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Cowm, Spring Mill & Wall Bank Lodge 27/12/08
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Cowm 12 crossbills again present giving excellent views. birds seen on both sides of res. thanks for the tip off Dave. Other birds seen - 1 cormorant, c60 mallard, 3 tufted duck, 3 goosander, 7 common gull, c 70 black headed gull, 2 great black backed gull over, 12 lesser black back gull over, 1 kes...
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Grane, 26th Dec 2008
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08:30 - 11:00. Sheep Dog Trials and a party of 4 shooters added disturbance to an already quiet morning! Goldeneye, male on Calf Hey, Mallard, 1 on Holden Wood, Kestrel, 1 Snipe 3 on Haslingden Moor, 1 dodging the shotguns! Golden Plover, 2 again dodging the shot on Haslingden Moor! B.H.Gull, c30, Co...
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TTV SD81T Spring Mill Res
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TTV SD870170 SD870170 25/12/08 1st Winter visit. Dipper x1 Lesser Black Back Gull x4 Mallard x20 Blackbird x1 Grey Heron x1 Jay 2 Woodpigeon x16 Long Tailed Tit x8 Great Tit x3 Robin x4 Greenfinch x8 Magpie x25 Blue Tit x4 Carrion Crow x21 Fieldfare x4 Meadow Pipit x1 Goldeneye x2 Great Crested Grebe x1...
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ashworth moor
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Midday sunshine on the water,also a female teal with nine goosander [ 4 male ] a few b h gulls. Four meadow pipits and two linnet on the moor. MERRY XMAS TO ALL.
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Cowm Reservoir,Whitworth.24/12/2008
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A party of 12 Crossbill`s (6 males and 6 females) feeding on the pine cones in the small plantations to the west of the reservoir.Then perching out in the open in the larger trees.Watched for 1.5 hours the birds ranged from the plantation at the top of Cowclough Hamlet to the uphill section going north (...
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Clowbridge Res, 24th Dec 2008
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15:00-16:00 Goldeneye, 1 male, Goosander, 12, majority adult males, Wigeon, 1 male, Mallard, 2 males & 1 female, Kestrel, 1, Lapwing, 62 circling the res before flying off north, G.B.B.Gull, 1 sat in middle of res, Common Gull, c150, B.H.Gull,c800 with more coming in all the time! Collared Dov...
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Various 21/12/08
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Clowbridge Res. c50 mixed finch flock on feeders. Mainly greenfinch but single figure nos of chaffinch, goldfinch and house sparrow. Newhallhey c20 flock of Goldfinch at Groundwork 1 Dipper Passage of G.B.B. gull from E.>W. c6 birds seen. E.B.S.W. 400+ Jackdaw on the coke beds - largest count y...
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Trickett's Memorial to Marl Pits 22/12/08
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Trickett's Memorial Park 2 herring gull over, 2 great spotted woodpecker & 1 nuthatch Seat Naze & Edge Cote 17 snipe, 1 sparrowhawk, 1 kestrel, 40 black headed gull, 5 common gull, 20 meadow pipit, 500 starling & 1 bullfinch. Marl Pits 20 common gull over, 16 wood pigeon, 25 red...
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Cowpe 21/12/08
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heron - 1 at Kearn's Lodge goosander - 3 redheads and 1 male on Cowpe Res moorhen - 2 at Lench Lodges common gull - 45 Cowpe Res black headed gull - 55 Cowpe Res stock dove - 9 near Cowpe Res meadow pipit - 2 on the hillside above Cowpe Res pied wagtail - 1 near Cowpe Res redwing - 2 at Lench fieldfare - 10 at Black H...
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New Line
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New Line Res 20.12.08 Tufted Duck 2 (1m 1f) Moorhen 5 Mallard c30 B.H.Gull c30 Common Gull 1
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Haslingden Grane,Sunday 21 December 2008
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In fields top end Calf hay resv 150+ mixed flock of Fieldfares, Redwings and starlings 1 G S Woodpecker 3 Carrion crows & a few Magpies To all Best wishes for Christmas & New Year Neil
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strongstry
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During the snow and frost the feeding stations were very busy with the usual visitors, plus some strangers~~ Brambling 3 Siskin 1 Redwing 6 {feeding chopped apple on the ground} Goldcrest 1{there is mealworm in the feed} Still no sign of goldfinch and greenfinch in any numbers, just odd ones. There h...
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Edgeside to Bacup
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Edgeside Brambling 2 Chaffinch c 10 Blackbird 6 Collard Dove 3 Starling 20 Greenfinch 4 Blue Tit 6 Robin 2 Dunnock 1 Magpie 3 Clough Bottom Treecreeper 1 Coal Tit 2 Goldcrest 4 Robin 1 Blackbird 1 Broadclough Woodpigeon 8 Great Tit 1 Blue Tit 4 Blackbird 1 Carrion Crow 2 New Line Res Tufted Duck 1m Moorhen...
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December Duck Count
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I'll be working again this Sunday, hopefully for the last time, as I start a new job within the libraries next week. If anyone visits the Grane reservoirs this weekend, could they post their sightings here, please? Hope to see everyone on Monday. Best regards Jim
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Reedsholme - Clowbridge res. 14/12/08
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12:00 - 14:50 hrs approx. Reedsholme 6 Blackbirds + 1 Mistle Thrush feeding on berries 1 G.S. Woodpecker Crawshawbooth 1 Heron in river. Goodshawfold 4 Bullfinch, 4 Blackbird, 2 Collared Dove, 1 Wood Pigeon. Loveclough 9 Canada Goose in fields, 3 Meadow Pipit flew N. Clowbridge res. 4 grey geese (pr...
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Clowbridge Res, 14th Dec 2008
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08:30 - 09:30, Goosander, 6, 3 males and 3 redheads, Goldeneye, 3, 2 males and 1 female, Mallard, 5, 3 males and 2 females, Kestrel, 2, Lapwing, 1 lone bird flying over res. (again!) B.H.Gull, 10, Pied Wagtail, 2, Stonechat, 1 male, Starling, c140 on pasture, Fieldfare, c 12. Regards, David.
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Male Hen harrier , 9 December
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A male hen harrier was seen on Cribden flying towards Mitchells house resv. By Steven Hollinrake
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E.B.S.W. 9/12/08
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E.B.S.W. circuit 14:30hrs approx. Fine, bright but bloody cold. c20 L.T. Tit flock with c2 Goldcrest and 1 Coal Tit near to entrance 1 Reed Bunting 1 Redwing with 11 + 6 seen at dusk 1 Wood Pigeon 1 Moorhen on river Pr Mistle Thrush c4 Blackbird 11 Mallard on river 1 Fieldfare over c40 B.H.Gull on beds 3 Her...
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Cowm to Bacup
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Cowm Res Tufted Duck 7 Goosander 1 pair Goldeneye 1 f Mallard c 30 B.H.Gull c 20 Common Gull 2 Raven 2 over Blackbird 3 Meadow Pipit 1 Wren 1 Robin 2 Carrion Crow 16 single flock + 3 New Line Res Mallard 28 Canada Geese 18 B.H.Gull c 30 Wren 1 Coal Tit 1 calling Blue Tit 3 Great Tit 3 Chaffinch 6 Bacup Park Nuthatc...
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PECKING ORDER
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Great weather for working out who rules the feeding station, as the numbers increase in the cold weather. wood pigeon (top dog,not aggresive just big) jackdaw (very aggresive) jay (sees everyone off except above two) squirrel (not avian,but keeps clear when top three are about) nuthatch (attack...
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Troy Quarry area 07/12/08
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1 Kestrel(m) which started chasing a Sparrowhawk(f) which was flying up highish in spirals ~30 Fieldfare feeding on field with ~30 Redwing Cheers Ian
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Staghills Woods area 07/12/2008
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mallard - 4 tawny owl - 1 disturbed from roost near Thistlemount Avenue great spotted woodpecker - 3 feral pigeon - 12 wood pigeon - 1 grey wagtail - 1 on the stream in Lea Bank & 1 at Hareholme. wren - 3 dipper - 1 dunock - 3 robin - 13 song thrush - 4 redwing - 6 blackbird - 14 great tit - 8 blue tit - 17 coal tit...
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Clowbridge Res, 7th Dec 2008
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09:30 -10:30, 75% frozen over, minus 2 degrees so in Winter's icy grip! Cormorant, 1 flew in and landed but appeared edgy and flew off after five minutes! Goosander, male, Goldeneye, 2 males and an immature. B.H.Gull, c40, Common Gull, 7, L.B.B.Gull, 2, Filedfare, 1 lone bird calling often, Gold,...
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Pink Footed Goose over Rising Bridge - Sat Dec 6th 2008
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A skein of approx 30-35 going over Winfields and then slightly veering towards the Blackburn direction, yesterday Saturday at approx 1130hrs. Overhall heading W-NW
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Irwell Valley, 30/11/08
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08:00-10:00, Grey Heron, 3 individuals fishing in river plus another in a tree. Mallard, 4 on EBSW plus 4 at HTL, Goosander, pair on river behind EBSW, Pheasant, female at feeders in Irwell Vale, Moorhen, 2 at HTL, B.H.Gull, c80 at EBSW, Collared Dove, c12 mainly in pairs, Wood Pigeon, c12, Dipper, 3...
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Haslingden Grane Sat 29 November
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Holdenwood resv 3 Cormorants, 2 G.C.Greabs, 2 Mallard, 50+ fielfares 1G.S.Woodpecker Ogden resv 2 Cormorants Calfhey resv 5 goosander Best wishes Neil
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Clowbridge 28/11/08
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12:00'ish to 13:00'ish Goldeneye 2m,1f. Goosander 1m,1f. Cormorant 1. G.C.Grebe 1 Herring Gull 2 B.H.Gulls & Common Gulls, didn't count. A lot of comings and goings, but in roughly equal quantities. 2 Mistle Thrush On feeder:- 10 + Greenfinch 2 Goldfinch 1 House Sparrow 2 Chaffinch Blue &...
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Winfields pond
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21 Gooseander 2Cormorant 26 Nov
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late report
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Diriving over grane about12.45 pm friday 21 nov and i thought i saw what was a male hen harrier in the distance - definitely a grey-ish coloured bird inthe distance. could have been a gull toi guess. it was at clough head and flying low. no positive id then a raven flying fairly low from oswaldtwis...
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New Line Res
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New Line Res Goosander 1 pair Canada Goose 5 Mallard c30 Moorhen 4 B.H.Gull 23 Common Gull 2
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