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Northern Res's 30th Oct 2020
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Clowbridge, 09:30-10:30 Cormorant, 1, Mallard, 3, Goosander, 2 redheads, Buzzard, 1 further down The Limy Valley, Herring Gull, 2 on the res plus flocks of 3 & 8 over, Common Gull, 2, B.H.Gull, 15, Meadow Pipit, flock of 8 in the field between res & back lane, Grey Wagtail, 1, Stonechat, pair...
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Clowbridge, 28th Oct 2020
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08:00-09:30 Cormorant, 2 on the U-Boat, Canada Goose, 31 feeding in the field behind Point Wood, Goshawk, a male bird made a pass at a Carrion Crow over the old wood before moving through south west. The first here for me in over 40 years of birding at this site, Kestrel, 3, Herring Gull, 1 on pontoon, Com...
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Grane, 26th Oct 2020
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14:30-17:00 Cormorant, 28 at roost, Grey Heron, 1 at Holden Wood, Canada Goose, c80 mainly in fields adjacent to Ogden, Mallard, 4 in fields adjacent to Ogden, Tufted Duck, male in Jamestone west, Goldeneye, female in Jamestone west, Sparrowhawk, female over Heap Clough, Kestrel, 3 around Holden...
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Reedsholme 26/10/20
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F Goosander at Leabrook on R Limy - struggling to eat a frog - only 2 Mallard here, + 2 Dipper - inc. 1 in song 5 male Bullfinch in scrub between Cribden Clough and Twin Lodges along w/ 4 Chaffinch & 4 Goldfinch 50+ Starling in fields and on wires Flock of c20 Goldfinch along Oakenhead Wood Rd w/ 4 Chaffin...
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Higher Lench, 25th Oct 2020
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15:00-16:30 Buzzard, 1 across the valley towards Chapel Hill, Peregrine, male near Hurdles, Kestrel, 1, G.S.Woodpecker, 1 near Marl Pits, Grey Wagtail, 2 on The Irwell, Dipper, 2 singing birds on The Irwell, L.T.Tit, pary of c8, Jay, 1 at Lench, Raven, 1 flew over The Irwell Valley, Goldfinch, char...
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Winter feeding station.
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At last some dry weather, sunny nine degrees, late afternoon. Brambling.....during the weeks heavy rain I saw two briefly, today in the sunshine there were definitely three, two fe/juv type and a male still with good head colour, they are moving with a flock of around 20 Chaffinch. Also.... Great Ti...
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Northern Res's
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09:30-12:00 Cormorant, 3 on Clowbridge, Grey Heron, 1 over Clowbridge, Mallard, c20 on Clowbridge, Buzzard, 1 flying low over Swallow Shore, Sparrowhawk, 1 over Clough Bottom, Kestrel, c10, on many hillsides, Lapwing, c60, towards Deerplay, Herring Gull, 2 at Clough Bottom, L.B.B.Gull, 4 on Cl...
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Reedsholme 23/10/20
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14:00 hrs Late post Leabrook - c 70 mallard + 1f Goosander 3 Dipper within 30m. 6 Blackbird Cribden Clough to Oakenhead Wood Rd 1 Kestrel Flock of c40 Starling Flock of c50 Fieldfare w/ c10 Starling from ski slope to Laund Hey & 22 Fieldfares on hawthorn along lane. 2 Jay at Twin Lodges 1 Buzzard Reeds...
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Yellow-Browed Warbler.. 20th Oct 20.
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Ringed bird, presumed Fridays caught and ringed bird, showing well again this afternoon. Russel managed a few fleeting glimpses to but it just wouldnt show fully for him.
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Grane, 18th Oct 2020
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09:00-11:30 Cormorant, 2 on Ogden, Canada Goose, c80 in fields adjacent to Ogden, Mallard, c20. Kestrel, c6, Buzzard, 1, Moorhen, 1 on Holden Wood, Snipe, 24 on the tops, G.B.B.Gull, 1 on Ogden, Herring Gull, 7 over, L.B.B.Gull, 1 over, B.H.Gull, c30, Stock Dove, 4, G.S.Woodpecker, 1 in Heap Clough...
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Mitchell's House Res, 18th Oct 2020
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16:00-17:30 Canada Goose, 1, Mallard, 2, Goosander, Male with 2 redheads, Buzzard, 1, on lamp post over A56, Kestrel, 4, Lapwing, 76, on the strip between the two res's, B.H.Gull, c100, Common Gull, c12, Herring Gull, 2, Meadow Pipit, 4, Pied Wagtail, 1, Goldfinch, charm of 6. Regards, David.
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Reedsholme 17/10/20
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Two skeins of Pink footed Goose heading E. from over Cribden at 14:30 hrs approx. one of 250+ then one of c50 close behind. c30 Herring gull heading up the valley in small flocks 1 Buzzard in the air - 3 yesterday. 60 Mallard on river at Leabrook. Kestrel at Cribden Clough but little else Two flocks of star...
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Clowbridge, 17th Oct 2020
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07:30-10:00 Grey Heron, 2 over, Whooper Swan, herds of c44 & 23 over east at approx. 08:45 and 4 down on the res. Greylag Goose, 2 over east, Mallard, c20, Goosander, 1 redhaed fishing the res, Kestrel, c4, Common Gull, 4, B.H.Gull, c20, Meadow Pipit, c12, Redwing, flock of 30 over north plus 2 in c...
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AMR
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Overcast, calm, 7 degrees. 0800/1015 hrs Whooper Swan.... 34 (0910) flew south, coming over Holcombe Moor. Goldeneye.... Single on reservoir, also single Great Crested Grebe. Lapwing..... 48. Pieded Wagtail.... 9. Gulls.... Very few. Regards Brian.
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Yellow-browed Warbler ringed C/booth 16th Oct 20.
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A YBW was heard calling once this afternoon and was caught in my bird feeder ringing net ride at home. On first seeing the bird I immediately thought it looked a totally different colour and its behaviour was completely different to Tuesdays one.. Looking at the pics and watching it my dad and I are 99....
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Brambling.
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Sunny morning, calm 12 degrees. Checked local Beech mast sites for Brambling with no luck, returned home to find one with five Chaffinch at my feeders. Regards Brian.
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Grane/Musbury/Alden 15 Oct
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Chiffchaff - singles at Holden Wood and Alden Ring Ouzel - one in the company of a couple of fieldfares and a mistle thrush at Alden Fieldfare - flocks of around 50 flying north at Holden Wood, c100 on the south side of Ogden which flew off west and around 30 in Musbury Andy
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Little Egret.
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One seen flying upstream over Stubbins road bridge (RobA) this morning, I have walked the river as far as Ewood Bridge but could not relocate, may get picked up around Grane. Regards Brian.
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Wallbank Lodge & Cowm Reservoir. 15/10/2020
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Wallbank Lodge 7 Goosander, 5 BH Gull and the resident 2 Black Swans Cowm Reservoir 25 Canada Geese, 1 Cormorant, 5 BH Gull, 1 noisy Common Gull, 1 Kestrel, 1 Jay, 8 Jackdaw, 3 Carrion Crow, 6 Mallard Dave O.
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Oakenhead Wood Rd 15/10/20
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First decent thrush influx for this area - c40 Fieldfare moved off south c15 Blackbird feeding on hawthorn along w/ similar numbers of Redwings. 4 more Blackbirds at Oakenhead cottages. 2 Raven over Cribden slope + 1 hovering Buzzard 1 Kestrel at Cribden Clough 1 Jay at ski slope 1 Grey Wagtail at Reed...
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Stubbins to Ewood Bridge round robin.
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1400/1630 hrs lovely afternoon sunshine, calm 11 degrees. Several feeding Tit flocks around the route including Great, Blue, and Coal tit nothing unusual in with the flocks. Long-tailed Tit.....two parties of 14/11 on cycle track and Ewood Bridge. Goldfinch....large charm on thistles near Irw...
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Yellow-Browed Warbler. C/booth 13th Oct 20.
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A lovely YBW spent some time around our feeders and in my garden this afternoon and showed extremely well (5-6ft!) Dave O was fortunate to be there when it showed at its best. Not seen later till dusk but will check in the morning to see if its still around. More pics on my Flickr page. Link below.
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Brambling Goodshaw Lane 14th Oct 20.
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At least 2 Bramblings heard calling loudly in tree tops outside my house this morning. Winter is coming!!!
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Oakenhead Wood Rd -13/10/20
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A mixed group amongst hillside scrub included the following - 1 Chiffchaff 2 Mistle Thrush c6 Blue Tit 2 Great Tit c20n Goldfinch 2 Chaffinch 2 Robin Flocks of 4 + 5 Redwing flew up the Limy valley Also around Cribden Clough/Twin lodges - 1 Stock Dove 1 Kestrel 10+ Magpie 1 Jay c25 Goldfinch 1 Greenfinch...
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Yellow-browed warbler ?
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A bird most probably of this species opposite the sewage works entrance yesterday afternoon (c.2.00 so couldn't be Craig's bird?). Called three or four times as it moved swiftly through the canopy before going quiet. Unfortunately didn't see it and was unable to relocate subsequently Andy
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Fieldfare and Redwing.
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In a steady drizzle between 1030hrs and 1300hrs movement of Fieldfare and Redwing along the Irwell valley mostly going north, the ones I could see were 14/25/12 Redwing, 9/24/12/8 Fieldfare, there were more in the murk I could not count. Regards Brian.
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Waterfoot to Hurdles Quarry 11/10/2020
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Waterfoot Moorhen, kingfisher & dipper seen off Baltic & Waterfoot bridges Warth/ Hurdles areacormorant - 1 over to Cowpeblack-headed gull 9 overcommon gull - 1 overbuzzard - 1sparrowhawk - 2 birds chased the same song thrush/ redwing (not sure which). Never seen this happen before, but...
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Clough Bottom, 11th Oct 2020
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16:30-18:00 Kestrel, 3, Pheasant, calling bird, Stock Dove 5 to roost plus a single, Meadow Pipit, c15, Black Redstart, single still present, Stonechat, 2, Redwing, flock of c90 over west, Regards, David with Kevin for some of the time.
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Seat Naze 11-10-20
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20+ Meadow Pipits blogging Jay 7 Skylark migrating south Cheers Ian
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Cheesden Valley, 11th Oct 2020
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Cormorant, 1 over, Kestrel, c5, Jack Snipe, 2 on Harden Moor, Snipe, 24 on Harden Moor & 3 flushed near Buckhurst, Lapwing, c45 near Sales's Farm, G.B.B.Gull, 4 in one flock over north, Green Woodpecker, calling bird near Butcher Acre Farm, Nuthatch, near Butcher Acre Farm, Skylark, 4 on Harden...
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