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Grane Reservoirs 17/12/17
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GREAT WHITE EGRET - whilst I was in the trees near the car park at Calf Hey, 1 flew over. it appeared to come from the Clough Head area and appeared to be turning to come onto the res. unfortunately it wasn't relocated on any of the reservoirsgrey heron - 1 at Ogdencormorant - 8 at Holden Wood & 11 at Og...
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Chapel Hill, 24th Dec 2017
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14:00-16:00 Grey Heron, 1 on Edge Cote, Kestrel, male hunting rough grassland, Snipe, 19 flushed off Edge Cote, Herring Gull, c12 over, B.H.Gull, c30 over, Redwing, 2, L.T.Tit, flock of c10 in Balladen Clough, Coal Tit, singing bird in Balladen Clough, Jay, calling bird, Magpie, 12 in the same fiel...
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Chiffchaff.
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Calm, damp, 9 degrees. This morning, a Chiffchaff was feeding along a hedge row near East view lodge, I had one here on the 24 October this year, over wintered, ?. Regards Brian.
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Whooper Swans Holden Wood
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Grane and Quarries 8.30am-12.30pm Lots of fog:- Holden Wood:- 15 mallard 1 Coot 2 Moorhen 1 singing Mistle Thrush 2-3 Meadow Pipits 2 redwing over Ogden:- 5 Goldeneye - 1 male and 4 females Calf Hey:- 8 min long tailed tits in car park area Quarries 1 Kestrel min 30 Redwing min 4 Meadow Pipit 10-...
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Reedsholme 22/12/17
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Song Thrush starting to sing in a feeble sort of way this afternoon. - Bob.
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Holdenwood Res, Thursday 21 December.
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6 Mallard 2 Goosander, 1 G. C. Grebe 1 Coot 1 Wen. Neil
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18-19/12/17
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18/12. Blackbird- goup of 4 at the bottom of Cribbden Clough +3 nr St Marys primary school + 1 at Tesco Reed Bunting- 3 nr Twin Lodges Stonechat- 1 juv M nr Twin Lodges,1st for this area (for me), probable cold weather movement 1 Jay calling- Cribden Clough Magpie- group of 10 at Twin Lodges Jackdaw- grou...
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Musbury, 15th Dec 2017
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14:30-16:00 Grey Heron, 1 flew down the valley, Buzzard, pair in tussles with a Raven, Kestrel, 3 singles, Pheasant, 2 males, Green Woodpecker, single feeding on grass mound flew to nearby tree, Raven, single tumbling and calling and in tussles with a pair of Buzzards, Goldfinch, 4 feeding on grass...
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Woodcock
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Bird flew out of trees near hornclffe landfill this morning cheers andrew
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C/booth 11-12th Dec.
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Big increase of birds coming to the bird food at home, particularly Blackbirds. Counted 27! at first light yesterday (12th). Also 9 Brambling there (12th) after 3 there (11th) With c6 Chaffinch. Very little else finch wise coming considering 1-2 of snow cover. Big multi species group occ passing by...
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Strongstry winter feeding station.
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After several days of sub zero temperatures (-6 lowest) the rain came today and the temp rose to a balmy +6. It has been a week of quantiy rather than quality with a couple of interesting moments. Numbers are an estimate during very active periods. Blue Tit....20 + Great Tit....15 + Coal Tit ....possib...
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Clowbridge, 9th Dec 2017
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09:30-10:30 Cormorant, several coming and going with max 4 on res at any time, Pink Footed Goose, skein of 9 over east, Mallard, c30, mainly on Limy, Kestrel, a single at either end of the res, G.B.B.Gull, 4 on res, Herring Gull, c20 on res, Common Gull, c4 on res, B.H.Gull, 14 on res, Little Owl, 1 on dry s...
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The Holme to E.B.S.W. 3/12/17
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Long-tailed Tit - heard at K. steels + flock of 5 nr motorway bridge. 1f Goosander on river 2 Grey Heron in field 1 Dipper Pr Collared Dove at Ewood Bridge E.B.S.W. c40 Pied Wagtail 2 Grey Wagtail 6 Meadow Pipit 2 Stock Dove 1 Common Gull 60+ B.H.Gull c7 Starling 13 Mallard 1 Buzzard along river in trees nr m...
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Chapel Hill, 3rd Dec 2017
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10:30-12:30 Pink Footed Goose, skein of 21 over west, Buzzard, distant bird over Horncliffe, Sparrowhawk, 1 flew over Balladen Clough, Woodcock, 1 flew over a conifer plantation, Snipe, 23 flushed off Edge Cote, B.H.Gull, c20 on pasture and on Marl Pits, Common Gull, 2 on pasture and c20 over north...
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Jack Lodge & Clough Bottom 03/10/17
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Jack Lodge/ Shadlock Cotecormorant - 1black headed gull - 16common gull - 1kestrel - 1great spotted woodpecker - 1pied wagtail - 3 chased the kestrelmeadow pipit - 1mistle thrush - 2starling -17bullfinch calling Clough Bottommallard - 8pintail - 1 maleblack headed gull - c80common gull - c30herr...
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Rawtenstall to EBSW 011017
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cormorant - 1 flying upstream over K Steelsgrey heron - 1 at Townsendfold & 1 over Ewood Bridgemallard - 32 at Tesco, 1pr at K Steels & 32 at EBSWgoosander - 1 at Groundworkbuzzard - 2 at EBSWkestrel - 2 at EBSWmoorhen - 1 in the goat field near Holmes Terrace Lodge (lodge frozen)black headed gu...
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Warth & Cowpe Lowe 30/11/17
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cormorant - 1 flew down the Irwell valley and dropped onto the river below Staghills Woodsheron - 1 at Warthbuzzard - 1 harassed by a herring gullkestrel - 1 at Warth & 1 near Lowe Lodgelarge gulls - c85 flew down the Irwell valley around 10:35. Appeared to be mostly herring gulls. golden plover...
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Seat Naze, Edge Cote & Marl Pits
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Seat Naze, Edge Cotebuzzard - 1kestrel - 1snipe - 32jack snipe - 1common gull - - 2black headed gull - 2mistle thrush - 1goldcrest - c4wren - 1starling - c50carrion crow - 122jackdaw - 2magpie - 11 Marl Pitsredwing - 3siskin - - 6bullfinch - 2 Also 1 kingfisher on the River Whitewell from Baltic Bridge...
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Reedsholme 27/11/17
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Reedsholme - 1 Raven calling - poss. another or same bird 20 mins later. 1 Buzzard c30 large gull >S then intermittant passage N. over the day involving c60 birds, but could have been many more. Bob.
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Clowbridge, 26th November 2017
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08:30-10:00 Cormorant, 1 on the U-Boat, Mallard, 2 on res, 8 on Limy, Goosander, male on back pond then on res, Kestrel, 1 over rough grassland, Moorhen, 1 on Limy, B.H.Gull, c6 on res and c20 over, Common Gull, 3 over, Herring Gull, c40 over, G.B.B.Gull, immature on res flew off west, Meadow Pipit, 1 ov...
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Cowm Reservoir. 26/11/17
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Male Goosander still present
2 Tufted Duck
28 Mallard
30 BH Gull
2 Common Gull
2 LB Gull
2 Robin
5 Blackbird
Chaffinch
4 Carrion Crow
3 Magpie
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Strongstry feeding station.
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Rain, sleet, snow, sunshine, calm, barely made 3 degrees. 1000 to 1300 hrs. Blue Tit....15 Great Tit...12 Coal Tit....10 Goldfinch....7 Chaffinch....27 Robin....4 Dunnock....3 Wren....2 Goldcrest...2 Treecreeper....1 Nuthatch....5 Bullfinch....1 M Blackbird....13 Song Thrush....2 G...
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Grane 19/11/2017
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pink - footed goose - 1 with Canada geese at OgdenCanada goose - min 215 at Ogdenteal - 4 at Holden Wood & 9 at Calf Heymallard - 30 at Holden Wood, 8 at Ogden, 16 at Calf Hey & 1 pr at Jamestonesgoldeneye - 1 male & 5 females at Ogdenpheasant - 1 female at Holden Woodcormorant - 9 at Holden Wood &am...
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Chapel Hill, 19th Nov 2017
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08:30-10:30 Buzzard, 1 over Seat Naze mobbed by a Crow, Snipe, 17 flushed off Edge Cote, B.H.Gull, c20 on pasture, Common Gull, c10 over, L.B.B.Gull, c200 over, Herring Gull, c50 over, G.B.B.Gull, 1 over, Wood Pigeon, c60 in Brookes' Wood & c30 over, Collared Dove, 1 on Newchurch Road, Wren, c8,...
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Clowbridge Res
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10:45
6 Whooper Swans on the res.
Flew around the res then settled again.
Many thanks to Archie for the message they were there!
Regards
David Nuttall
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Warth,Wallbank Lodge, Spring Mill & Cowm
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Warthgrey heron - 1cormorant - 3 flew down the valleymallard - 5goosander - 3 redheadskestrel - 1herring gull - 6 flying down the valleylesser black backed gull - 6 flying down the valleygreen woodpecker - 1stock dove - 2grey wagtail - 1woodpigeon - 1robin - 9blackbird - 14mistle thrush - 1wren - 6dun...
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Mitchell's House Res, 12th Nov 2017
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15:00-16:30 Goosander, 1 Redhead on res bank was joined by two more as dusk approached, Kestrel, at least 3 with one bird carrying a vole, Lapwing, a flock of 10 flying around the reservoir, B.H.Gull, c12 on res, Common Gull, c6 on res with c10 over, Herring Gull, c20 over, L.B.B.Gull, c12 on res and c30...
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Clowbridge, 11th Nov 2017
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10:00-11:00 Cormorant, 3 fishing the res, Mallard, c6, Kestrel, 2 at top end, Pheasant, male on pasture near point Wood, Moorhen, 3 on Limy, B.H.Gull, c20, Common Gull, 6, L.B.B.Gull, 1 on res and 4 over, Little Owl, 2 on dry stone walls near Nutshaw, Pied Wagtail, 1 on res bank, Goldcrest, calling in P...
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Strongstry feeding station.
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Calm, dry, minus 2 overnight, plus 2 at 1030 am. Blackbird numbers have increased as have Chaffinch over the last week, first Treecreeper taking fat this morning. Two Siskin with Goldfinch feeding on niger this morning first this autumn, but the stars of the show are still the Jays, there are regular...
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Haslingden Moor, 6 November
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2 Red Grouse 23 Snipe 1 Meadow Pipit 6 Carrion Crow 2 Kestrels Neil
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