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E.B.S.W 6/7/07
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E.B.S.W. circular route - 15:00 hrs Min. of 200 mostly House Martins but good numbers of Sand Martin present + min. 50 Swifts. All were feeding very low as is usual in heavy weather. Blackcap in song and m. Bullfinch on feeder in garden at Ewood Bridge. 1 juv. B.H.Gull on the beds. Bob.
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CURLEW
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15 CURLEW OVER BALLEDEN AT 9-00AM HEADED TOWARDS EWOOD BRIDGE DAVE AND PETE FYLDES
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Allotment at cowpe
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1 YOUNG NUTHATCH COMING TO PEANUT FEEDER,Paul Kemp loads of young great tits & blue tits 2 coal tits pair greater spotted woodpeckers & 1 young coming to peanut feeder pair of wrens with young in nest up to 3 woodpigeons lots of greenfinch & young on sunflower seed sparrow hawk over regula...
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Seat Naze to Grane 01/07/07
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Seat Naze, Edgecote & Marl pits 1 grey heron, 47 lapwing, 3 lesser black back gulls moving east, 1m kestrel, 3 skylark, 26 swift, 6 swallow, 1 house martin, 1 blackcap, 1 chiffchaff, 1 whitethroat, 4 willow warbler, 35 wood pigeon, c50 starling, 3 goldcrest, 1 or 2 bullfinch & 2 linnet. Holme...
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Clough Bottom, 01/07/07
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Canada Goose, 24, Kestrel, 2, Swallow, c 15 including several juvs, Swift, c 25, Pied Wagtail, 1, Grey Wagtail, female and at least 1 juv, Skylark, 1 singing well, Goldcrest, 1 singing from conifers, Reed Bunting, 3 singing males, Regards, David Nuttall.
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AMR 30/06/07
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AMR 17:45 TO 19:15 2 great crested grebes, 41 Canada geese, 16 redhead goosander, 1 curlew, 2 (possibly 4) snipe calling, 53 lesser black back gulls moved west in small groups, largest group was 10, 3 black headed gull passed through, 2 or 3 kestrels, 1 pheasant, 5 skylark, 20+ meadow pipit, 2 pied wagt...
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Calf Hey, 26/06/07
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Canada Goose, 11 adults, Heron, 1, L.B.B.Gull, c 12 heading west in 1's & 2's, Herring Gull, adult bird heading west with L.B.BG for company! Kestrel, 2, Stock Dove, pr, Wood Pigeon, c 20 in 1's & 2's, Stonechat, 2 males, Grey Wagtail, 1 male, Willow Warbler, 3 in weak song, Goldfinch, 2. Regar...
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Whitworth 25/06/07
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Cowm 2 grey heron, 1 pr Canada geese with 1 gosling, c15 mallard, 2pr tufted duck, 3 curlew, 1 moorhen, 3 swift, 4 swallow, 2 house martin, 2 grey wagtail, 2m wheatear, 16 mistle thrush, min 5 linnet, min 3 redpoll & 1m reed bunting. Spring Mill 1pr great crested grebe, 3 grey heron, 1pr Canad...
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Eden wood 23/6/07
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3 to 4pm. sunny spells. Lots of young birds about, mainly Blue and Great Tits. 3 young moorhens - no sign of adult today. Robins with yng blackbirds with young Dunnock with young 2 Song thrush -1 singing, 1 carrying food into undergrowth. 2 willow warbs, singing Goldfinch -looked like a pr plus 1 young...
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Clough Head - wed 21
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was sat n the cark parking on grane road around clough head 6pm to 7.45 pm. saw 7 kestrels make a visit to one field - all females - visits not at same time so i assume it was just 1 bird coming back. also 3/4 ravens around - i am quite sure they were raven - size and flying. other than that some magpies, wood p...
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clowbridge june 21st
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grasshopper warbler reeling around 1.00pm for about 5 minutes. pair of c. sandpiper on res stonechat 2 lesser redpoll in flight
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E.B.S.W - Stubbins
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09:00 - 12:00hrs Min. 4 singing Blackcap, 2 singing Chiffchaff, only odd Willow Warblers in song,2 G.S.W, 1 silent Whitethroat, 1 calling Nuthatch at Strongstry, 1 Treecreeper at Buckden (a rarity these days) and f Mallard with 4 large yng at Chatterton. A quiet morning really with little of not...
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garden warbler waingate rawtenstall 13 june
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Raven/Crow Interaction
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A few of us sat out in the garden had our attention drawn to the sky as a Raven was heard calling. On looking up we were surprised to see it was a locally nesting Crow imatating, very well, a Raven call. This was in direct response to a Raven that was flying East to West to Cowm directly above him. This was agai...
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Irwell valley 18/6/07
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10:00 - 12:00hrs approx. 7 Blackcaps in song between Newhallhey and Ewood Bridge, Chiffchaffs in song at Townsendfold and The Holme, 4 Swifts over The Holme + 2 Swallows at nest site on Combining Co. building, 1 Ad + 1 juv. Dipper at Sand Martin colony where there was a min. of 14 holes along with c25 bir...
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Bacup Rec / Golf Club 17/06/07
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Grasshopper Warbler, certainly 1 but probably 2 reeling well between 09:45 - 10:00, Willow Warbler , c5 singing birds, Skylark, 1, Meadow Pipit, c6, Swallow c 6, Swift, 2, Redpoll, 1. Regards, David Nuttall.
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Deeply Vale / AMR 17/06/07
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G.C.Grebe, 2 on AMR, Canada Goose, 7 adults with a creche of 18 goslings, Moorhen 2, Oystercatcher, pr, (+1 at AMR) Curlew, c 8 in 1's & 2's, Lapwing, flocks of 20 & 35 + several 1's & 2's. (also c60 at AMR) Kestrel, 3, L.B.B.Gull, c 12 flying south / west in small groups, Little Owl, 1 (AMR) Mea...
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Warth to Cowpe Lowe 17/06/07
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Warth/ Higher Lench 2 grey heron on Kenroy's Pond, 1pr grey partridge, 1m green woodpecker, 2 great spotted woodpecker, 3 grey wagtail, 2 juv pied wagtail, 1f blackcap, 2 willow warbler, 6 swallow, 4 house martin, 3 linnet & 1 reed bunting. Hurdles Quarry to Heights Quarry 1pr Canada goose w...
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Common Sandpipers
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The Ogden Common Sandpipers have left the nest and are secreted nearby to avoid the wretched crows, the Sparrowhawks are quiet so I presume their young have fledged and are in the vicinity. Would a cull of crows benefit the rest of the birds or create an artificial environment....some years ago crow n...
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WARBLERS
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THE FOLLOWING OBSERVATIONS OF BREEDING WARBLERS[INCLUDING GOLD CREST]ARE FOR THE AREA EITHER SIDE OF THE RIVER IRWELL FROM STUBBINS TO IRWELL VALE TO DATE. CHIFF CHAFF~~MINIMUM 4 PR,2 PR SEEN FEEDING YOUNG. WILLOW WARBLER~~MINIMUM 6 PR,DEFINATE 4 LOCATIONS,YOUNG SEEN. ...
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Whitworth Garden 11/06/07
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1x Lesser Redpoll feeding several times on sunflower hearts in garden. 28x Swift counted late evening. 10x House Martin 3x Swallow Plenty of young birds now apart from very few sightings of Juvenile Dunnocks?
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Clowbridge Res. 11/6/07
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18:30 - 21:00 hrs 3 Reed Bunting, 2 m + 1 juv. Stonechat, Willow Warblers still in good voice , 2 Redpoll, Kestrel, Pied Wagtail, 2 G.C.Grebe on the water, c6 B.H.Gull inc. 1st juv. of the year. 20 Canadas, 1 Grasshopper Warbler, juv. Blue Tits in nest inside an Ash at very low level. 1 Kestrel over Clough...
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Buzzard - South West Rossendale - 1400hrs 050607
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One Buzzard seen - South West Rossendale 1400hrs 050607 Bryan.
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Swinshaw Moor circular, 10/06/07
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Swallow, c 20, Swift, c 50, House Martin, c 12 (Crawshawbooth), Little Owl, 1, Willow Warbler, c 10 still in good song, Blackcap, c 4 singing, Chiffcaff, 1 singing, Whitethroat, 1 male in song flight, Garden Warbler, feeding young, Skylark, c 30 many in good song, Meadow Pipit, c40 Stonechat, 2 pairs...
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Dunnockshaw 9/6/07
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19:40 hrs 3 Stock Dove, c2 calling Goldcrest and 1 calling Cuckoo usual Robins, Blackbirds, Wood Pigeons etc. Bob.
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Clough Bottom, 8th June 2007
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Grasshopper Warbler, 1 reeling near top end of plantation by roadside, Kestrel 1, Swallow c 6. Regards, David Nuttall
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Kestrtels
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saw a kestrel tuesday about 2.45pm around holcombe another one seen wednesday about 11.05 am hovering on clough head moor and saw 3 kestrels at blackburn royal - 2 in 1 field at about 10.50am wednesday -- Edited by sarfraz at 01:01, 2007-06-07
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Clowbridge, 6/6/07 a.m.
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2 Common Tern with BHG's over water. Curlew calling, 2 I think.
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Clowbridge Res. 5/6/07
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Clowbridge res. 19:00 - 21:40 hrs approx 2 Pr Pied Wagtail 1 pr with + yng, Willow Warblers in good voice and well spread, 2 Reed Bunting calling, Stonechat with 4 yng + 1 m & 2 juvs at another site + 1 m at third site. 1 Kestrel, 1 Redpoll, 1 Linnet, 3 Mistle Thrush E. into Whitewell valley at Compstons C...
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Edenwood Lodge
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1 Blackcap, singing. 2 Willow Warblers, singing. 1 Moorhen (ticking me off) Must be much more, but I seem to have my eyes down looking for Odonata these days. Ina
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