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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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KEVIN LISTER
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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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Pat n 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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Loveclough
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Buzzard flying NE over Goodshawfold at 9 30am
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Pat n Bob
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Sun and moon.
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Edenfield via Scoutmoor to Ashworthmoor res 1600 hrs to dusk. fieldfare 20+ redwing 30+ linnet 4 [2 pair singing] meadow pipit 10+ kestrel 3 lapwing 10+ curlew 6 pied wagtail 3 canada geese 4 b h gull 6 short eared owl 1 goosander 26 [9 male] mallard 1 pair Stunning sunset on one horizon and full moon on th...
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Plunge/Gincroft area
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10/3/09 Morning. Dearden Clough 2 Dipper flying downstream New Hall Wood 70+ Fieldfare moving North out of wood in 4 groups Gincroft 11 Redwing - Going nowhere at the time! Cheers m'dears.
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Seat Naze, Edge Cote & EBSW 08/03/09
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Seat Naze flock of 28 skylark, 1 pied wagtail, 4 mistle thrush & 2 song thrush. Edge Cote 3 lapwing, 3 snipe & 60 fieldfare seen during hailstorm. Waingate Village nr Hurst Lane 45 redwing and 1 fieldfare. EBSW 2pr mallard, 1 sparrowhawk, 1 kestrel, 120 black headed gull, 80...
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New Line 8.3.09
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New Line Lapwing 10 in fields above res Tufted Duck 2 [2m 2f] Canada Geese 72 Mallard 5 B.H.Gull 9 Blackbird 1 Pied Wagtail 1 pfyldes
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Cowm & Healey Dell, 08/03/09
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07:15 - 09:15 Cowm. Cormorant, 2, Canada Goose, 11, mainly in pairs, Goldeneye, pair, Tufted Duck , pair, Green Woodpecker, 1 Yaffling, Coal Tit, pair Blue & Great Tit in good numbers, Raven, 1 flew over from west, Chaffinch, c12 many in song. Healey Dell. Song Thrush, 2 singing, Mistle Thrush,...
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Lumb
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Clowbridge res. 3/3/09
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15:20hrs approx 2m + 1f Goosander 4m + 2f Goldeneye 1 G.C.Grebe 1 Curlew over 6 Common Gull 2 B.H.Gull c18 Greenfinch in car park. Bob 'n' Archie
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bacup
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buzzard seen flying over todmorden rd 1 march
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Waterfoot and Whitworth 01/03/09
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Tricketts Memorial Park 1 tawny owl roosting (2 present in same tree yesterday), 2prs of great spotted woodpecker in terretorial dispute, 1 song thrush, 5 singing dunnock, 10 chaffinch & 1m bullfinch. Warth 10 grey heron, 2pr stock dove, 1pr great spotted woodpecker, 1 grey wagtail...
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E.B.S.W. - Wet Moss circular 01/03/09
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07:15 - 10:30 Mallard, 3 on filter beds & pair on Ogden, Kestrel, 1, perched on hawthorn, Red Grouse, pair & two singles on wet moss, Grey Partridge, 1 calling, Pheasant, 1 calling, Golden Plover, 2 & 3 on wet moss, Curlew, 1 flew over wet moss, (my first was yesterday which flew calling ove...
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Caft hey res sat 28 f eb 2009
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7 Goosander 1 Woodcock 1 Siskin Goldcrest singing 1 Greenwoodpecker Best wishes Neil
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Clowbridge Res, 28/02/09
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09:15-10:15 Grey Heron, 1 flew south, Mallard, 3 males & 2 females, Goldeneye, 3 males & 1 female, Goosander, 1 male & 3 redheads, G.B.B.Gull, 1 was drinking from centre of res and then flew south, B.H.Gull, 3 on res, Wood Pigeon, 2 south, Collared Dove, 1, Skylark, 1 in good song, Blue &am...
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David Nuttall
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brandwood stacksteads
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WOODCOCK
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Two Woodcock still present at dusk
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Tetrad count Sq -SD82 -J -22/2/09
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Second winter count - Clowbridge Res Sq.J - 08:50hrs Very windy! 2 Goldeneye 10 Goosander 3 B.H.Gull 1 Herring Gull 8 C.Crow 1 Stonechat 1 Blackbird 2 Goldcrest 1 Robin 4 Wood Pigeon 1 Jay 1 M.Pipit 11 Skylark - at least 3 in song 1 Blue Tit 2 Greenfinch 6 Lapwing 1 Chaffinch 1 Magpie 1 Goldfinch 6 Fieldfar...
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