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Strongstry winter feeding stations.Etc
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Because of a strange three months at the feeding stations I thought I would review my sightings, weather and food usage over the last twelve years. On the average food used each year I have used nearly 50% less this year, I have not recorded a proper ground frost this year, only previous year with no grou...
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Red kite Rawtenstall 21sr Dec 19
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Red Kite circling over Rawtenstall town centre, reasonably low, now drifting north towards chapel hill. seen from Lidl car park!
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Reedsholme 21/12/19
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11:50 hrs - just caught the tail end of a skein of Pink footed geese heading W. over Brookes' wood, min. of 30 birds. Bob. Another skein of c140 over the same area heading N - NW at 13:30 hrs approx. Following seen around the area - 1 G.S.W. 4+2 Long - tailed Tit 1 Jay 1 Buzzard 1 Sparrowhawk 100+ Wood Pigeon - t...
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Deeply Vale 19/12/19
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cormorant - 2 singles up the valley to AMRgrey heron - probably the same bird seen twicemallard - 1pr at the flash & 15 on Buckhurst Lodgeteal - 2 males flew off the middle lodgegoldeneye - adult male and first winter male on middle lodgebuzzard - 3 singlessparrowhawk - male being hassled by a crow,...
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woodpigeons 16/12/2019
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c400 woodpigeons over Waterfoot this morning, mostly settled in Staghills Woods cheers Kevin
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Grane Resrvoirs only 15/12/19
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cormorant - 6 on OgdenCanada goose - 40 flew onto Ogden around 11:40 and departed around 15:20mallard - 1pr at Holden Wood, 2pr on Ogden & 25 on Calf Heygoldeneye - female still at Holden Woodmoorhen - 1 at Holden Woodkestrel - 1 at Holden Woodblack-headed gull - 15 at Holden Wood & 18 at Ogdenhe...
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Brambling. C/booth. 15th Dec 19.
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Female Brambling on the feed this morning with 3-4 Chaffinches. 5 Bullfinch, 7 Goldfinch, 5+ Redwing, 2 Song Thrush and 10+ Blackbirds. Marsh Tit still here.
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Chapel Hill, 15th Dec 2019
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10:00-12:00 Buzzard, 3 in the air together and a fourth bird up The Irwell Valley. Sparrowhawk, female seen twice and a male once, Kestrel, male near Edge Cote, Snipe, 3 on Edge Cote, G.B.B.Gull, 1 down The Limy Valley, Herring Gull, c100 in flocks to c40, Common Gull, 2 over, B.H.Gull, c12, Wood Pige...
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Geese
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Bright clear skies. 58 Pink-footed Geese flying south over Strongstry at 1145 hrs. Regards Brian.
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Cowm & Spring Mill etc 08/12/2019
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Cowm (partly with Stuart Gray)Canada goose - 50 flew onto a field above the quarry roadmallard - 23tufted duck - 4 malesbuzzard - 1 mobbed by a magpie & 2 carrion crowsblack-headed gull - only 2 when I arrived, due to water skiing, but increased to c70 once the water skiing ceased. The colour ringed...
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Clowbridge Res, 8th Dec 2019
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09:00-10:00 Cormorant, 2 fishing the res, Mallard, c12, Goosander, 2 redheads, B.H.Gull, c6, Common Gull, 2, Herring Gull, 4 over, Wood Pigeon, flocks of c40 & c60 through north west, Meadow Pipit, 1 on south bank, Stonechat, pair in north bay, Song Thrush, 1 in car park, Goldfinch, charm of c12...
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Chiffchaff. C/booth. 4th Dec 19.
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A late/wintering Chiffchaff was a surprise around our feeders this afternoon. Marsh Tit, 4 Goldcrest, 12 LTT, 5 Bullfinch, GSW best of the rest.
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Landgate towards Brown Wardle. 3/12/19
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35 Goldfinch, 3 Meadow Pipit, 2 Blackbirds, Stonechat, 2 Mistle Thrush, 5 Raven, 4 Carrion Crow, 3 Magpie, 2 BH Gull.
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Reedsholme 1/12/19
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c250 Pink-footed Geese from E. heading W. over Cribden Clough at 11:30 hrs approx. 1 Song Thrush at Leabrook 1 Grey Heron flew up valley c50 Wood Pigeon in wood 1 Redwing + c5 Blackbird at Twin Lodges Pr Raven flew down Limy valley then into Rawtenstall - 1 bird on Ilex Mill chimney 2 minutes later. Few gul...
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Cowpe Moss, 1st December 2019
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10:00-13:30 Cormorant, 3 on Cowpe Res, Pink Footed Goose, skein of c150 over west, Sparrowhawk, male in Plunge, Kestrel, female near Scout Quarry, Herring Gull, c60 over, L.B.B.Gull, c12 over, Meadow Pipit, c12 in Plunge / Newgate, Grey Wagtail, 1 flew down Plunge Valley, Stonechat, Male & 2 f...
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Ilex Mill - river
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Two dippers feeding this morning - then a large sparrowhawk about a foot off the water flew up river from the road bridge at Home Bargains towards Ilex Mill.
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Lapland Bunting (?) Thirteen Stone Hill
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Flight views only of a bird NW then W on Thirteen Stone Hill yesterday afternoon. Somewhat reed bunting-like piu/tseu followed by a short harsh(ish) trill which it repeated heading over the moor. No obvious markings. Not a great view but I'm pretty sure I would have noticed any white on the wings. Lis...
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Marsh Tit. C/booth. 31st Oct 19
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Bird still present outside my house. 3 months now.
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Grane 29/11/19
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A walk around Grane produced very little today with only the following of note cormorant - 9 at Holden Wood am & 4 on Ogden. 24 were in the roost at Holden Wood at 4pmCanada goose - 107 at Holden Wood & 106 at Ogdengoldeneye - 1 female at Holden Woodgoosander - 1 female on Ogden (not a common sight at...
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Edge Cote & Bolton Woods 27/11/2019
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snipe - 20 at Edge Cotesparrowhawk - 1 over Bolton Woodskestrel - 1 at Edge Laneblack-headed gull - 23 at Edge Lanecommon gull - c120 in field near Edge Cotewoodpigeon - c60 in Bolton Woodsmeadow pipit - 2 at Edge Coteredwing - c40 over Marl Pitsnuthatch - 1 in Bolton Woodsjay - 2 in Bolton Woods & 1at...
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Wheatear at Musbury Heights
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Had a good view of a couple of wheatear this afternoon on Musbury Heights, on the footpath overlooking Calf Hey. I saw a possible 6 birds in the space of 10 minutes, but no more than 2 at any one time, so there may have been duplicate viewings.
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Cowm Res 24/11/19
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Peter & John found a colour ringed black-headed gull this morning, which was also present this afternoon. I have reported the gull on CR Birding and received the following info on the bird, which shows it was ringed in Norway on 18th April 2018, moving to the Netherlands by 25th July 2018 & eve...
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Spring Mill Res 24/11/19
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cormorant - 1 on the res & 1 over towards CowmCanada goose - 8mallard - 1prgoosander - 1 male & 1 femalegoldeneye - 1 femalemerlin - 1kestrel - 1 nearby at Fold Headlapwing - 1black-headed gull - c50common gull - 1 on the res, flock of 9 flying west plus a dead adult bird on the res shoregreat black...
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Cheesden Valley, 24th Nov 2019
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08:00-11:00 Sparrowhawk, female being mobbed by a charm of c20 Goldfinch, Kestrel, 3, Pheasant, c12, probably recently released, Moorhen, 2 on pond near Golf Club, Snipe, 38 on Harden Moor, B.H.Gull, c20, Common Gull, 1 over, Herring Gull, c200 over, G.B.B.Gull, 1 over, Stock Dove, flock of 8 on wi...
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Cowm and New Line 17 11 19
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Cowm Res Goldeneye 1f Goosander 1 redhead Tufted Duck 1m Coot 1 Mallard c20 B H Gull 20 Herring and L B B c80 New Line Goosander 2 redheads B H Gull 12 Jackdaw c40 Moorhen 1 Stock Dove 5 Bullfinch 1m Goldfinch 1 Chaffinch c10 Blue Tit 6 Great Tit c10 Blackbird 20 Dunnock 4 House Sparrow 3 Peter
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Grane 17/11/19
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whooper swan - 4 flew east over Holden Wood @ 3:30pmcormorant - 28 in the roost at Holden Wood @ 3:30pmgrey heron - 1 at Holden Wood & 2 at Calf HeyCanada goose - 2 at Holden Wood, 2 at Ogden & 25 flying along Grane Road towards Hutch Bankmallard - 2pr at Holden Wood, 1pr at Jamestones & 1 female i...
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Clowbridge, 17th Nov 2019
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08:30-10:00 Cormorant, 4 on 'U'-Boat and 1 on the res, Grey Heron, 1 fishing The Limy, Mallard, 16, Goosander, 2 males, Herring Gull, c12 over, 2 on res, Common Gull, 2 on res, B.H.Gull, c10 on res, Stock Dove, pair flew into Point Wood, Meadow Pipit, c6 in South Bay, Stonechat, female in South Bay &...
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Warth to Balladen 15/11/19
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buzzard - 1 at Cowpe Lowesparrowhawk - 1 chasing redwings and fieldfares at Warthblack-headed gull - 31 in fields below Brow Edge Quarrycommon gull - 2 in fields below Brow Edge Quarryherring gull - c80 over in flocks to 15snipe - 1 on Cowpe Lowestock dove - 1 at Warth & 1 at Balladenwoodpigeon - c8p...
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Clowbridge & Clough Bottom 12/11/19
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Clowbridgewhooper swan - 4 on the res this morning, flew south then turned north and continued on towards Burnley @ 12:15Canada goose - 54cormorant - 4mallard - 33goosander - 2 redheadsbuzzard - 1 over Dunnockshawkestrel - 1black-headed gull - 11common gull - 1great black-backed gull - 1woodpige...
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Hen Harrier .Pickup Bank .
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With Peter Johnson on Broadhead Road above Pickup Bank Ringtail Hen Harrier this afternoon c1230 .. appeared to remain in the area after watching it for 10 mins or so ..
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