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Clowbridge and Nutshaw 14.9.26 09:00 fine 18°c
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Great Crested Grebe 1 Cormorant 4 Canada Goose 3 Mallard 2 Kestrel 2 Black Headed Gull 39 Lesser Black Back 1 Woodpigeon c20 Stock Dove 3 House Martin 2 Meadow Pipit c40 Grey Wagtail 1 Stonechat 3 Wheatear 2 Magpie 5 Raven 5 Starling 12 House Sparrow 6 Linnet c60 Reed Bunting 1
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WallBank Lodge to Lee Quarry 13/09/26
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Wallbank Lodge 1 coot, 2 moorhen & a flock of 20 house sparrows nearby Spring Mill Resbuzzard - 1lesser black-backed gull - 1black-headed gull - 5green woodpecker - 1stock dove - 1woodpigeon - 33skylark - calling birdpied wagtail - 7meadow pipit - min 10swallow - 12wren - 2starling - 15magpie - 6...
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Cloughbottom 13 9 26
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Grey Wagtail 2 Pied Wagtail 2 Chiff Chaff 2 calling Great Tit 2 Chaffinch calling birds Bullfinch 2 calling Meadow Pipit c20 Goldfinch c200 various charms Stonechat 20 minimum adults and juveniles Goosander 4 redheads Tufted Duck 2 m Mallard c6 Canada Goose 1 G C Grebe 1 L B B Gull c20 Lapwing C150 Carri...
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Cribden Clough 12/9/26
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60+ House Martins feeding, with small parties heading off S. over Rawtenstall - 14:00 hrs onwards. 1 Sparrowhawk flew over Leabrook. 1 Buzzard perched. 1 Kestrel perched. The only small passerines seen were two distant small finch flocks. 30 H.Ms feeding over the wood at Reedsholme at 17:30 hrs + 12...
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Pink-footed Geese Cowpe Area 11/9/2026
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A skein of Pink-footed Geese calling loudly passed over Cowpe early this morning Cheers Craggy
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Greenfold 9/9/26
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Late post for 9/9. Reedsholme - 2 Sparrowhawk over the wood 2 Buzzard 1 Grey Wagtail on the river. Greenfold 23 Swallows on wires + 2s & 3s moving through over the moor. Flock of c/15 Goldfinch 1 Kestrel 3 Meadow Pipit + 2 with chats. c/6 Stonechat 2 Whinchat 1 Reed Bunting 6 Raven on walls - appeared to...
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Various sites, 9th Sep 2026
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Top of Dean, 11:00-12:00. Buzzard, 2 soaring high, calling, Kestrel, 2 hunting over the moors, Sparrowhawk, soaring bird mobbed by Starlings, Swallow, c30, over the farmland, Stonechat, pair with at least 2 juvs, Starling, c200 over the farmland, Stock Dove, 2 feeding in a field, Raven, 1 over cal...
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Greenfold 7/9/26
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1m Kestrel 2 Buzzard - 1 calling persistently. 1 Raven over towards Clowbridge + 1 over Bonfire Hill Quarry later. 6+ Stonechat 4 Whinchat 3 Meadow Pipit Flock of c/50 Goldfinch around stables 4 Swallow 1 Stock Dove at Bottomley Bank farm 1 Buzzard over Pinner quarry at Crawshawbooth later. Bob,
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various sites 06 & 07/09/26
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This morning min 2 swifts seen over Seat Naze area along with a minimum of c50 swallows 1 wheatear towards Saunder Height female sparrowhawk flew from Fearns area towards Edgeside Lane 2 raven over Seat Naze A few bits from yesterday 5 teal at Whitworth Quarry c50 goldfinch with at least 1 siskin on...
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Clowbridge 06.9.26 08:00 13° light rain
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Cormorant 5 Grey Heron 2 Great Crested Grebe 1 Canada Geese 1 Goosander 2rh Mallard 13 Black Headed Gull c20 Carrion Crow c10 Raven 2 Kestrel 1 Linnet c20 Meadow Pipit c10 Pied Wagtail c10 Woodpigeon 1 Robin 1 Goldfinch 2 charms c20
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Fab 4 & more
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Walk around Grane Reservoirs and quarries main highlights 4 Great Egrets flying west over HWR just after 8am then circled over Ogden then East then South. 4 were seen over Elton heading North at 7.40am which must have been the same birds. Prior to that 4 were seen at Audenshaw which flew west and...
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Greenfold 1/9/26
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Afternoon ramble c/10 Swallow feeding at Folly Clough over field then parties of 6 & 2 moving through at Greenfold. Buzzard calling throughout and seen over pasture. Two birds this morning at Reedsholme over the wood. Raven over calling. 1 Snipe flushed 1m Reed bunting Party of 6 Stonechat with...
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Clough Bottom Res 29/08/26
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great crested grebe - 1Canada goose - 73mallard - 20teal - 5tufted duck - 2lesser black-backed gull - 36herring gull - 2lapwing c120buzzard - 7 in the air together somewhere in the Water areakestrel - 1woodpigeon - 12green woodpecker - 1swift - 3 flew throughswallow - 7coal tit - c6blue tit - 2great ti...
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Clowbridge 29-8-26 10:30-11:30
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1 female goosander sleeping 10+ ravens 1 Spotted Flycatcher north bay wood
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Chapel hill 1730-1845hrs
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first flock of 20 odd linnet a single redstart second flock of 50 plus goldfinch and greenfinch Buzzard kestrel cheers, Phil -- Edited by Phillip on Tuesday 25th of August 2026 07:09:18 PM
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Nocturnal nature watch around Helmshore
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Going around the village c.2200 hours bathed by light of near-full moon offering semi-decent visibility. Lots of night-flying moths but without moth-trap impossible to identify. At least 2(maybe 3)species of bats, the smaller ones Pipestrelle and larger bats with larger ears(and greater weig...
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Common Scoter
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Newchurch 23-8-26 first for Autumn for me flying over at ~22:30 Cheers Ian
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Clowbridge res to Greenfold 23/8/26
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Afternoon ramble. Clowbridge res. 4 Cormorant 1 redhead Goosander c/26 Canada Goose 2 L.B.B. Gull 1 Common Gull 30+ B.H.Gull 3 Pied Wagtail Greenfold 1 Meadow Pipit 1 male Stonechat + 1 juv. or female some distance away 24 Raven on and around a sheep carcass - lots of interaction and calling, flight di...
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various sites 23/08/26
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little grebe - 2 at Holmes Terrace Lodgemallard - c50 at Tesco, Rawtenstallmoorhen - 4 adults and a large juv @ Holmes Terrace Lodgebuzzard - 1 over Landgategreen woodpecker - 1 in Whitworth Quarry & 1 at Lee Cloughskylark - 2 at Whitworth Quarrykingfisher - 1 flying downstream at Groundworkmea...
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Grane 22/08/26
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cormorant - c13 across the 3 reservoirsgrey heron - 1 at each resCanada goose - c300, with at least 210 of these at Ogdenmallard- c40 at Calf Hey & c20 at Ogdenmoorhen - 2 at Holden Woodgreat black-backed gull - 1 over Holden Woodbuzzard - c5hobby 1 flew throughkestrel - c4sparrowhawk - 1lapwing - a...
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hobby 19/08/26
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A hobby flew over Gaghills this evening, coming from the direction of BRGS, before heading up the Whitewell valley cheers Kevin
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Clowbridge, 18th Aug 2026.
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14:30-15:00 Cormorant, 1 on the U-boat, Canada Goose, c90 flew up the valley and onto the res, Kestrel, 3, possibly 4 hunting over surrounding moorland, Swift, 3 over south, Swallow, c8 feeding over the moors, Willow Warbler, 2 juvs in trees near the Boat House, Raven, 4 over rough field behind the Bo...
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Reedsholme area 18/8/26
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c/30 House Martins + 1 Swift feeding over the wood for 20 minutes or so, this evening. Bob.
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Ashworth Moor Reservoir 16/8/2026
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Ashworth Moor Reservoir 3 Dunlin 1 Common Sandpiper 4 Teal 3 Grey Wagtail 5 Pied Wagtail 2 Stonechat 1 Wheatear 1 Kestrel Meadow Pipit Swallow House and Sand Martin feeding over the water and meadows 260+ Gull including 60+ Juveniles Herring Gull Lesser Black-backed Gull 2 Great Black-backed...
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Overnight 16-8-2026
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Newchurch Ringed Plover 3:30am Tree Pipit 4:15am My software identified a couple of calls as Yellow-browed Warbler- if only!!- not sure what it is though
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Stonefold to Mitchell's House Res 16/08/26
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Stonefold & Black Moss NookCanada goose - min 42lesser black-backed gull - 55 herring gull - 4 common gull - 1black-headed gull - 6kestrel - 2stock dove - 3collared dove - 5starling - c150greenfinch - flock of 13 Mitchell's house Rescormorant - 1Canada goose - 1mallard - 8lapwing - 14lesser bl...
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Clough Bottom 16 8 26
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Clough Bottom Goosander 2 redheads Mallard 12 Cormorant 1 Canada Geese 16 Little Egret 1 a first for us at this site Swallow 6 Grey Wagtail 1 Bullfinch calling bird Willow Warbler 1 Chiff Chaff 1 Reed Bunting 2 Carrion Crow c1 Peter and John
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Clowbridge 16.8 08:30
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Cormorant 5 Mallard 15 Grey Heron 3 Goosander 1f Black Headed Gull 16 Common Gull 1 Swallow 1 Kestrel 2 Carrion Crow 3 Magpie 1 Pied Wagtail 3 Grey Wagtail 2 Blackbird Wren Robin House Sparrow Reed Bunting 1
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Spring Mill Res 15/08/26
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grey heron - 1Canada goose - c29mallard - 14moorhen - 1 feeding along shorelinebuzzard - 1black-headed gull - 5 green woodpecker - 1woodpigeon - 4grey wagtail - 2pied wagtail - 1 juvmeadow pipit - a couple of calling birdsswallow - c50house martin - min 50 over Wallbank wheatear - 1stonechat - fami...
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Clowbridge
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Clowbridge 1 Ringed Plover 1 Buzzard 2 Sparrowhawk 3 Kestrel 3 Grey Wagtail 5 Pied Wagtail 1 Female Goosander asleep on banking 25+ Mallard asleep on banking 5 Cormorant Cheers Craggy
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