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A few signs of spring?
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Chipping snipe on Holcombe Moor (above Buckden Wood) and a displaying golden plover over Bull Hill/ Scholes heights (off and on for about an hour over a wide area) plus another pair. No red grouse seen but fresh droppings. Singing stonechat Musbury. Along the river reed bunting singing in the rough f...
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Grane(Haslingden Moor) 26/03/2018
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Moor 1 Golden Plover in flight and calling 1 Curlew calling 3 Buzzards 2 Kestrel 7 Skylark 10 Meadow Pipit could have been duplicated Jamestone Quarry 1 Tuffed Duck 2 Oystercatchers 6 Mallard 2 Teal m/f 6 Stock Dove 1 Jay calling 1 Green Woodpecker calling Clough Head 1 Chiffchaff very brie...
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Grane
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Greylag goose associating with canadas at Calf Hey this lunchtime. 1 male wheatear above Jamestones (all the usual waterfowl/waders etc) Andy
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Various sites 26 Mar
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Townsend Fold area 1 greylag goose flew around with two canadas and landed on HTL. Not there when I returned later in the day. Singing chiffchaff at Groundwork and singing reed bunting nr K Steel Bonfire Hill area 7 ravens over the hill. The day before I counted 13 in the air at the same time here. 2 stock d...
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Clowbridge Res 26th March ‘18.
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Full circuit after lunch with Sophie.. twas Rubbish! 2 G C Grebe. 9 Mallard. 4 Cormorant. 1 Imm G B B Gull. 1 B H Gull. very few mipits/skylarks singing. Nothing else of note except a rapid moving mr young!
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Clowbridge, 25th March 2018
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17:00-18:00 G.C. Grebe, 1 on res, Cormorant, 1 on res, Mallard, 4 pairs, Goosander, pair on back pond, Kestrel, 3 singles, G.B.B.Gull, 1st Winter bird on res, L.B.B.Gull, 2 over, Herring Gull, 1 over, Common Gull, 2 on res, B.H.Gull, 4 on res, Meadow Pipit, c8 on res shore, Raven, a group of 5 which appe...
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Cheesden Valley, 25th March 2018
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10:30-13:00 Canada Goose, c20 inc 2 pairs, Teal, 1 on a small pond, Buzzard, many sightings with probably 3 pairs, Kestrel, many sightings with probably 2 pairs, Pheasant, 2 calling birds, Moorhen, 3 on Buckhurst Lodge, Curlew, 2 pairs, Lapwing, displaying bird near Rossendale School was the only...
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EBSW and Shadlock 25 3 18
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EBSW and circuit B H Gull c20 Jackdaw c30 Pied Wagtail 3 Goldcrest 5 Grey Wagtail 1 pair + 1 Dipper 1 Kingfisher 1 Shadlock Lapwing 5 Skylark 3 Stock Dove 3 Mistle Thrush 1 Raven 1 over Meadow Pipit Peter and John
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Warth to Sand Beds 25/03/2018
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Warth/ Hurdlesgrey heron - 8Canada goose - 1prbuzzard - 1green woodpecker - 1stock dove - 1prwoodpigeon - 10pied wagtail - 1meadow pipit - 4robin - 19blackbird - 6song thrush - 2redwing - c40 in very noisy congregationblue tit - 8great tit - 12coal tit - 1long tailed tit - a single and a flock of 3goldcr...
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various sites 24/03/18
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New Line Res2pr Canada goose6 mallard1 tufted duck 2 common gull13 black-headed gull 1pr woodpigeon sat together on a nest preening each other1pr collared dove1 female greenfinch pulling moss off a treebullfinch calling Whitworth Quarry and surrounding moor1 snipec35 skylark, many singing...
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A few odds'n'sods this week
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Sat 24/4 Chiffchaff singing EBSW, also 1 curlew over. Thu 22/3 AMR - 2 wigeon, 2 goldeneye. Only a handful of gulls and a few pied wagtails, meadow pipits. Moors on the way back fairly quiet - 4 golden plovers on Cowpe Lowe the only waders after leaving AMR Wed 21/3 Grane - pr great crested grebes display...
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Crown Point/ Clowbridge Autumn Ringing and Migration Watch 2017..
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Its only the first week of August but stuff is defo on the move south once again. Only seems a few weeks ago they arrived back here!! A few net rides re trimmed this week and an earlier 1st ringing session this year to attempt to catch some more Tree Pipits which by the time i usually get round to trying to cat...
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Reedsholme - Clowbridge res 20/3/18
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Cold N wind Reedsholme 1 Grey Wagtail 1 Buzzard Crawshawbooth 1 Dipper 17 Rook nests Shortclough res 2pr Canada Goose 1 Moorhen Greenfold area 1 kestrel 1 Buzzard 1pr + 2 single Lapwings 1 Raven 1 Curlew calling 1 Skylark singing briefly 1 Meadow Pipit over moor to Clowbridge. Clowbridge res. 1 Raven c...
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Holden Wood 20/03/2018
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2 Snipe 1 Jack Snipe 1 Curlew 3 Oystercatchers 25+ Lapwing 1 Kestrel 1 Buzzard 8 Mallard 9 Teal 30+ Canada Goose 1 G C Grebe being very vocal 8 Cormorants 30+ B H Gull 2 G B/B Gull 1 Moorhen 2 Pied Wagtail Field at very top end road side, all feeding at the same time 5 Song Thrush 3 Redwings 9 B...
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Cowm Reservoir. 19th March 2018
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Great Crested Grebe was an unusual visitor today at Cowm.
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Grane 18/03/2018
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Great crested grebe - 1 on Holden WoodCormorant - 1 on Holden Wood, 6 on Ogden & 1 flying in from north east as I leftCanada goose - 208 on Holden Wood, 86 on Ogden & 17 on Calf Hey (may include some duplication)mallard - 10 on Holden Wood, 2pr on Ogden & 2pr in Heap Cloughteal - 15 at Holden Wood,...
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Thrushes.
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Cleared five inches of snow from the feeding station this morning and put out chopped apple and sultanas plus all the usual seeds, nuts, and fat, at time of posting still -1, snowing, and bitter easterly, made a brew and sat back in the warm..... Robin....9 territorial instinct has gone out the window...
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Clowbridge, 17th March 2018
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08:30-09:30 Bitterly cold in a freezing easterly, -2 degrees, snowing! G.C.Grebe, 1 on the res, Cormorant, 3 on the res, Canada Goose, pair, Mallard, pair and a drake, Kestrel, 1 over Crawshawbooth on drive down, Moorhen, 1 on Limy, Common Gull, group of 4 on the res, L.B.B.Gull, 2 singles over, Skyl...
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Chiffchaff/ Wheatear
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Singing Chiffchaff EBSW this morning and a wheatear above Jamestones. Very little else of interest today despite a long walk taking in Grane, Mitchell's House and Clowbridge. Lots of bubbling curlews, singing skylarks and a good smattering of meadow pipits on the moors (2 singing Grane). Lapwing...
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Stonefold area 13/03/2018
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1 Hen Harrier 2 Sparrowhawk 4 Buzzards 3 Kestrel Curlew seem to be dropping in all over had 4 together, two twos and 3 single birds,possibly some duplicates 6 Skylark very vocal 1 Raven over A large flock of Starling 270+ with two Sparrowhawks in pursuit Cheers Craggy
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Cowpe area 11/03/2018
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cormorant - 2 on the res and 1 flying down the valleyCanada goose - 2pr at Lench & 4 or 5 prs at Cowpe Resmallard - 1pr at Cowpe Resbuzzard - 1 over Lenchkestrel - 1 over Brandwood Moorgrey partridge - droppings found on Brandwood Moorwoodcock - 1 flew up from a small quarry near Cowpe Resherring gull -...
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Grane, 11th March 2018
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08:30-11:30 G.C.Grebe, 1 on Holden Wood, Cormorant, 4 on bank at Ogeden and 1 fishing the res, Grey Heron, 1 near Troy, Canada Goose, c80, many paired up with lots of aggression between pairs, Mallard, c20, Teal, 3 on bank at Calf Hey, Goldeneye, 4 females in Jamestones, Goosander, male on Calf Hey, Bu...
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Grey Partridge Cribden 9/3
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One calling around the top of Cribden Clough/ Cribden Flats yesterday afternoon. Don't think I've recorded one in this area before. Has anybody else recently? Also 4 lapwings flying around and 2 redpolls in the plantation. No joy with the glaucous gull on a brief visit to Holden Wood around 2pm. Andy...
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Greenfold 9/3/18
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Greenfold - afternoon ramble Sparrowhawk high over Folly Clough Mixed flock of c60 Starling & c40 Fieldfare + 2 Redwing, very mobile on sheep pasture. 3 Common Gull w/ c12 B.H.Gull. Flock of 5 Skylark on Liver Hill 1 kestrel 9 Raven 1 Lapwing Mistle Thrush singing off Goodshaw lane + 1 at Reedsholm...
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Larus Hyperboreus aka Glaucous Gull at Holden Wood
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08/03/18 - Greenfinch singing in Winfields Car Park 09/03/18 I spy with my little eye a big gull at top. Took a long range shot of it with my camera and looking at the photographs - it looked pale and had a pink and black bill. Russell told me he was coming from Quarry side. I phoned him and before I c...
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Holden Wood 07/03/2018
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Birds seen Teal coming and going so no count mallard coming and going so no count Canada Goose 70+ G C Grebe 2 Cormorant 4 Grey Heron 1 Moorhen 1 Coot 2 Oystercatchers 4 Lapwing 18+ Jack Snipe 1 Snipe 2 Curlew 1 B H Gull 35+ G B B Gull Juv 1 Herring Gull 1 Raven over 1 Redwing 1 Green Woodpecker calling Pheasa...
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Moor road/Bull hill.
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0930/1330 hrs good sunshine, calm, 10 degrees. Curlew....3 displaying. Meadow Pipit....loose flicks of 3/4 very mobile. Skylark....at least 5 two in full song. Oystercatcher....pair over calling. Starling, Lapwing, Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, and Jackdaws all feeding in grazed fields. Kest...
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Reedsholme \Greenfold 7/3/18
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Reedsholme - this morning, 6 Song Thrush all singing between here and Cribden Clough, Chaffinch singing, Mistle thrush heard briefly. 1 Stonechat at Twin Lodges 1 Dipper at Longholme bridge Pr Long-tailed Tit Greenfold - afternoon 1 Kestrel 1 + 2 Lapwing on territory 1 Skylark singing Flock of 10 Ra...
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Grane, 3rd March 2018
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1:00-3:30 Cormorant, 5 on Ogden and 1 over, Canada Goose, c80, mainly Ogden & Holden Wood, Gadwall, pair still on Holden Wood (Thanks Sarfraz!) Teal, 8 on Holden Wood & 5 on Ogden, Goldeneye, 5 on Ogden inc adult male, Kestrel, 2 males fighting over territory at Calf Hey, Pheasant, 1 at Holden...
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Mostly Holden Wood
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This afternoon pr gadwall still present. Also 3 goosanders, 2 teal, c10 mallard, 1 coot, 1 great-crested grebe and a couple of cormorants. Only 2 lapwings (plus the feathers from one predated). No other waders and virtually no passerines around the res. On the way there slightly unusual sightings w...
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