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Whitworth Quarry area 05/10/25
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Whitworth Quarry pink-footed goose - skein of 18 flew west against the wind herring gull - 2 through west skylark - 1 meadow pipit - 6 swallow - 2 flying low through the quarry heading south stonechat - 3 goldfinch - 4 Deansgreave Road, New Line pheasant - 1 mistle thrush - 2 starling - c80 over Britannia b...
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Clowbridge 1-10-25 15:00-16:00
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1 Female Pintail 1 Wigeon 1 Cormorant If anyone is walking between the boat house and south bay please keep an eye out for a lens cap I dropped. Sorry about the photos, they were quite a long way off!! Cheers Ian
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Holden Wood Reservoir 30/9/2025
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Holden Wood Reservoir 28/9/2025 5 Wigeon 30/9/2025 1 G.C.Grebe then seen later on Ogden reservoir on return to H Wood reservoir was seen again possibly two birds 7 Teal 1 Moorhen Mallard lots 1 Grey Heron 1 Buzzard on post 2 Kestrel 1 Jay 2 Raven A flock of mixed birds in tree at top end - 9 Long-taile...
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Clowbridge res. 30/9/25
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10:00 hrs approx. 3 Cormorant c/20 Mallard 1f Wigeon 4 Teal 1f Goosander 10+ B.H. Gull 1 Common Gull 1 Buzzard 1 Kestrel Flock of 20+ Long-tailed Tit 1 Pied Wagtail 1 Chiffchaff w/ L.T. Tit flock 4 Stonechat c/30 Goldfinch 2 Linnet Bullfinch heard in car park. Bob & Nigel.
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Whitworth Quarry & Mitchell's House Res 28/09
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Whitworth Quarry general areaCanada goose - 128 in groups of 2 to 21 flying from Whitworth Quarry to graze in fields above the quarry off Tong Lane Britanniapink-footed goose - 2 unseen skeins heard flying south? through the mist over Britanniateal - 1snipe - 1kestrel - 1 skylark - 2meadow pipit - c1...
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Clough Bottom and Deerplay 28 9 25
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Clough Bottom Teal 8 Mallard c50 Canada Goose 2 Cormorant 3 B H Gull 9 L B B Gull 1 Stonechat 7 Meadow Pipit c10 Skylark 3 Carrion Crow 6 Magpie 1 Blackbird 1 Goldcrest 6 Coal Tit 4 Blue Tit 1 Great Tit 2 Rred Bunting 3 Chaffinch calling birds Goldfinch calling birds Chiff Chaff calling bird Siskin 1 over Li...
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Grane, 28th Sep 2025
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10:00-13:00 With Sarfraz at Holden Wood. G.C. Grebe, 1 on Ogden, Cormorant, 3 on the res's and 1 heading over Haslingden Moor, Grey Heron, 1 on Holden Wood, Canada Goose, c240, majority in field at the side of The Duke of Wellington, Wigeon, 9 on Holden Wood, Teal, 2 on Holden Wood, Mallard, c20 on the R...
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Clowbridge Res, 27th Sep 2025
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16:00-17:00 Pink-footed Goose, 46 over west, Canada Goose, 15 over north, Mallard, 26 on the res, Kestrel, 2 towards Crown Point, Chiffchaff, 1 calling, Coal Tit, 1, Long-tailed Tit, family group, Grey Wagtail, 2 in South Bay, Meadow Pipit, 8 around the res, Raven, pair showed several times on the h...
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Waterfoot to Rawtenstall 27/09
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grey heron - 1 eating a fish on the Irwell near Tescocormorant - 1 over Marl Pits & up the Limy ValleyCanada goose - 2 on a pond below Brow Edge Quarrymallard - min 30 near Tescomoorhen - 1 on Kenroy's pond Warthbuzzard - 1 over Cloughfold & 1 beyond Chapel Hillgreat spotted woodpecker - 1 over Tri...
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Clough Bottom, 26th Sep 2025
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10:00-11:00 Kestrel, 2, one of which had prey, Chiffchaff, 1 singing bird, Meadow Pipit, 34, mainly around Red Moss, Stonechat, 1 female on a fence post, Coal Tit, 2 in confers, Goldcrest, 1 in conifers, Jay, 4, two over Red Moss flew into a plantation plus two singles near res, Raven, 1 calling from a p...
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Cribden Clough 25/9/25
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08:00 hrs 1 Whitethroat preening in early morning sunshine. My latest date. 1 Bullfinch Greenfinch and Jay heard. Goldfinch party still present. 1 Kestrel Lots of Wood Pigeons and Jackdaws - 200+ to roost in Brookes's wood on the evening of 23rd. 12 Linnet still along Oakenhead Wood rd. Unusual arou...
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Overnight 23/24-9-25
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Newchurch 23rd Pink Feet 24th Common Scoter Cheers Ian
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Blackcap.
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Male Blackcap fueling up on mealworm in my back garden last 3 days. Regards Brian.
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Cribden clough 22/9/25
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60 to 70 skein of Pink footed Goose from the west heading east at 08:30 hrs approx. Bob.
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Britannia to Cowpe Res 21/09/25
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grey heron - 1 at Cowpe Rescormorant - 6 at Cowpe ResCanada goose - 40 over Britanniamallard - 6 at Whitworth Quarry, 6 in Lee quarry & 16 on Cowpe Resbuzzard - 1 at Lee Quarrykestrel - 2 at Lee Quarry little owl - 1 in Lee Quarryskylark - 8 at Whitworth Quarrystock dove - 1 in Lee quarrymeadow pipit - c5...
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Another Day, Another Osprey!!!
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Saturday 13 December Blackcap at Victoria Park, Haslingden Tuesday 1 151 Mallards at Holden Wood Res Thursday 18 Sept approx 250 Swallows and Martins flying in a southerly direction over Holden Wood Res of these maybe 10 were House Martins, 70 were Sand Martins and the rest Swallows........
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Osprey Holden Wood Reservoir 19/9/2025
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Osprey Holden Wood Reservoir Seen firstly flying along Ogden reservoir dam wall but then lost sight of it so walked to the top end of Holden reservoir to find it perched on top of a telegraph pole I watched it for a good 30 minutes before flying down low over Holden Wood Reservoir turned then plungin...
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Cribden Clough 18/9/25
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09:30 hrs - 2 Raven 4 Blackbird on hawthorns Flock of c/35 Goldfinch on thistles Hirundine passage from approx. 10:30hrs 230 mostly Swallows coming through very low from Crawshawbooth direction towards Rawtenstall. Then 107 somewhat higher up over the clough. All moving striaght through at pace...
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Holden Wood Reservoir 16/9/2025
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Holden Wood Reservoir Mallard 146+ 86 on the water and 60+ sat out along the banking Moorhen 1 Teal 2 Black-headed Gulls 26 Lesser Black-backed Gulls 2 Swallows Large number just appeared feeding over the water after the rain stopped Sand Martin 8 Buzzards 4 in the air together Kestrel 1 Raven 1 Ja...
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Clowbridge 16.09 - 12° light wind, 1 heavy shower. 11:15-12:15
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Cormorant 4 Canada Goose 28 Mallard 14 Goosander 3 Red Heads Black Headed Gull 5 Lesser Black Back Gull 1 Woodpigeon 3 Swallow 6 Meadow Pipit c30 Pied Wagtail 1 Grey Wagtail 1 Wren 1 Crow 9 Starling 2 House Sparrow 4 Chaffinch 1 Goldfinch 3 charms of 50, 40 and 10 Linnet c20 (with Goldfinch 50) Reed Bunt...
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Lee & Whitworth Quarry 14/09/25
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Lee Quarrysparrowhawk - juvenile maleswallow - 7chaffinch - min 25 in Lee Cloughredpoll - 2greenfinch - min 2bullfinch calling birds Whitworth QuarryCanada goose 12snipe - 1buzzard - 1kestrel - 1meadow pipit - flock of c120pied wagtail - 5wheatear - 3siskin - flock of 13 through to Cowmlinnet - 1 S...
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2 Osprey Grane today
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1 giving exceptional and prolonged views over Holden Wood. 2 in air at same time 1 Common Sandpiper and 2 Curlew at Holden.Wood too Min 50 Swallows over and 20 Sand Martins -- Edited by sarfraz on Saturday 13th of September 2025 10:21:18 PM -- Edited by sarfraz on Saturday 13th of September 2025 10:...
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Reedsholme area 10/9/25
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2 Buzzard + 3 Raven over Brookes's Wood late morning 2 kestrel over Laund Bank/Cribden Clough this afternoon + 2 Raven along Oakenhead Wood Rd with a Peregrine hanging in the wind eventually stooping into the valley bottom. 3 Raven over Edge Cote area Flock of 7 Goldfinch at Cribden Clough + 1 Great Ti...
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Holden Wood - Heap Clough - Troy Quarry 7/9/25
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HWR 16 Mallard ~70 Lapwing 8 Cormorant 1 Moorhen 1 Heron 2 Chiffchaff 'singing' ~50 Linnet 1 GBB Gull Rossendale Way above Heap Clough Family of 7 Stonechat 1 Wheatear 1 Kestrel 1 Raven Then it rained!!
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Whtworth 07/09/25
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Wallbank Lodgemallard - 9moorhen - 2kingfisher - 1 Eastgate Woodsrobin - c20 Spring Mill ResGrey heron - 1buzzard - 1kestrel - 1black-headed gull - 4lesser black-backed gull - 1woodpigeon - min 30pied wagtail - 13meadow pipit - c22swallow - c40stonechat - 3wren - 3starling - c150magpie - 14carrio...
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Overnight 4-9-25
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1 Whimbrel call at about 23:00 Cheers Ian
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Clowbridge, Compstons Cross 4-9-25
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Clowbridge 2 Red Head Goosander ~25 Swallows feeding over water ~80 Linnet feeding near South Bay ~30 Goldfinch with Linnets few Meadow Pipits with Linnets few Reed Bunting with Linnets 1 Heron Clowbridge - Compstons Cross 3 Skylark Dunnockshaw wood 1 Buzzard Over 2 Chiffchaff calling...
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Reedsholme to Greenfold 2/9/25
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12:00hrs onwards. 1 Swallow along hillside at Heightside Lane. 12 Raven above Heightside Farm perched on walls - same as seen on 1/9. 1 Kestrel & 1 Swift over Swinshaw Moor 1 silent Curlew at Greenfold + mixed flock of 1 Whinchat, 6 Stonechat & 1 Reed Bunting. 1 Sedge Warbler flushed from pool a...
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Limy Valley 1/9/25
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Viewed from Cribden Clough at 15:20 - 16:30 hrs c/40 mostly House Martins w/ odd Swallow feeding over the bottom of the clough then heading out over Rawtenstall. Definate movement. Flock of 10 Goldfinch in bushes. 2 Buzzard over East side of the valley + 1 perched on a telegraph pole in the clough which...
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