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Rossendale Wildlife Thread 2021 - Part 3
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August 31 - Red Underwing moth at Victoria Park, Haslingden September 14 - 40 Swallows over Grane September 17 - walk around Grane - min 10 Blue Tits around Holden Wood Reservoir, 2 flocks of 15 min Long Tailed Tits and Heap Clough and Holden Wood Reservoir, Hobby over slicing through the air, min 40...
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Pink feet 7/1/22
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c150 Pink footed Geese over Reedsholme to the west, then low over Cribden, at 15:50 hrs. Bob.
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Winter feeding stations Strongstry.
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From -4 to +10, with snow, hail, rain wind, some sunshine over the last seven days the feeding stations have produced some good numbers..... Blue Tit....14+ Great Tit....16+ Coal Tit....14+ Long-tailed Tit.....30+ best numbers we have had in several years. Chaffinch....25+ Goldfinch...14+ Nu...
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Blackcap C/booth 5th Jan 22
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Male Blackcap coming to our feeders
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Clowbridge, 3rd Jan 2022
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10:00-11:30 G.C.Grebe, 1 on res, Cormorant, 4 on res, Mallard, c12 on Limy, Goosander, 2 males & 4 Redheads, Herring Gull, 1 on res & 3 over, Common Gull, 4 over, B.H.Gull, c12 on res, Stonechat, female near South Bay, Song Thrush, 1 in car park, Mistle Thrush, pair, L.T.Tit, 4 around feeders,...
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Clough Bottom Res 02/01/22
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mallard - 3goosander - 3black-headed gull - c40common gull - c25herring gull - 1 lapwing - flock of 80 over hillside towards Watergreat spotted woodpecker - 1fieldfare - c50redwing - 1starling - c25goldcrest - calling birds in conifers raven - 3 singles & 2 together, may have involved the sam...
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Barn owl
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Great views quartering rough ground Lumb area
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Reaps Moss, 2nd Jan 2022
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09:00-10:30 Grey Heron, 1 over, Snipe, 4, Herring Gull, 7 over west, Common Gull, 1 over west, B.H.Gull, 14 over west, Meadow Pipit, flock of 6, Fieldfare, c150 feeding with Starlings & Redwings Redwing, c30 feeding with Fieldfares & Starlings, Starlings, c250 feeding with Fieldfares &a...
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2 Jan Haslingden Moor
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43 Snipe, 2 Carrion Crow 1 Buzzard below moor No signs of Red Grouse Neil
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1 Jan Cribden side,Clough Bottom
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1 Raven 1 Jay 1 Kestrel Best wishes to every one Neil,
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Rawtenstall, 1st Jan 2022
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10:00-11:00 Grey Heron, one in The Irwell, Peregrine, male sat overlooking the town later flew down the valley, Moorhen, 6 birds on HTL, Herring Gull, c12 over, Common Gull, c20 over, B.H.Gull, c50 down the valley, Stock Dove, 1 at HTL, Dunnock, 1 in song, L.T.Tit, 2 flocks, Goldcrest, singing bird a...
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Gaghills to Swinshaw Moor 31/12/2021
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grey heron - 1 flying down the Whitewell valley at duskmallard - just 1pr at Jack Lodge & 1pr at Peer's Cloughlapwing - c60 seen flying on to Smallshaw Heightsnipe - 5 on Swinshaw Moorbuzzard - 2 seen near Edge Cote from across the valleyperegrine - 1 over The Brextawny owl - calling birds at Bridlew...
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Clowbridge, 31st Dec 2021
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10:30 - 12:30 G.C.Grebe, 1 on the res, Cormorant, 4 on the res, Canada Goose, 2 over, Mallard, 5, Tufted Duck, female in South Bay, Goosander, 2 males & 4 redheads, Herring Gull, 1 on res, Common Gull, c40 on res, B.H.Gull, c50 on res, G.S.Woodpecker, 1 flew into Point Wood, Meadow Pipit, 1 in South B...
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Grane 30/12/2021
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Holden Wood 1 Dunnock Charm of 16 Goldfinch 1 Dipper 1 Stonechat 18 B H Gull 1 Common Gull 2 Herring Gull 30+ Jackdaw feeding in meadow Goosander 1M 1F Meadow Pipit odd one or two Lots of Gulls over towards Ogden Ogden Large raft of 50+ Gulls to far away too ID 3 Cormorant Calf Hey Feeders in car park...
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Mitchell's House Res, 30th Dec 2021
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10:30-12:00 Cormorant, 2 on the res, Grey Heron, 1 in swampy ground behind the res, Canada Goose, injured bird on res, Buzzard, 1 over, Kestrel, 1 on wires near res, G.B.B.Gull, min 9 on res, Herring Gull, min 60 on res, Common Gull, min 8 on res, B.H.Gull, min 4 on res, Starling, flock of 15 over, Raven, 1...
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Clowbridge & Clough Bottom Reservoir 28/12/21
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Clowbridge:- 6 Goosander, 15 Tufted Duck, 5 Mallard, 12 Canada Geese, 3 Cormorant. Clough Bottom:- 2 Goldeneye, 80 Lapwing, 8 Mallard, 4 Tufted Duck. A quick, forlorn check for yesterday's Smew. Dave O.
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Chapel Hill, 28th Dec 2021
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09:30-11:30 Grey Heron, 1 on Edge Cote, Snipe, 52 on Edge Cote, Jack Snipe, 2 on Edge Cote, G.B.B.Gull, 5 flew up the Limy Valley, Herring Gull, c100 flew up the Limy Valley in flocks to 25, L.B.B.Gull, c10 flew up The Limy Valley, Common Gull, flock of 30 flew up The Limy Valley, B.H.Gull, c12 Flew up The L...
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Reedsholme 28/12/21
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Mistle Thrush singing at Crawshaw Hall 1 Buzzard in tree c35 Herring Gull flying up the valley, largest group c12 Little else, small groups of starlings and house sparrows here and there. Bob.
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Cheesden Valley, 27th Dec 2021
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09:00-10:45 Grey Heron, 1 at Buckhurst Lodge, Mallard, 24 on Buckhurst Lodge, Buzzard, 2 sat close by each other at Buckhurst, Sparrowhawk, female off Croston Close Road, Peregrine, female at Buckhurst, Kestrel, 1 at Cheesden Bar Lodge & another at Buckhurst, Pheasant, 1 male at Cheesden Bar...
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Clowbridge, 27th Dec 2021
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c10:00 - 11:30. Smew, male seen by Archie Jones. Unfortunately it could not be relocated when Archie & I returned later. G.C.Grebe, 1 on res, Goldeneye, male, Goosander, c9 inc 3 males, G.B.B.Gull, 3, Common Gull, c4, Sparrowhawk, female over car park. Regards, David.
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Grane, 26th Dec 2021
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11:00-14:00 Cormorant, 4 on Ogden, Mallard, pair in Jamestone's East were the only wildfowl all day, Sparrowhawk, female over Holden Wood, Kestrel, female behind Clough Head, Pheasant, 2 males & 2 females near Calf Hey, Lapwing, c50 over Broadway, Woodcock, 1 in copse at Clough Head, Snipe, 2...
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Clowbridge, 24th Dec 2021
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10:00-11:30 G.C.Grebe, 1 on res, Cormorant, 4 on res, Grey Heron, 1 flew over res, Canada Goose, 3 on res, Mallard, 4, Goosander, min 15 inc 6 males, Buzzard, 1 over Nutshaw, Sparrowhawk, female over Nutshaw, G.B.B.Gull, 1 adult on res, Herring Gull, 17 on the res a mix of adults & immature birds, C...
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Merry Christmas
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Little Grebe
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Single Little Grebe on East View Lodge this afternoon, only the second time I have recorded one here, the last time was October 2011, it moved to and fro to Porritt lodge for 5/6 days. Regards Brian.
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Grane 19/12/2021
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cormorant - 6 at Holden Wood & 1 on Ogdengrey heron - 1 at OgdenCanada goose 32 at Ogden - 9 on Calf Heymallard - 3 at Holden Wood, 10 at Calf Hey, 5 in Jamestone East & 2 at Hutch Bankgoldeneye - 1 male at Calf Hey, 1 male & 1 female in Jamestone West & 1 male in Jamestone Eastmoorhen - 2 on Holde...
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Clowbridge, 11th Dec 2021
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09:00-10:30 G.C.Grebe, 4 on the res, Cormorant, 3 on the res, Canada Goose, 2 flew off from the res as I arrived, Mallard, c20 on the res, Goosander, 20 on the res inc 5 males, Common Gull, 20 on the res / jetty, B.H.Gull, c30 on the res / jetty, Stock Dove, single over 3 times, Stonechat, female in north bay...
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Request for help identifying a bird of prey under suspicion of being a hen harrier and failing to stop for a good photo
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Apologies for the frivolous title, I couldn't resist. I have hen harrier hallucinations quite regularly. Usually it's a buzzard or a gull (once it was a pigeon...). I know the photos aren't much to go off, just interested what people think it might be. Guess it could be a sparrowhawk. Just looked a bit...
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Clowbridge Res 7th Dec 21
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8 Goosander (4 pr) 3 GC Grebe 5 Cormorant 10+ Mallard
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Cloughbottom 05/12/2021
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6 x Goosander 1 x Buzzard (mobbed by a crow) - see photo. -- Edited by MikeD on Monday 6th of December 2021 01:15:03 PM
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Waterfoot to Cowpe Lowe 05/12/2021
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mallard - 16 in Waterfootbuzzard - 2 over the hillside at Warthsparrowhawk - single males over Hareholme and Warth, possibly the same birdkestrel -hunting birds at Warth & Scrubbing Millsgolden plover - 10 on Cowpe Lowesnipe - 2 on Cowpe Lowelittle owl - 1 at the head of Lench valleyredwing - 2 at...
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