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Strongstry feeding station
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First light 0745, 1 inch of snow on the ground, -7 degrees, calm, Sun coming up. Several kilos of peanuts, sunflower hearts, niger, mixed seed, chopped fruit and fat laced with all of the previous. Sit back in the warm, cup of tea/toast and start counting, now thats Bird watching....... Blackbird......
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Cowpe 050218
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cormorant - 4 on Cowpe ResCanada goose - 4 0n Cowpe Ressparrowhawk - 1herring gull - c400 in the Kearns / Cowpe Res areacommon gull - 2woodpigeon - c10feral pigeon - 20pied wagtail - 1 near Cowpe Reskingfisher - 1 at Lench and possibly the same bird on Cowpe Brooknuthatch - 1 at Lenchdunnock - 5wren - 4rob...
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Mitchell's House Res, 4th Feb 2018
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15:30-16:30 Goosander, 10, inc 2 males, Kestrel, 1, Herring Gull, c50 on res & c200 over west, G.B.B.Gull, 15 on res & 3 on pasture, all adults, Grey Wagtail, 1 in outflow, Regards, David Nuttall. P.S. Tawny Owls calling on Newchurch Road, Rawtenstall this evening.
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Reaps Moss, 4th Feb 2018
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13:00-14:30 Pink Footed Goose, skein of c40 over west, Goosander, 4 (2 males) flew up from Todmorden over into Bacup, Common Gull, 1 feeding in snowy field, Herring Gull, c20 over, G.B.B.Gull, 1 over, Raven, group of 3 over. Regards, David Nuttall.
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Broadclough, 4th Feb 2018
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10:30-11:30 Stock Dove, pair plus a single, Collared Dove, 1, Dunnock, 4, 1 in song, Song Thrush, 1, L.T.Tit, pair, Coal Tit, 2 singing birds, Nuthatch, 1 in song, Jay, min 3, possibly 5, Rook, 2 in the rookery, Raven, 1 flew up the valley, Chaffinch, 2. Regards, David Nuttall.
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Waterfoot to EBSW via Whinberry Naze 04/02/2018
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grey heron - 11 at Warth & 1 at EBSWcormorant - 1 over Warth to CowpeCanada goose - 1pr at Holmes Terrace Lodge & 1pr at EBSWmallard - 6 in Waterfoot, 1pr at Warth, c30 at Tesco in Rawtenstall & c10 on the beds at EBSWgoosander - 1 pr off Baltic Bridge in Waterfoot & a female at K Steels buz...
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Clowbridge, 4th Feb 2018
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08:30 - 09:15 Cormorant, 5 on the res, Grey Heron, 1 over towards Waggoners, Pink Footed Goose, skein of c60 over west, Mallard, c8 on Limy, Moorhen, 1 on Limy, B.H. Gull, c12, Common Gull, 2 on res, Herring Gull, c12 on res, Dunnock, c4, 1 in song, Wren, 1 in song, Robin, 1 in song, Coal Tit, pair in car park...
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Ogden, Grane 2nd Feb.
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5 Goldeneye (2 males). 5 Cormorant. 67 Canada Geese. 2 Buzzard displaying high above.
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Bramblings
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7 (3 males) Bramblings feeding on sunflower seeds outside our house, Goodshaw Lane, this afternoon. Also 3 Siskin in trees.
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Strongstry feeding station.
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Another mixed week of weather....sun, snow, hail, and wind...-2 to +9 degrees. Crocus and Snowdrops in flower. Most of what you would expect are here in good numbers. Of note.... Big increase in Woodpigeon Numbers. Blackbird numbers down. Chaffinch Flock has increased to 40+ (no Brambling) Three...
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Fieldfares..
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There has been a noticeable increase in Fieldfares this past week or so, (from none all winter to birds being seen!) ever time Ive been out Ive seen decent sized groups flying about and most of the time they have been moving in a northerly direction. Must be birds returning back north from Southern Euro...
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Greenfold 29/1/18
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17 Rook in horse paddock off Goodshaw Lane c40 Lapwing w/small starling flock in horse paddocks c40 flock of Golden Plover flighting over farthest fields 1 Kestrel 2 Long-tailed Tits at Rushbed 1 Goldcrest at Folly tip 1 Cormorant + 1 Grey Heron at Shortclough res. Pr Buzzard over Bonfire Hill area Bo...
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Big Garden Birdwatch , Sunday 28 January
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Ventnor road, Haslingden. Strong winds kept bird numbers low. 1 Blue Tit 1 Collared Dove 2 Dunnock 3 Goldfinch 3 House Sparrows 1 Robin 1 Woodpigeon 3 Bullfinch 1 Goldcrest From Neil and Susan
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Clowbridge, 28th Jan 2018
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16:00-17:00 Canada Goose, 27 flew south off the res, Mallard, c12 on Limy, Kestrel, 1 over Nutshaw, Moorhen, 2 on Limy, Common Sandpiper, 1 on bankside of Limy looking up stream from car park bridge, B.H.Gull, c150 on res, Common Gull, c50 on res, Herring Gull, flocks of 8,9 & 11 over west, L.T.Tit...
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Landgate & Spring Mill 28/01/18
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Landgateherring gull - 4 flying down the valley & 16 flying up the valleylesser black backed gull - 2 flying down the valleygreat black backed gull - flock of 6 flew up the valleyblack headed gull - c50 overlittle owl -1stock dove - 1woodpigeon - flocks of 40 & 9 flying south eastmeadow pipit - 1...
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magpies 25.1.18
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Min 25 magpies on land behind Industrial St Bacup today. I've seen them turning over moss on the old playground, they are there almost every day recently
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Various 24/1/18
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Nuthatch calling - Reedsholme Shortclough res.- 2 Goosander 12 Canada Goose 4 Mallard 1 Grey Heron 1m Kestrel - Bonfire Hill 1m Stonechat - Greenfold Flock of 26 Lapwing - Greenfold Lots of Magpie activity throughout, largest flock - 6 birds. Bob.
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Grane 210118
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Holden Woodcormorant - 3great crested grebe - 1mallard - 5teal - 10moorhen - 1coot - 2great black backed gull - 1herring gull - flock of 7 overblack headed gull - 13meadow pipit - 1 calling plus possibly 2 other birdsstonechat - 1 male plus possibly 2 other birdsmagpie - 2carrion crow - 3goldfinch - flo...
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Reedsholme 15/1/18
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Passage of 130+ mainly herring gulls moving up the Limy valley at 15:00hrs approx. Lasted about 20 minutes or so. Bob.
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ROC Winter Bird Race, 14th Jan 2018
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08:00-16:00 A good turn out of 8 people helped achieve a record breaking total of 70 species seen on today's bird race. Team winners were John & Kevin with 60 species and team totals were as follows: John & Kevin 60 species. Bob & David 57 species. Brian & Sarfraz 55 species. Ia...
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Reedsholme - Waingate 12/1/18
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1m Bullfinch - Sunnyside Park 1 Common Gull with c24 Fieldfares on sheep pasture at Chapel Hill. Waingate - 8+ Long-tailed Tit 10+ mixed Blue & Grt Tit 1 Coal Tit 1 Treecreeper 1 Nuthatch c10 Goldfinch c3 Greenfinch c4 Chaffinch 2 Blackbird 1f Goosander at Tip Lodge Dunnocks and robins in song, wre...
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Clowbridge Res 12th Jan '18.
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10 - 12am. Nice to see the Common Sandpiper still here, a 2nd winter one of these has wintered in the area. Same bird?? Not much else there though.. Goosander 5 (2 males), Mallard 18, Cormorant 4 (seem to be less numerous this winter on here), B H Gull 20, Common Gull 12, Kestrel 1..
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Tawny Owl.
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Pair of Tawny Owls very vocal moving through local woodland. Regards Brian.
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River Irwell Strongstry.
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The river has been high and coloured for sometime, it has now cleared and dropped to a reasonable level. Walked the bank both sides Stubbins to Ewood Bridge, the following is just river associated species.... Single Dipper in three locations, Stubbins,Irwell Vale, and Ewood Bridge. Three Grey Her...
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Grane Part 2017
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Just to let you know a fishing match on so probably very busy from 8.30am to 6pm on Sunday 30 July. Made a few visits around but nothing of not:- Musbury on 20th of July:- Hoping for a Juvenile Cuckoo but not even a Skylark Meadow Pipits galore Stonechat 6 - 1 solo male, a pair with 4 young Kestrels - 3 H...
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Cowpe 070118
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cormorant - 10 on Cowpe Resgrey heron - 1 at Lenchkestrel - 1 at Cowpe Resblack-headed gull - 2 on Cowpe Rescommon gull - 5 on Cowpe Resherring gull - 1 on Cowpe Res plus c25 over Lenchlesser-black backed gull - 5 at Cowpe Resgreat-black backed gull - 4 at Cowpe Reswoodpigeon - c10feral pigeon - 6stock dov...
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Groundwork, Rawtenstall, 7th Jan 2018
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10:00-11:00 Grey Heron, 2 on HTL, Cormorant, 2 over, Pink Footed Goose, c60 over high heading west, Mallard, 5 on HTL, Sparrowhawk, 1 over Rawtenstall, Kestrel, 1 over rough grassland, Moorhen, 1 in River Irwell at Townsendfold, B.H.Gull, 1 on HTL and c12 over, Herring Gull, c60 north up the valley,...
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Strongstry feeding station.
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First week in 2018....very wet 7 degrees to very cold -4 degrees. Still good numbers of Great, Blue Tit. Coal Tit numbers down slightly but still above average. Long-tailed Tit flocks are few and far between. Goldfinch are regular usually around 14. Chaffinch numbers still high anything up to 20+. T...
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Clowbridge, 6th Jan 2018
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14:00-15:00 Mallard, c12, Kestrel, 2 over the moors, Moorhen, 2 on Limy, Common Sandpiper, 1 on Limy outflow. Seen it has been posted on ELOC site twice before so been here some time. B.H.Gull, c20 on res. Remains of 1 on side of res but just wings and a breastbone left. Plucked feathers allover! Common...
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Warth 06/01/18
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kestrel - 1 femaleherring gull - 9 overwoodpigeon - 6nuthatch - 1treecreeper - 1dunnock - 3wren - 3blue tit - 8great tit - 7coal tit - 2robin - 6blackbird - 5redwing - 10magpie - 2carrion crow - 1raven - 2 over to Seat Nazejackdaw - c20chaffinch - 4goldfinch - heard onlysiskin 2 malesbullfinch - 1 female...
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