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Clowbridge Res 3/2/07
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Clowbridge Res. and the headwaters of the Limy valley. 13:30 - 16:00hrs - clear blue skies. On the water, 3 G.C.Grebe, 4 Goldeneye (1m+1imm. m & 2f), 6 Mallard and c100 mixed B.H.Gull & Common Gull. Around the edge, pr Stonechat, 2 Reed Bunting. Crown Point - pr Stonechat, 2 Reed Bunting &...
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Clowbridge Reservoir - Fri Feb 2nd 2007 12noon-1300hrs
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2 Stonechat 12 Goosander 2 Goldeneye 20+ BHG 3 Cormorant (possibly 5) them Stonechat are getting everywhere!! Bryan
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Pink Footed Goose
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120 Pink Feet going East - West 1445hrs today (over Ross Gen Hosp towards Grane). 50 Pink Feet going East - North West 1500hrs more slightly North over my house towards North Blackburn. Bryan. PS: Movements of Pink Feet going North West reported over Bradford (Yorks) this am -- Edited by Birderbrya...
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Great crested grebes
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Hello, I am back on line after a gap of two weeks hence this late report.....However last week on 17th January I was walking around Clowbridge reservoir when I saw a pair of Great crested grebes performing the mirror image ritual, both birds copied each others actions and the male spent a lot of time pr...
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Meadow Pipits returning
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Yesterday 29th Jan 2006 - Circular Walk between Laund and Sherfin, noticed Meadow Pipits starting to gather at Laund (perhaps 10-12 in number), this seems rather early (maybe 2 weeks earlier than the norm). Also a party of 15 Fieldfare flew over Sherfin from SE to NW. Bryan.
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Clowbridge Res
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Clowbridge Res. 13;00 - 15;30hrs Weather - terrible species seen - 1 G.C.Grebe, 3 Goldeneye, 3 Mallard, 1 m Goosander in flight, 1 Tawny Owl, 1 Pied Wagtail and 1 Woodcock. c40 gulls present mostly Black Heads with 8 Commons. In addition a Dipper was on the R.Limy at Loveclough. Regards - Bob.
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Staghills Woods, Edgecote, Cowpe Lowe etc 28/01/07
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Staghills Woods/Tricket's Memmorial Ground: 1 jay, 1 great spotted woodpecker, 20 redwing. Marl Pits: 5 meadow pipit, 100 starling, 4 redwing, 1 bullfinch calling. Edgecote: 1 woodcock, 15 snipe, 1 skylark, c40 redwing, 5 fieldfare. Chapel Hill: 1 grey heron, 1 cormorant over, 5 lesser blac...
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R.O.C Winter Birdrace 2007 21/01/07
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The R.O.C winter birdrace took place today with eight participents making up three teams. We started at 08:00 and finished at 15:00 and the results were as follows: Team A = 43 birds. Team B = 50 birds. Team C = 52 birds. Altogether we saw 59 different species the highlights of which were male Hen Harr...
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Holden Wood res - Sunday 21 Jan 07
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Went down about 3.45 pm - just after it finished snowing 12-14 mallards, 1 rest crested grebe, 4 resting/roosting cormorants joined by another 3 from elsewhere - totalling 7, approx 40-50 lapwings, grey heron in the fields, 1 kestrel, heard a pheasant and moorhen, -- Edited by JimOrmerod...
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Holden Wood and Grane 21st Jan 07
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a party of at least 50 Rooks over Grane, in the fields around where the 2 parking lay bys are.....they crossed the road to clough head ..the large party was obviously on a "crawl" of some sort... on holden wood at about 4pm - 5 mallards, 4 cormorants roosting in a tree on the bank of the...
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Holmes Terrace Lodge and AMR etc 19/01/07
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Holmes Terrace Lodge 14:00: 5 grey heron, 72 mallard, 4 moorhen, 1 coot, 11 black headed gull, 3 great black backed gull flew over towards Ashworth Moor Res, 6 long tailed tit. 62 lapwings were seen flying over the Road End area of Haslingden. Turn Village 14:50: 2 mistle thrush, 2 fieldf...
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Stonechat - male at Laund Hey
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Nearly forgot - had a Stonechat male on the walls near Laund Hey yesterday afternoon (Tuesday) at approx 1345hrs. I had seen a pair several times during the vismig counts which seemed to be hanging about, and it maybe possible that they are now over wintering there also!
I noticed on th...
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Pink Feet 15/01/07
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Whitworth 13:20
100 Pink feet flew over in two skeins. Flying west over toward Cowm Res
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Edge Cote; Haslingden Grane etc 14/01/2007
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Newchurch 09:45: 1 cormorant flying towards Clough Bottom or Clowbridge. 1 great spotted woodpecker drumming in the grounds of Ashlands Nursing Home on Turn Pike.
Edge Cote 10:30: 1 grey heron, 23 snipe, c40 black headed gull, c40 common gull, flocks of 30,14 &46 wood pigeon flying south wes...
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Limy Valley
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14/01/07 13:00 hrs - Fine ,bright
Shortclough Res. - 8 Goosander, 8 Mallard and 1 Cormorant.
Clowbridge Res. - 1 Cormorant, 4 Goldeneye, 4 G.C.Grebe (report of 6 this am), 2 + 1 Stonechat, 1 Reed Bunting, 1 Canada Goose, 1 Peregrine flew S. Min. of 300 B.H. and Common Gulls at 16:00 hrs.
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Woodpigeons on the move again
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Again just by chance I noticed and counted over 400 Woodpigeon on the move again this morning (approx 0900-0930hrs), in groups of 60,40,40,14,60,90,30,10,50,30,30,13. All going from South to North mainly high above Kings Causeway (behind Ross Gen Hosp) and Whittaker Park. This wa...
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Irwell Valley 10/1/2007
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Warth 11:00: 1 grey heron, 70 jackdaw, 6 blackbird, 2 redwing, 3 long tailed tit.
Rawtenstall 11:40: 1 male goosander over, 65 mallard, 50 jackdaw.
Holmes Terrace Lodge 12:10: 6 grey heron, 63 Mallard, 1 female tufted duck, 2 moorhen, 1 great spotted woodpecker.
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Haslingden Grane & Holmes Terrace Lodge 07/01/07
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This is my first time recording my sightings so here goes:
Date: 07/01/06 Conditions: Weak sunshine giving way to cloud later Wind: SW Temp: 7c
08:45 -09:15 Holden Wood Reservoir 1 Great Crested Grebe 5 pr. Mallard 10 Black Headed Gull 2 Woodpigeon 1 Robin 09:20 - 10:30 Calf Hey Reservoir 1 Pheasa...
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Warth, Cowpe Lowe, AMR. etc 07/01/2007
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Gaghills 09:00: 2pr bullfinch, 1 cormorant flying over towards Clowbridge or Clough Bottom.
Warth 09:45: 1 green woodpecker yaffling, 2 jay, min 60 fieldfare (possibly twice this number), min 60 redwing (possibly twice this number), 2 mistle thrush, 11 blackbird, 1 long tailed tit, 1m bullfin...
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EDGECOTE
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7/1/07 9.30AM
2 PAIR BULLFINCH, 3 FIELDFARE, 3 LONG TAILED TIT, 6 GREAT TIT, 3 BLUE TIT, 3 COLLARED DOVE, c40 STARLING, 4 WOODPIGEON, 6 MAGPIE, 1 CROW, 1 DUNNOCK,1 ROBIN
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Heap Clough (SD765232) 7th Jan 10:30-11:30
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Pair Stonechat on Rossendale Way, pair Raven flying around, Falcon with jesses over moor (could not see anyone), ~40 Woodpigeon flying towards Blackburn, 12 Fieldfare, 2 Mistle Thrush - 1 singing, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Wren, few Blackbirds.
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Bull Hill / Wet Moss 07/01/07
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Redwing c 20, Brambling c 12 in Buckden Clough, Chaffinch c 12 in Buckden Clough, Lapwing 6 on summit of Bull Hill, Jack Snipe 1 , Common Snipe 7, Golden Plover 2 all on Wet Moss, Raven pair flew over calling with one bird tumbling!
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Woodpigeons on the move
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Just a "by chance" watch from the backgarden this morning. I saw one party of approx 150 (0900hrs approx) followed by a party of approx 30/40 (0910hrs approx) - Woodpigeon all heading from North to SW, they seem to head towards the Haslingden Grane area and possibly beyond.
Bryan Yorke.
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Calf Hey Res 06/01/07
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Coal Tit c 6, Goldcrest c 4, Grey Wagtail 1, Fieldfare c 120, Chaffinch c 12, Siskin c 25.
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Retrospective 2005/6
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2005 - Oystercatcher nested successfully on the Buckhurst side of Whitewall farm. I saw them with juveniles on my second BBS visit. Didn't see them 2006
About May 2005 saw a pair of Little Ringed Plovers mating near the 'pond' just north of Pinfold close to Harden Moor.
2006
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Gaghils and IrwellValley 01/01/07
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birds at our feeders at Gaghills today have included:
1m,1f great spotted woodpecker,22 goldfinch, 15 chaffinch, 1 brambling, 15 greenfinch, 2m, 1f bullfinch, 8 collared dove (at least 17 have been roosting in the area). 1 cormorant flew over towards Rawtenstall.
Staghills Woods
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All Saint's Pond 01/01/07
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Goosander 7 fishing, 5 of which were males.
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Chapel Hill, 01/01/07
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Heron 1, Cormorant 2 flew up the Irwell Valley, Little Owl 1, Fieldfare c 20, Redwing c 12, Song Thrush 1, L.T.Tit 4, Blue & Great Tits in good numbers and very vocal, Goldfinch 4.
Happy New Year to all!
David Nuttall
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Clowbridge Res
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Clowbridge res. 31/12/06 13:30pm ish.
2F Goldeneye and 2 G.C. Grebe on the water, 1 Common Gull and c4 B.H.Gull + c100 B.H.Gull over Goodshaw. Very windy and very wet, hence only a short visit.
Shortclough res. 1M Goosander, 1 Heron, and 2 Mallard. c8 Goldfinch with small numbers of Greenf...
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Clowbridge 31/12/06
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Goldeneye 1, Goosander 1, B.H.Gull c 200, Common Gull c 20, Lapwing c 70 on pasture near the Waggoner's, Fieldfare c 60 flew East and then c 200 dropped into the conifers by the large house (The Kestrels?) next to the kennels at approx.16:30.
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