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Vismig - Top O'th Slate, Haslingden 10th September 2008
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0645hrs- 0730hrs. Beautiful on arrival then within 15minutes completely blanketed in fog.. Just managed to records a few... all South unless stated.Birds: Meadow Pipit: 12, Swallow 4, Pied Wagtail 1, Grey Wagtail 1, Linnet 3 plus audible party missed, Siskin at least 3 audible parties missed, Go...
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Vismig Top O'th Slate Tuesday September 9th 2008
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0645hrs-0800hrs Wind SE 6 mph, heaving rain stop play at 0730hrs....All moving South unless stated otherwise...Meadow Pipit: 44 (best parties 7,7,9)Chaffinch: 2Linnet: 7 (one party 6)Swallow: 7 one partySiskin: party heard but not seen.Common Snipe: 1Heron: 2W - a pair high and calling....K...
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Whitworth 08/09/08
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18:00 tonight flying S/E was a single Fieldfare. Not stopping either high and fast.
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Vismig - Top O'th Slate, Haslingden Mon Sept 8th 2008
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0700hrs-0900hrsToday was better with vismig and saw parties of Goldfinch in particular and a steady Meadow Pipit passage of 40-60 per hour...All passage South unless stated otherwise....Swallow: 29, incl: 5,6NW,4,4 etc.Pied Wagtail: 1Meadow Pipit: 101 (6NW) 43 1st hour and 58 2nd hour. House...
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Sheephouse Branwood Stacksteads
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Whitworth Quarry area and Cowm Reservoir 7/9/08
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Quarry:-Twite 15+,Greenfinch 3,Goldfinch 4,Skylark 2,Wheatear 2, CCrow 4,Meadow Pipit 20,Stonechat 1,Pied Wagtail 3,LBB Gull 2. Cowm reservoir:-Cormorant 1(present all week),Mallard 48,Tufted Duck 8,BH Gull 12,Dipper 1,Grey Wagtail 2,Stonechat 1. Plus plenty of rain! David Ousey.
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Seat Naze to Holden Wood 07/09/08
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Seat Naze/ Edge Cote/ Marl Pits 1 grey heron, 1 juv kestrel, 1 grey partridge, 2 snipe, 2 sky lark, 20 wood pigeon, 1 stock dove, 1 great spotted woodpecker, 25 meadow pipit, 1 party of goldcrest, 1 willow warbler, 1 chiffchaff, 2 jay, 12 linnet, 17 goldfinch & 1 bullfinch. Holmes Terrace Lodg...
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cowm and stacksteads
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cowm fieldfare 30 tufted duck 6 swallow 12 bh gull 4 wood pigeon 20 magpie 11 in one flock starling 20 mallard 40 huttock top twite 10 grey wagtail 2 pied wagtail 4 wood pigeon 20 sheep houses stacksteads twite 12
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Lumb
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Forgot the Sparrowhawk at home
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Cloughbottom Res
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Cossbill Buzzard Reedbunting 20 Swallows Goldcrests 3Tufted Ducks Meadow Pipits 6 bye for now
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Alden, Sunday 7 Sep
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2 Raven, above Torhill 3 Weatear, on side of Torhill 7 Gouldfinch A few Swallows Best wishes Neil
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Deeply Vale, 07/09/08
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Early A.M. Mallard, 23, Kestrel, 2 singles, Sparrowhak, 1 male, Pheasant, 1 male, Moorhen, 2 adults, 3 juvs, L.B.B.Gull, 98 feeding on pasture, Wood Pigeon, c20, Skylark, 2, Swallow, c100 inc flock of 29 on wires, Meadow Pipit, c40, Pied Wagtail, 1, Whitethroat, 1 male scolding from willow, Whinc...
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Stubbylee Moss & Whitworth Quarry 06/09/08
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1 sparrowhawk, 4 skylark, 2 raven flying east, 80+ meadow pipit, 6 wheatear & 9 twite. cheers Kevin
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Clowbridge Res, 04/09/08
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Sightings from Bob Ives for this afternoon: Kestrel, 2, Meadow Pipit, 6, Goldcrest, 1, Stonechat, 18 minimum Whinchat, 1, Willow Warbler, 1, Whitethroat, 2 in gorse near boathouse, Crossbill, 2 on top of conifers at northern end! Regards, David Nuttall for Bob Ives.
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Twite - Siskin and Red Arrows at Top O'th Slate 060908
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0900-1100hrs.Birds: First decent day on the vismig front: All South unless stated otherwise.Meadow Pipit: 67, Swallow: 4 (probably still local), Linnet 25 (best 7,14), Kestrel: 1 (local), Twite: 7 (One party straight South), Siskin: 2, Goldfinch 10 (one party), LBBG: 1. Red Arrows: (click here...
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Newchurch 06-09-08
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Bright yellow Willow Warbler with Blue, Great and Long Tailed Tits this morning. Ian
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Huttock Top
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The lady who keeps horses in the area had 4or 5 Twite on the 8 Aug 2 days later a flock of 25 was seen We are starting feeding from today
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Test 02/09/08
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Just trying my new post out
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holden wood - mon 1st sept 6.15pm
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13 mallards 1 cormorant flying over 1 raptor which could have been a female sparrowhawk plenty of gulls flying over about 100 possibly lbb gulls.....hard to tell because of the crows, magpies, woodpigeons .... i did nt walk to the other side
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Whitworth Area 31/08/2008
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Despite the poor weather conditions,low cloud and mist,had a walk around Whitworth met Kevin Lister and we birded the area,then it started to rain! Whitworth Quarry Buzzard (heading south),LBB Gull 2,Little Owl,Swallow 8,Meadow Pipit 40,Wheatear 5, CCrow 6,Goldfinch 4, Linnet 2, Twite 47 (som...
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Irwell Vale 1/9/08
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Went looking for dragonflies, didn't find any but..... 1 Dipper 2 Swallows Plus usual gulls, corvids etc. Regards Ina
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huttock top
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twite 70+ siskin 12 wood pidgeon 22 starling 40 swallow 10 greenfinch 3 goldfinch 6 linnet 3 from peter and john
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Clowbridge Res, 31/08/08
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Early A.M, Foggy turning very foggy! Canada Goose, 20 were joined by a further 19 that flew in, Goosander, 1 Redhead appeared out of the mist! Mallard, 21, Meadow Pipit, c6, Stonechat, 5, Willow Warbler, 1 calling, Many Greenfinch, Goldfinch and Chaffinch, Raven, 1 flew over heading north west towa...
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Cowm Res 30/8/08
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10 Tufted in eclipse 7 Crossbill flew over towards Britannia Quarry Ian
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Clowbridge res. 29/8/08
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14:30 hrs Much the same as yesterday really but no Whinchat seen. However I watched a Grasshopper Warbler calling (ticking call) from rushes and carring food into possible nest area. Late brood I would have thought. Nutshaw Hill - c20 Meadow Pipit, 6 Goldfinch + 1 Wheatear. Bob.
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Clowbridge res. 28/8/08
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15:00hrs - low cloud and drizzle Car park - 2 Willow Warbler + 1 juv. Robin On the water - 1 B.H.Gull, 3 Mallard + 1 Stonechat on wall. Plantings off Limy lane - 3 juv.Swallow being fed by adults, 5 Goldfinch, 3 Blue Tit, 2 Grt Tit, min. of 3 Meadow Pipit, 1 Chaffinch, 2 Willow Warbler, 1 Whinchat, min.of 14 St...
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Clowbridge res. 27/8/08
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19:30 hrs 6 Stonechat + 2 Whinchat, a single Willow warbler call heard and 25 Canada geese on the water. Only an odd Swallow seen but then it was very misty. Bob.
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Stacksteads 25th Aug
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More from Peter Fyldes: 100+ Jackdaws in Tunstead area early this evening.
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Edenwood, Plunge area 25/8/08
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2 parties of Goldfinch feeding on thistle. 4 & 5 3 Swifts feeding above Plunge area. Willow warbler calls at Eden wood. Too carried away looking at insects to count birds I'm afraid, sorry. Regards Ina
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Cowm and New Line 25th Aug
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From Peter Fyldes and John Hallsworth: Cowm Res: Green Woodpecker 1, Tufted Duck 9, Mallard 40, Stonechat 2 (1m 1juv), Mistle Thrush 8 in a flock, Willow Warbler calling, Wren calling, Black-headed Gull 15, House Martin 30, Swallow 20 New Line Res: Mallard 20, Canada Goose 5, Moorhen 3 -- Edited by Ji...
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