 or 2 Meadow Pipits 2 or 3 singing Skylarks Lapwings all on territory 8+ prs. c/30 Gol...
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Whitworth Quarry & Irwell valley 28/03/26
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Not much seen at either site. It was blowing a gale up at the quarry and it hail-stoned, thundered and snowed at Ewood Bridge. What few sightings there were listed belowoystercatcher - 1pr in Whitworth Quarry & a calling bird at EBSWlesser black-backed gull - 2 singles on the quarry pool in Whitwo...
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Reedsholme to Cloughfold 27/3/26
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Late post for 27/3/26 Chiffchaff singing at Leabrook Sparrowhawk over Rawtenstall town centre putting pigeons to flight. 3 Grey Wagtails on the Irwell at Greenbridge. 1 pr of Goosander + 2m Mallard on the river at Greenbridge. 1 Dipper at Albert Terrace Greenfinch displaying over Heys Close, Clou...
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Limy Valley - Greenfold 26/3/26
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Rookery counts so far - Crawshawbooth, St Johns church - 41 nests Loveclough, new site - 5 nests. 5 Fieldfare over Goodshaw Fold Greenfold 3 Wheatear, my first here this year. Pr Kestrel hunting. 3 Skylark in song + 1 pair on the ground. 2m Pheasant calling. 4 Carrion Crow 2 Reed Bunting 21 Golden Plover...
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Seat Naze to Clowbridge 22/03/2026
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Seat Nazestock dove - 2skylark - 8pied wagtail - 1meadow pipit - 2song thrush - singing birdfieldfare - min 20chiffchaff - 2 singing birdsmagpie - 3jackdaw - 3carrion crow - min 28 feeding in manured fieldlinnet flock of 4 Edge Cotemallard - 1prpheasant - male and 2 calling birdssnipe - 28jack snipe -...
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Lee & Whitworth Quarry 21/03/26
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Whitworth QuarryCanada goose - 39mallard - 2prssnipe - chipping birdcurlew - 1 callingkestrel - 1 malelesser black-backed gull - 2black-headed gull - flock of 12 on quarry pool, unusual to see so many up hereskylark - c40, many in songmeadow pipit - min 40, some in parachute display. pied wagtail -...
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Limy Valley - Greenfold 20/3/26
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Late post from yesterday. Afternoon ramble - 1 Dipper at Crawshawbooth + Nuthatch calling. 1 Buzzard over Stoneholme 2 Raven over Stoneholme Kestrel at Stoneholme + Greenfinch singing. 10 Rook & 5 nests at Loveclough - this group move around every year nesting in different areas. 10 Fieldfare...
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Limy Valley - Greenfold 18/3/26
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Afternoon ramble Pr Long-tailed Tits at Rushbed + pr at Forest Bank. Single Mistle Thrushes at Rushbed, Heightside Lane and a singing bird at Folly Clough. Shortclough res. 10 Canada Goose c/4 Mallard Pr Teal 2f Goosander 4 Moorhen 2 Little Grebe Raven over Crawshawbooth calling. 1 L.B.B. Gull movi...
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Lumb my garden
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Reedsholme 17/3/26
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1 Chiffchaff singing briefly this afternoon. Bob.
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HWR - Clough Head 17-3-26
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8:30 - 11:30 HWR 4 Cormorant 1 Great Crested Grebe 1 Coot 1 Moorhen Canadas Mallards 7 Pair Lapwing 1 Pair Curlew 1 Oystercatcher ~40 Fieldfare Heap Clough - Clough Head Siskin- Heap Clough + Clough Head 1 Wheatear - Deep Clough (photos nearly in focus!) 3 Pair Stonechat - males singing Meadow Pipits S...
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