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Little Egret - Alder Bottom - Sunday 17th July
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Sighting of a little egret was reported to me by a relative on the morning of Sunday 17th July. The bird was on the Irwell upstream of the old railway bridge, alongside a grey heron.
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Grane.
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Two Whimbrel at Holden Wood res, one came down from Ogden, the other from south that one stayed briefly and went north west, the other is still here on the water edge of an extremely low HWR. Regards Brian. -- Edited by brian on Monday 18th of July 2022 10:20:19 AM
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Spring Mill Res 17/07/2022
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cormorant - 1great crested grebe - adult and full grown juv not associating with each otherCanada goose - 35mallard - 6lapwing - adult with fully fledged juvkestrel - 1black-headed gull - 17lesser black-backed gull - 1green woodpecker - 1woodpigeon - 14pied wagtail - 3grey wagtail - 1swallow - 9st...
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Grane 15/07/2022
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Holden Wood 15 Oystercatchers feeding in the mud 1 Grey Heron 10 Male Mallard coming out of Eclipse 6 B H Gulls and 4 juveniles Calf Hey Small toads on path 2 G C Grebe 1 Lapwing 1 B H Gull juvenile 1 Buzzard flying off with rabbit in its talons Troy Area 1 Wheatear 2 Stonechat 1m 1f 2 Meadow Pipit Good numbe...
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Landgate and Brown Wardle. 14/7/2022
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1 Skylark, 4 Wheatear, 5 Meadow Pipit, 10 Goldfinch, 1 Raven on top of Brown Wardle, 6 Carrion Crow, 4 Magpie, 20 Swift, 1 Kestrel. On small quarry pool at Landgate: - 5 Canada Geese, 1 Mallard, 2 Moorhen`s with 2 unfledged young. Nice day and a good walk. Dave O
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Clowbridge res. 13/7/22.
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19:45 hrs onwards. Highlight was a female Common Scoter and a constant passage of swifts down the valley. Probably in excess of 300 over the evening. Other species seen 1 Little ringed Plover 3 Oystercatcher 1 Common Sandpiper 1 calling Curlew 2 male Stonechat 2 calling Willow Warbler 30+ B.H.Gull,...
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Clowbridge 15:15-16:00 9/7/22
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Good number of Mallard and Canadas pair Little ringed plover Black headed gulls Curlew calling over moor Greenfinch singing Limy Lane House sparrows Limy Lane 9 Redshank 1 juvenile Great Crested Grebe Ian -- Edited by Ian Brady on Saturday 9th of July 2022 09:49:48 PM -- Edited by Ian Brady on Saturd...
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Buckhurst/Cheesden valley.
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0800/1100 hrs. Sunny 16 degree strong north westerly. Of note. Mistle Thrush.6 strong family party. Sand Martin.7 over and 4 young being fed perched on a Hawthorn. Swallow.4 over Buckhurst. House Martin.3 around farm buildings. Willow Warbler..several around in small parties. Whitethroat..c...
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Med gull 07/07/2022
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A single Mediterranean gull flew over Hugh Mill towards Cowpe around midday today cheers Kevin
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Deeply Vale 6/7/22
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Not knowing how to visit the site of the fairly famous "Deeply Vale Music Festivals" of 1976/77/78 etc I spoke with Rob A who gave me good directions. So not really a birdy walk but I did see: - 11 Mallard, 6 Mistle Thrush, 4 Blackbird, 3 Swift, 4 Swallow, 1 Buzzard, various crows and gulls mainly passing o...
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Male Ruff. AMR 5th July 22.
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A cracking summer plumages male Ruff (a black one) is on AMR. Present from early this morning and was still present when I left at 12.30. Flew off high north mid morning with 2 gulls but returned a minute later. Another R Archer decent bird. other stuff.. Greenshank flew over from the north and contin...
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Clowbridge, 28th June 2022
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07:30-09:00 G.C.Grebe, well grown juv on res, Canada Goose, 32, Goosander, 9 Redheads, Curlew, calling birds, LRP, pair, Common Sandpiper, pair, L.B.B.Gull, 1 on back pond, B.H.Gull, 3 juvs, 4 adults, Stock Dove, pair, Swift, c50 around the res, G.S.Woodpecker, calling bird from car park, Skyla...
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Grane Jamestones to Holden Wood via Rossendale Way
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Jamestones 1 Oystercatcher 1 Ringed Plover 1 Lapwing Skylark Meadow Pipit A first for me, Creeping Thistle with White Flower (see phot ) 1 Common Damselfly Small Heath butterfly seen in twos and threes every 40 steps or so, but not seen on opposite side of valley 1 Large Skipper male Hillside along...
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Clowbridge, 25th June 2022
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10:30-12:00 Canada Goose, 30 on the res, Curlew, pair with at least 1 chick in long grass behind Point Wood, Oystercatcher, 1 over calling, Common Sandpiper, 2 singles, LRP, 2, B.H.Gull, 4 adults, 3 juvs, Swift, c40 feeding over & around the res, Skylark, 2 singing birds, Swallow, c6, House Mart...
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Clowbridge, 23 June 2022
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20:30-21:30 Redshank, 1 in South Bay area and thanks to Mo for pointing me in the right direction, Common Sandpiper, adult with well grown chick plus a pair, Oystercatcher, 1 on Back Pond and a pair around the res, Curlew, pair in display over res. Regards, David. -- Edited by David Nuttall on Thursday...
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Cheesden Valley, 19th June 2022
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16:00-18:00 Grey Heron, 1. Canada Goose, 8, Buzzard, soaring bird, Pheasant, pair plus 2 calling birds, Curlew, 3 singles, Lapwing, c12 adults & 2 chicks, Snipe, 1 near Cheesden Bar Lodge, Oystercatcher, 1 flew down the valley calling, Swift, 3, Skylark, c4, a couple in song, Swallow, c40 inc s...
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Spring Mill to Futures Park 19/06/22
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Spring Mill Resgrey heron - juvenilecormorant - 1Canada goose - flock of 35 plus a pair with 4 goslingsmallard - 7lesser black-backed gull - 3black-headed gull - 3kestrel - 2skylark - 2grey wagtail - 1prmeadow pipit - 2stock dove - 1prwoodpigeon - 12swift -c25swallow - c12, 2 family partieshouse ma...
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Rawtenstall 17/6/22
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Yesterday around town centre 1 Herring Gull on roof top at Tup Bridge. c3 L.B.B. Gull low over town. c10 B.H. Gull on lamp posts nr train station. c20 Swift feeding over river nr Tesco - my largest local flock so far. 6+ House Martin with swifts. Bob.
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Clowbridge, 18th June 2022
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13:30-15:00 Canada Goose, c30 in North Bay, Buzzard, 1 behind Boat House, Dunlin, summer plumage bird in South Bay, Common Sandpiper, 1 South Bay, Oystercatcher, pair in North Bay, Curlew, single calling / over, L.B.B.Gull, passage over North West c200 birds, Swift, c200 over res/ moors, Skylark...
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Treecreeper
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Seen last evening opposite my house on Lee road
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Clough Bottom 130622
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Grey heron - 1Canada goose - 31 mallard - c12 around the restufted duck - 1 maleoystercatcher - 1prlapwing - 2 at Swallow Shorecurlew - 1pheasant - 1lesser black-backed gull - 3 at Swallow Shore plus a few singles overstock dove - 3swift - c10swallow - 2garden warbler - singing bird seen briefly gras...
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Spring Mill Res etc 12/06/22
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Canada goose - 29black-headed gull - 2 adults and a fresh looking juvlesser black-backed gull - 4oystercatcher - 1pheasant - 1woodpigeon - 55pied wagtail - male with 3 juvsgrey wagtail - 1swift - 3swallow - 2house martin - min 12wheatear - 1prstonechat 1pr with at least 3juvsreed bunting - 4 singing...
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K Steels to EBSW 12 6 22
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Along the Irwell Whitethroat 2 Blackcap 6 Chiff Chaff 3 Willow Warbler 6 Reed Bunting 2 Dipper 2 Kingfisher 1 Common Sandpiper 1 Sand Martin c20 ebsw c10 along the river Swift c10 Swallow 6 House Martin 1 Peter and John -- Edited by pfyldes on Sunday 12th of June 2022 05:07:02 PM -- Edited by pfyldes on Su...
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Clowbridge res. 6/7/22
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No sign of Sanderlings or L.R.Ps. 3 Great crested Grebe 1pr Red breasted Merganser (thanks to R.Carter ELOC). Especially good record not many sightings of this species over the years here. 10+ B.H.Gull Pr Common Sandpiper Curlew calling from fields c10 Swifts 1 House Martin Blackcap singing c34 Ca...
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clough bottom
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2 Grey Partridge near road john and peter 6 June
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Summer Bird Race, 5th June 2022
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06:00-16:00 It was a rainy, quite cold and sometimes blustery day and two teams of 3 competed in the 2022 Summer Bird Race and with both teams seeing 66 species each the result was a honourable draw! Some ROC members who could attend all day also contributed and the total number of birds seen in the Rosse...
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Whitworth. 12/5/22
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3 Swift north over Facit 12 noon. First of the year for me. Dave O.
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Grey Partridge, 30th May 2022
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21:30 A calling Grey Partridge near Swallow Shore tonight was my first for quite a while. Regards David
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AMR.
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Light North Easterly, Sunshine, 13 degrees, 0730/ 1000 hrs. Kestrel.one hunting. Skylark..several singing and feeding. Black-headed Gull..20+ moving north. Herring Gull sp....several over, 15+ In middle of reservoir. Swift.30+ hawking. Swallow.only 3/4. Sand Martin.around 15. Common Sa...
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Clough Bottom, 28th May 2022
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08:30-10:30 Buzzard, soaring bird, Kestrel, male on the hunt, Curlew, feeding in rough grass, Swift, 1 down the valley, Skylark, 2 in song, Swallow, just a single, House Martin, 3 small colony's down the Whitewell Valley, Song Thrush, singing bird, Mistle Thrush, singing bird, Willow Warbler, c1...
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