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Strongstry woods and river.
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After Several days of snow and freezing conditions today was damp and 8 degrees. The large numbers of finches at the feeding station have reduced to five or six of each, but Blackbird numbers are in the high twenties, and five Song Thrush were nice to see, the highlight has been a Green Woodpecker which...
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Greylag Geese
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2 north over Rawtenstall (Cribden side) yesterday morning Andy
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Clowbridge, 2nd Feb 2019
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14:30-16:30 Cormorant, 14 mainly on the 'U'-Boat, Teal, Drake with Mallards, Mallard, c30, Goosander, male & 7 Redheads, B.H.Gull, c300, Common Gull, c30, Herring Gull, c40, G.B.B.Gull, off res and off to the west, Stock Dove, 2, Rook, 2 singles over south, Raven, over towards Crown Point. Re...
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Buckden woods
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New layer of snow on top of frozen ground. Several Snipe and a Single Woodcock have been seen around Buckden/Porritt lodge area over the last couple of days by PaulG and Dog walkers, a sure sign of the frozen moors. Regards Brian.
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Grane Area 31-1-2019
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Troy Quarry Area 1 Woodcock Goldfinch a charm of 20+ Green Woodpecker calling Pheasant calling Haslingden Moor 1 Hare Buzzard calling Musbury Heights 7 Snipe together in flight 3 Red Grouse flying off ahead of me Cheers Craggy
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Saunder Height to Chapel Hill 30-1-2019
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Pink-footed Geese over calling, but not seen for the mist Buzzard tucked up in a tree 1 Common Crossbill 6 Redwing 1 Greenfinch 1m Bullfinch 1 Goldcrest Cheers Craggy
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Merlin.
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Plenty snow on the ground, sunshine and just over freezing. Male Merlin flying low along Moor road towards Alden this afternoon around 1500 hrs. Regards Brian.
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C/booth 29th Jan 19
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7 Bramblings (4 males) and 5 Greenfinch coming to our seed this aft. Have hardly seen a Greenfinch here all winter. Lots of commoner species present too Inc 7 Bullfinch.
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Big garden bird watch, Sunday 27 January
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Ventnor road , Haslingden. 11 .00 hr to 12.00 Strong wind kept birds away, Blue Tit 4 Gt Tit 3 Robin 3 Bullfinch 3 Wood pigeon 3 Blackbird 2 Magpie 3 House Sparrow 7 Dunnock 1 Starling 1 Coal Tit2 Jackdaw 1 Neil and Susan Burke
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Spring Mill & Warth 27/01/2019
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Spring Millcormorant - 2Canada goose - 1 on res & 12 flew onto Prickshaw lodgegoosander - 3 males & 1 femalesnipe - 1stonechat - 1 prmagpie - 2carrion crow - 4starling - c60 nearby on Wallbank Estategoldfinch - 4 Warth grey herongreen woodpecker - 1 yafflingredwing - c40great tit - c14blue...
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Grane, 27th Jan 2019
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09:30-11:00 Cormorant, 2 on Ogden, Canada Goose, c80 at Holden Wood & 23 at Ogden, Mallard, c20, Goldeneye, 2 males & 1 female on Ogden, Coot, 1 at top end of Holden Wood, B.H.Gull, c40, Common Gull, c6, Herring Gull, c12 over, G.B.B.Gull, 1 on Ogden, Stock Dove, 1 at Jamestones, Meadow Pipit,...
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Irwell Vale over to Peel Tower 23-1-2019
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Irwell Vale Mallard 16 Moorhen 1 Dipper 1 Collared Dove 2 Jackdaw 30+ Path towards Raven Shore Brambling 1m Bullfinch 1m Goldfinch 6 Chaffinch 3 Long-tailed Tit 4 Robin 3 Alden Road Jay 2 Nuthatch calling Wood Pigeon 12 Blackbird 15 Robin 5 Moor Road (Robin Hoods Well) Magpie 8 together Wren 3 Carri...
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C/booth 23rd Jan 19
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At least 13 Brambling on the food outside our house this afternoon. The snow obviously hampering their natural feeding today.
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Brambling.
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As you all probably know by now I have had good numbers of Brambling for some time now, but I never expected them to come in the house.....took the dog out around 2230 hrs, as I opened the door in heavy snow in flew a Brambling and landed on my grandkids picture, it stayed for a while to warm up and then flew ou...
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Mitchell’s House Reservoirs & Strongstry 22-1-2019
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Allways a good number of gulls around here on and off the reservoirs Black-headed Gull 40+ common Gull 1 Herring Gull 1 Great Black-backed Gull 3 7 Large Juvenile gulls Kestrel 2 Meadow Pipit 1 Stonechat 1 Reed Bunting 1m Strongstry River on way down Dipper 2 Moorhen 1 Kingfisher 1 Brians Feeders...
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Grane 20/01/19
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grey heron - 1 at Holden Wood cormorant - 3 on Holden wood & 1 on Ogden in the morning. 32 in the roost & 3 on the res at Holden Wood @ 4pm. Also 1 dead bird under a bush on the res bankCanada goose - 102 at Holden Wood & 20 at Ogdenmallard - 3 at Holden Wood, 1pr at Ogden & c4 on Calf HeyTeal - 7 at...
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Rawtenstall, 20th Jan 2019
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09:30-11:00 Buzzard, 1 over towards Cowpe. Sparrowhawk, 1 flap, flap, gliding over Hall Carr! B.H.Gull, c12 over, Common Gull, 1 over, Herring Gull, c100 east up The Irwell Valley in flocks to 12, Collared Dove, 2 singles calling, G.S.Woodpecker, 1 over Balladen Clough, calling, Wren, 1, Dunnock...
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Clowbridge Res, 19th Jan 2019
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15:30-16:30 Cormorant, 6 on the 'U'-Boat, Mallard, c40, Goosander, 9, (male with 6 Redheads & a pair), B.H.Gull, c200, Common Gull, c70, Herring Gull, c50, L.B.B.Gull, 2, Stonechat, female in south bay, Bullfinch, pair in car park. Regards, David.
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Strongstry/Finches
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Over the last three days we have had -4 for two nights, driving rain/sleet and sunshine during the day. Finch numbers have fluctuated during this period but on two occasions, Wednesday midday and again this morning the numbers were very high, the highest for Brambling and Chaffinch I have ever seen,...
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Clowbridge Res 18th Jan 19
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Quiet. 23 Cormorant, 2 redhead Goosander, 18 Mallard, 20 BHG.
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Stonefold 18-1-2019
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Mixed flock of Fieldfare 25+ Redwing 6 Starling 11 Cheers Craggy
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Winter Bird Race, 13th January 2019
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08:00-16:00 Three teams of two took part on a very wet, very windy, but comparatively mild day, with a grand total of 62 species seen reflecting the difficult conditions. The individual teams saw the following totals: Team A. (JH & KL) 48 species. Team B. (BK & IB) 51 species. Team C. (BI &...
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Gaghills 12/01/2019
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sparrowhawk - male at our feeders today, apparently a regular visitor. No evidence of any successful kills yetkestrel - 1 over at rooftop level, early afternoon. Not an overly common sight hereredwing - c50 over to Lench Feeders have been quiet in general. Highest counts for each species that have v...
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BIRD RACE TOMORROW 13th Jan
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Sorry it looks like I made a mistake on the Summer / Autumn list See you at 7:45 Waterfoot car park Ian
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Clowbridge Res, 11th January 2019
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13:30 - 13:45 A quick scan from the disabled car park: Common Scoter, drake in middle of res. Herring Gull, c4, Common Gull, 2, B.H.Gull, c12. Regards, David.
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Possible waxwings, Park Road, Bacup 10/01/19
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Possible flock of c40 waxwings flew past the industrial estate towards Bacup around 3:30 pm to 4pm today. Birds flew past at decent speed. Roughly starling sized, but clearly deeper chested. Can't think what else they would be. Probably worth checking any berry trees in the Bacup area tomorrow che...
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Various Sites 6 1 19
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Peers Clough Redwing c10 G S Woodpecker 1 Starling c20 Jackdaw 8 Goldfinch6 Wood Pigeon 6+4+4+2 Blackbird 2 Carrion Crow 2 Magpie Great Tit 2 Robin 1 Edgeside Park Coal Tit 1 House Sparrow c10 Starling 4 New Line Res Goosander 1m Tufted Duck 1m Moorhen 3 Mallard c20 Canada Goose 4 B H Gull c30 Common Gull 4...
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Staghills Woods 06/01/2019
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Woodpigeon - 14great spotted woodpecker - 2robin - 28blackbird - 25song thrush - 4redwing - 9great tit - 20blue tit - 30coal tit - 5long-tailed tit - 4goldcrest - 1treecreeper - 1nuthatch - 4dunnock - 2wren - 14magpie - 7carrion crow - 5raven - 2 over towards Warthstarling - 15house sparrow - 2chaffin...
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Clowbridge Res, 6th Jan 2019
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09:30-11:00 Cormorant, 13 fishing the res, Mallard, c20, Goosander, 1 male and 4 Redheads, Kestrel, 2 singles, may have been the same bird, B.H.Gull, c20, Common Gull, c10, Herring Gull, 6, L.B.B.Gull, 1, Blackbird, 1 in car park, Blue Tit, 2 in car park, House Sparrow, flock of 6 in car park, Chaffin...
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Strongstry feeding station.
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Two consecutive sub zero nights have concentrated the birds into roosting in the Rhododendrons behind the feeding station and then feeding most of the day, this has produced excellent viewing and good numbers as follows..... Numbers are highest actually seen together over two days..... Blue Tit...
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