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Bridge Clough, 31st Oct 2025
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10:00-11:00 Cormorant, 1 on Jack lodge, Tufted Duck, 1 male on Jack Lodge, Goosander, 2 Redheads on Jack Lodge, Kestrel, 1 towards Fox Hill, Moorhen, 1 on Jack Lodge, Lapwing, a flock of 14 flew over towards Bacup, Meadow Pipit, 1 on Coal Pit Lane, Starling, flocks of c20 & c10, Carrion Crow, 4, Jac...
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Grain 30-10-25
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9:15-11:15 HWR Mallard 1 female Goosander 4 Teal BH Gulls 3 Moorhen 3 Cormorant 1 Kestrel 3 Stonechat ~100 Fieldfare over towards Musbury Ogden + Calf Hey Mallard 1 LBB Gull 3 Cormorant Clough Head 5+ Siskin Jamestone Quarry (west) 1 male Goldeneye Cheers Ian
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Waterfoot to Clowbridge Res 25/10/25
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Trickett's Memorial Groundgreat spotted woodpecker - 1nuthatch - 2blackbird - min 10long-tailed tit - min 20 Seat Naze/ Edge Cotepink-footed goose - skein of c75 seen heading north-east over Greenfoldbuzzard - 1snipe - min 165 jack snipe - 1black-headed gull - 1common gull - 3stock dove - 1meado...
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Clowbridge 11:00 cloudy 10°c
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Great Crested Grebe 1 Cormorant 4 Grey Heron 1 Canada Goose 24 Mallard c50 Teal 4 Goosander 3 rh Black Headed Gull c25 Woodpigeon 2 Meadow Pipit 4 Pied Wagtail 1 Stonechat 1 Mistle Thrush 2 Redwing c10 Magpie 2 Carrion Crow 2 Raven 1 Greenfinch 1 Goldfinch c50 Reed Bunting 2
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Reedsholme - Cribden Clough 22/10/25
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Park - Flock of 6+ Long-tailed Tit Leabrook 1 Dipper - singing upstream on return. 5 Mallard - 2pr + 1 male Cribden Clough 1 Grey Heron, stood off in field 1 Kestrel c/40 Starlings on the T.V. mast. c/25 Fieldfares in the big ash tree. c/40 Wood Pigeon in trees. 1 Buzzard on telegraph pole along Oakenhead W...
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Grane 22-20-25 9:30-11:30
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Rain Showers HWR 3 Moorhen 2 Common Gulls BH Gulls Mallards 1 Canada Goose 15 Teal 3 Cormorant 1 Dipper 1 Kingfisher 2 LLTit Moor edge path 1 Kestrel 1 Peregrine (flew down from moor over res then back again) 42 Pink Feet over Ogden 1 GBB Gull 3 Cormorant Cheers Ian
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Ian Brady
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Clowbridge 12° cloudy 09:00
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Cormorant 8 Grey Heron 1 Canada Goose 1 (one) Teal 6 Mallard 51 Kestrel 1 Black Headed Gull c25 Common Gull 3 Woodpigeon 2 Meadow Pipit 2 Dunnock 1 Song Thrush 1 Fieldfare 13 Goldcrest 5 Long Tailed Tit 6 Great Tit and Blue Tit good numbers Treecreeper 1 (car park) Magpie 10, Crow c20 Raven 1 over Chaffinc...
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Various 15/10/25
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Early morning - Cribden Clough 1 Kestrel Pr Raven on transmitter mast then off towards the ski slope. 5 Redwing through then 7 circling over later c/50 flock Fieldfare through to S.W. 2 Mistle Thrush on wires 5 Long-tailed Tit in scrub. c/30 Wood Pigeon to S. 1 Cormorant to W. 3 Blackbird and a Song Thrus...
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Chapel Hill area and Rawtenstall 15.10. cloudy 9°
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Chapel Hill : Pink-footed Geese 13 Buzzard 1 (over Cribden) Moorhen 1 Black Headed Gull 3 Woodpigeon c10 Pied Wagtail 1 Wren 2 Dunnock 2 Robin c6 Blackbird 2 Fieldfare c50 Redwing c100 Goldcrest 1 Long Tail Tit (small party in cemetery) Blue Tits and Great Tits (good numbers) Jackdaw c50 Carrion...
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HWR-Calf Hey 15/10/25 8:30-10:30
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HWR 6 Teal 5 Mistle Thrush 5 Cormorant Mallard 3 Moorhen Canada Calf Hey (Fairy Glen) Coal Tits Nuthatch Great Tits Flock of 17 Crossbill Over 1 Cormorant 2 Kestrel 3 groups of ~30 Fieldfare flying North 44 Pinkfeet flying West 60 Pinkfeet flying East Pair Stonechat Cheers Ian
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Redwing/AMR
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Late post..Redwing 50+ dropped into Hawthorn along the Irwell in Irwell vale 1600 hrs yesterday. AMR this morning, Common Scoter 4, Snipe2, Fieldfare50 over. Regards Brian RobA. -- Edited by brian on Wednesday 15th of October 2025 08:38:45 AM
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Reedsholme area 14/10/25
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Between Reedsholme and Cribden Clough 12:00 hrs onwards. 2 Buzzard around all afternoon mobbed by crows and jackdaws at various times. 2 individual Ravens, much calling and circling over the area. 1 Kestrel mobbing buzzard then perched up at Cribden Clough. 1 Sparrowhawk seen on three occassions...
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Clowbridge 14/10/25 8:30-10:00
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1 Wigeon 3 Cormorant ~30 Mallard ~40 Canadas ~20 Goldfinch few Meadow Pipits small flock of long-tailed, blue, coal & great tits, goldcrests + 1 treecreeper ~90 Fieldfare over towards south 1 sparrowhawk 2 redpoll 4 siskin greenfinch and house sparrow on Limy Lane Cheers Ian
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Redwing.
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Approximately 200 Redwing along Park Road Helmshore this morning, info PaulG. Regards Brian.
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Newchurch Overnight 13-14/10/25
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Massive Redwing movement, my software detected over 1300 calls from 20:00-07:00 with the majority from 20:00-02:00. A reasonable number of Song Thrush calls 1 Lapwing 01:15 Cheers Ian
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Clough Bottom 13 10 25
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Clough Bottom Lapwing 48 Snipe 3 Kestrel 1 Goshawk 1 fly over Teal 4 Goosander 2 redheads Mallard c20 Canada Geese 90 Common Gull 3 B H Gull 3 Herring Gull 1 L B B Gull 2 Wren 2 Meadow Pipit 2 Skylark 1 Linnet 2 Redpoll 1 calling Bullfinch 2 calling Blue Tit 6 Great Tit 6 Coal Tit 3 Goldcrest c10 Blackbird 2 Robi...
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Lumb
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About 20 redwing flying west
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johnh
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whitworth area 12/10/25
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Wallbank Lodgecormorant - 1mallard - 7moorhen - 2black-headed gull - 5kingfisher - 1grey wagtail - 1 overnuthatch - 1long-tailed tit - family partygoldcrest - family party Spring Mill Rescormorant - 2grey heron - 1Canada goose - 138pink-footed goose - c110 flew south west @ 10:45, followed by ano...
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Photo
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AMR
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Sunny 12 degrees calm. 0900/1200 hrs. Lapwing 130 Canada Goose 23 Cormorant 3 Wigeon 3 Gadwalll single male. Great Crested Grebe 1 Pink- foot Goose 1 on water 2 skeens over. Meadow Pipit 20+ Linnet 15+ Gulls Black-headed, Common, Herring sp including one Yellow-Legged. Re...
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Warth 11/10/25
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cormorant - 1 over from Cowpe & another flew off a lodge below Zaccharia's Scar at Cloughfold grey heron - 1 at the lodge below Zaccharia's Scar and another on the river at Fallbarn Canada goose - 15 over towards Lowe Lodge mallard - 1pr on the river moorhen - 2 on Kenroy's pond buzzard - 2 soaring ove...
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River Irwell Stubbins to Ewood Bridge.
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Overcast calm 12 degrees 1330/1600 hours. Goosander. At least seven along the route all females. Grey Wagtail. 2 Strongstry, 1 Alderbottom, 3 near Ewood bridge. Dipper. 5 singles along the route. Grey Heron. 1 Irwell vale, 3 in Barn field Strongstry. Moorhen. Single Irwell vale. Mallard. T...
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Various sites 8/10/25
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Afternoon ramble Clowbridge res. 2 Cormorant 24 Canada Goose 85+ Mallard 12 B.H. Gull 2 Raven 2 Stonechat Flock of c/20 Goldfinch 1 G.S.Woodpecker. Greenfold 2 Raven 3 Buzzard, all perched on fence posts. 1 Kestrel 3 Stonechat Flock of c/25 Goldfinch Shortclough res. 40+ Canada Goose 2 Moorhen 1 Coo...
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Whooper Swan
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Nine Whoopers over Harden Moor this morning info RobA. Regards Brian.
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Whitworth Quarry area 05/10/25
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Whitworth Quarry pink-footed goose - skein of 18 flew west against the wind herring gull - 2 through west skylark - 1 meadow pipit - 6 swallow - 2 flying low through the quarry heading south stonechat - 3 goldfinch - 4 Deansgreave Road, New Line pheasant - 1 mistle thrush - 2 starling - c80 over Britannia b...
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Clowbridge 1-10-25 15:00-16:00
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1 Female Pintail 1 Wigeon 1 Cormorant If anyone is walking between the boat house and south bay please keep an eye out for a lens cap I dropped. Sorry about the photos, they were quite a long way off!! Cheers Ian
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Holden Wood Reservoir 30/9/2025
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Holden Wood Reservoir 28/9/2025 5 Wigeon 30/9/2025 1 G.C.Grebe then seen later on Ogden reservoir on return to H Wood reservoir was seen again possibly two birds 7 Teal 1 Moorhen Mallard lots 1 Grey Heron 1 Buzzard on post 2 Kestrel 1 Jay 2 Raven A flock of mixed birds in tree at top end - 9 Long-taile...
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Clowbridge res. 30/9/25
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10:00 hrs approx. 3 Cormorant c/20 Mallard 1f Wigeon 4 Teal 1f Goosander 10+ B.H. Gull 1 Common Gull 1 Buzzard 1 Kestrel Flock of 20+ Long-tailed Tit 1 Pied Wagtail 1 Chiffchaff w/ L.T. Tit flock 4 Stonechat c/30 Goldfinch 2 Linnet Bullfinch heard in car park. Bob & Nigel.
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Lumb
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Whitworth Quarry & Mitchell's House Res 28/09
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Whitworth Quarry general areaCanada goose - 128 in groups of 2 to 21 flying from Whitworth Quarry to graze in fields above the quarry off Tong Lane Britanniapink-footed goose - 2 unseen skeins heard flying south? through the mist over Britanniateal - 1snipe - 1kestrel - 1 skylark - 2meadow pipit - c1...
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