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Grane, 2nd March 2019
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08:00-10:00 G.C.Grebe, singles on Holden Wood & Calf Hey, Cormorant, 3 on Ogden, Grey Heron, 1 on Holden Wood, Canada Goose, c30, several in pairs, Mallard, c12, Teal, 5 on Holden Wood & 5 in drain at Ogden, Pheasant, 2 calling birds, Curlew, single flew down the valley, Oystercatcher, pair...
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Little Egret
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Damp, cool and misty, 6 degrees. Single Little Egret feeding on the Irwell just upstream of Stubbins road bridge at 0830 hours this morning, it was then disturbed by people on the bridge and flew upstream towards Alderbottom. Regards Brian.
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Bull Hill to Musbury Height
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Golden Plover - 35 to 40 flying around Scholes Height area then 15 north over Causeway Height. Single birds at 3 locations Lapwing - 8 nr Bull Hill then 16 Causeway Height Curlew - 1 Scholes Height and 1 west of Causeway Height Snipe - 1 Scholes Height Red Grouse - 1 Wet Moss Probably less than 10 skylarks t...
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Ewood Bridge area
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One singing chiffchaff in the sewage works - presumably the bird recorded a couple of times over the winter rather than a new migrant. Two male goosanders having a bit of a barney north of the bridge (2 females present). Greylags nr K Steel and single coot still HTL Andy
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Cribden/ Mitchell's House 24/2/19
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Cribden - 2 red grouse about a mile north of the summit on Cribden Moor. These are , I think, the first I've seen in this area. Also around here 8 snipe, 4 meadow pipits and reasonable numbers of skylarks Mitchell's House - one bubbling curlew and one other calling. Male tufted duck and two goosanders on t...
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Spring Mill & Cowm 24/02/2019
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Spring MillCormorant - 3Canada goose - 26tufted duck - 1 malegoosander - 1 male, 4 femalekestrel - 2lapwing - 16herring gull - 15lesser black-backed gull - 1common gull - 3black-headed gull - c70woodpigeon - 47stock dove - 1prskylark - 1 calling near the res & 1 singing from adjacent moorlandgr...
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Reedshome 24/2/19
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2pr Buzzard soaring, mid morning + 1 moving S. later. Pr Grey Wagtail on river - female inspecting nest sites Greenfinch, Chaffinch, Wren, Robin, Dunnock all in song Blackbird sub song 1 Cormorant flew S. Pr Raven soaring over c600 Jackdaw at roost 18:10 hrs, lesser numbers of C.crow. Bob.
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Clowbridge, 24th Feb 2019
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09:30 - 11:00 G.C.Grebe, pair on res, Cormorant, 2 on the res, Mallard, c6, Goosander, redhead on back pond, Buzzard, pair over hassled by corvids, Curlew, 1 over calling, B.H.Gull, c40 on res, Common Gull, c8 on res, Herring Gull, 5 on res, Skylark, c6 singing birds, Pied Wagtail, 1 on res wall, Meado...
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Waterfoot to Cowpe Lowe 23/02/2019
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cormorant - 1 flew down the Irwell Valleygrey heron - 10 at WarthCanada goose - 1pr at Warth & at least 1pr at Cowpe Res (viewed from Cowpe Lowe)mallard - 3prs at Lench Lodgesmoorhen - 1 at Lench Lodgesgolden plover - flocks of 15 & 4 at Cowpe Lowesnipe - 1 at Cowpe Lowelesser black-backed gull - 4...
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Various sites 22 Feb
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Bull Hill and Moors north c200 Pinkfeet over west, 1 woodcock near summit, 1 snipe, 1 golden plover. Decent numbers of skylarks on the whole moor. Grane 2 great crested grebes (displaying), 6 goldeneye (total), 6 teal (HWR), 10 oystercatchers, 14 lapwings in the breeding field plus about 20 others....
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New Line 20 2 19
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New Line Goosander 1m + 4r Tufted Duck 1m Moorhen 3 Canada Goose 3 pair Mallard c20 Peter
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Back Garden! 19th Feb 2019
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Half term holiday so family at home whilst I'm at work. Got home to a video of a female Sparrowhawk taking a Jackdaw in our back garden. It took the Sparrowhawk over 20 minutes to subdue the Jackdaw and a further 90 minutes to devour it. Looking at the struggle on the video the Jackdaw was almost the same si...
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H W R 19-2-2019
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Mediterranean Gull 1 Goldeneye 2 M/F displaying G C Grebe 1 Coot 2 Oystercatchers 10 Lapwing 16 Cheers Craggy
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curlew calling at about 11pm last night
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Grane Med Gull &c
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Adult Mediterranean gull present again this morning HWR - not there on my way up around 9.00 but there on the way back around 11.00. Still present when I left c11.30 (looks like the same bird as yesterday) Also around Grane today: Great crested grebe - 1HWR Teal - 6 HWR Goldeneye - 1 male HWR and 2m/1f Calf...
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Grane, 17th Feb 2019
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09:30-12:00 G.C.Grebe, 1 on Holden Wood, Cormorant, 5 on Holden Wood, Grey Heron, 1 flying east down the valley, Canada Goose, c130 in field by Holden Wood, Mallard, pair on Holden Wood, Buzzard, pair soaring and calling, Coot, 3 on Holden Wood, Moorhen, 2 on Holden Wood, Oystercatcher, 8 in fields a...
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Cowm Res and New Line 17 2 19
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Cowm Goosander 1 pair Tufted Duck 1m Canada Goose 3 Mallard c30 Herring Gull 40 B H Gull 3 Chaffinch birds in song Greenfinch 3 minimum Goldfinch several small charms Bullfinch 2 minimum calling Goldcrest 2 Coal Tit 1 Calling L T Tit 1 over Pied Wagtail 1 Blue Tit c8 Great Tit c10 Blackbird 4 Magpie 12 in o...
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Northern Reservoirs, 16th Feb 2019
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Clowbridge Res, 08:30-09:00 Cormorant, 5 on the 'U'-Boat, Mallard, pair, B.H.Gull, c20, Common Gull, c6, Herring Gull, 4 on res and c60 over, Skylark, 7, including group of 5 and 1 singing bird, Rook, 2 over and c6 at rookery in Crawshawbooth, House Sparrow, c12 in car park, Goldfinch, charm of 4 in ca...
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Mostly Grane
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One great crested grebe on Ogden Res today and oystercatchers have increased to 6. Otherwise just the usual waterfowl Ogden and Calf Hey (not a full circuit). 6 or 7 skylarks Bull Hill (2 singing) and 3 between Alden and Musbury. A treecreeper along Holcombe road next to the allotments was an unusual s...
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Harden Moor etc
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One jack snipe with about 25 common snipe this morning. 2 skylarks singing and several others around/over (perhaps 20 today with groups of 3 and 5 Dearden Moor and a few around AMR/Cheesden with one singing here). On AMR around 80 lapwings, 8 teal and 3 goldeneye. Relatively small numbers of gulls - mo...
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Mitchell’s House Reservoirs 13-2-2019
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1 Skylark singing 150+ Gulls on the water mostly Black-headed with 3 Great Black-backed 2 Herring Gulls 22 Canada Geese Mixed flock of Fieldfare with 2 Redwing and 2 Mistle Thrush Cheers Craggy
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Grane 12 Feb
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One oystercatcher over Ogden this morning then possibly the same bird Jamestones a little later Two (pair?) lapwings in the breeding field HWR, also 4 teal, one coot, one heron. one common gull and about 100 black-headed. One goldeneye, 2 great black-backed gulls Ogden Andy
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Golden Plovers Cowpe Lowe 11 Feb
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At least 50 north of the summit yesterday, plus 5 snipe. Also yesterday one golden plover and a snipe Cowpe Moss, and 3 or four skylarks on the edge of the moors above AMR - one of these in half-hearted song. 3 goldeneye and a few gulls AMR. One stonechat and 2 pied wagtails the only passerines noted here. L...
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Buckden woods/Porritt lodge area.
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Overcast, cool North Westerly, five degrees, first light till 1030 hrs. Yesterday evening I watched a Woodcock half heartedly displaying over Buckden woods. This morning in the same area the bird was feeding then flew up the Clough where it has been seen several times over the last weeks. Also of in...
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Grane, 10th Feb 2019
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14:30-16:00 Cormorant, 3 in trees at Holden Wood and 4 on Ogden, Canada Goose, 94 on pasture at Holden Wood and 22 on pasture at top end of Ogden, Mallard, 12, Goldeneye, male on Holden Wood and a pair on Ogden, Kestrel, 2 singles, Moorhen, 2 in dispute at Holden Wood, Lapwing, single at Holden Wood, B.H....
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Gaghills to Holmes Terrace Lodge via Edge Cote 10/02/2019
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cormorant - 1 over Waterfoot & 2 flying towards Grane over Rawtenstallgrey heron - 2 at Holmes Terrace Lodge & 1 over NewchurchCanada goose - 1pr at Holmes Terrace Lodgermallard - 30 at Rawtenstall & 3prs at Holmes Terrace Lodgemoorhen - 1 at Holmes Terrace Lodgebuzzard - 1 over The Holm...
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Clowbridge Res, 10th Feb 2019
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09:00 - 10:00 Cormorant, 14 fishing the res then later on the U-Boat, Canada Goose, pair back in usual spot then later on the lagoon, Mallard, c30, Goosander, 3 Redheads on back pond, B.H.Gull, c20 on res, Common Gull, c10 on res, Herring Gull, 3 on res and c20 over west, L.B.B.Gull, c20 over west, G.B.B...
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Gaghills feeding station 02/02/2019
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3 brambling (2m & 1f) present today. First we have had all winter, as far as I am aware cheers Kevin
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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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