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Cowm Res 01/04/07
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Gorgeous sunny day with a cool strong wind. 2 Male Wheatear 2 Male Reed bunting 1 Male Goldeneye 15-20 Redwing Lesser Redpoll singing in flight and perched for some time. Great Spotted Woodpecker drumming A couple of strange wind swept individuals in a florists van! Nice to meet Dave Ousey, how did yo...
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Vismig 020407 Haslingden Laund
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Monday April 2nd 2007 - Haslingden Laund
0730-0830hrs
Wind: NE 5-7mph gust
Movement: NW unless stated otherwise
Steady flow of Meadow Pipits, in larger parties now averaging around the
4/5, with best parties 10/11
Meadow Pipit: 169
LBBG: 6 (SE)
Pied Wagtail: 2
Skylark: 3 (...
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E.B.S.W. 1/4/7 - Osprey
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E.B.S.W. 1/4/7 - 18:20 approx. c20 Pied Wagtail, c4 Grey Wagtail, 1 Stock Dove, 5 B.H.Gull, pr Shelduck the m. repelling a crow. Lumb Vale Several groups of L.B.B.Gull moving from over Holcombe then Bull Hill and towards Grane at least 47 birds in 20 mins. An Osprey came out of Lumb Vale pursed by crows a...
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Staghills Woods, Edge Cote, Grane & Irwell Valley. 01/04/07
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Staghills Woods area 09:00 1m sparrowhawk over chased by a magpie & a crow, 1 green woodpecker, 4 great spotted woodpecker, c20 redwing, 2 song thrush, 1 treecreeper & 5prs of coal tit Seat Naze 10:15 8 lapwing & 10 meadow pipit Edge Cote 09:30 2 lapwing, 6 snipe, 6 skylark, 23 meadow pi...
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Whitworth area 1st April 07
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Info from Peter Fyldes and John Hallsworth: Farm Survey - Limed Farm, Whitworth Lower End Moor - SD866186 approx Snipe 1, Lapwing 4pr, Curlew 1pr, Stonechat 1pr, Skylark c20, Meadow Pipit c15, Starling c30, Carrion Crow c50, Raven 1 over, Pheasant 1m, Mallard 1pr Cowm Res 20 Redwing, 2m Goldeneye, 1...
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Edenfield, (back garden)
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2 Male Reed Bunting feeding on seed this afternoon. Not at the same time, but 2 diff birds. Not used to getting them here, must have changed the seed!!
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Grane 01/04/07
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G.C.Grebe 1, Cormorant 4, Goldeneye, 3/4. Red Grouse Pr, Pheasant 3 including 1 on the plateau of Haslingden Moor. Curlew 2/3, Lapwing 8, Snipe 1, Golden Plover single flock of c44. Kestrel 1, Peregrine 1, Sparrowhawk Pr, Stock Dove 3, Stonechat just 1 male tussling with a Reed Bunting for a favourab...
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Staghills Woods & EBSW 31/03/07
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Staghills Woods 09:00 green woodpecker calling & c20 redwing Holmes Terrace Lodge 11:00 2 mallard, 4 moorhen, 2 coot, 1 chiffchaff singing nearby & 1 pr long tailed tits. EBSW 11:45 1 pr shelduck, 1 pr mallard, 1m pheasant & 1 calling, c20 black headed gull, 15 herring gull over, 4 less...
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heronry at Warth 31/03/2007
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large juvs can now be seen on one of the nests at the heronry. Brian Oldfield says that they will probably fledge in around the next 10 days. Birds on the other nests appear to be several weeks behind. cheers Kevin
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White Wagtail at Cowm Reservoir 30/03/07
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Whilst walking around the reservoir 6-30pm till 7-15pm,a White Wagtail with a Pied Wagtail on the dam wall. 1-Goldeneye(M),12-Mallard,6-Canada Geese,1-Mistle Thrush.
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Reedsholme 30/3/07
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Reedsholme 30/3/07 -13:15 hrs Nuthatch calling persistently near to the graveyard on Burnley Rd adjacent to J.B.Broadleys mill. Bob. -- Edited by JimOrmerod at 21:32, 2007-03-31
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H.T.L 29/03/07
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Little Grebe 1, Coot 2, Moorhen 3. Two dippers were on the river with one chasing the other high over towards Horncliffe! Regards, David.
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Wed Mar 28th 2007 - Haslingden Rakefoot VISMIG
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Wednesday March 28th 2007 1045hrs-1145hrs Movement: NW unless stated otherwise. I went out to sample some vis this morning and purposely left it late in the morning. Meadow Pipits where steadily going through on a regular basis at least every couple of minutes, even on leaving and would presume thi...
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South Rossendale 27/3/7
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E.B.S.W. - Lumb Vale 09:30 - 12:00 hrs Odd Grey Wagtails along river but no signs of any Dippers or Goosander. Four seperate pairs of Long Tailed Tit with one pair collecting nest material at Lumb Vale. At least 5 different Song Thrush heard. G.S.W in flight at Irwell Vale. Chiffchaff in song at Alder B...
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clowbridge 27th march [midday]
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3 great crested grebe and drake goldeneye on the res 2 pair of stonechat, one pair of which were courtship feeding.
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Irwell Valley, Plunge & Cowpe Lowe 250307
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Warth 09:30: 9 nests at the heronry with a pair building a new nest. This is rather a late date to be building as I am sure there are already young on 2 of the nests. green woodpecker & great spotted woodpecker heard, 5 stock dove, 1 dipper nest building, 1 grey wagtail, 1 song thrush & 1 or 2 prs l...
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Lee Quarry etc 25th March
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Peter Fyldes' and John Hallsworth's sightings: Lee Quarry 1f Wheatear, 3 Stock Dove, 2pr Pied Wagtail Broadclough 5 Brambling New Line Res 20 Canada Geese 1m Tufted Duck
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Cowm Res 24-03-07
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7 Canadas
~20 Mallard
2 M Tufted
2 M Goldeneye
1 Barnacle Goose (I could not see a ring on its one visible leg!)
small flock of ~10 Meadow Pipits
4 Goldfinch
2 Long Tailed Tits - singing
Mistle Thrush singing
Cheers
Ian -- Edited by Ian Brady at 22:57, 2007-03-24
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AMR & Harden Moor 240307
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Lodge Mill Lane near Turn Village14:15: c100 starling & 20 fieldfare. Harden Moor 14:40: 1 grey heron, 9 lapwing, 2 curlew, c360 starling, c150 fieldfare, 5 meadow pipit, & 15 rooks. Turf Moor 15:30: 1f stonechat & c100 starlings. Cheesden Bridge 15:45: 3snipe (1 displaying), 1m kest...
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wheatears 24/03/2007
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2 male wheatears were at Scrubbing Mills this morning. Nearby on Whittaker Pasture were 6 singing skylark and 4 lapwings. Also noted this morning were Staghills Woods: 2 drumming great spotted woodpeckers, 1 jay, 30 - 40 redwings and a blue tit seen entering a nest box. Lower Cloughfold: 1pr long t...
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Reedsholme & Clowbridge 22/03/07
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Reedsholme 22/03/07 14: 15 hrs 2 G.S. Woodpeckers chasing through trees and a Green Woodpecker calling. 1pr +1 Dippers along the river, 1pr Stock Dove at Leabrook. Clowbridge Res. 15:00 hrs. 11 Greenfinch in car park, On the water - 1pr G.C.Grebe head shaking + 2 singles , 2 f. Goldeneye, 1pr Goosan...
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E.B.S.W. 21/03/07
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E.B.S.W. 21/03/07 14:30 - 15:15hrs Access gained. Still good numbers of Pied Wagtails on site with c100 present along with c7 Grey Wagtails, 40 Meadow Pipits, c25 B.H.Gull, Jackdaw numbers well down with c50 present. Kestrel overhead and a f. Sparrowhawk flew in very low to put everything to fligh...
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Wildfowl Count, Grane 18th March
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In gale force winds, hail showers etc - Holden Wood: 2 Great Crested Grebe, 3 Mallard (all male), 4 Cormorant, 15 Canada Geese, 15+ Lapwings (4 apparently on territory in fields below Duke of Wellington, remainder in a flock). Calf Hey: 1 drake Goldeneye
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E.B.S.W. 19/3/7
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E.B.S.W. 19/3/7 14:45 - 16:00hrs Access gained but hardly got to see anything before blizzard conditions set in so the following are min. counts. 300 Jackdaw, 100 Pied Wagtail, 4 Grey Wagtail, 25 M. Pipit, pr Shelduck, 30 Starling, 7 B.H.Gull, pr Pheasant, 14 Mallard, 1 Moorhen. Irwell Vale - after...
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No Wheatears either! 18/03/07
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As per Bob's posting I've no wheatears either but did manage a pair of ravens, a little owl, 2 meadow pipts and a skylark in what felt like a force 9 gale! Regards, David.
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Cowm Reservoir and hills above!
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On the reservoir this am:-20 Mallard,10 Canada Geese,4 Goosander(3males),1 Goldeneye(male)2 Tufted(pair) No Wheatears,3 Meadow Pipits,1 Skylark,6 Carrion Crow again in a hard to walk against wind!
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Cowpe area 18/03/07
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Searched in vain for an early wheatear in weather that varied between gale force winds & severe hailstorms, consequently very little seen. Cowpe Res. 1m mallard, 1 snipe nearby, 1 pr curlew, 3 stock dove, 1 m stonechat, 4 skylark & 4 meadow pipit nearby. Cragg Quarry. 14 skylark & 1 pr ca...
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Warth/ Hurdles Quarry/ Whittaker Pasture 17/03/07
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Warth: 1 pr dipper, 1 pr long tailed tit & 8 goldfinch Hurdles Quarry/ Whittaker Pasture area: 1 grey heron, 1 pr grey partridge, 4 lapwing, 3 stock dove, 1 little owl, 4 skylark, 5 meadow pipit & 2 or 3 pied wagtail. No sign of any wheatears yet. cheers Kevin
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Irwell Valley & Grane etc 11/03/2007
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Staghiils Woods 08:55 2 great spotted woodpeckers drumming & 1 female seen in a different part of the wood, suggesting 3 prs present. 2 prs of coal tit, 1 pr long tailed tit, 6 redwing, 3 song thrush singing, 1 pr mistle thrush & 1 pr bullfinch. Warth/ Higher Lench 09:35 1 great spotted woodpe...
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Clowbridge Res. 15/3/7
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A reliable report of Grt. Crested Grebe nest building at Clowbridge res. not much chance of success I'm afraid. Too much disturbance from the dogs etc. It goes to show that if given the chance birds will prosper, sadly I would think that it will all come to nothing. Bob.
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