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Warth to Cowpe Lowe 271116
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cormorant - 1 flew down the Irwell Valley from Cowpebuzzard - 1 soaring over Hurdles Quarry in the morning and possibly the same bird hovering over Cowpe Lowe in the afternoonsparrowhawk - 1 male over Warth in the morning. Probably a different male flying high over Lench towards The Hile in the afte...
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Clough Bottom, 27th Nov 2016
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08:30-10:00 Mallard, 3 on res, Kestrel, 2 males on Swallow Shore, Lapwing, flock of 16 over north east, B.H.Gull, c30 on res, Common Gull, 5 on res, Herring Gull, c6 on res and c120 over, mainly east but some over north west, L.B.B.Gull, c80 over movement as Herring, Wood Pigeon, c50 over north in flock...
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clowbridge 261116
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11:15 to 14:45 cormorant - 16 (a single and a flock of 7 seen flying south probably heading towards Holden Wood to roost at around 15:00hrs)mallard - c40teal - 7wigeon 2scaup - female still present at northern end of res constantly diving and never associating with other ducksgoosander - 3 males &am...
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Cowm Reservoir, Whitworth. 6/11/2016
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147 Canada Geese, 4 Tufted Duck, 48 Mallard, 60 BH Gull, 5 Common Gull, 1 Herring Gull, 20 LBB Gull(over) 2 Sparrowhawk, 1 Fieldfare (enjoying the berries) 5 Blackbird, 3 Great Tit, 2 Wren. Pleasant, windy walk around the reservoir. Regards, Dave Ousey,
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Gull movement 22/11/16
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Large gulls (presumed L.B.B. & herring gull) moving N. and low up the Limy valley over Reedsholme at 13:40 hrs and 15:40 hrs - numbers involved c/200 in both instances. Sadly no binoculars, so no positive I.D. on species totals. Bob.
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Clowbridge, 20th Nov 2016
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09:30-11:30 Cormorant, min of 12, mainly on the 'U-Boat' but also on pylons once disturbed by the first boat on the res, Mallard, 14, Teal, one disturbed out of south bay and flew into middle of res, Wigeon, only a probable but 7 ducks flew over and I only saw them briefly as I was away from the water but whe...
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Grane 141116
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Forgot to do the WEBS count yesterday so I did it today. Unfortunately the weather was appalling most of the day Holden Woodgrey heron - 1cormorant - 25mallard - 23moorhen - 4black headed gull - 5herring gull - flock of 11 oversnipe - 1woodpigeon - flock of 15meadow pipit - 9stonechat - 1pr & a lone...
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Seat Naze/ Edge Cote 13/11/16
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Seat Nazec60 herring gull flying up the Whitewell valley1pr pheasant76 woodpigeon flying up the Whitewell valley1 skylark heard1 great spotted woodpecker on Naze Road3 meadow pipit1 pied wagtail1 song thrush1 nuthatch on Naze Road1 raven overmin 50 jackdawc500 starling seen across the valle...
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Holden Wood Res 13-11-16
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9:30 - 10:30 Small flock of Tits (10 Long Tailed, 4 Blue, 2 Great) 20 Cormorants 4 Mallards Pair Stonechat ~20 Meadow Pipits 2 Reed Buntings 34 Lapwings over 46 Canada Geese over 4 Wrens 1 Moorhen Ian
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corvids 121116
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Flock of c500 corvids near St John's Church Shuttleworth at around 3:45pm today. Appeared to be a mix of jackdaws and rooks. Possibly heading towards a roost in Bury or Ramsbottom. cheers Kevin
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Clowbridge, 12th Nov 2016
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3:30-4:30 Cormorant, 2 on U-Boat drying off later flew down the valley as I was leaving, Goosander, 8 inc 3 males, Buzzard, 2 over together south of the boathouse, Kestrel, 1 hunting the moors, Snipe, 18 on res bank, Lapwing, 46 flying over the res as I left, earlier c75 over fields south of res, B.H.Gul...
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Clowbridge Res 6th Nov `16.
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Scaup still present at edge of dark tonight(4.30) plus 50+ B H Gulls, 6 Goosander, 1 Teal and 6 Mallard.
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Common Redshank.
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Single Common Redshank in flooded field next to the river Irwell on footpath between Stubbins and Ramsbottom [the shoddy]. I know this is strictly GMC but no one told the bird. Info thanks to Paul Gorton. Regards Brian.
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Irwell vale and Strongstry.
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First thing to say is no Waxwings were seen by myself or Geoff, we hunted all the likely spots till dusk last night, and I spent a couple of hours from dawn this morning with no luck. All that said I have spoken with some well informed people this morning and am convinced they were in this area yesterday aro...
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Strongstry feeding stations.
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A single Brambling apeared late yesterday afternoon, the count this lunchtime is now six, all males......also Chaffinch....9 Blue Tit.....7 Great Tit....6 Long-tailed Tit....12 Coal Tit.....6 Goldfinch.....7 Robin.....4 Nuthatch.....7 Wren.....2 Dunnock......3 Blackbird......5 Gre...
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Green Woodpecker Clowbridge Res
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Green Woodpecker on Limey Lane this lunchtime (8th Nov) Only my second record for the site.
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Clowbridge etc 8 Nov
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Scaup still present this lunchtime. Also 7 goosander, 5 teal, 2 goldeneye, few mallard, cormorant, common and black-headed gulls and 16 lapwings. On the way there/back 75 lapwings in the fields at Dunnockshaw plus 40 Clough Bottom and 10+ snipe Swinshaw moor. Andy
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Chapel Hill, 6th Nov 2016
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09:30-11:00 Sparrowhawk, female soaring overhead, Snipe, 32 on Edge Cote, Jack Snipe, 4 on Edge Cote, B.H.Gull, c6 west, Herring Gull, c8 west, L.B.B.Gull, c12 west, Meadow Pipit, 2 on Edge Cote, Mistle Thrush, 2 singles, Fieldfare, flock of c50 feeding with starlings, Redwing, 2 over, Starling,...
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Clowbridge, 5th Nov 2016
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09:30-11:00 Cormorant, 6, mainly sat on U-Boat, Heron, 1 fishing the shore, Mallard, pair, Teal, 1, Scaup, female diving constantly, Goosander, 2 redheads, Kestrel, 1 near boathouse, Snipe, flock of c40 disturbed from res shoreline, Lapwing, c70 on res shore, Little Owl, 2 sat on dry stone walls,...
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Pink-footed Geese
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Fortytwo Pink-footed Geese flying North up the Irwell valley over Strongstry at 1230 hrs. Regards Brian.
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Scholes Height, 2nd Nov 2016
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08:30-11:30 Cormorant, 1 over north, Pink Footed Goose, 3 skeins of c130, c120 & c50 all heading east, Buzzard, 1 displaying over Alden, Kestrel, 1 in Alden, Red Grouse, 1 on Alden Ratchers, Golden Plover, 1 on Wet Moss was quite approachable, Snipe, 5 on Wet Moss, Green Woodpecker, 1 yaffling ne...
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Cowm Reservoir, Whitworth. 1/11/2016
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25 Canada Goose, 1 Cormorant, 42 Mallard, 14 LBB Gull, 5 Common Gull, 48 BH Gull, 1 Bullfinch, 10 Chaffinch, 6 Carrion Crow, 4 Blue Tit, 1 Coal Tit, 1 Rook, 25 Jackdaw, 4 Magpie. Nice walk on a very pleasant day. Dave Ousey.
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Harden Moor, 1st November 2016
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1:00-2:30 Buzzard, soaring bird down Cheesden Valley, Snipe, 15 flushed off Harden Moor, Woodcock, 1 flushed off track near Croston Close Road, B.H.Gull, c8 feeding on pasture, Meadow Pipit, c12, L.T.Tit, flock of c10. Regards, David Nuttall.
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Grane 291016
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Generally very quiet round the reservoirs with poor visibility most of the afternoon. No sign of the great white egrets Holden Wood1 grey heron11 cormorant23 mallard6 teal2 moorhen14 meadow pipit1 male stonechat near the boardwalk1 mistle thrushmixed flock min 12 long tailed, 5 blue & 5 grea...
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2 Great White Egrets Grane
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2 Flew over holden wood heading to Ogden 5 minutes ago
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Pinkfeet. C/booth. 27th Oct'16.
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c360 Pinkfeet flying high NE at c8.30am.
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2 Great White Egrets Grane
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2 Flew over holden wood heading to Ogden 5 minutes ago
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Higher Lench area 26 Oct
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Flock of at least 500 fieldfares around the woods late afternoon (as far as I could tell no redwings with them). Also one brambling and around 20 siskins in the area Andy
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Strongstry woods and river
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Three outings between 0730 and 1730 temp from 3 to 12 degrees light westerly breeze, bright sunshine becoming cloudy. Several loose Tit flocks including good numbers of Long-tailed and Coal Tit. Odd Song Thrush feeding in leaf litter, one in weak song this evening, two flocks of Redwing, approx 20,...
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Waterfoot, Cowm & Spring Mill Res 23/10/16
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110 pink-footed geese flew west over Gaghills this morning @ 9:05am flock of c60 fieldfare seen high over Warth Cowmc45 mallardc100 lesser-black backed gull3 herring gullc70 black-headed gullc10 common gull1 green woodpecker2 meadow pipit2 grey wagtail2 pied wagtail2 mistle thrush2 ravenc...
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