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Holcombe Moor Camp 5th May 07
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Visit to Training Camp, primarily to look for damselflies (see below), but some nice birds too: 2 Whitethroat, 1 Grasshopper warbler, 1 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, numerous Willow Warbler, 2 singing Mistle Thrushes, Jay, Curlew. Technically outside Rossendale but who cares?
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Grane, 5may
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1Wood warbler singing,fairy glen, 1 Red grouse on Musbury heights, 1 Common sandpiper, calf hey res
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Bar Tailed Godwits 4/5/7.
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Visit to S. Rossendale 15:00 hrs onwards. Knowl Moor - Pr Curlew, 1 Wheatear, 1 m Golden Plover, 1 Crane 100ft high and bright yellow. A.M.R. - 2 G.C.Grebe, 1 Oystercatcher, 1 Wheatear,1 L.B.B.Gull, sev. Canadas Cheesden Bar - 2m + 1f Bar Tailed Godwits and 2 halfwits. Usual lapwings and 1 Curlew. E.B....
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Bar-wits 2/5/07
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5 Bar-tailed Godwits still in same field (Rossendale School) at 11am this morning. Very close to road, didn't need 'bins'. 3 Lapwing, 1 Pied Wag, 1 Meadow pipit. also. Ina
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Warth/ Staghills Woods 030507
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1 green woodpecker, 1 pr stock dove, 1 swift, 4 swallow, 1 chiffchaff, 2 willow warbler, 1 long tailed tit, 1 song thrush, 1 jay & 2pr goldfinch at Warth. 1 treecreeper & 1pr long tailed tit in the Sandybank area of Staghills Woods cheers Kevin
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Grane,3 may
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around Clough head . 5 singing Gouldcrest, 1 singing Blackcap,
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Reedsholme 3/5/7
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First of the year, 2 days later than last year. 2 Swifts here visiting nest site and flying the under eaves of the mill. Bob.
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Seat Naze 02/05/07
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19:00 - 20:00 short walk 3 Swift 1 Sparrowhawk which caused 12 Lapwings (I guess 6 pairs) to all have a go at it along with a few Carrion Crows and Starlings. Cheers Ian
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Cowp res, wed 2 May
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1 Grasshopper Warbler reeling, 1 pair Stonechat feeding young, + 1 other pair
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Marl Pits/ Edge Cote 02/05/07
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1m sparrowhawk, 4 lapwing, 3 skylark, 12 meadow pipit, 11 willow warbler, 1 chiffchaff, 1m blackcap, 1pr song thrush, 2pr swallow, 1pr linnet, 2m bullfinch & 1f reed bunting. A swift was over Newchurch this evening. cheers Kevin
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Horncliffe Top and Plunge 2/5/7
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Horncliffe Top - 3 pr Linnet, 4 Swallow. Plunge - Stonechat at 3 sites with male & female carrying food at site near to old waterboard house. 3 Wheatear prob. passage birds + 1m on scree prob. breeder. Pr Linnet flew over and Curlew calling, little else seen. Bob.
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Clough Bottom Res, 01/05/07
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Common Sandpiper 2, Curlew 1, Swift 2, Swallow 9, Grasshopper Warbler, 1 reeling in rushy meadow at north east of the res. Reed Bunting 2 males singing. Regards, David Nuttall.
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Haslingden & Oswaldtwistle Moor - Tues May 1st 2007
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also yesterday Monday April 30th 2007 - Top O'th' Slate - Haslingden/Duckworth Clough and Laund. 1000hrs - 1200hrs Very little showing with no Grasshoppers Warbler's calling at Slate. Willow Warblers seem settled at approx 5 singing birds, nothing else very special at present. Today Tuesday May...
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BAR TAILED GODWITS
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12.15 PM 30/4/07 OWD BETTS FIELD AT ROSSENDALE SCHOOL TURNING 4MALE,1 FEMALE SUMMER PLUMAGED BAR TAILED GODWITS 6 LAPWING 1 CURLEW DAVE HOWORTH & PETE FYLDES -- Edited by Dave Howorth at 13:33, 2007-04-30
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A.M.R. 30/4/7
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18;00hrs approx. No sign of Bar Tails at Cheesden Bar so visited A.M.R. on the off chance. Two were on the small headland / spit eventually disturbed by an Oystercatcher. They (Bar Tails) flew into the fields adjacent to the lane which leads to Rossendale School as per Kevins original sighting. A quic...
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Ogden 30.4.07
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Pair of sparrowhawks, pair of common sandpiper, pair of canada geese, grey and pied wagtail, swallow,willow warbler, crow, magpie, pair of grey heron, tawny owl calling, wood pigeon and chaffinch. Roe deer in plantation.
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Irwell Valley to AMR 29/04/07
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Chris Collis reported a wood warbler in Staghills Woods this morning in the area behind CDM Windows, roughly opposite the old Tnt building. He also a treecreeper in the Sandybank area of the woods. Warth to Hareholme 1 juv cormorant over flying over, 2pr stock dove, 1 dipper carrying food, 3 wil...
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Holden Wood and Grane
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forgot to post this last night Curlew seen at Rossendale/Hyndburn border on Grane at 7pm Saturday evening. Holdenwood about 4pm - 8 mallar drakes, 1 pr canada geese on the res and 20 plus in the field. 2 moorhen - 1 seen and 1 heard. 20 plus lapwings on the fiels to the left and right and flying aroun...
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Bull Hill & Irwell Valley
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Goosander male & 2 females Shelduck male, Red Grouse Pair, Grey Partridge pair, Pheasant pair + 2 males Curlew c 4, Lapwing 2, Marsh Harrier 1st summer bird flew over Holcombe Moor / Bull Hill and kept heading north towards Hameldon (09:15 -09:25), Nuthatch 1 at Irwell Vale, Willow Warbler c 10...
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Clowbridge Res. 29/4/7
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10:30hrs v.fresh easterly blowing. 3 B.H.Gull, 3 L.B.B.Gull moving N. 9 Wheatear at 2 locations, M.Pipit nest with 4 eggs, Reed Bunting at just 2 sites, c10 Willow Warbler in song, T.Owl and Goldcrest in wood, 3 G.C.Grebe on the water, just 4 Swallows seen, Redpoll heard and a single White Wagtail on t...
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Clough Bottom/ Windy Bank 28/04/07
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Clough Bottom 1 Canada goose, 6m & 1f mallard, 3 common sandpiper, 1 lapwing seen near Dean Lane from dam wall, 1 curlew, 1 skylark, 8 meadow pipit, 3 pied wagtail, 1 grey wagtail, 1 swallow, 3 willow warbler, min 1pr redpoll & 1m reed bunting. Windy Bank 1grey heron, ,2 skylark, 12 meado...
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Irwell Vale & Lumb 28/4/07
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Early afternoon. 2 Dipper 1pr Grey wag + 1f 1 Jay 1 Tree creeper 2 GSW 1 Mistle Thrush in tree near lodge 3 Willow warblers singing 1 Sparrowhawk over station. Ina
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Reedsholme - The Holme 28/4/7
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11:20 hrs onwards Reedsholme 1 Chiffchaff in song from a different site. 1 Dipper at Tup Bridge. Newhallhey 4 Willow Warblers in song at Groundwork and surrounding area 1 Whitethroat in song Chiffchaff singing from Cribden House 3 Sand Martin over the colony. 2 House Martin over Longholme site. No B...
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Top O'th' Slate & Laund Sat Apr 28th 2007 0900-1000hrs
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Whitethroat: Present and singing again near to Rawtenstall Old Rd (Kirkhill) Grasshopper Warbler: At least 2 reeling at Top O'th' Slate (possibly more) Linnet: A party of 10 heading S-N (transient), plus a pair at Laund Swallow: 1 back on territory - Higher Lane. Lapwing: One messing about near Top...
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Grt. Hameldon
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Grt. Hameldon by way of Loveclough - 17:30hrs Strong E. wind. 2 pr Canada Goose on Pad Lodge, 3 Wheatear in Grt. Clough + 4 on the moor along with 3 singing Skylark and good numbers of M.Pipits. 2 Wheatear and 5 singing Skylark on Grt. Hameldon, no Dots. 2 Wheatear in sheep fields at Dunnockshaw and 3 Swall...
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Top O'th' Slate - Duckworth Clough - Laund - Fri Apr 27th 2007
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Heading off today, the Whitethroat was still present and singing near too Rawtenstall Old Road. Willow Warbler: About 5 singing on Top O'th' Slate - Still no Grasshoppers/Whitethroat or Blackcap. Swallow: 2 back on Territory at Duckworth Clough. Whitethroat: One singing at Duckworth Clough in t...
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Clowbridge Res. 26/4/7
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A report from A.Jones of 1 Ring ouzel and 30+ Wheatears around the valley head this morning. 18: 20hrs 1f Ring Ouzel at quarry across from res + 2 Wheatear. 1 G.C.Grebe on the res and Redpoll calling from copse on the point + 1 Wheatear in adjacent field. 1 Swallow over. Good numbers of Willow Warblers in...
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Kirkhill, Top O'th' Slate, Duckworth Clough, Laund - Thur Apr 26th 2007 7.30-9.15am
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Whitethroat on small lane between Cedar Ave and Haslingden Old Road (Nr Kirkhill Farm) watching close within 10 yards for 10 minutes - both on arrival and return. Redpoll - small party seen now for over 4 weeks near Kirkhill Farm. Willow Warbler - one singing near Kirkhill Farm. Wheatear - female on mu...
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Clowbridge. Evening Tues 24th
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2 reeling Grasshopper Warblers. Sat for close to half an hour to convince myself there was two and not their usual 'vent' act. Ina
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Clowbridge Res. 25/4/7
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A good report of c25 Wheatears well spread around the valley watershead in small groups (2 - 7 birds). Also 3 Ring Ouzel on moor to N.E. of res. and 7 Common Sand. on res. All seen this morning by A. Jones. 18:30hrs still c6 Wheatear present to N.E. of res, pr Common Sand, 2 Swallow feeding over res. otherwi...
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