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Vismig - Tues Oct 30th 2007 - Haslingden Grane (Stoney Rake)
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Tuesday October 30th 2007 - Haslingden Grane (Stoney Rake)0700-0900hrsWind: NW 8-12 mphMovement: West unless specified different.Very poor, things never got going, from 0710hrs mist moved in and blanket up until clear at 0815hrs, after that hardly anything other than 2 Redwing parties. 1) B...
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After bryan's Vismig Mon 29Oct.
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I intended tagging this on to Bryan's vismig bit, but I have got to my computer before he got to his. So keep that in mind while reading it please. You were right Bryan, Crossbills were still in Top o'th Knoll. I could hear 'em but just as I thought I'd got 'em surounded it went quiet, so my guess is they went...
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Vismig - Mon Oct 29th 2007 - Haslingden Grane (Stoney Rake)
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Monday October 29th 2007 - Haslingden Grane (Stoney Rake)0700hrs - 0900hrsWind: NW 8mphMovement: West unless stated otherwise.Better morning, Small Redwing and Fieldfare parties and Starlings just starting to come through again, but had to leave at 0900hrs. Hardly had any Linnets this year at...
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CALF HEY
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28/10/07 3-00PM 7 CROSSBILLS ON CONES NEAR PICNIC BENCH 1 SPARROWHAWK MIXED FLOCK OF GOLDCREST,BLUE TIT,COAL TIT,AND LONG TAILED TIT c 50 FIELDFARE 6 GOLDFINCH 6 GREENFINCH 1 PAIR MALLARD 1 CORMORANT OVER DAVE HOWORTH & PAUL KEMP
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AMR 1500 HRS TO DUSK
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lapwing 120 bh gull 220 com gull 20[approx] goosander 28[1 male] pied wagtail 6 meadow pipit 4 mallard 4 fieldfare 40 kestrel 2[male&female] merlin [hunting pipits] no canada geese ? regards brian
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Holmes Terrace & Grane etc 28/10/07
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Rawtenstall & Groundwork 2 herons, 1f kestrel, 1f goosander, 42 mallard, 1 kingfisher, 1 dipper & 2 grey wagtail. Holmes Terrace Lodge 1 little grebe, 3 herons, 60 mallard, minimum of 20 moorhen (my previous highest count here is 12), 20 black headed gulls overhead, 3 lesser black back...
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Vismig Friday Oct 26th 2007 - Haslingden Grane (Stoney Rake)
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Friday October 26th 2007 - Haslingden Grane0730-0930hrsWind: SW 6mph then swung to SE 8mphMovement: West unless stated otherwise.Fieldfare: 41 (18SW, 1E, best parties 17,20)Redwing: 20Blackbird: 9 (one party 7)Starling: 86 (best parties, 30,40)Siskin: 4Chaffinch: 31 (17E 2S)Goldfinch: 8...
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Jay a56
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saw a jay cross the dual carriageway a56 southbound to bury. see quite a number crossing just utside the rossendale boundary. there is also a dead i think female, pheasant there.
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Vismig - Thr Oct 25th 2007 - Haslingden Grane (Stoney Rake)
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Thursday October 25th 2007 - Haslingden Laund0730-0900hrsWind: E 3mphMovement: West unless specified different.Fieldfare: 11 (2S 7E)Blackbird: 6 (one party 5)Mistle Thrush: 1Starling: 4ESiskin: 34 (one party 22E, also 6E)Brambling: 6 (3 pairs minimum)Chaffinch: 31 (10E, best parties 8,6...
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Crossbills
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Led a walk of a dozen of the Rochdale field Naturalist society members around Haslingden Grane today sat 27-10. Great walk with the highlight being 14 crossbills feeding in the tops of trees mainly favouring larches. Easy to pick out red males feeding away then the whole party would move on calling. T...
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Seat Naze/ Edge Cote 27/10/07
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snipe 34 grey partridge 3 common gull 3 west pied wagtail 1 meadow pipit 3 redwing 20 mistle thrush 1 starling 40 jay 1 long tailed tit 1 party heard but not seen cheers Kevin
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Vismig - Tues October 23rd 2007 - Haslingden Grane
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Tuesday October 23rd 2007 - Haslingden Grane (Stoney Rake)0730hrs-1030hrsWind: SE 8mphMovement: West unless specified differentVery quiet but Starling parties now picking up in numbers. Siskin parties down. Ina was having a walk around and joined in vismigging - just wish there had been more...
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Vismig - Wed Oct 24th 2007 - Haslingden Grane - Stoney Rake
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Wednesday October 24th 2007 - Haslingden Grane0730hrs-0930hrsWind: SE 3mphMovement: West unless specified different.Very quiet again today after the initial half hour. Lots of disorientation/unsure move showing especially amongst Thrushes.Redwing: 55 (19E, best party 27,15)Fieldfar...
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Vismig - Mon Oct 22nd 2007 - Haslingden Grane
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Monday October 22nd 2007 - Haslingden Grane (Stoney Rake)0730hrs - 1000hrsWind: South 8mphMovement: West unless stated otherwise.Gone very quiet this morning - more Blackbirds showing, nice Crossbill party, still very few Starlings.Fieldfare: 118 (8 parties, best 35,20)Redwing: 43 E (8 pa...
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AMR etc 21/10/07
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Smithy Carr Farm area 21 goosander seen flying over and heading north west @ 15:50hrs, 80 lapwings seen on Harden Moor, 1f kestrel, 3 fieldfare & 1 flock of 20+ mistle thrush. AMR C40 Canada geese flew into roost, 41 goosander (1 male) roosted, 1pr mallard, c260 black headed gull &...
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Grane, 21/10/07, 08:00 - 11:00
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Cormorant, 1 west over Haslingden Moor, Grey Heron, 2, Snipe, 3 on Haslingden Moor, Moorhen, 2, Red Grouse, 1 on Haslingden Moor, Kestrel, 3 singles, Sparrowhawk, 3 singles, B.H.Gull, 12 Calf Hey, L.B.B Gull, 3 west, Stonechat, 2 singles, G.S.Woodpecker, 3 singles, Green Woodpecker, 1 at Calf Hey...
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Calf hay res sunday 21 oct 07
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1 Greenwoodpecker, 2 G.S. Woodpecker, 6 Crossbills, 1 Kestrel,
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Vismig - Sun Oct 21st 2007 - Haslingden Grane
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Sunday October 21st 2007 - Haslingden Grane0730-1030hrsWind: SE 3mphMovement: West unless specified differentAfter Thursday and Friday it was relitively quiet today. I was expecting good numbers of Starlings today, because of the fantastic movements on the Continent yesterday and also wit...
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Clowbridge Res 21/10/07
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Beautiful morning 1 Male Stonechat 5 Great Crested Grebe - one caught a fish 61 Canadas 16 Black Heads Good number of Rooks on way to res in Goodshaw area. Cheers Ian
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Calf Hey Reservoir, SD752223 - 19th Oct.
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Visited Calf Hey dam end this afternoon in the hope of some Crossbills, but no joy. Neither did fellow Blackburn birders Bob & Joyce Calder who walked around the plantings to the SW of the reservoir. Vis, 15:10-16:10. Fieldfare: 415 > W/NW between 15:15 -15:35, with no more seen by 16:10. Flo...
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Vismig Fri 19th October 2007 - Full report - Haslingden Grane
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Friday October 19th 2007 - Haslingden Grane (Stoney Rake)0730hrs-1100hrsWind: NW 1-2 mphMovement: West unless specified different.Sorry for belated report. Excellent morning, especially for Thrushes. There must have been thousands poured through and I probably missed the majority. It s...
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Clowbridge res. 20/10/07
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Clowbridge res. 11:00 - 13:00hrs 61 Canada geese, 6 G.C. Grebe, 1 f Tufted Duck, c10 B.H.Gull, 2 pr Stonechat, pr Kestrel, 1 G.S.W. 10 Goldfinch, Dunnock in song. Report from 08:30 hrs included 1Cormorant, 2 Wigeon and 1 Little Grebe there but not present during my visit though G.C.Grebe and Canada ge...
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Fieldfares 19/10/07
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Cribden Clough - 17:00hrs c150 Fieldfares feeding on hawthorn and holly + 7 Starlings moving W. Report of a small group of Wigeon at Clowbridge this a.m. with a possible Teal, does anybody have anything further on this? Bob.
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Vismig - Thrush Alert - Fri 19th October 2007 - Haslingden Grane
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Just a quick summary, because I do have to dash - father of the bride this afternoon.Friday October 19th 2007 - Haslingden Grane (Stoney Rake)0730-1100hrs all North WestFieldfare: 3385Redwing: 979plus lots of other stuff.and still going through regular now - will not get chance to count tomorro...
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Vismig - Thr 18th Oct 2007 - Haslingden Grane.
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Thursday October 18th 2007 - Haslingden Grane (Stoney Rake)0730hrs-1300hrsWind: Variable - W 2mphMovement: West unless specified different.A thick ground frost this morning. A great morning with lots of Fieldfare on the move, quite regular, though missing hundreds and probably low thousand...
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holden wood and musbury thursday 4-6pm
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on holden wood - 3 mallard drakes, 1 fem a mallard flew over an hour later grey heron flew over, min of 8 stonechats, green woodpecker heard, 3 moorhens seen at diff time but must have been same 1, min of 20 b h gulls, dark bird seen on holden wood - maybe cormorant? cormorant roost seems active again w...
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Cloughbottom Reservoir Woods 17th Oct 14:00 - 15:45
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First time in these woods and really enjoyed it. Species Seen 1 Wren 2 Robin 5 Chaffinch 6 Goldcrest 1 Goldfinch flew over 4 Coal Tit 3 Treecreeper 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker Had some really good views, especially the woodpecker, and forgot the camera !! I'm pretty sure there were some other birds abou...
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Vismig Wed Oct 17th 2007 - Haslingden Grane
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Wednesday 17th October 2007 - Haslingden Grane (Stoney Rake)0730hrs - 1100hrsWind: NW 4mph and increasing to about 8-10mphMovement: West unless stated otherwise.Odd light showers early, plus several rainbows over the first 3 hours, bright then dull, wind OK at first then increasing, taking ev...
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Vismig - Tues Oct 16th 2007 - Haslingden Grane
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Tuesday October 16th 2007 - Haslingden Grane (Stoney Rake)0730hrs-1030hrsWind: SW15mph and decreasing - 75% fogged out and clearing to 80% by 1000hours, heavy rain for first hour.Movement: West unless specified different.At first it was a absolute vismiggers nightmare, with strong wind, fog...
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Vismig - Mon Oct 15th 2007 - Haslingden Grane
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Monday October 15th 2007 - Haslingden Grane.0715hrs-0915hrsWind: SSW 3mphMovement: West unless stated otherwise.First thing completely fogged out with only 75 yard viewing distance, then cleared to 60% by one hour later. During fog out heard 4 parties of Redwing go over and 3 parties of Fieldf...
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