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strongstry woods and river valley
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Report to 19/5/ 07. After a week of wet days and cold nights not a lot has changed,all the usual suspects are here,both pairs of dippers have young,a male kingfisher has been feeding on several days,no sign of female or young,mallard ducklings everywhere,female goosa...
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Calf Hey Res, 20/05/07
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Common Sandpiper,1, Oystercatcher, pr feeing on res edge thanks to low water level & copulating. Curlew, 1 flew over calling, B.H.Gull,3, L.B.B.Gull, c40 heading west / north west in small groups, Swift c 20, Swallow, 2, Song Thrush, 1, Mistle Thrush, 2, Stonechat, pr + 2 juvs, Goldfinch,3 pr...
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AMR/ Harden Clough/ Groundwork 20/05/07
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AMR 2 great crested grebe, 15 Canada geese, 5 mallard, 5 lapwing, 1 snipe, 3 pheasant, 6 lesser black back gulls, 1pr kestrels, 5 skylark, 2 swift, 2 swallow, 2 pied wagtail, 7 wheatear, 1 linnet & 4 reed bunting. Harden Moor 1m sparrowhawk, 2pr curlew, 2 lapwing & 1pr linnet. Harden Clo...
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Birds
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Willow Warbler Spotted Flycatcher pair Grey wagtail with young Reedbunting 1 pair Stonechat Goldcest l0ts Chaffiinch Goldfinch 3Sandpipper Cloughbottom Stonechat Linnet Windybank 8 Swallows Stonechat Swallow Shore Linnet 1 pair Lapwing Ree...
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Bacup Rec 20/05/07
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Whitethroat, 1 singing well & song flight, Willow Warbler, c5 singing, Swift c 5, Goldfinch, 2, Greenfinch, 4, Chaffinch,c6, Redpoll, 1 singing well in flight. Regards, David Nuttall
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Cowm & Spring Mill Res 19/05/2007
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Cowm 12 mallard, 1m kestrel, 1m sparrowhawk, 3 pheasant, 4 swift, 6 swallow, 1 skylark, 2 mistle thrush, 5 linnet, 3 redpoll & 2m reed bunting. Spring Mill 1 great grested grebe, 6 Canada geese, 1pr & 1m tufted duck, 8 mallard, 1pr curlew, 4 swift, 4 swallow, 1 house martin, 1m wheatear,...
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Clough Bottom Res. 17/05/07
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Grey Heron, 1, Kestrel, 1, Common Sandpiper, pr, Meadow Pipit, c 10, Skylark, 2 singing birds, Stonechat, pr, Grasshopper Warbler, 1 reeling strongly in large rushy field to north east. Reed Bunting, 3 singing males. Regards, David Nuttall
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Top O'Th Slate - Tues May 15th 2007
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Much about the same, yet with 3 singing Whitethroats and about 5 singing Willow Warblers. Interesting to watch are the Starlings which are coming from the town in droves, backwards and forwards all day long. They come here and catch the St. Mark's Fly (Bibio marci) which are a very strange large blac...
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CUCKOOS CLOWBRIDGE MAY 15TH
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2 CUCKOOS PRESENT LATE MORNING, ONE OF THE PAIR BEING MADE TO FEEL MOST UNWELCOME BY THE LOCAL MEADOW PIPITS! ALSO PRESENT 2 G.C GREBE, WHEATEAR, STONECHAT.
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Clowbridge 15/05/07
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G.C.Grebe, pair, Common Sandpiper, 1, Kestrel, 1, Stonechat, male + juv. Grasshopper Warbler, 1 reeling briefly at dusk, Willow Warbler, c6 singing, Regards, David Nuttall
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Haslingde Grane, 12 May
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1Teecreeper,1 common Sandpier, this Nexst record is from John Hollinrake. 1Honey Buzzard flying north. good veiw, no doubt.
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Clough Bottom 14th May
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Several Willow Warblers in song, 2 Stonechat. From Peter Fyldes, John Hallsworth, Dave Howorth and Mrs Howorth -- Edited by JimOrmerod at 21:58, 2007-05-14
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strange mallard nest
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message especially for Ina, the female mallard has successfully got her ducklings[12]into the swollen river from the precarious nest position. regards brian.
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Plunge Sun 13 may
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1 pair Snipe, 1 Pair Curlew, 1Grasshopper Warbler 1 Pair Wheatear, 2Pair Stonechat, Little Owl at Nest site
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Neil Burke
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Ashworth Vally, Sat 12 May
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2Whitethroat, 1 Grasshopper Warbler, 1 linnet nest with 4 young, L T Tit, Curlew, lapwing. -- Edited by Neil Burke at 21:17, 2007-05-13
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Grane Wildfowl Count 13th May
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Holden Wood Res 22 Canada Goose, 3 Moorhen, pr Stonechat, pr Reed Bunting, male Grey Wagtail. Blackcap very vocal at car park. Ogden - Nil Calf Hey: 6 Mallard, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1m Pied Wagtail, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker calling.
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Cowpe 13/05
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Lench 1pr moorhen with 2 juvs & 1 juv robin Cowpe Res 1pr Canada geese with 5 goslings, 1pr common sandpiper, 2 swallow, 2 pied wagtail, 1pr stonechat with 3 juvs & 1 other male, 1m wheatear, 1 linnet & 3m reed bunting. Top Of Leach/Cowpe Moss lots of skylark, 1 lapwing, few meadow pipi...
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Ashworth Moor Res 13th May
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11 Canada Geese, 2 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Lapwing.
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clough bottom 13th may
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seen this morning chiff chaff tree creeper pied fly catcher willow warbler sand piper stone chat reed bunting linnet
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Jack Lodge to Clough Bottom 12/05
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Jack Lodge & Shadlock Cote 1 coot, 6 mallard, 1 kestrel, 1 lapwing, 4 swift (12 also over Edgeside & 6 over Waterfoot, 9 swallow, 3 skylark, 12 meadow pipit, 1f wheatear, 3 linnet & 1 reed bunting. Peers Clough to Windy Bank 2m pheasant & 2 others calling, 2 curlew, 5 wheatear, 2pr s...
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Sat May 12th 2007 - Top O'th' Slate - Slate/Duckworth Clough 0900-1030hrs
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No change at Top Oth Slate: Willow Warblers: about 4 pairs settled in territories. Whitethroat: 2 singing birds from settled territories. BLACKCAP & GRASSHOPPER not yet appeared this year. Blackbirds: 2 pair on territory. Others: Goldcrest (not heard for a few days), Dunnock, Blue & Gre...
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around strongstry woods & river
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seven day report to sun 6th may.[my first spring here] crows,rooks,jackdaws all doing well,jays seem to be plentifull. only 1 pr col/dove grey heron several. canada geese several mallard and chicks everywhere[strange nest site on foot bridge] 1m 2 fe goosander[no young yet] ...
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Top O'Th' Slate -Slate Farm - Laund Wed May 9th 2007 0900-1030hrs
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Willow Warblers - at least 4 singing. Whitethroat - at least 2 singing (been there now for 1 week) Grasshopper Warbler - NIL (I have checked out at different parts of the day including dusk over the past week and none reeling) the earlier visitors moved on within 24 hours. Swift - A local grouped party of...
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Stubbins, Strongstry 9/5/07 am.
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Song Thrush, Blackcap and chiffchaff all singing from same tree on NT.Stubbins Estate. Think this is just in Rossendale, but who cares it sounds lovely. 2 Juv Grey Wags on Irwell at Strongstry. Mountaineering Duck (new species)still sitting pretty. Ina
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Syke Side, Haslingden. 8 May
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1 Pair Redpoll, 2pair Linnet, 1 singing Whitethroat, 1Goldcrest
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Naden 7 may
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3 pair Wheatear, 1 pair Stonechat, 1 Little owl, 1 Cuckoo, 1Kestrel.
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Marl Pits, 07/05/07
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Chiffchaff 1 singing strongly. Blackcap 3 singing birds. Willow Warbler c6 singing birds. Kestrel 1 hunting over Edge Cote, Swift 3 over Rawtenstall, Swallow 6 hawking over farmland. Long Tailed Tit 2. Jay 2. Bullfinch 1. Regards, David Nuttall.
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Grane 06/05/07
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Todd Hall Plantation 1chiffchaff, 1 blackcap & 1 willow warbler Hutchbank to Clough Head 3pr Canada Geese & 1 moorhen at Troy Quarry, 1pr lapwing, 1 kestrel, 3 stock dove, 1pr stonechat, 3 wheatear, 1 grasshopper warbler, 10 swallow & 1 linnet. Clough Head 4 willow warbler &am...
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Musbury,6 may
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1 Pair Partridge, 2 Little Owl, 1 Stonechat
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Deeply Vale & area 06/05/07
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Canada Goose, c20, 2 birds sitting. Kestrel, 2. Pheasant, 2 calling birds. Coot, Pair. Whimbrel, 3 feeding on turf fields. Curlew, 2 feeding on turf fields, Oystercatcher, 3 feeding on turf fields. Lapwing, c30 inc 3 young. Best numbers here for several years. B.H.Gull, c15 on turf fields, L.B.B....
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