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Cowm and Bacup 22.2.09
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Cowm Res Green Woodpecker 1 calling B.H.Gull c50 Herring Gull 1 over Mallard c30 Magpie 4 Carrion Crow 2 Robin 1 New Line Res Canada Geese 93 Mallard c20 Moorhen 1 B.H.Gull c30 Common Gull 4 Stubby Lee Moss Sky Lark 1 Carrion Crow 1 Northern School Fieldfare c20 pfyldes and johnh
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Wildfowl Count 22nd February 2009
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Attempted a count but we were driven back by horizontal rain at Holden Wood and we wimped out. Only managed to see appx 10 Black-headed Gulls.
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Deeply Vale - Harden Moor 22/02/09
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08:00-10:30 Mallard, flocks of 2, 4, and 8, Teal, pair on Top Lodge + single male on small pond, Grey Heron, 2 singles, Lapwing, 1 on old turf field, Snipe, 6 flushed off Harden Moor, Sparrowhawk, 1 male dashed over hedge, Moorhen, 1 on small ond, Meadow Pipit, c8 on flooded field, 1 on Harden Moor, Pie...
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Seat Naze, Edge Cote & Whittaker Pasture 21/02/09
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Seat Naze 1 lapwing, 1 sparrowhawk, 23 black headed gull, 6 common gull, 1 skylark, 1 song thrush, 50 carrion crow, including 1 bird with almost completely white wings & 17 magpie. Edge Cote 10 snipe, 1 jack snipe, 6 skylark, 2 meadow pipit, 1 song thrush & 1 reed bunting. Whittaker Pasture 5 l...
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Clowbridge Res. 20/2/09
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14:40 approx. Pr Stonechat on Nutshaw Hill slope 2 Meadow Pipit in Limy valley above res. 1 Skylark in song in Limy valley above res. 22 Goosander 1 m Goldeneye c12 Mallard c70 Fieldfare 17 Greenfinch in car park 2 Collared Dove in car park area 1 G.B.B.gull + 1 imm. very few gulls (c10) present at 16:30 h...
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grane
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dead male pheasant on grane road as you drive towards blackburn, just past holden wood res and next to the 2 bungalows on the left.....been there since saturday...
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Stranger in the woods
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Two Woodcock circling and calling around the woods this evening for about ten minutes then went to ground.
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Haslingden& Stacksteads
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2 Raven flying over Haslingden 07.15 hrs 200+ Pink-footed Goose, east to west 12-30 hrs, over Stacksteads Best wishes Neil
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Reedsholme 19/2/09
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c90 Pink Footed Geese over at 12:45 from E. then turned N.W. Bob.
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Reedsholme 16/2/09
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c50 Pink Footed Geese over at 11:00 hrs approx. Birds moving from E. to W. then over Cribden. Bob.
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cold weather casualties
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Feeding station records at three sites after the cold spell show that the biggest casualties were Coal Tits, there numbers are 75% down. Blackbird numbers are well up,still no green/goldfinch.List below is from three sites over this weekend. Great Tit 10+ Blue Tit 12+ Long Tailed Tit 14+ Coal Tit 2 B...
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Waterfoot Area 15.2.09
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Warth Green Woodpecker 1 calling Dipper 3 L.T.Tit 8 Mistle Thrush 1 calling Jay 1 Coal Tit 2 Blue Tit c15 Great Tit c20 Greenfinch c10 Chaffinch 6 Goldfinch 4 Blackbird 3 Woodpigeon 6 Carrion Crow 3 Magpie 4 Park Road L.T.Tit 7 Coal Tit 2 Robin 2 Starling 12 Blackbird 2 Feral Pigeon 6 Edgeside Greenfinch c...
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Ashworth Moor Res & buzzard 15/02/09
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Canada Goose - 4 goosander - 11 lapwing - c80 golden plover - 3 flew past towards Deeply Vale common gull - 13 black headed gull - 1 carrion crow - 2 res almost completely shrouded in mist. At around 2:30pm a buzzard was over Rawtenstall cheers Kevin and John Hallsworth -- Edited by KEVIN LISTER at 18:27, 2...
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Reedsholme - Crawshawbooth 15/2/09
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11:00 - 14:00hrs approx. Very large gull movement up the Limy valley peaking at 13:00 hrs approx. with 600+ birds on the move to the north. Most were Herring gulls with low numbers of Lesser Back Backs, Black Heads and Commons. Bird song noticable today with several Chaffinch singing between Reeds...
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Swinshaw Moor TTV SD82H 14/02/09
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pink footed goose - 1 skein of 140 fling south west at 10:58 over survey area. 2 other skeins seen flyin west over Newchurch/ Waterfoot area at 11:03 (120 birds) and 11:20 (200 birds). mallard - 13 grey heron - 1 snipe - 1 herring gull - 5 feral pigeon - 8 stock dove - 3 wood pigeon - 56 skylark - 1 grey wagtail...
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Calf hey res& Pink footed Goose, sat 14 Feb
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Calf hey res 5 Goosander 1 Goldeneye Greenwoodpecker calling 1 Siskin 2 Kestrel Pink footed Goose 4 skiens seen, 1 of 50+, 10.15hr east to west 1 of 150/200 10.30 hr 1 of 200/250 , 11.00 hrs 1 of 200/250 11.30 hrs going south west it was becomeing misty. Best wishes Neil
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OWLS
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Deeply vale this evening,excellent view of a Short Eared Owl hunting on the moorland,also Little Owl hunting a drystone wall.
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Cowm and Bacup 8.2.09
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Cowm Res Common Gull 22 B.H.Gull c60 Mallard 42 minimum Tufted Duck 3 [1m 2f] Goosander 1 pair Wren 4 Magpie 14 Carrion Crow 3 Blue Tit c6 Great Tit 5 Coal Tit 2 calling Chaffinch 1 Woodpigeon 1 Blackbird 1 New Line Canada Geese 40 Mallard 30 Moorhen 2 B.H.Gull c60 Common Gull 3 Kestrel 1 over Bacup Park Nuth...
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Marl Pits to Crawshawbooth 8/2/09
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Circular walk by way of Swinshaw moor. 1 Mistle Thrush in song at Marl Pits c100 Pink Footed Geese moving over Edge Cote / Chapel Hill from E. to W. at 13:15 hrs. Nothing of any note until Bonfire Hill quarry where 2 Redwings were feeding. Then nothing apart from a few Grt. & Blue tit until the farmland...
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Spring Mill Res 08/02/09
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goldeneye - 2m & 2f goosander - 1m & 2f lapwing - 1 black headed gull - 65 common gull - 4 herring gull - 5 flying west great black backed gull - 1 flying south stock dove - 3 magpie - 20 cheers Kevin
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Irwell Valley, 8th Feb 2009
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09:00 - 11:00 A good spring like morning, but cold, with many species in song! Cormorant, 2 on Irwell at Irwell Vale, Grey Heron, 3 singles on river at various points, Mallard, 15 on river at Irwell Vale, Goosander, flocks of 3, 4 and 5 flew up and down the river probably involving some of the same birds....
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Calf hey Res, Sat 7 Feb 2009
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20 Wigeon 1 Blackheaded Gull 1 Sparrow Hawk Crows ,Magpies Best wishes Neil
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Clowbridge 06/02/09
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mallard - 33 on the bottom pond near the car park goldeneye - 3m & 1f goosander - 8m & 5f sparrowhawk - 1f kestrel - 2, 1 at each end of res lapwing - 3 black headed gull - 53 common gull - 4 greenfinch - 10 at the feeding station reed bunting - flock of 25 near Compston's Cross cheers Kevin
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waxwing at Helmshore etc. 01/02/2009
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1 waxwing was at the Riverside Walk at Helmshore, acroos the river from the old Airtours building, today. 1 treecreeper, 1 brambling & 1 reed bunting have all appeared at our feeders at Gaghills today. cheers Kevin
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Britannia area,1/02/09.
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50 Fieldfare,5 Brambling,8 Greenfinch,2 Chaffinch,3 Robin,4 Blackbird,3 Magpie, 1 Goosander,Lots of Blue and Great Tits,4 Rook. Dave Ousey.
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Irwell Valearea 1.2.09
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Irwell Vale Grey Wagtail 2 Stock Dove 3 Coal Tit c6 L.T.Tit 5 Blue Tits and Great Tits in good numbers Chaffinch 2 Goldfinch c6 Bullfinch 1 calling Wren 1 Robin 3 Blackbird 5 Carrion Crow c20 Magpie c10 E.W.B.S. Jackdaw 400+ Pied Wagtail c20 B.H.Gull 10 Mallard 3 Kestrel 2 pfyldes johnh
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Holden Wood 01-02-09
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2 Mallard 1 Great Crested Grebe 2 Cormorants 2 Herons ~40 Black Headed Gulls 2 Common Gulls 27 Lapwings 11 Canadas Cheers Ian
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Lumb bridge to buckden, 1 Feb 2009
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2 Pair on R Riwell 40+ Lapwings on field below Helmshore road 1 Kestrel as above Mistle Thrush as above 3 Meadow pipit as above 50+ Woodpigeon over Alden 1 Peregrine as above Best wishes Neil
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Clowbridge, 1st Feb 2009
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09:30-10:30 Mallard, 3, Goosander, 2 males & 2 redheads, Goldeneye, 3 males, Great Black Backed Gull, suspect 1 was feeding on sheep carcass on distant hillside along with Magpies and Carrion Crows, Stonechat, 1 male, Greenfinch, 4 on feeders. Regards, Sarah Nuttall.
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Cowm Res,Whitworth. 29/01/09
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55 Canada Geese, Cormorant,6 Tufted Duck,Goldeneye,42 Mallard,Moorhen.Various crows going into roost! Regards, Dave Ousey.
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