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Clowbridge
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A single redshank amongst the usual suspects yesterday evening Andy
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26/06/2017 GRANE
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Holden Wood 280 Canada Geese with around 20+ Goslings 2 Common Sandpipers 2 G C Grebes 2 Moorhens 5 Grey Herons Swallow with a good number of Juveniles Sand Martin Green Woodpecker calling 1 Pied Wagtail with one Juvenile 1 Meadow Pipit feeding young on wall On my way to Calf Hey just below...
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Spotted Flycatcher Cloughfold
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This afternoon riverside woods just upstream from Cloughfold Andy
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Twite survey area.
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Alden road/High moss/Hare clough/Carr lane. 1100/1600 hrs Sunny calm 17 degrees. Same area was covered on 25th MAy, ran out of time to post report, one female Twite was seen on that visit. Buzzard....total of five in the air together. Sparrwhawk.....both adults at a nest site. Kestrel...adult fem...
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Holdenwood res & Musbury Tor. Wed 21 June.
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Missed the Tern, Well spotted Sarfraz. Holdenwood res. Morning 09.00 hrs 3 Male Tufted Duck. Musbury Tor. 4 Mediterranean Gull in harvested hay field with flock of B H Gulls Neil
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A few odds'n'sods around Grane 17/18 June
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Cormorant - 1 Ogden (Sunday) Tufted Duck - pair Jamestones (Saturday) Grey Partridge - 3 Oswaldtwistle Moor (Saturday). Is it just me or are they getting a bit thin on the ground in Rossendale now? All the usual waders around Grane including chipping snipe on Oswaldtwistle Moor (Sat) and Edgerton M...
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Ewood Bridge Return, 18th June 2017
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07:30-12:00 Dachick, pair on HTL, Heron, 1 in Irwell at Motorway Bridge, Canada Goose, 2 at HTL, Mallard, 2 at HTL, L.B.B.Gull, c20 over east, B.H.Gull, 5 near Motorway Bridge, Collared Dove, 1 on Newchurch Road, Swift, c20 with 3 visiting nest sites under troughing, Kingfisher, 1 on The Irwell, G.S...
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Deeply Vale 180617
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Canada goose - 3pr with 6 juvs of varying maturitymallard - 1 malepheasant - 7sparrowhawk - 1buzzard - 1 heardkestrel - 2moorhen - 3oystercatcher - 1 pr & a singlelapwing - 2curlew - single bird at top end of the valley and a family of 5 near the flashblack-headed gull - 2lesser-black backed gull -...
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Sedge Warbler
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One singing Clowbridge this morning c8.30. Near the boathouse then south-east corner (assume same bird). Andy and Archie
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IRWELL VALE TO STUBBINS 13/06/2017
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Following the river into Stubbins then back through Lumb Woods Birds seen along the way Chiffchaff feeding young Great Spotted Woodpecker passing food to one fledgling and in different location two more young fledglings Two Moorhen chicks House Sparrow feeding young still with their yellow...
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Grane 11/06/2017
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Canada goose - 232 adult or near full grown juvs & 32 goslingsmallard - c12pheasant - 1 at Holden Woodcormorant - 3grey heron - juvenile at Holden Wood & 1 at Ogdengreat crested grebe - 1 pr nest building at the top end of Holden Wood in the open water. I wouldn't give them much chance of successf...
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Chapel Hill, 11th June 2017
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10:00-12:00 Grey Heron, 1 over, Buzzard, pair and a single, L.B.B.Gull, c100 south in small groups, Collared Dove, 2 singles on Newchurch Road, Swift, c12, Green Woodpecker, 1 yaffled just once, Skylark, 3 singing birds, Swallow, c12, Meadow Pipit, c4, Pied Wagtail, 1, Wren, family party, Robin,...
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Clowbridge, 4th June 2017
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08:30-09:30 Moorhen, 1 on Limy outflow, Curlew, calling birds on the moors, Oystercatcher, 1 on shore, Common Sandpiper, 1 on shore, Dunlin, 1 on shore, B.H.Gull, 1 on res, L.B.B.Gull, c20 over, Swift, c12 over res, Skylark, c5 singing birds, Swallow, c6 over res, Sand Martin, 1 over res, Pied Wagta...
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Ashworth Moor 3 Jun 17
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Andrew Swift reports a single Dunlin on the shore below Owd Betts. (originally tagged on to an old post about Ashworth Moor) Jim Ormerod
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Grane, 3rd June 2017
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06:00-09:00 G.C.Grebe, 1 on Calf Hey, Cormorant, 2 on Ogden, Grey Heron, 2 singles, Canada Goose, c100 with additional 40 goslings minimum! Buzzard, 2 singles & a pair, Kestrel, male with small mammal prey plus another single, Pheasant, male, Moorhen, adult with 2 young at Holden Wood, Lapwin...
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Cuckoo.
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Cuckoo calling morning and afternoon from the general area between Porritt lodge and East view lodge Strongstry. Regards Brian.
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Clowbridge res 31/5/17
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The wader-fest continues - 1 Sanderling present on 29th & 30th Today- 7 Ringed Plover 1 Dunlin 1 Redshank 1 Lapwing 1 Common Sandpiper Curlew displaying over the res. 1 juv Grey Heron Pr Stonechat w/min 2 young. Pied Wagtail carrying food + 1m at another territory. 1m Bullfinch 2 Song Thrush sing...
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Cuckoo - Haslingden Grane
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It was great to read the recent report by John of the Cuckoo at Grane. Yesterday evening (30th May 2017) I received a call from a friend of mine who happened to be fishing on the Ogden on Bank Holiday Monday last and had the Cuckoo calling for over one and a half hours whilst there fishing. The bird was cal...
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Red Kite. Grane. 27th May`17.
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A Red Kite flew over Ogden Res, gained height and left to the south being mobbed by 2 crows at 10.45am. Bird was going over the hill top before i got the camera on it so distant record shots..
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calf hay grane
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ROC Summer Bird Race, 21st May 2017
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06:00-16:00 Three teams of two took place in this year's summer bird race with a grand total of 77 species seen. Individual team scores were as follows: Team A. 72 species (John & Kevin) Team B. 66 species (Brian & Ian) Team C. 64 species (Bob & David) The undoubted highlight was a su...
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C/bridge 17th May '17.
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Just 1 Dunlin, 1 Oystercatcher, 1 G C Grebe, 2 C Sands and a single Ringed Plover which left towards Waggoners c12.30.
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Clowbridge 16th May
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3 Sanderling and 9 Dunlin on Res till at least 2.45pm far bank but mobile. -- Edited by C Bel on Tuesday 16th of May 2017 04:17:21 PM
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Grane Reservoirs 140517
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Canada goose - min 50 adults and 21 goslings at Holden Wood, 22 at Ogden & 9 at Calf Heymallard - 12 adults at Holden Wood, including a female with 6 ducklings, 1pr at Ogden & 4 male & a female with 8 ducklings at Calf Heypheasant - calling birds at Holden Wood & Calf Heygrey heron - 1 over H...
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Clowbridge Res. 14th May '17.
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Very quiet this afternoon, best being the 5 Dunlin still there, 1 C Sand, 5 BH Gulls, 6 Mallard. Crazy goose still has 6 chicks.
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Clowbridge, 13th May 2017
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19:00-20:30 Canada Goose, Pair with 6 goslings, Mallard, c12, Pheasant, calling bird, Dunlin, 5 on res shore, Common Sandpiper, pair, Curlew, 1 in south bay, B.H.Gull, 1, Swift, c6, Skylark, 3, Swallow, c12, House Martin, 4, Song Thrush, 1 in song, Starling, 4, Goldfinch, 2, Greenfinch, 2 in car pa...
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Cough Bottom 10.5.17.
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Clough Bottom Grasshopper Warbler good view and calling Stonechat 1f Common Sandpiper 2 pair minimum Curlew 1 Lapwing 1 Stock Dove 2 over Sky Lark c6 calling Meadow Pipit c6 Grey Wagtail 1 pair Swallow c10 Willow Warbler odd birds calling L.B.B.Gull 7 Mallard 1 pair Canada Goose 1 pfyldes and johnh
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Whinchat, Holden Wood
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One female in the Lapwing field this lunchtime. A couple of swifts and a few house martins over otherwise just the usual residents Andy
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ID please
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In the past few weeks while at the farm house i have been hearing Ravens and tonight i got a quick record shot of what i believe could be a Juv Raven... Its a large crop ,could anyone help Thanks
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My 7 hours on the irwell (Ewood bridge)
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I had a full 7 hours on the River today ,observing the activity and must say compared to my previous accountable visitis on May 7th for the last five years it was a sorry affair. The main part of the day that confirmed to me that there is possibly issues with birds finding food was watching two Male Kingfis...
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