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Mitchell's House/Clowbridge 23/11
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Mitchell's House - 24 goosanders the only waterfowl, plus around 150 herring gulls and 50 black-headed gulls. Single figures of common and lesser black-backed gulls. Nearby single stonechat and reed bunting to the north, a late skylark over Black Moss and 60 lapwings on the way to Stonefold Clowbr...
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Redwing.
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Just had three Redwing feeding on chopped apples on the ground at the winter feeding station Strongstry. Regards Brian.
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Peer's Clough & Clough Bottom etc 19/11/18
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Peer's Cloughsparrowhawk - male attacking a charm of 10 goldfinchkestrel - 1stock dove - 4meadow pipit - 4dipper - 2robin - 2blackbird - 7fieldfare - 13song thrush - 1starling - 28wren - 1dunnock - 1great tit - 6blue tit - 2chaffinch - 4goldfinch - 18reed bunting - 2 Swinshaw Moorsnipe - 7herring gull...
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Sring Mill Res & Fern Isle Wood 18/11/18
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Spring Mill cormorant - 2tufted duck - 1 malebuzzard - 1kestrel - 1black-headed gull - 52common gull - 1Mediterranean gull - 1herring gull - 40lesser-black backed gull - 5little owl - 1stock dove - 2green woodpecker - 1meadow pipit - 13pied wagtail - 1stonechat - 1prjackdaw - 22carrion crow - 4magpi...
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Grane, 18th Nov 2018
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08:30-11:00 Cormorant, 2 on Holden Wood and 2 on Ogden, Pink Footed Goose, skein of c110 over west, Canada Goose, 43 on pasture near Holden Wood, Mallard, c12, Kestrel, 2 singles, Lapwing, 4 on Ogden shore, G.B.B.Gull, adult at top end of Ogden, B.H.Gull, c20 on Holden Wood, Fieldfare, c150 in flocks...
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Greenfold etc 17/11
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2 golden plovers at the top end with about 200 starlings plus 30-40 meadow pipits and a reed bunting. A teal and 2 mallards flew in from the north. On the way up a woodcock at the bottom of Bonfire Hill (flushed by a dog coming to have a yap at me). Two stonechats and a reed bunting behind the boathouse the onl...
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Nutshaw, 17th Nov 2018
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10:00-11:30 Cormorant, 7 on Clowbridge, Teal, 1 in north bay, Mallard, 3 over, Buzzard, 2 inc very pale bird which flew into New Laithe, Sparrowhawk, male and female through, Kestrel, 3, Lapwing, flock of 20 over southwest, G.B.B.Gull, 1 on Clowbridge, Common Gull, 2 on Clowbridge, B.H.Gull, c15 o...
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Harden Moor etc
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Harden Moor Amongst 60+ common snipe, at least 2 jack snipe and a woodcock. 20 meadow pipits here and 8 over Bamford Lane AMR - 3 goldeneye, 4 goosanders, 1 teal, 21 lapwings. Around 200 gulls, not counted but all 5 common species present. c70 fieldfares to west Cowpe Moss - 15 snipe and 4 golden plover (...
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Cowpe 14/11/18
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cormorant - 4 on Cowpe Resgrey heron - 1 at Lench Lodgessparrowhawk - 1 over Lench and another or possibly the same bird seen later flying down the valleykestrel - 1 near Cowpe Resblack-headed gull - 2 at Cowpe Reslesser black-backed gull - 4 at Cowpe Resherring gull - 150 at Cowpe Reslittle owl - 1 near C...
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Stubbins to Ewood bridge round robin.
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Sunshine, light south westerly and 10 degrees. 1200/1600 hrs Lovely November afternoon along the river with plenty of insect life, and a late Red Admiral on a fence post at Alderbottom..... Did not see any feeding flocks but plenty of Blue,Great and Coal Tits around the woods. Two parties of Long-ta...
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Fieldfares etc 12/11/18
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3 flocks of fieldfares c120, c100 & c100 flew south over Waterfoot between 7:20am & 7:30am. They appeared to have roosted locally overnight. Last night, whilst I was walking the dogs between 10 & 10:30pm I heard redwing calls overhead at least 7 times 100 - 200 herring gulls are seen dai...
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Grane 11/11/18
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great crested grebe - 1 on Ogdencormorant - 3 on Holden Wood & 4 on Ogdenmallard - 8 at Holden Wood, 2 at Ogden & 14 at Calf Heyteal - 4 at Holden Wood, 3 at Ogden & 5 at Calf Heywigeon - 1 male at Holden Woodgoldeneye - female in Jamestones Quarrygoosander - flock of 7 flew over Haslingden Centre...
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Clowbridge, 11th November 2018
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09:00-10:00 Cormorant, 6, Mallard, c12, Teal, 8 flew into north bay and swam to the shore, Goosander, Redhead on shore, Lapwing, flock of c50 over south, B.H.Gull, c10 in south bay, Common Gull, c6 in south bay, Herring Gull, 1 in south bay and c30 over south west, Meadow Pipit, 1 in south bay and flock o...
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Fieldfares
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This morning between around 10.00/11.30 flocks of c150, 100 and 100 around Alden then around 500 Musbury all heading south. Also present a peregrine and two kestrels (Alden), and a red grouse heard from Bull Hill. Apart from the fieldfares passerines very thin on the ground high up - only one reed bun...
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Clough Bottom 4 11 18
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Clough Bottom G S Woodpecker 1 Linnet 10 Meadow Pipit c50 Lapwing c50 + 10 Grey Wagtail 3 Chaffinch c10 Goldfinch 3 Kestrel 1 Stonechat 2 Mallard 5 Carrion Crow 7 Magpie 3 Blackbird 4 Wren 2 Robin 2 Herring Gull C100 L B B Gull 3 Common Gull 3 B H Gull c20 Peter and John
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Cheesden Valley, 4th November 2018
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07:30-11:30 Cormorant, 2 singles up the valley, Grey Heron, 2 singles, Canada Goose, 2 on bottom lodge & c70 feeding on pasture, Teal, 4 on bottom lodge & 5 on flash, Mallard, c20, Sparrowhawk, 2 males near Deeply Vale in a tussle, Peregrine, male flashed through and later seen with female, K...
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Seat Naze/ Edge Cote 04/11/18
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buzzard - 1kestrel - 1sparrowhawk - male over Constable Leelapwing - 59 over towards the Hile, probably from Peer's Cloughsnipe - 68jack snipe - 1 meadow pipit - 29pied wagtail - 1woodpigeon - flocks of 7, 8 & 11redwing - 5fieldfare - 5mistle thrush - 1long-tailed tit - flock of 14goldcrest - 3ra...
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Heap clough/Clough Head.
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Strong southerly, overcast 10 degrees. 0800/1030hrs. Good numbers of Fieldfare and Redwing in scattered flocks all round, totals about 60 Fieldfare, 80 Redwing. Also of note... Female Goldeneye on Jamestones and 5 Stock Doves on rock face. Several Meadow Pipits around Deep Clough. Three Kestre...
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Clowbridge, 3rd November 2018
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09:00-10:00 Cormorant, 7 on the U-Boat, Mallard, c20 on Limy, 4 over res, Teal, 3 drakes & 1 duck on back pond, Kestrel, 2 over the moors, Moorhen, 1 on Limy, B.H.Gull, 26 on res shore, Common Gull, 5 on res shore, Herring Gull, on res shore, G.B.B.Gull, adult in middle of res, Meadow Pipit, c8 on res s...
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Crossbills Grane
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10-15 over Clough Head car park (east) this morning. While looking for these in the nearby plantations a flock of 31 over east (some still present in the trees), then a further 8 east above Jamestones which disappeared over Troy (probably flying through). A little later birds heard again flying east...
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Whoopers Clowbridge Res 2nd Nov 18.
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8 Whooper Swans on res at 1pm SE bay. Plus 50 Lapwing, 2 Teal and 4 Cormorant. -- Edited by C Bel on Friday 2nd of November 2018 02:25:36 PM
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Brambling
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This was reported today on vismig....
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Harden Moor
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Bury old road/Harden Moor round robin, 0900/1300 hrs Sunny calm 10 degrees. Redwing...scattered flocks all round, total around 60. Fieldfare....45 in Hawthorn and fields near Ridshaw. Stonechat.....pair as above. Snipe....flock of six and two singles Harden moor. Pheasant.....several aro...
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Winter feeding station
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The winter feeding station has been built up slowly over the last few weeks and is now in full swing, nothing significant yet but of note is good numbers of Coal Tit and very good numbers of of Goldfinch, two resident Song Thrush but low numbers of Blackbird. Regards Brian.
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Migrants.
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Large movement of Fieldfare, around 150 through Edenfield this morning, also several Redwing and Continental Blackbirds. Info thanks to Geoff M. Regards Brian.
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Spring Mill Res & Wallbank Lodge 28/10/18
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Spring Mill Rescormorant - 5goosander - 11black-headed gull - 12common gull - 2buzzard - 2kestrel - 1little owl - 1green woodpecker - 1stock dove - 1prwoodpigeon - 20meadow pipit - 2stonechat - 1prfieldfare - flocks of 25, 22, c70, 9 & c70magpie - 9carrion crow - 2jackdaw - 29goldfinch - 6 & 2...
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Twine Valley and New Line 28 10 18
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Twine Buzzard 2 Kestrel 1 Sparrow Hawk 1 Jackdaw c60 Starling 10 Wood Pigeon 4 Stock Dove 1 Heron 1 L T Tit c6 Goldfinch 8 Chaffinch 3 Blackbird 6 Mistle Thrush 1 Bullfinch 1 New Line Mallard c50 Canada Geese 14 Moorhen 2 Starling c100 Jackdaw c50 Mixed flock 200+ gulls Black Headed, Common, Herring and...
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Grane, 28th October 2018
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08:30-12:00 Cormorant, 5 on Ogden, Whooper Swan, 1 on Holden Wood, Canada Goose, c50 at Holden Wood and c70 at Ogden, Wigeon, 1 on Holden Wood and 3 on Ogden, Teal, at least 14 on Holden Wood, Mallard, c20 on Holden Wood & 7 in Troy, Goldeneye, 4 on Holden Wood were probably later on Calf Hey. 1 in James...
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Cowm Reservoir, Whitworth. 27/10/2018
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Excellent walk around the reservoir seeing: - 160 Pink-footed Geese (heading east) 60 Canada Geese, 35 Mallard, Cormorant, Grey Heron, 30 Black headed Gull, Common Gull, 10 Woodpigeon, Kestrel, 8 Magpie, 4 Jay, 7 Jackdaw, 12 Carrion Crow, 3 Goldcrest, 6 Blue Tit, 10 Great Tit, 2 Coal Tit, Treecreep...
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Clowbridge, 27th October 2018
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10:00-11:00 Cormorant, 7 around the res, Pink Footed Goose, skein of approx.70 birds up the valley then off to the east, Canada Goose, 41 feeding in rough field north of res, Mallard, c12, Buzzard, 1 over Hameldon and 1 over Crawshawbooth, Kestrel, 1, Lapwing, flock of 53 on shore near south bay then l...
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