Rossendale Bird Sightings

brian · brian

After three nights of -5, now 40mm of snow has brought 46 Lapwing down in the Barn field in Strongstry. Regards Brian. -- Edited by brian on Sunday 3rd of December 2023 10:25:30 AM

brian · brian

Cold and sunny 2 degrees (-5 overnight) 1400hrs/1600hrs. Of note. Redwing. 16 on Hawthorn Ox Hey, 30/40 on same Irwell vale. Buzzard. One Ox Hey, two soaring Hodge Clough. Great Spotted Woodpecker. Two Ox Hey, one Lodge farm, two Strongstry woods. Jay. three small groups, 2/4 Ox Hey, Irwell Val...

Bigbadbob · Bigbadbob

Signs of an influx of Blackbirds today with 15+ along the lane up to Twin Lodges from Holland Ave. and similar numbers at Cribden Clough. c6 redwings amongst blackbirds with 20+ amongst bushes in Cribden Clough. Also - 2 Bullfinch 3 Goldfinch 10 Greenfinch 1 Jay 1 Mistle Thrush Bob.

brian · brian

Although they did not land, this is the first sighting I have had of Ring-necked Parakeet in Strongstry, five flew over this afternoon coming from Ramsbottom and going towards Irwell Vale Regards Brian.

KEVIN LISTER · KEVIN LISTER

grey heron - 1 at Warthcormorant - 1 over to Cowpemallard - 14 on the Irwellbuzzard - 1kestrel - 1common gull - 5 overblack-headed gull - 2 overwoodpigeon - c20 at Warth & 6 in Staghills Woodscollared dove - 1 over Trickett's Memorialgreen woodpecker - yaffling bird near Lea Bankgreat spotted woo...

pfyldes · pfyldes

Clough Bottom Pink-Feet 100+ over towards Clowbridge Reed Bunting 2 calling Goldcrest 4 Wten 1 Goldfinch calling birds Coal Tit calling birds Blackbird 1 Magpie 2 Wood Pigeon 2 Carrion Crow c10 Raven 2 G S Woodpecker 1 Kestrel 1 Cormorant 1 Goosander 2 redheads Common Gull c10 Herring Gull 6 L B B Gull 8...

Phillip · Phillip

Bullfinch pair male and female together Chaffinch single maleLost count of Great, Blue and Coal tit, Long tailed tit at least 5 togetherMoorhen 4 Dipper pair Song Thrush single Redwing into double figures Goosander single Redhead Cormorant 1 Stock dove 3 Kestrel male and female togethe...

NigelG · NigelG

Moorhen 2 Mallard 8 Redwing 3 Cormorant 6 Great Crested Grebe 1 Canada Geese 39 Black Headed Gull 16 Common Gull 5 Lesser Black Back Gull 1 Goosander 5 (Red Head 2, male 3) Reed Bunting 1 Goldcrest 1 Bullfinch 1 Long Tail Tit 17 Stonechat 1 Pied Wagtail 1 Kestrel 1 Stock Dove 4 (Nutshaw) Raven 3 Rook 2

brian · brian

6 whoopers present now at AMR info RobA. Regards Brian.

KEVIN LISTER · KEVIN LISTER

Cowm Rescormorant - 1Canada goose - 120mallard - 12black-headed gull - 61common gull - 6lesser black-backed gull - 1buzzard - 1sparrowhawk - 1grey wagtail - 1woodpigeon - 1great spotted woodpecker - 1robin - 8blackbird - 4song thrush - 1long-tailed tit - min 12coal tit - 7blue tit - 3great tit - 2nut...

sarfraz · sarfraz

2nd January - 42 Pink Feet over Grane heading West, then another 4 some minutes later 18 January - a number of Blackbirds feeding on the receding shoreline of Holden Wood Res in the cold spell Number of Meadow Pipits quite low since the cold spells, 2 Stonechat - male and female at Deep Clough on 05/...

Ian Brady · Ian Brady

All I hope to be at the Bird Club tomorrow starting at 19:15 Weavers Cottage I have a quiz. If you have photos we can show them at the AGM, 15th January 2024 Bird Race 14th Jan '24 Cheers Ian

brian · brian

Local rarity at Holden wood reservoir this morning, a single (very tame) Coot, nothing else of note. Regards Brian.

KEVIN LISTER · KEVIN LISTER

pink-footed goose - 56 flew south-westwoodcock - 1kestrel - 1woodpigeon - flocks of 28, 17 & 15fieldfare - 11redwing - 2long-tailed tit - 12raven - 1 overchaffinch - 6goldfinch - c25bullfinch calling bird cheers Kevin

PaulB · PaulB

A minimum of 7 waxwings are present at Haslingden Sports Centre car park feeding on rowan berries. I watched them 10:50-11:50am. Thanks to SteGidz for finding and reporting them.

KEVIN LISTER · KEVIN LISTER

Clough Bottomcormorant - 1 seen flying towards Clowbridge, then seen flying back to Clough Bottomwhooper swan - 28 seen flying eastpink-footed goose - 6 flew in from the west, then turned and flew down the Whitewell valleymallard - 2teal - 1 drakegoosander - 1 redheadpheasant - 1 malelapwing - c 250...

brian · brian

Bright sunshine,dry 7 degrees. Two Whooper. Goldeneye. Little Egret over. Yesterday two Dunlin. Info RobA.

brian · brian

Started feeding first week in October, up to a couple of days ago quite Just usual resident species but by last weekend and into today numbers have increased. Blue Tit. Usual numbers of around 10 Great Tit. Low numbers around 6 Coal Tit. This is the third year numbers have increased, can regularly h...

KEVIN LISTER · KEVIN LISTER

grey heron - 1pheasant - 1 malesnipe - 75sparrowhawk - 1 malekestrel - 1common gull - 3meadow pipit - 4grey wagtail - 1raven - 2starling - c300siskin - noisy flock calling from Chapel Hill Quarry cheers Kevin

pfyldes · pfyldes

Clough Bottom Lapwing 100+ Goosander 5 redheads Cormorant 1 Canada Goose 1 Herring Gull 6 L B B Gull 6 B H Gull c30 Common Gull c30 Stonechat 1 Meadow Pipit 2 Reed. Bunting 2 Bullfinch 2 Peter and John

Bigbadbob · Bigbadbob

Flock of c100 Fieldfares in trees, near the ski slope. These birds headed off towards Twin Lodges. Flock of c100 Starling in fields near Spout House along with a House Sparrow flock of c20 birds. Bob.

brian · brian

Nice sunny afternoon 14 degrees, 1400/1600 hours. Redwing. Around a hundred in loose flocks very flighty feeding mostly on the ground. Goldfinch. Charms of 20/40/15 feeding on Birch and Hawthorn in the sunshine Redpoll. 5 or 6 in with the Goldfinch Chaffinch. Around 10 in the Hawthorns Bullf...

johnh · johnh

common scoter cormorant G S Woodpecker Kestral siskin calling crossbill calling Tree creeper bullfinch 2 jay 3 reed bunting 5 m pipit 4 long tailed tit 8 peer clough 6 field fare

brian · brian

Single Rock Pipit,found by RobA, along shore line of AMR. -- Edited by brian on Thursday 19th of October 2023 04:58:35 PM

David Nuttall · David Nuttall

09:30-10:00 Stock Dove, 1 over, Little Owl, 1 on old factory, Grey Wagtail, 1 on outflow, Raven, pair, male tumbling, up on The Hile, Regards, David.

Bigbadbob · Bigbadbob

Compstons Cross 09:40 hrs - clearing skies Pink footed Goose - 1 skein c66 to E. at 10:00 hrs. 1 skein c30 to W. at 10:20 hrs. 2 skeins 200+ to W. at 11:15 hrs. Latter group seen at distance heading W. towards Goodshaw Hill. Chaffinch - 4 to S. Wood Pigeon - 3 to S. Raven - 6 from E. into Limy valley. Redwing - 1 to...

KEVIN LISTER · KEVIN LISTER

c100 redwing calls heard over Waterfoot tonight between 22:00 & 22:50hrs should be some large flocks around tomorrow morning cheers Kevin

Bigbadbob · Bigbadbob

At least 25 Redwings with10+ Blackbirds feeding on hawthorns. 1 Song Thrush in sub song. c5 Greenfinch 2 Goldfinch 2 Chaffinch 2 Moorhen 14 Mallard c130 flock of Starlings on wires. Single Jay + flock of 8 Goldfinch at Reedsholme. Bob.

KEVIN LISTER · KEVIN LISTER

whooper swan - flock of c16 birds seen to south of Whitworth Quarry were probably whoopers.pink-footed goose - birds heard calling over Lee Quarry area heading east. Sadly couldn't see them, so no idea of numbersbuzzard - 3sparrowhawk - male over Deansgreave Road, New Linekestrel - 1snipe - 6herri...

NigelG · NigelG

Grey Wagtail 1 Chaffinch 1 Pied Wagtail 1 Canada Geese 16 Greylag Geese 2 Black Headed Gull 5 Mallard 22 Grey Heron over Meadow Pipit 3 Stonechat 7 Cormorant 1 Rook 1 over Goldfinch 10 Chiffchaff 1

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	Another first for Strongstry. (Preview) After three nights of -5, now 40mm of snow has brought 46 Lapwing down in the Barn field in Strongstry. Regards Brian. -- Edited by brian on Sunday 3rd of December 2023 10:25:30 AM	brian	0	151	Sun Dec 3 10:23 AM, 2023 by brian
	Ox Hey woods to Irwell Vale (Preview) Cold and sunny 2 degrees (-5 overnight) 1400hrs/1600hrs. Of note. Redwing. 16 on Hawthorn Ox Hey, 30/40 on same Irwell vale. Buzzard. One Ox Hey, two soaring Hodge Clough. Great Spotted Woodpecker. Two Ox Hey, one Lodge farm, two Strongstry woods. Jay. three small groups, 2/4 Ox Hey, Irwell Val...	brian	0	152	Fri Dec 1 4:35 PM, 2023 by brian
	Cribden Clough 27/11/23 (Preview) Signs of an influx of Blackbirds today with 15+ along the lane up to Twin Lodges from Holland Ave. and similar numbers at Cribden Clough. c6 redwings amongst blackbirds with 20+ amongst bushes in Cribden Clough. Also - 2 Bullfinch 3 Goldfinch 10 Greenfinch 1 Jay 1 Mistle Thrush Bob.	Bigbadbob	0	141	Mon Nov 27 6:48 PM, 2023 by Bigbadbob
	First sighting in Strongstry (Preview) Although they did not land, this is the first sighting I have had of Ring-necked Parakeet in Strongstry, five flew over this afternoon coming from Ramsbottom and going towards Irwell Vale Regards Brian.	brian	0	153	Mon Nov 27 4:37 PM, 2023 by brian
	Warth & Staghills Woods 26/11/23 (Preview) grey heron - 1 at Warthcormorant - 1 over to Cowpemallard - 14 on the Irwellbuzzard - 1kestrel - 1common gull - 5 overblack-headed gull - 2 overwoodpigeon - c20 at Warth & 6 in Staghills Woodscollared dove - 1 over Trickett's Memorialgreen woodpecker - yaffling bird near Lea Bankgreat spotted woo...	KEVIN LISTER	0	126	Sun Nov 26 7:52 PM, 2023 by KEVIN LISTER
	Clough Bottom 26 11 23 (Preview) Clough Bottom Pink-Feet 100+ over towards Clowbridge Reed Bunting 2 calling Goldcrest 4 Wten 1 Goldfinch calling birds Coal Tit calling birds Blackbird 1 Magpie 2 Wood Pigeon 2 Carrion Crow c10 Raven 2 G S Woodpecker 1 Kestrel 1 Cormorant 1 Goosander 2 redheads Common Gull c10 Herring Gull 6 L B B Gull 8...	pfyldes	0	127	Sun Nov 26 7:28 PM, 2023 by pfyldes
	Rawtenstall to Crawshawbooth 0730-0930hrs (Preview) Bullfinch pair male and female together Chaffinch single maleLost count of Great, Blue and Coal tit, Long tailed tit at least 5 togetherMoorhen 4 Dipper pair Song Thrush single Redwing into double figures Goosander single Redhead Cormorant 1 Stock dove 3 Kestrel male and female togethe...	Phillip	0	124	Sun Nov 26 3:45 PM, 2023 by Phillip
	Clowbridge 24.11.23 (Preview) Moorhen 2 Mallard 8 Redwing 3 Cormorant 6 Great Crested Grebe 1 Canada Geese 39 Black Headed Gull 16 Common Gull 5 Lesser Black Back Gull 1 Goosander 5 (Red Head 2, male 3) Reed Bunting 1 Goldcrest 1 Bullfinch 1 Long Tail Tit 17 Stonechat 1 Pied Wagtail 1 Kestrel 1 Stock Dove 4 (Nutshaw) Raven 3 Rook 2	NigelG	0	125	Fri Nov 24 3:32 PM, 2023 by NigelG
	Whoopers (Preview) 6 whoopers present now at AMR info RobA. Regards Brian.	brian	2	167	Thu Nov 23 2:34 PM, 2023 by brian
	Whitworth 21/11/23 (Preview) Cowm Rescormorant - 1Canada goose - 120mallard - 12black-headed gull - 61common gull - 6lesser black-backed gull - 1buzzard - 1sparrowhawk - 1grey wagtail - 1woodpigeon - 1great spotted woodpecker - 1robin - 8blackbird - 4song thrush - 1long-tailed tit - min 12coal tit - 7blue tit - 3great tit - 2nut...	KEVIN LISTER	0	144	Tue Nov 21 7:11 PM, 2023 by KEVIN LISTER
	Rossendale Wildlife Thread 2023 - Part 1 (Preview) 2nd January - 42 Pink Feet over Grane heading West, then another 4 some minutes later 18 January - a number of Blackbirds feeding on the receding shoreline of Holden Wood Res in the cold spell Number of Meadow Pipits quite low since the cold spells, 2 Stonechat - male and female at Deep Clough on 05/...	sarfraz	28	981	Sun Nov 19 11:05 PM, 2023 by sarfraz
	Bird Club 20-11-23 (Preview) All I hope to be at the Bird Club tomorrow starting at 19:15 Weavers Cottage I have a quiz. If you have photos we can show them at the AGM, 15th January 2024 Bird Race 14th Jan '24 Cheers Ian	Ian Brady	0	157	Sun Nov 19 5:02 PM, 2023 by Ian Brady
	Coot. (Preview) Local rarity at Holden wood reservoir this morning, a single (very tame) Coot, nothing else of note. Regards Brian.	brian	0	158	Sun Nov 19 10:33 AM, 2023 by brian
	Warth 12/11/2023 (Preview) pink-footed goose - 56 flew south-westwoodcock - 1kestrel - 1woodpigeon - flocks of 28, 17 & 15fieldfare - 11redwing - 2long-tailed tit - 12raven - 1 overchaffinch - 6goldfinch - c25bullfinch calling bird cheers Kevin	KEVIN LISTER	0	160	Sun Nov 12 3:57 PM, 2023 by KEVIN LISTER
	Waxwings at Haslingden Sports Centre 11/11/23 (Preview) A minimum of 7 waxwings are present at Haslingden Sports Centre car park feeding on rowan berries. I watched them 10:50-11:50am. Thanks to SteGidz for finding and reporting them.	PaulB	1	187	Sat Nov 11 8:44 PM, 2023 by sarfraz
	Clough Bottom & Clowbridge 15/11/23 (Preview) Clough Bottomcormorant - 1 seen flying towards Clowbridge, then seen flying back to Clough Bottomwhooper swan - 28 seen flying eastpink-footed goose - 6 flew in from the west, then turned and flew down the Whitewell valleymallard - 2teal - 1 drakegoosander - 1 redheadpheasant - 1 malelapwing - c 250...	KEVIN LISTER	0	170	Sun Nov 5 6:54 PM, 2023 by KEVIN LISTER
	AMR (Preview) Bright sunshine,dry 7 degrees. Two Whooper. Goldeneye. Little Egret over. Yesterday two Dunlin. Info RobA.	brian	0	171	Fri Nov 3 9:07 AM, 2023 by brian
	Winter feeding station Strongstry. (Preview) Started feeding first week in October, up to a couple of days ago quite Just usual resident species but by last weekend and into today numbers have increased. Blue Tit. Usual numbers of around 10 Great Tit. Low numbers around 6 Coal Tit. This is the third year numbers have increased, can regularly h...	brian	0	159	Tue Oct 31 4:58 PM, 2023 by brian
	Edge Cote & Saunder Height 29/10/23 (Preview) grey heron - 1pheasant - 1 malesnipe - 75sparrowhawk - 1 malekestrel - 1common gull - 3meadow pipit - 4grey wagtail - 1raven - 2starling - c300siskin - noisy flock calling from Chapel Hill Quarry cheers Kevin	KEVIN LISTER	0	220	Sun Oct 29 10:37 PM, 2023 by KEVIN LISTER
	Clough Bottom 29 10 23 (Preview) Clough Bottom Lapwing 100+ Goosander 5 redheads Cormorant 1 Canada Goose 1 Herring Gull 6 L B B Gull 6 B H Gull c30 Common Gull c30 Stonechat 1 Meadow Pipit 2 Reed. Bunting 2 Bullfinch 2 Peter and John	pfyldes	0	193	Sun Oct 29 4:38 PM, 2023 by pfyldes
	Oakenhead Wood Old rd 27/10/23 (Preview) Flock of c100 Fieldfares in trees, near the ski slope. These birds headed off towards Twin Lodges. Flock of c100 Starling in fields near Spout House along with a House Sparrow flock of c20 birds. Bob.	Bigbadbob	0	159	Sat Oct 28 11:41 AM, 2023 by Bigbadbob
	East view lodge. (Preview) Nice sunny afternoon 14 degrees, 1400/1600 hours. Redwing. Around a hundred in loose flocks very flighty feeding mostly on the ground. Goldfinch. Charms of 20/40/15 feeding on Birch and Hawthorn in the sunshine Redpoll. 5 or 6 in with the Goldfinch Chaffinch. Around 10 in the Hawthorns Bullf...	brian	0	158	Wed Oct 25 4:48 PM, 2023 by brian
	clough bottom 22 oct (Preview) common scoter cormorant G S Woodpecker Kestral siskin calling crossbill calling Tree creeper bullfinch 2 jay 3 reed bunting 5 m pipit 4 long tailed tit 8 peer clough 6 field fare	johnh	0	152	Mon Oct 23 1:03 PM, 2023 by johnh
	Rock Pipit. (Preview) Single Rock Pipit,found by RobA, along shore line of AMR. -- Edited by brian on Thursday 19th of October 2023 04:58:35 PM	brian	0	230	Thu Oct 19 4:55 PM, 2023 by brian
	Jack Lodge, 14th Oct 2023 (Preview) 09:30-10:00 Stock Dove, 1 over, Little Owl, 1 on old factory, Grey Wagtail, 1 on outflow, Raven, pair, male tumbling, up on The Hile, Regards, David.	David Nuttall	0	186	Sat Oct 14 8:12 PM, 2023 by David Nuttall
	Clowbridge res. Compstons Cross 10/10/23 (Preview) Compstons Cross 09:40 hrs - clearing skies Pink footed Goose - 1 skein c66 to E. at 10:00 hrs. 1 skein c30 to W. at 10:20 hrs. 2 skeins 200+ to W. at 11:15 hrs. Latter group seen at distance heading W. towards Goodshaw Hill. Chaffinch - 4 to S. Wood Pigeon - 3 to S. Raven - 6 from E. into Limy valley. Redwing - 1 to...	Bigbadbob	0	173	Tue Oct 10 2:46 PM, 2023 by Bigbadbob
	redwings 09/10/23 (Preview) c100 redwing calls heard over Waterfoot tonight between 22:00 & 22:50hrs should be some large flocks around tomorrow morning cheers Kevin	KEVIN LISTER	0	146	Mon Oct 9 11:16 PM, 2023 by KEVIN LISTER
	Twin Lodges 09/10/23 (Preview) At least 25 Redwings with10+ Blackbirds feeding on hawthorns. 1 Song Thrush in sub song. c5 Greenfinch 2 Goldfinch 2 Chaffinch 2 Moorhen 14 Mallard c130 flock of Starlings on wires. Single Jay + flock of 8 Goldfinch at Reedsholme. Bob.	Bigbadbob	0	138	Mon Oct 9 7:09 PM, 2023 by Bigbadbob
	Whitworth & Lee Quarries 08/10/23 (Preview) whooper swan - flock of c16 birds seen to south of Whitworth Quarry were probably whoopers.pink-footed goose - birds heard calling over Lee Quarry area heading east. Sadly couldn't see them, so no idea of numbersbuzzard - 3sparrowhawk - male over Deansgreave Road, New Linekestrel - 1snipe - 6herri...	KEVIN LISTER	0	184	Sun Oct 8 9:14 PM, 2023 by KEVIN LISTER
	Clowbridge 8.10.23. 08:00-09:00 (Preview) Grey Wagtail 1 Chaffinch 1 Pied Wagtail 1 Canada Geese 16 Greylag Geese 2 Black Headed Gull 5 Mallard 22 Grey Heron over Meadow Pipit 3 Stonechat 7 Cormorant 1 Rook 1 over Goldfinch 10 Chiffchaff 1	NigelG	0	140	Sun Oct 8 7:20 PM, 2023 by NigelG
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