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Staghills
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2 Blackcap singing 1Chiff chaf GSWoodpecker Dipper Gray Wagtail Kenroy
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sites various 11/05/08
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Bacup Golf Course to Small Shaw Height 1m golden plover, 2 pr lapwing, 1 snipe, 100+ sky lark, 3 swift, 100+ meadow pipit, 1pr grey wagtail, 3pr swallow, 4 willow warbler, 1 blackcap, 1 long tailed tit, 3+ linnet & 2+ redpoll. Stubbylee Moss, Whitworth Higher End Moor & Jam Hill 2...
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Clowbridge res. 10/5/08
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Clowbridge res. 18:30 - dusk Highlights were - 1Sedge Warbler in car park - cheers for that one Dave. 3 Grasshopper Warbler - very short song bursts in all cases. Flock of 4 Redpoll song flighting 4 m Reed Bunting in song Min. of 8 Willow Warbler in song. 2 Kestrel hunting and taking voles. 8 Swallows mov...
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twite 10/05/2008
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15 twite at Huttock Top this evening, at least one of which was a colour ringed bird. Up to 35 reported to have been in the area in the past week. cheers Kevin, with John Hallsworth -- Edited by KEVIN LISTER at 19:12, 2008-05-10
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TTV Higher Cloughfold 10/0508
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39 species recorded as follows Canada goose 1 mallard 2 lapwing 7 lesser black back gull 2 feral pigeon 31 wood pigeon 33 collared dove 3 swift 7 great spotted woodpecker 3 skylark 7 swallow 7 meadow pipit 7 pied wagtail 1 grey wagtail 3 wren 32 dunnock 9 robin 19 song thrush 9 mistle thrush 3 blackbird 28 b...
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TTV Meadowhead, 10/05/08
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05:15 - 07:15, 34 species seen in total of which the following were of note: Goosander, 4 males and two females flew onto Clowbridge Res, Common Sandpiper, 1 on Clowbridge, Redshank, 1 trying to feed on the edge of Clowbridge but constantly disturbed by dogs! Sedge Warbler, 1 singing in Hawthornes ne...
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TTV. Plunge 7/5/08
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TTV for SD81E done this morning. Nothing wildly exciting so edited highlights. 1 Pheasant 1 Sparrowhawk m. 3 Lapwing 1pr GSW 25 Swallows 2 House martin 1 Mistle Thrush 1 Blackcap m. 1 Jay 3 Willow Warbler 4 Swift Ina
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Tor Loop 05/05/2008
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Sunny Bank 2xJays Linnets (6+) singing on gorse above farm on Tor side Rossendale Way to Musden Head Pair Lapwings Pair Curlew Few Skylark and Meadow Pipits Pair Wheatears Kestral hunting Musden Head to Helmshore 2 pair of Lapwings displaying Pair Grey Partridge (my first in Rossendale for a long ti...
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Cowpe 04/05/08
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Lench area 1 heron, 1 Canada goose, 1pr mallard, 1 moorhen, 1 pr swallow, 3 willow warbler & 1 song thrush
Cowpe Res/ Kearn,s Lodge 1 pr Canada goose, 1 moorhen, 1 pr curlew, 2 lesser black back gull, 1 pr stock dove, 10 meadow pipit, 1 pied wagtail, 12 swallow, 2 house martin, 1m stonechat, 3 whe...
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Clough Bottom 03/05/08 20:30-21:30
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6+ Goldcrest singing ~20 Swallows feeding over woods Grasshopper Warbler reeling on opposite side of road Jay Cheers Ian
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Edenfield Garden 3.5.08
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2 House Martins this morning. Blue Tits copulating, but, after weeks of investigation they are ignoring the new detatched house I bought for them. Ungrateful or what!! Ina
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First Swift & Hse Martins back on Pine St, Haslingden territory 020508.
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First Swift back on territory (Pine Street- Haslingden)and also a couple of House Martins back on territory (probably Poplar St - Haslingden)... Cheers, Bryan.
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Clough Bottom 1st May
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From Peter Fyldes, John Hallsworth, Paul Heyhurst: 2 Common Sandpiper, 4 Goosander (1m 3f), 9 Swallow, 9m Mallard, 1 Kestrel, 2 Pied Wagtail, 1 Grey Wagtail, 3 Skylark, 10 Woodpigeon, many Meadow Pipits, 1 Curlew, 3 Willow Warblers
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E.B.S.W. 30/4/08
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E.B.S.W. - 15:30hrs Still a good number of hirundines present with 250+ estimated. There were many Sand Martins far more than breed along the Irwell. Very few remained at 17:00 hrs though a flock of c100 House Martins were feeding over the lower end of the works. Pied Wag. numbers are dropping gradua...
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Mon April 28th 2008 - Haslingden & Oswaldtwistle Moors
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approx 1pm - 3.30pm From Information Centre, Grane Road, Haslingden Moor to Oswaldtwistle Moor (Warmwithens & Dry Hill areas) then East to Thirteen Stone Hill, Haslingden and down to Farmers Glory Pub. Curlew: 2 pairs Swallow: 6 (1,2,3) all heading North. Redpoll: 1 crossing moor. Lapwing: 2...
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Marsh Harrier. Sunday evening, 27 April
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A Male Marsh Hairrier seen being mobbed by a crow, I was in the Naden valley, the Harrier was on Rooly Moor. It flew in to view 3 times ,it was heading south. Best wishes Neil
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Neil Burke
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Hirundine passage - 28/4/08
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Massive numbers of Swallows and Martins at Ewood Bridge sewage works this afternoon. A conservative estimate would be around the 700 mark. Just 2 Swifts seen. Bob.
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Seat Naze to Haslingden Grane 27/04/08
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Gaghills 2 juv robins present yesterday. brambling still coming to feeders. Seat Naze 8 lapwing, 3 sky lark, 1 great spotted woodpecker, 8 wood pigeon, 1 pied wagtail, 4 meadow pipit, 1 song thrush, 5 willow warbler, 2 jay & 2 linnet. Edge Cote 1 curlew heard, 1 snipe, 1 jack...
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EBSW and Irwell Vale 27/4/08
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From Peter Fyldes and John Hallsworth: EBSW - 3 Swift, 200+ Swallow, House Martin and Sand Martin (in total) 4 Blackcap, 2 Chiffchaff, many Willow Warblers Irwell Vale - Nuthatch - pair copulating plus one other individual
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The Clough
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1 Dunlin 2 Female +1Male Gooseander 1 pair Canada Geese Gray Wagtail Heron Curlew Huttock Top 30 Twite Bye for now
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Clowbridge Res, 26/04/08
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20:00-21:00 G.C.Grebe, pair Commom Sandpiper, 1, Grasshopper Warbler, min 2 reeling, possibly 3, Willow Warbler, c4 singing, Song Thrush, 2 singing, Regards, David.
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E.B.S.W. 26/4/08
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E.B.S.W - 18:00 hrs approx. Very few hirundines c6 Swallow, 1 House Martin c18 Pied Wagtails - big drop in numbers 2 Moorhen, on beds Many Willow Warblers around the curcuit Min. 4 Blackcap in song Irwell Vale 1 Nuthatch calling as usual 1 SWIFT overhead (do they appear anywhere else?) - 1st this year. 1...
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Huttok top
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About 6 Twite second hand report of about 40 17 April in this area 1 Lapwing 1 pair Stonechat near Jack Lodge North side Lapwings Mow Grane Bacup 2 pair Lapwing Lumb corner Bramblings still at Lumb and Edgeside most like it here
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Plunge - Top of Leach & return, 26/04/08
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06:00 - 09:30 Canada Goose, 6 on Cowpe Res, Pair on Cragg, Pheasant, 3 calling birds, Dunlin, 1 on Cowpe Moss, Curlew, group of 4 & 2 pairs, Stock Dove, pair, Wood Pigeon, c12, Dipper, 1, Skylark, c40 most singing, Swallow, 2, Meadow Pipit, c60, Pied Wagtail, 1, Mistle Thrush, 1, Willow Warbler, c6...
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David Nuttall
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Common sandpipers
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They are pairing up on Ogden, Canada Geese, Mallard, Pied Wagtails, Sparrowhawks and Common Sandpipers. All successful breeders last year. Overhead are four Curlew, Cormorant, Meadow Pipit and a report of a Tree Pipit. Swallows in pairs but no Martins. Odd Stonechat but no Whinchats yet. Peacock...
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Gropper, 22/04/08
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There was a reeling Grasshopper Warbler in the rough field north of the weir near Groundwork tonight. Regards, David.
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Haslingden & Oswaldtwistle Moors - Tues Apr 22nd 2008
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approx 1pm - 3.30pm Grane Information Centre over Haslingden Moor to Dry Hill - Warmwithens on Oswaldtwistle Moor and check out Dotterel/Greenland Wheatear haunts etc....and return... Golden Plover: 4 (a party of 3 flushed and settled down somewhere around top of Deep Clough) plus a solitar...
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Cowm Res 21/04/08
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Warm day yet a cool wind early evening Swallow x 12 Meadow Pipit x 3 Linnet x c10 in a flock flitting around. Tufted Duck x 2f 1m Mallard 30 Curlew x 5 In flight calling. Willow Warbler x c8 in song Chaffinch x 3 Great Tit x 2 Pied Wagtail x 1 Pheasant x 1 Watching Weasel for some time working a dry stone wall.
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Cowm/ Spring Mill/ Withens Hey 20/04
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Cowm Res 3 Canada geese, 22 mallard, 3m & 2f tufted duck, 1 godeneye, 1m pheasant, 1 grey partridge, 9 lesser black back gulls & 2 herring gulls over, 1 sky lark, 1pr grey wagtail, 4 pied wagtail, 30 meadow pipit, 21 swallow, 1 mistle thrush, 1pr wheatear, 1pr stonechat, 1pr goldcrest, 8...
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EBSW Sat 19th April
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From Peter Fyldes - 30 Swallows, 30 Sand Martin, 10 House Martin, 1 singing Willow Warbler during late afternoon.
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