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Edenfield,Stubbins,Irwell Vale 27/9/08
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Hi-lights from 'not so fruitfull' Odonata search. Eden Wood 2 GSW 1 Grey Heron 1 Jay 3 LT Tits (min) East View to Cliffe Lodge 1 Kestrel 3 Jays (over) 1 Moorhen 10+ LT Tits 1 Song Thrush Irwell Vale (Lumb) 1 Nuthatch More LT Tits 1 more Jay having a go at a Grey Squirrel 1 Mistle Thrush Basically Jays and LTT's...
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Whitworth Quarry/ Stubbylee Moss 27/09/08
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2 snipe 7 sky lark 1 pied wagtail 100+ meadow pipit 1 wheatear 3 raven 4 golfinch c30 twite present again with 2 colour ringed birds seen. 40 linnet were feeding on derelict land near Lancashire Sock, New Line. cheers Kevin -- Edited by KEVIN LISTER at 19:08, 2008-09-27
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feeding stations
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I started feeding over a week ago at three sites for the autumn/winter and early sightings include, great tit[commonist bird] blue tit[second commonist] long tailed tit[small flocks] nuthatch[4 individuals regular] robin[odd ones] dunnock[2/3] g s woodpecker[present at all three sites] w...
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Cloughbottom and New Line
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Cloughbottom Res Teal 6 Mallard5 Grey Wagtail 3 Pied Wagtail 1 Common Gull 1
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Vismig - Haslingden Top O'th Slate Thr Sept 25th 2008
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0645hrs-0830hrsToday was OK with birds moving steadily up until about 0830hrs then it just died. The party numbers where very good today (pipits) eg: 23,26,19,80 etc. Lots of Chaffinches where being missed as I could hear parties going high overhead but could not see..Meadow Pipits: 416,Pied W...
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Vismig Haslingden Top O'th Slate - Wed Sept 24th 2008
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0645hrs - 0900hrsWind SE 10-12mph and decreasing.. most movement finished by 0815hrs. Today Pied Wagtails in better numbers and Snipe showing.Meadow Pipit: 252 (2W),Chaffinch: 13 (2W)Pied Wagtail: 27 (3W and best party 8)Siskin: 20 (14,6)Goldfinch: 4Linnet 11 (9W)Reed Bunting: 1Common Sni...
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Vismig - Haslingden Top O'th Slate Tues Sept 23rd 2008
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0645hrs-0845hrs, Wind: NE 15mph and weakening by 0830hrs. Very strong birds coming through sideways on... All Movement South unless stated otherwise Meadow Pipits: 269, Linnet: 8, Pied Wagtail: 5 (4,1), Goldfinch: 1, Chaffinch: 1, Kestrel: 1, LBBG: 2
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New Line Res
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New Line Res Canada Geese 58 in field above res Mallard c40 Moorhen 4 Pied Wagtail 12 pfyldes
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Vismig Haslingden Top O'th Slate - Mon Sept 22nd 2008.
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0645hrs - 0845hrsBirds:Meadow Pipit: 127 (6W), Pied Wagtail: 1, Linnet: 3 (1W), Siskin: 10 (6,4), Chaffinch: 7 (4W), Greenfinch: 1 NW, Goldfinch: 1W, Mistle Thrush: 2, Lapwing: 11 plus a very large party to the North West over Oswaldtwistle area, Stock Dove: 3, LBBG: 3.....
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Warth to Turn Village via AMR 21/09/08
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Warth 3 herons, 1 great spotted woodpecker, 4 stock dove, 1 grey wagtail, 1 pied wagtail, 1 dipper, 1 spotted flycatcher, 1 swallow, 5 mistle thrush & 1 party of long tailed tits. Hurdles Quarry/ Whittaker Pasture 1 sparrowhawk, 1 little owl, 1 sky lark, 50+ meadow pipit, 1 wheatear &...
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Heap Clough 3.30-5.30pm 21/09/2008
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usual magpies, robins, woodpigeons, wrens just before the quarry. after the quarry on the farmland where you get views across the valley 2 kestrels, 2 locks of goldfinches with about 20 min in, over 40 meadow pipits, some carrion crows, a raven, 4 stone chat at about 4.30 a large flock of geese were g...
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Whitworth Quarry Area
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Whitworth Quarry Twite c30 Stubbylee Moss Snipe 4 Raven 3 Meadow Pippit c10 Sky Lark c6 Swallow 2 over Jam Hill Snipe 2 Meadow Pippit c30
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Cowm & Springmill, 21/09/08
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Early A.M. Cowm, Tufted Duck, 6, Mallard, c24, Grey Heron, 1, B.H.Gull, c12, Meadow Pipit, good movement south with c100, best party 15, Green Woodpecker, 1 seen and yaffling loudly!, Chaffinch, c30 in small groups, Bullfinch, 2 flew into bushes calling, Redpoll, 1 flew up the res calling, Jay, 2 S...
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Vismig Haslingden Top O'th Slate Sun Sept 21st 2008.
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The movement never got going again today, although there was some wind though light SE 3 mph. Chaffinch looked like they where picking up..Birds: Meadow Pipit:96, Pied Wagtail: 9 (1W), Chaffinch: 15 (1W), Linnet: 19 (7W), wite: 10 NW, Siskin: one party audible only, Goldfinch: 2, Greenfinch: 4 (2N...
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Holdenwood res 21 sep 2008
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3 Cormorant 1 Great crested Grebe 1 Mallard 1 Snipe 1 Stonechat 3 reedbunting 10 Meadow pipit Best wishes Neil
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Stubbylee moss/ Whitworth Quarry area 20/09
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merlin - 1 female seen repeatedly trying to take small passerine unsuccessfully kestrel - 2 snipe - 3 golden plover - 10 sky lark - 10+ pied wagtail - 1 meadow pipit - 70+ wheatear - 3 raven - 2 rook - 1 over carrion crow - 2 linnet - 3 twite - minimum of 10 birds present including 2 - 3 colour ringed birds cheers...
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Clowbridge & Clough B, 20/09/08
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Clowbridge, early morning, G.C.Grebe, 1 adult Canada Goose, 47, Mallard, 17, Kingfisher,1 all over the res! Meadow Pipit, c30, Skylark, 2, Swallow, 1, Pied Wagtail, 2, Grey Wagtail, 1, Stonechat, 7, Wheatear, 1 sat on drystone wall above res, Goldcrest, 2, Chiffchaff, 1 calling in car park, Redpo...
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Vismig - Top O'th Slate - Sat Sept 20th 2008
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0630hrs-0830hrs,Wind: Variable 3mph, movement South unless stated otherwise... Again today it never really got going and by about 0730hrs the main movement was over with....Meadow Pipit: 225,Pied Wagtail: 9 (2W),Grey Wagtail: 2, Chaffinch: 16 (4W), Goldfinch: 3, Linnet: 31 (one party of 20)...
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Vismig - Haslingden Top O'th Slate Fri Sept 19th 2008
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0645hrs - 0845hrs Wind SW 3mph - Movement South unless stated otherwise. Very murky with fog building at times at 200 metres visability... The passage today never got going with just trickles of birds throughout watch.... Meadow Pipit: 163 (9W), Pied Wagtail: 5 (1W) Grey Wagtail: 1 Chaffinch: 11 (4...
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Merlin, 18/09/08
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Having got lucky at Clough Bottom this morning I thought I would call at Clowbridge on my way home. There were four Wigeon, 2 males & 2 females, circling around which finally landed and a chiffchaff calling from the car park. Then a group of Starlings started causing a commotion and I could see a fe...
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Hen Harrier at Priestentax..18th Sept 2008
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Had a short walk with Charlie Payne from Heap Clough via Crowtrees, Clough Head, Priestentax to Troy..... Birds: Goldfinch: 48 (a party of 18 near Crowtrees, and a party of 30 approx at back of Clough Head), also approx 15 Mistle Thrush at Crowtrees, Swallows: 14 (12 plus 2 - plus missing lots, everyti...
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Vismig - Haslingden Top O'th Slate Thr Sept 18th 2008
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Sunny, but murky to South and West... bird movement had finished completely by 0830hrs... 0645hrs-0830hrs Wind: variable 3mph Movement: South unless stated otherwise... Meadow Pipits: 306 Pied Wagtail: 10 (3W) Grey Wagtail: 1 Goldfinch: 2 Chaffinch: 6 Reed Bunting: 1 Starling 5 (1NW) Linnet: 1...
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Harrier, 18/09/08
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07:00, Clough Bottom Res, I stuck my head over the wall at Clough Bottom on my way to work this morning and within two minutes a Hen Harrier flew in from the west, circled over a couple of times and then continued east pursued by a single Carrion Crow! The bird was difficult to sex as I was always looking at i...
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Cowm Reservoir. 6/7pm .17/09/08
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40 Mallard,1 Cormorant,6 Tufted Duck,8 BH Gull,5 Wood Pigeon, 1 Jay and the real highlights 1 Green Woodpecker and a male Sparrowhawk! Sorry that I did`nt make it to last Monday`s meeting,must try harder. David Ousey.
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Vismig Haslingden Top O'th Slate Wed Sept 17th 2008
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0645hrs - 0930hrs Wind: SE 5mph All movement South unless stated otherwise.. Today was without doubt the best so far this Autumn especially with good numbers of Pipits. Its looking good and maybe the "big push" is not far away..... Birds: Meadow Pipit 721 (best parties: 100 (came through...
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Vismig Haslingden Top O'th Slate Tues Sept 16th 2008
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0645hrs - 0945hrs. A far better morning. Wind at 8mph SE moderate heavy rain specking from 0800 on...Birds: Meadow Pipit 375 (5W)Linnet: 31 (14W)Greenfinch: 4 (2W)Siskin: 2 audible parties - not seenReed Bunting: 1Goldfinch: 11 (2W)Chaffinch: 9 (7W)Swallow: 3 NW plus 1 audible party not seen...
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Clowbridge Res, 15/09/08
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Sightings from Bob Ives, early evening. Wigeon, 4, Cormorant, 1 over flying north east!, Chiffchaff, 2, Meadow pipit, c20, Stonechat, c8, Regards, David Nuttall for Bob Ives
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Feeding Station No 1
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Huttock Top A flock of about 70 Twite was seen this morning -- Edited by JimOrmerod at 22:35, 2008-09-15
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Vismig - Haslingden Top O'th Slate Mon Sept 15th 2008
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0645hrs - 0830hrs - Red Sky to East on arrival, strongish 6-8mph SE winds. Steady movement up until around 0800hrs then movement suddenly died and by 0830hrs rain.... All movement South unless stated otherwise...Birds: Meadow Pipit 268 (best parties: 22,18,16,15)Chaffinch: 4Goldinch: 11 Linn...
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Grane, 13/09/08
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Late Afternoon. mallard, 4, Kestrel, 2, B.H.Gull, c120 west in total, 52 the largest flock, Meadow Pipit, c6, Swallow, c12, Stonechat, pair at Holden Wood, Green Woodpecker, 1 "yaffling" at Heap Clough, Willow Warbler, 1 calling from Hawthorns, Pied Wagtail, 12 on Holden Wood, Jackda...
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