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Cowpe 18/01/09
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Lench 1pr goosander, 1pr moorhen,1 sparrowhawk, 1 great spootted woodpecker, 40 redwing, 4 mistle thrush, 2 fieldfare, 3 blackbird, 10 blue tit, 4 great tit, 8 magpie, 20 jackdaw & 2 chaffinch. Kearn's Lodge area 2 stock dove, 50 wood pigeon over, 3 pied wagtail, 16 redwing, 2 mi...
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Cowm Reservoir & Lea Mill Quarry,Bacup? 18/01/2009
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Off interest on Cowm Res a female Teal,unusual visitor,must have been blown of course! (Still there at 1pm) Lea Mill Quarry,on the walk from Whitworth birds seen:-8 Carrion Crow,Meadow Pipit,2 Magpie. Cold but a lovely morning! Regards, Dave Ousey.
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TTV, SD72L TOP END OF GRANE, 18\01\09
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Golden plover 20 Carrion crow 11 Magpie 8 Woodpigeon14 Greenwoodpecker 1 G-S- Woodpecker 1 Greenfinch2 Wren 1 Meadowpipit 1 Kestrel 1 Coal tit 1 Great tit 1 Cormorant 1 Best wishes Neil
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Cown Res
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5 T uft ed duck 1male Gooseander 1female Teal 8 Canada Geese 6 Crossbills 50 BH Gulls Stubbylee Moss 2Ravens
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Grane Sat 17 Jan 2009
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Holden wood res Mallard 3 Goldeneye 1 male Heron 1 Snipe 1 Stonechat 1pair Ogden res Cormorant 1 Goosander 1 Male Calf Hey res Goldeneye 1 pair Kestrel 1 Best wishes Neil
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Cowm Reservoir,Whitworth 16/01/2009
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Firstly passing over my house near Cowm Res at 2-45pm a flock of 80 Pink Footed Geese,making a hell of a racket! They were heading south. Birds at the res:-Cormorant, 2 Canada Geese,45 Mallard,6 Tufted Duck,3 Goosander,Goldeneye,Kestrel,Moorhen,60 BH Gull,5 Common Gull,5 Wood Pigeon,10 Collar...
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Grane, 18th Jan 2009
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08:15 - 11:00 Mallard, 3 in Troy Quarry, Kestrel, 1 female perched on telegraph pole, Sparrowhawk, 1 female over Ogden, Red Grouse, pair flushed on Haslingden Moor, Snipe, 4 flushed on Haslingden Moor, Golden Plover, a flock of c20 over Haslingden Moor (with Neil Burke), Great Black Backed Gull, 1 i...
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buzzard
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Might just be in rossendale, buzzard hanging around the exit slip road on the M66 junction 1, yesterday and today. I have had a green woodpecker on and off since september, there are now two feeding and calling up above Buckden woods.
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Strongstry 16/1/09
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Irwell Vale - Strongstry 14:30hrs approx. Hardly anything to be seen, just 5 Redwings & a calling G.S.W. at Strongstry. 1 Song Thrush in song at Irwell Vale, 6 Blue Tits and 2/3 Greenfinch. Jackdaw numbers heading S. at approx 15:30 hrs - c510 in several flocks over Irwell Vale + 65 off E.B.S.W. w...
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My first returning Pink Feet today at 1100hrs going West over Haslingden.
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1100hrs approx.....From front door of house had approx 80 Pink Footed Goose coming up through Haslingden, at first on a steady North West tracking and then when above Bury Road veered West to bring in Grane.... Spoke with Charlie not long ago and he had them coming through Grane, same number, same...
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blackcap 12/01/09
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Maxine saw a male blackcap at our feeders at Gaghills this morning. cheers Kevin
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Duck Count 11th January 2009
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All I could come up with on a blustery morning was 2 Mallard and 20 Black-headed Gulls at Holden Wood. The Mallard flew over and the gulls were perched on the thin ice. I couldn't see anything on Ogden or Calf Hey and the latter was about 3.5m below normal. I notice from the Bird Race posting that there wer...
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Winter Birdrace, 11th Jan 2009
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08:00-15:00, Four teams, each containing two people enetered the annual winter birdrace where as many different species as possible are looked for within the Rossendale boundary. The results were as follows: Team A = 45 species. Team B = 47 species. Team C = 51 species. Team D = 51 species. Total numb...
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Healey Dell,Spring Mill Res. 10/1/09
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6 Cormorant (Flying down dell towards Rochdale),Grey Heron,20 Mallard,5 Goosander(3m 2fm),50+ BH Gull,5 Common Gull,10 Woodpigeon,6 Collared Dove, Great Spotted Woodpecker,Pied Wagtail,3 Dunnock,4 Robin,10 Blackbird,6 Redwing,3 Goldcrest,12 Long Tailed Tit,10 Blue Tit,6 Great Tit,25...
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Newhallhey area 8/1/09
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Loads of mist and no Waxies, however we did meet two fine specimens from Haslingden in the robust shapes of Messers Yorke and Payne. Nice to see you guys, always good company! Brian & Charlie had the following before we met - 13 Redwing + 1 Fieldfare nr K. Steels 12 Long Tailed Tit + 1 G.S.W. at Holme La...
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Birds at work 8.1.09
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Birds seen at Barlows Blds Rawtenstall from 5.1.09 till 8.1.09 Grey Wagtail 1 Pied Wagyail 1 every day Blackbird c6 most days Wren 1 Jackdaw c6 every day House Sparrow c10 every day L.T.Tit 10 + 2 Starlings every day Wood Pigeon 2 pair Feral Pigeon 6 every day B.H.Gull over daily Magpie 1 pair most days Ro...
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Avoiding Distrubance to Birds in this period of Severe Cold Weather
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This statement was released by the BTO yesterday 7th January. Please do read it and take note. Not mentioned in the release is the disturbance caused by dog walkers allowing their pets to chase birds. I do realise that this applies more to beaches than to inland water bodies, but if you should come acro...
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waxwings
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NEW HALL HEY NEXT TO HARDMAN MILL 9 WAXWINGS 12-00 NOON 6/1/09 DAVE
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Waxwings at Ewood Bridge 0301/2009
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38 waxwings at Ewood Bridge today. Birds were at SD795215 ( this is on the road from the Woolpack pub to Edenfield, birds were in the field before the first row of houses on the right hand side of the road as you travel down from Haslingden) before flying off in the direction of Rawtenstall at 15:40. Eno...
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Whitworth area 4/1/09
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Firstly,a late bit of news regarding a Willow Tit I saw yesterday at Cowm Reservoir in with a mobile tit flock,near to the entrance to the pumping station.Seen alongside a Coal Tit! Cowm Reservoir 40 Mallard,3 Tufted Duck,35 BH Gull,4 Common Gull,1 Dipper,4 Blackbird.No sign of the Willow Tit(prob...
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EBSW-Strongstry, 04/01/2009
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11:30-12:30 Heron, 1 perched in tree over river, Mallard, c20, 8 of which were on the filter beds, Goosander, a pair and single male on the river, Lapwing, 28 in pasture towards Holcombe road, L.B.B.Gull, c6 south, Herring Gull, c12 south, B.H.Gull, c20 south, Stock Dove, 2 near Alderbottom, Dipper...
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Bocholt Way 4.1.09
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Bocholt Way Dipper 2 in river Irwell one in song Redwing 2 Grey Heron 1 over Mallard 5 over Blue Tit 3 Great Tit 1 Coal Tit 1 Mistle Thrush 1 Blackbird 3 House Sparrow c6 Feral Pigeon 5 pfyldes johnh
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Musbury and the Reservoirs
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Green Woodpecker and pair of Raven in Musbury Stonechat at Calf Hey 9 Goosander on Ogden 6 males Possibly two Common Sandpiper but I am not certain Twenty BHG's on Holden Wood The usual suspects were about as well.
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Strongstry river/woods
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Along the river/woods between Stubbins and Irwell vale. Greywagtails 2 Heron 3 Mallard 12 + Dipper 3 Goosander 4 [1 male] Kingfisher 1 [reappeared about mid november] Moorhen 1 [been on the river for a few weeks,there were two] Jackdaw 6 + Rook 10 + Crow 2 Jay 5 G s woodpecker 3 Mistle thrush 2 Blackbird...
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Clowbridge res. 3/1/09
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14:00hrs approx. 16 Mallard 18 Goosander inc.10m. 3 Goldeneye 1 G.C.Grebe 4 Lapwing in fields 1 G.B.B.Gull >W 1 Mistle Thrush 1 Grey Wagtail 8 Collared Dove + c20 assorted Greenfinch and House Sparrow on feeders. Bob.
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EBSW-Alderbottom, 02/01/2009
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10:15-11:15 Mallard, pair on filter beds, Goosander, male feeding in river, Lapwing, c10 feeding in pasture towards Holcombe Road, B.H.Gull, 3, Meadow Pipit, 2 on filter beds Pied Wagtail, 57 on filter beds, Grey Wagtail, male on river, Dipper, 1 on river, Blue & Great Tit in good numbers, Coa...
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Edgeside and New Line 1.1.09
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New Line Res Common Gull 5 B.H.Gull c20 Mallard c30 Moorhen 2 Canada Geese 14 Edgeside Brambling 1 Greenfinch c20 Chaffinch c10 Blackbird 1 Happy new year to all pfyldes
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Clowbridge Res, 01/01/2009
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14:10-14:20, Just popped on for ten minutes with the following noted: G.C.Grebe, 1, Mallard, 17 on pond near bottom car park, Teal, male sat in middle of res, Goldeneye, male and female, some head bobbing! Goosander, 23, Lapwing, 2 flew up the valley and landed in a fild south west of res, B.H.Gull, c1...
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Chapel Hill - Swinshaw Moor, 01/01/2009
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10:15-12:30 Heron, 1 at frozen pond on Chapel Hill, Lapwing, 3 flew over a couple of times before heading off towards Cribden, B.H.Gull, c30, Common Gull, 8, 6 of which were on a mucked field, Wood Pigeon, c75, 62 of which were on a mucked field, Collared Dove, 4, Little Owl, 1 on ruin on Chapel Hill, G.S....
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Irwell vale/Strongsty 1-01-2009
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6 Bullfinch 1 Nuthach calling 2 Dipper 1 pair Goosander 3Coal tit 1pair Lapwing in field at roadend opp tesco Best wishes Neil
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