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Rossendale Birding Thread Part 2
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On the 28th June min 2 Crossbills seen at Calf Hey by a Bury Birder Steven Higginbottom I have made a quite a few visits around Grane over the last 2 weeks and almost daily visits to Holden Wood over the last 2 weeks - no rarities noted but I was not really expecting any. In fact rarities downgraded to the...
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Mitchell’s House Reservoirs 17/12/2018
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1 Shelduck 1 Goldeneye (m) 1 Goosander (m) 7 Mallard 4(m) 3(f) 1 Stonechat (m) 2 Bullfinch 1(m) 1(f) 1 Grey Heron 2 Kestrel 30+ B-H-Gulls 3 G-B-B Gulls (J) Cheers Craggy
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Brex Hill above Lumb, 14/12/18
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One leucistic starling (it was a white bird with some darker speckles on the body) within a flock of approximately 100 scavenging in the fields on the hill side.
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Seat Naze/ Edge Cote 16/12/18
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snipe - 9jack snipe - 4black-headed gull - 40common gull - 27green woodpecker - 1meadow pipit - 1robin - 2blackbird - 1carrion crow - 12magpie - 6jay - 1chaffinch - 2 cheers Kevin
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Rawtenstall, 16th December 2018
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10:00-12:00 Buzzard, 1 behind Leabrook perched in a tree. Later flew over towards Chapel Hill, Sparrowhawk, male at Townsendfold being hassled by B.H.Gull & Common Gull, Moorhen, 3 on HTL, B.H.Gull, c40, Common Gull, 2 up the valley, L.B.B.Gull, c50 over, G.S.Woodpecker, 1 at The Holme, Wren...
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Clowbridge, 15th December 2018
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09:30-10:30 -0.5 degrees, strong easterly making it feel bitterly cold, but dry! Cormorant, 6 on res / 'U'-Boat, Canada Goose, 15 on res flew onto rough field to north, Mallard, c50, Teal, 3 males on shore near boat house, Goosander, Redhead on res plus 4 more on back pond, Kestrel, 1 over Nutshaw and 1...
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Snow Bunting Bull Hill
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One in the rushy bit near the summit this lunch-time. Flushed perhaps 100 metres to the east but could not be re-located. Also today pink-feet heard somewhere around Harcles Hill and 2 stonechats and a pair of tumbling ravens at the top end of Alden. Other bits'n'bobs this week: 45 meadow pipits Cribd...
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Brambling.
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Yesterday evening around dusk a flock of Brambling arrived in trees above the Feeding station in Strongstry, this morning when I put the food out there was no sign of them, but the regular half dozen were still here. Just arrived home at 1100 hrs to find 16+ Brambling feeding on sunflower hearts on the g...
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Chiffchaff EBSW
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Yesterday (9/12) very active at the bottom end around the willow scrub. At least one brambling still at Brian's feeders (none found in Buckden wood). Nothing much on the moors above here Andy
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Cheesden Valley, 9th December 2018
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10:00-12:30 Cormorant, 2 over, Buzzard, 1 soaring over Deeply Hill, Sparrowhawk, female on dry stone wall on Harden Moor, Snipe, 47 on Harden Moor and 2 near Buckhurst, Pheasant, male near Ridshaw, B.H.Gull, c30, Common Gull, c12, Herring Gull, c20, L.B.B.Gull, c6, G.B.B.Gull, c30 with 25 on past...
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Grane, 7th December 2018
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08:30-11:00 Cormorant, 6 on Ogden and 1 on Holden Wood, Grey Heron, 2 flew down towards Holden Wood, Pink Footed Goose, skein of c60 over east, Mallard, c40, Teal, 16 on Ogden at top end, Goldeneye, female on Ogden, Buzzard, 1 over Clough Head, Kestrel, males at Ogden and Jamestones, Red Legged Partri...
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Clowbridge, 8th December 2018
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08:30-09:30 Cormorant, 5 on the 'U'-Boat and 2 flying up the valley, Canada Goose, 14 in north bay, Mallard, 92, Teal, 5 on back pond, Goldeneye, male on res, Goosander, 5 redheads on back pond, Kestrel, 1 near boat house, B.H.Gull, c20 on res / shore, Common Gull, c6 around res, Collared Dove, 1 at Good...
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Lee Mill
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Quick walk up quarry road this morning produced, 4 crows in the field, blue tits and great tits in the hedge, 1 chaffinch, 1 herring gull over, min 4 magpies, min 7 blackbirds, 1 G S woodpecker. In the small wood below the quarry, 4 wood pigeons, coal tits great tits and 1 tree creeper Restocked the...
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Wallbank Lodge, Whitworth. 4/12/2018
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Called in at the lodge this morning and sat on the wall at the side of the road was a Kingfisher. Never seen one doing that before! Dave O.
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Clowbridge, 2nd December 2018
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10:30-11:30 Cormorants, 9 on the 'U'-Boat were later fishing in the res, Canada Goose, 18 in South Bay, Mallard, c20, Goldeneye, Drake in middle of res, Goosander, pair in middle of res later on south bay shoreline, plus 3 Redheads at top end and 2 Redheads on back pond, Moorhen, 1 on Limy, B.H.Gull, c3...
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Strongstry feeding station.
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Bright,sunny and calm 9 degrees. After a slow start things are beginning to get lively.......this morning count. Blue Tit....7 Great Tit....6 Coal Tit.....7 Robin....4 Dunnock....3 Nuthatch.....4 Wren.....1 Goldfinch....18 Bullfinch....1 pair Chaffinch....24 min Brambling....5 possi...
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C Point and Clowbridge re 30th Nov 18,
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C Point. 11 Crossbills flitting around between a few patched of pines, very noisy. Clowbridge Res.. quick viewing from road. 5 Goldeneye (1 male) most Ive seen on here for yrs!, 1 Goosander (male), 13 Cormorant, 16 Mallard, mix of c20 bh and Common Gulls.
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Brambling
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Three Brambling, 2m 1f at the Strongstry feeding station this morning, with a flock of 18 Chaffinch. Regards Brian.
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Chapel Hill, 25th Nov 2018
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10:00-12:00 Grey Heron, 1 at Edge Cote, Buzzard, 1 soaring over The Limy Valley, Peregrine, immature male made 3 passes over Edge Cote before soaring off over Irwell Valley, Jack Snipe, 1 at Edge Cote, Snipe, 75 at Edge Cote plus single near Marl Pits, G.B.B.Gull, 1 over, Herring Gull, c200 over, B.H....
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AMR. 24th Nov 18.
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Ad Med Gull flew through, 4 Goldeneye, 4 Goosander, 1 G C Grebe, 11 Teal, 4 Mallard, c50 large Gulls, 20+ BHGulls. Also a decent number of M Pipits moving south during my 1 1/2 hr visit. (c30).
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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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