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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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Pink-footed Goose.
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Dry calm 5 degrees. Approximately 150 Pink-footed Geese flying due west over Strongstry/Edenfield at midday. Regards Brian/Geoff.
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Clowbridge, 1st Jan 2018
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10:00-11:30 Cormorant, 3 around res / U-Boat, Mallard, c12, Kestrel, 4 at various points of the surrounding moorland, Moorhen, 2 on Limy, B.H.Gull, c20 on res, Common Gull, 2 on res, Herring Gull, c20 on res & c30 over, G.B.B.Gull, 1 on res, Stock Dove, pair on Nutshaw, Fieldfare, flock of c200 dr...
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Cheesden Valley, 28th Dec 2017
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12:00-14:30 Grey Heron, 2 singles and 2 together, Mallard, 4 on bottom lodge, Teal, 2 on bottom lodge, Kestrel, 2 singles, Moorhen, 1 on Buckhurst Lodge, Snipe, 3 flushed off Harden Moor, Lapwing, 38 feeding on pasture at Rossendale School and 51 flew over and onto AMR, B.H.Gull, c30 over, Common Gul...
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Grane, 26th Dec 2017
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10:00-12:30 Cormorant, 2 on Holden Wood and 11 on Ogden, Grey Heron, 1 on Ogden, Mallard, 2 on Holden Wood, Teal, 5 on Calf Hey, tucked up on the bank side, Goldeneye, 6 on Ogden inc 2 males, Buzzard, 2 singles, Kestrel, 4 singles, B.H.Gull, c20 around the reservoirs, Common Gull, c12 through west, Herr...
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Grane Reservoirs 17/12/17
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GREAT WHITE EGRET - whilst I was in the trees near the car park at Calf Hey, 1 flew over. it appeared to come from the Clough Head area and appeared to be turning to come onto the res. unfortunately it wasn't relocated on any of the reservoirsgrey heron - 1 at Ogdencormorant - 8 at Holden Wood & 11 at Og...
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Chapel Hill, 24th Dec 2017
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14:00-16:00 Grey Heron, 1 on Edge Cote, Kestrel, male hunting rough grassland, Snipe, 19 flushed off Edge Cote, Herring Gull, c12 over, B.H.Gull, c30 over, Redwing, 2, L.T.Tit, flock of c10 in Balladen Clough, Coal Tit, singing bird in Balladen Clough, Jay, calling bird, Magpie, 12 in the same fiel...
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Chiffchaff.
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Calm, damp, 9 degrees. This morning, a Chiffchaff was feeding along a hedge row near East view lodge, I had one here on the 24 October this year, over wintered, ?. Regards Brian.
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Whooper Swans Holden Wood
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Grane and Quarries 8.30am-12.30pm Lots of fog:- Holden Wood:- 15 mallard 1 Coot 2 Moorhen 1 singing Mistle Thrush 2-3 Meadow Pipits 2 redwing over Ogden:- 5 Goldeneye - 1 male and 4 females Calf Hey:- 8 min long tailed tits in car park area Quarries 1 Kestrel min 30 Redwing min 4 Meadow Pipit 10-...
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Reedsholme 22/12/17
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Song Thrush starting to sing in a feeble sort of way this afternoon. - Bob.
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Holdenwood Res, Thursday 21 December.
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6 Mallard 2 Goosander, 1 G. C. Grebe 1 Coot 1 Wen. Neil
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18-19/12/17
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18/12. Blackbird- goup of 4 at the bottom of Cribbden Clough +3 nr St Marys primary school + 1 at Tesco Reed Bunting- 3 nr Twin Lodges Stonechat- 1 juv M nr Twin Lodges,1st for this area (for me), probable cold weather movement 1 Jay calling- Cribden Clough Magpie- group of 10 at Twin Lodges Jackdaw- grou...
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Musbury, 15th Dec 2017
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14:30-16:00 Grey Heron, 1 flew down the valley, Buzzard, pair in tussles with a Raven, Kestrel, 3 singles, Pheasant, 2 males, Green Woodpecker, single feeding on grass mound flew to nearby tree, Raven, single tumbling and calling and in tussles with a pair of Buzzards, Goldfinch, 4 feeding on grass...
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Woodcock
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Bird flew out of trees near hornclffe landfill this morning cheers andrew
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C/booth 11-12th Dec.
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Big increase of birds coming to the bird food at home, particularly Blackbirds. Counted 27! at first light yesterday (12th). Also 9 Brambling there (12th) after 3 there (11th) With c6 Chaffinch. Very little else finch wise coming considering 1-2 of snow cover. Big multi species group occ passing by...
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Strongstry winter feeding station.
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After several days of sub zero temperatures (-6 lowest) the rain came today and the temp rose to a balmy +6. It has been a week of quantiy rather than quality with a couple of interesting moments. Numbers are an estimate during very active periods. Blue Tit....20 + Great Tit....15 + Coal Tit ....possib...
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Clowbridge, 9th Dec 2017
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09:30-10:30 Cormorant, several coming and going with max 4 on res at any time, Pink Footed Goose, skein of 9 over east, Mallard, c30, mainly on Limy, Kestrel, a single at either end of the res, G.B.B.Gull, 4 on res, Herring Gull, c20 on res, Common Gull, c4 on res, B.H.Gull, 14 on res, Little Owl, 1 on dry s...
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The Holme to E.B.S.W. 3/12/17
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Long-tailed Tit - heard at K. steels + flock of 5 nr motorway bridge. 1f Goosander on river 2 Grey Heron in field 1 Dipper Pr Collared Dove at Ewood Bridge E.B.S.W. c40 Pied Wagtail 2 Grey Wagtail 6 Meadow Pipit 2 Stock Dove 1 Common Gull 60+ B.H.Gull c7 Starling 13 Mallard 1 Buzzard along river in trees nr m...
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Chapel Hill, 3rd Dec 2017
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10:30-12:30 Pink Footed Goose, skein of 21 over west, Buzzard, distant bird over Horncliffe, Sparrowhawk, 1 flew over Balladen Clough, Woodcock, 1 flew over a conifer plantation, Snipe, 23 flushed off Edge Cote, B.H.Gull, c20 on pasture and on Marl Pits, Common Gull, 2 on pasture and c20 over north...
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Jack Lodge & Clough Bottom 03/10/17
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Jack Lodge/ Shadlock Cotecormorant - 1black headed gull - 16common gull - 1kestrel - 1great spotted woodpecker - 1pied wagtail - 3 chased the kestrelmeadow pipit - 1mistle thrush - 2starling -17bullfinch calling Clough Bottommallard - 8pintail - 1 maleblack headed gull - c80common gull - c30herr...
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Rawtenstall to EBSW 011017
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cormorant - 1 flying upstream over K Steelsgrey heron - 1 at Townsendfold & 1 over Ewood Bridgemallard - 32 at Tesco, 1pr at K Steels & 32 at EBSWgoosander - 1 at Groundworkbuzzard - 2 at EBSWkestrel - 2 at EBSWmoorhen - 1 in the goat field near Holmes Terrace Lodge (lodge frozen)black headed gu...
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Warth & Cowpe Lowe 30/11/17
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cormorant - 1 flew down the Irwell valley and dropped onto the river below Staghills Woodsheron - 1 at Warthbuzzard - 1 harassed by a herring gullkestrel - 1 at Warth & 1 near Lowe Lodgelarge gulls - c85 flew down the Irwell valley around 10:35. Appeared to be mostly herring gulls. golden plover...
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Seat Naze, Edge Cote & Marl Pits
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Seat Naze, Edge Cotebuzzard - 1kestrel - 1snipe - 32jack snipe - 1common gull - - 2black headed gull - 2mistle thrush - 1goldcrest - c4wren - 1starling - c50carrion crow - 122jackdaw - 2magpie - 11 Marl Pitsredwing - 3siskin - - 6bullfinch - 2 Also 1 kingfisher on the River Whitewell from Baltic Bridge...
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