Rossendale Bird Sightings

brian · brian

1400/1600 hrs overcast southerly 12 degrees. checked the lodge at Lodge Farm, Coot. Two adults and one well developed young, presume breeding took place. Little Grebe. Single adult fishing, no sign of any more. Great Spotted Woodpecker. Single female. Jay. 3 in trees. Long-tailed Tits. 7. G...

NigelG · NigelG

Canada Geese 30 dropped on to Shortclough Mallard c25 Twin Lodge Lesser Black Back Gull 3 Moorhen 6 (3 Shortclough 3 Twin Lodge) Woodpigeon c60 small flocks heading south Buzzard 2 Kestrel 2 Chapel Hill Kingfisher 1 Rakefoot Meadow Pipit 2 Grey Wagtail 2 Dipper 1 Dunnock 1 Wren 2 Robin c10 Blackbi...

Bigbadbob · Bigbadbob

14:00 hrs. 7 Raven playing on the wind over Cribden End for 2 hours or so, 2 birds flew across the valley only to return back after 20 minutes. 3 Kestrel between Cribden hilltop and Cribden Clough. 1 Buzzard Wood Pigeon flocks of c/25 and 7 + odd single figure groups in bushes. Flock of 3 Goldfinch Jay call...

Bigbadbob · Bigbadbob

09:30 hrs 2 Cormorant c/30 Canada Goose in field 5+7 Mallard 1f Goosander 1 G.B.B. Gull 1 L.B.B. Gull 4 Common Gull c/10 B.H. Gull Flocks of Wood Pigeon heading south 136 in 9 flocks. c/15 Jackdaw heading S. 3 Redwing in woodland with 1 Long tailed Tit. 1m Stonechat near Compstons Cross + a pair at the rese...

David Nuttall · David Nuttall

09:00-11:00 Cormorant, 4, 2 on res and 2 over, Pink Footed Goose, a skein flew over calling but couldn't see them due to low cloud, Canada Goose, 2 on res, Sparrowhawk, female soaring high behind boat house, Lapwing, 2 over south, Black Headed Gull, 4 on res, Common Gull, 1 on res, Wood Pigeon, c80 throu...

Bigbadbob · Bigbadbob

Cribden Clough - Oakenhead Wood rd - Twin Lodges Flock of 10 Redwing + 3 in bushes. 1 Mistle Thrush 3 Long tailed Tit + 5. c20 flock of mostly Chaffinch w/3+ Goldfinch. 4 Goldfinch at Twin Lodges 1+1+2 Blackbird. 1 Greenfinch 2+3 Great Tit 3 Dunnock 1 Blue Tit 8 Starling 4 Wood Pigeon 1 Jay Party of 3 Song Thr...

KEVIN LISTER · KEVIN LISTER

Wallbank Lodgemallard - 5wigeon - 1 fmoorhen - 4black-headed gull - 6grey wagtail - 1redwing - 7 flying up the valley Healey Dellmoorhen - 3great spotted woodpecker - 1nuthatch - 2goldcrest - 2jay - 1 Spring Mill Resgreat crested grebe - 1cormorant - 4goosander - 1 redheadbuzzard - 1black-headed gu...

Bigbadbob · Bigbadbob

2 Buzzard over west side as far as Cribden Clough. 3 Kestrel above Reedsholme as far as Cribden Hill. 1 Dipper at Leabrook. Twin Lodges - Flock of c/30 Redwings amongst the scrub - my first this autumn. 5 Blackbird 1 juv. Greenfinch 1m Bullfinch c/3 Chaffinch c/12 Goldfinch 1 Moorhen 7 Canada Goose c/6 M...

Bigbadbob · Bigbadbob

4 Buzzard in the air this morning outside my house. Prompted me to don my boots. Constant sightings all afternoon as far as Cribden Clough. Display seen from one bird and much calling from what I presume are young birds. 3 kestrels hunting over the hillside as far as Cribden all afternoon. 1 pair of Rave...

brian · brian

1200/1400 hrs 12 degrees calm sunny. The feeding station has been up and running for seven days now so I have done a 2 hour count today lots of coming and going so numbers are averaged. Blue Tit. 8 Great Tit. 10 Coal Tit. 7 Long-tailed Tit. 7 Goldfinch. 14 Chaffinch. 5 Two have white legs (papilloma...

KEVIN LISTER · KEVIN LISTER

2 skeins of Pink-footed geese very rough estimate of 50 - 100 birds in each seen heading east, south-east over Weir this morning. A further skein (c100) seen a short while later heading west over The Hile cheers Kevin

KEVIN LISTER · KEVIN LISTER

Flock of 17 twite at undisclosed location today. Flock included several colour ringed birds from the RSPB monitoring scheme cheers Kevin

brian · brian

0830/1030 hrs 5/9 degrees, calm sunny. Redwing. Only 8 this morning, seems to be a poor Hawthorn berry year. Blackbird. 17 in total looks like an influx of continental birds. Redpoll. 3 Jay. 2 Mistle Thrush. 1 Blackcap. Single females was a surprise. Goldcrest 3 Good numbers of Blue, Great an...

craggy · craggy

Calf Hey 3 Ring Ouzel Hill side 1M 2F 250+ Goldfinch in the heather all along hill side from Ogden to Calf Hey in small charms of 15/25 3 Mistle Thrush 18 Redwing over Cheers Craggy

Markg · Markg

Snipe-1 Skylark-1 Meadow Pipit-40 plus Kestrel-2 Buzzard-2 Raven-1 plus a bonus Hare

brian · brian

1400/1630 hrs Sunny 16 degrees. Redwing. 14 feeding on Holly and Hawthorn East View. Redpoll. 3 with flock of Goldfinch. Greenfinch. 5 sunning on top of Poplar. Kestrel. Over. Long-tailed Tit. Flock of 9 Ox Hey wood Song Thrush. 2 as above. Sparrowhawk. Hunting through woods Several Blckbi...

pfyldes · pfyldes

Deerplay area Lapwing 30 + 50 Starling 200+ Canada Geese 20 Grey Partridge 3 Pied Wagtail 2 minimum Meadow Pipit c20 Carrion Crow 6 B H Gull 1 Peter

KEVIN LISTER · KEVIN LISTER

teal - 1 flew up from wet area on the mosssnipe 7jack snipe - 1buzzard - 3kestrel - 1meadow pipit - 29 cheers Kevin

KEVIN LISTER · KEVIN LISTER

A few bits from an afternoon strollswallow - 2house martin - thought I could hear birds calling from a nest on the con club this morning. at least 8 birds flying around this eveningstock dove - 2 at Warthgoldcrest - singing bird at Warthredwing - 2 at Warthdipper - 2 at Sandybank, 1 of which had to dive in t...

brian · brian

1400/1700 hrs pleasant sunshine 15 degrees. Good numbers of Blackbird, Robin, and Wren around the route. Jay. 3 along the railway Strongstry. Song Thrush. 4 in woodland. Blue Tit / Great Tit numbers seem ok. Long-tailed Tit. Group of 7 Alderbottom. Coal Tit. Only saw 2 at Alderbottom. Great Spo...

Ian Brady · Ian Brady

Overhead Redwing Newchurch 22:30, 29/9/30 3:52am, Moorhen 2:00am 29/9/24 Ian

Phillip · Phillip

1130-1245hrs Reed bunting pair Stonechat 4 not all together Long tailed tit 4 Coal tit 3 Goldfinch c20+Goldcrest Meadow pipit 50+ around Swallow 3 Lapwing 100+Golden Plover Great crested grebe single Stock dove pair Black headed gull Common gull single Lesser black backed gull 4C...

Bigbadbob · Bigbadbob

Afternoon ramble - 4 Cormorant inc. 1 white breasted individual. 1 Grey Heron 12 Canada Geese in fields c30 Mallard 3 Teal on the back pond feeding amongst the blue green algae. 1f Goosander 1 Common Sandpiper 1 male Kestrel 1 Buzzard over the woodland Pr Raven 1 Pied Wagtail 1 Kingfisher on the outflo...

johnh · johnh

6 little Egrets plus 3 little grebes courtesy of Vanessa land owner

johnh · johnh

Golden plover 1 teal 3 gc grebe1 stonechat3 reed bunting 2 jay1

Phillip · Phillip

Cold, Stonechat c7 south bay total of 13 around the res. Reed bunting 3 Linnet 3 Wheatear single female Cormorant 4 Mallard 10 Moorhen Pied wagtail 3 Heron single Common sandpiper single Kestrel single cheers, Phil

Bigbadbob · Bigbadbob

21/9/24. c100 over at 18:25hrs heading north over Reedsholme this evening. Bob

Bigbadbob · Bigbadbob

Hot and sunny at last - late morning Pair of Raven displaying over the wood for 5 minutes or so before heading across the valley, followed by a group of 5 birds shortly after. 1 Buzzard, 1 Sparrowhawk + 2 House Martin seen with NigelG. over a cup of tea. Afternoon - 10 Canada Geese, 3 Mallard, 1 Moorhen at Sh...

brian · brian

22 Wigeon on reservoir this morning, info RobA. Regards Brian.

Ian Brady · Ian Brady

11:00-13:00 40 Pinkfeet over at 11:30 east 5 (2 adult, 3 juv) Stonecaht on Ogden dam wall + 2 juv at ruin on Scrubber ~50 Lapwing on Odgen west end 3 Cormorant Ogden 1 Heron Ogden Ian

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	Irwell vale and Lumb (Preview) 1400/1600 hrs overcast southerly 12 degrees. checked the lodge at Lodge Farm, Coot. Two adults and one well developed young, presume breeding took place. Little Grebe. Single adult fishing, no sign of any more. Great Spotted Woodpecker. Single female. Jay. 3 in trees. Long-tailed Tits. 7. G...	brian	0	98	Thu Oct 24 4:05 PM, 2024 by brian
	Reedsholme/Chapel Hill/Lower Cribden (Preview) Canada Geese 30 dropped on to Shortclough Mallard c25 Twin Lodge Lesser Black Back Gull 3 Moorhen 6 (3 Shortclough 3 Twin Lodge) Woodpigeon c60 small flocks heading south Buzzard 2 Kestrel 2 Chapel Hill Kingfisher 1 Rakefoot Meadow Pipit 2 Grey Wagtail 2 Dipper 1 Dunnock 1 Wren 2 Robin c10 Blackbi...	NigelG	0	126	Thu Oct 24 3:15 PM, 2024 by NigelG
	Cribden Clough 23/10/24 (Preview) 14:00 hrs. 7 Raven playing on the wind over Cribden End for 2 hours or so, 2 birds flew across the valley only to return back after 20 minutes. 3 Kestrel between Cribden hilltop and Cribden Clough. 1 Buzzard Wood Pigeon flocks of c/25 and 7 + odd single figure groups in bushes. Flock of 3 Goldfinch Jay call...	Bigbadbob	0	80	Wed Oct 23 4:33 PM, 2024 by Bigbadbob
	Clowbridge res. 23/10/24 (Preview) 09:30 hrs 2 Cormorant c/30 Canada Goose in field 5+7 Mallard 1f Goosander 1 G.B.B. Gull 1 L.B.B. Gull 4 Common Gull c/10 B.H. Gull Flocks of Wood Pigeon heading south 136 in 9 flocks. c/15 Jackdaw heading S. 3 Redwing in woodland with 1 Long tailed Tit. 1m Stonechat near Compstons Cross + a pair at the rese...	Bigbadbob	0	79	Wed Oct 23 4:25 PM, 2024 by Bigbadbob
	Clowbridge 22nd Oct 2024 (Preview) 09:00-11:00 Cormorant, 4, 2 on res and 2 over, Pink Footed Goose, a skein flew over calling but couldn't see them due to low cloud, Canada Goose, 2 on res, Sparrowhawk, female soaring high behind boat house, Lapwing, 2 over south, Black Headed Gull, 4 on res, Common Gull, 1 on res, Wood Pigeon, c80 throu...	David Nuttall	0	85	Tue Oct 22 3:56 PM, 2024 by David Nuttall
	Reedsholme - Cribden Clough area 19/10/24 (Preview) Cribden Clough - Oakenhead Wood rd - Twin Lodges Flock of 10 Redwing + 3 in bushes. 1 Mistle Thrush 3 Long tailed Tit + 5. c20 flock of mostly Chaffinch w/3+ Goldfinch. 4 Goldfinch at Twin Lodges 1+1+2 Blackbird. 1 Greenfinch 2+3 Great Tit 3 Dunnock 1 Blue Tit 8 Starling 4 Wood Pigeon 1 Jay Party of 3 Song Thr...	Bigbadbob	0	74	Sat Oct 19 8:33 PM, 2024 by Bigbadbob
	Whitworth to Lee Quarry 19/10/24 (Preview) Wallbank Lodgemallard - 5wigeon - 1 fmoorhen - 4black-headed gull - 6grey wagtail - 1redwing - 7 flying up the valley Healey Dellmoorhen - 3great spotted woodpecker - 1nuthatch - 2goldcrest - 2jay - 1 Spring Mill Resgreat crested grebe - 1cormorant - 4goosander - 1 redheadbuzzard - 1black-headed gu...	KEVIN LISTER	0	73	Sat Oct 19 8:19 PM, 2024 by KEVIN LISTER
	Reedsholme area 17/10/24 (Preview) 2 Buzzard over west side as far as Cribden Clough. 3 Kestrel above Reedsholme as far as Cribden Hill. 1 Dipper at Leabrook. Twin Lodges - Flock of c/30 Redwings amongst the scrub - my first this autumn. 5 Blackbird 1 juv. Greenfinch 1m Bullfinch c/3 Chaffinch c/12 Goldfinch 1 Moorhen 7 Canada Goose c/6 M...	Bigbadbob	0	83	Thu Oct 17 10:34 PM, 2024 by Bigbadbob
	Reedsholme 14/10/24 (Preview) 4 Buzzard in the air this morning outside my house. Prompted me to don my boots. Constant sightings all afternoon as far as Cribden Clough. Display seen from one bird and much calling from what I presume are young birds. 3 kestrels hunting over the hillside as far as Cribden all afternoon. 1 pair of Rave...	Bigbadbob	0	83	Mon Oct 14 8:16 PM, 2024 by Bigbadbob
	Strongstry winter feeding station. (Preview) 1200/1400 hrs 12 degrees calm sunny. The feeding station has been up and running for seven days now so I have done a 2 hour count today lots of coming and going so numbers are averaged. Blue Tit. 8 Great Tit. 10 Coal Tit. 7 Long-tailed Tit. 7 Goldfinch. 14 Chaffinch. 5 Two have white legs (papilloma...	brian	0	113	Mon Oct 14 2:09 PM, 2024 by brian
	pink-footed geese 13/10724 (Preview) 2 skeins of Pink-footed geese very rough estimate of 50 - 100 birds in each seen heading east, south-east over Weir this morning. A further skein (c100) seen a short while later heading west over The Hile cheers Kevin	KEVIN LISTER	0	62	Sun Oct 13 8:16 PM, 2024 by KEVIN LISTER
	twite 13/10/24 (Preview) Flock of 17 twite at undisclosed location today. Flock included several colour ringed birds from the RSPB monitoring scheme cheers Kevin	KEVIN LISTER	0	167	Sun Oct 13 7:58 PM, 2024 by KEVIN LISTER
	East view lodge. (Preview) 0830/1030 hrs 5/9 degrees, calm sunny. Redwing. Only 8 this morning, seems to be a poor Hawthorn berry year. Blackbird. 17 in total looks like an influx of continental birds. Redpoll. 3 Jay. 2 Mistle Thrush. 1 Blackcap. Single females was a surprise. Goldcrest 3 Good numbers of Blue, Great an...	brian	0	73	Sun Oct 13 1:09 PM, 2024 by brian
	Ring Ouzel Grane 12/10/2024 (Preview) Calf Hey 3 Ring Ouzel Hill side 1M 2F 250+ Goldfinch in the heather all along hill side from Ogden to Calf Hey in small charms of 15/25 3 Mistle Thrush 18 Redwing over Cheers Craggy	craggy	0	106	Sat Oct 12 8:27 PM, 2024 by craggy
	sharneyford to Deerplay 10/10 (Preview) Snipe-1 Skylark-1 Meadow Pipit-40 plus Kestrel-2 Buzzard-2 Raven-1 plus a bonus Hare	Markg	0	63	Fri Oct 11 8:09 AM, 2024 by Markg
	East view/Ox Hey Woods. (Preview) 1400/1630 hrs Sunny 16 degrees. Redwing. 14 feeding on Holly and Hawthorn East View. Redpoll. 3 with flock of Goldfinch. Greenfinch. 5 sunning on top of Poplar. Kestrel. Over. Long-tailed Tit. Flock of 9 Ox Hey wood Song Thrush. 2 as above. Sparrowhawk. Hunting through woods Several Blckbi...	brian	0	75	Mon Oct 7 4:41 PM, 2024 by brian
	Deerplay Area 6 10 24 (Preview) Deerplay area Lapwing 30 + 50 Starling 200+ Canada Geese 20 Grey Partridge 3 Pied Wagtail 2 minimum Meadow Pipit c20 Carrion Crow 6 B H Gull 1 Peter	pfyldes	0	86	Sun Oct 6 8:56 PM, 2024 by pfyldes
	Whitworth Quarry 06/10/24 (Preview) teal - 1 flew up from wet area on the mosssnipe 7jack snipe - 1buzzard - 3kestrel - 1meadow pipit - 29 cheers Kevin	KEVIN LISTER	0	66	Sun Oct 6 5:01 PM, 2024 by KEVIN LISTER
	Waterfoot 05/10/24 (Preview) A few bits from an afternoon strollswallow - 2house martin - thought I could hear birds calling from a nest on the con club this morning. at least 8 birds flying around this eveningstock dove - 2 at Warthgoldcrest - singing bird at Warthredwing - 2 at Warthdipper - 2 at Sandybank, 1 of which had to dive in t...	KEVIN LISTER	0	71	Sat Oct 5 9:20 PM, 2024 by KEVIN LISTER
	Stubbins/Ewood bridge round Robin. (Preview) 1400/1700 hrs pleasant sunshine 15 degrees. Good numbers of Blackbird, Robin, and Wren around the route. Jay. 3 along the railway Strongstry. Song Thrush. 4 in woodland. Blue Tit / Great Tit numbers seem ok. Long-tailed Tit. Group of 7 Alderbottom. Coal Tit. Only saw 2 at Alderbottom. Great Spo...	brian	0	71	Fri Oct 4 4:59 PM, 2024 by brian
	Redwing 28-9-24 (Preview) Overhead Redwing Newchurch 22:30, 29/9/30 3:52am, Moorhen 2:00am 29/9/24 Ian	Ian Brady	0	68	Thu Oct 3 3:13 AM, 2024 by Ian Brady
	Clough bottom (Preview) 1130-1245hrs Reed bunting pair Stonechat 4 not all together Long tailed tit 4 Coal tit 3 Goldfinch c20+Goldcrest Meadow pipit 50+ around Swallow 3 Lapwing 100+Golden Plover Great crested grebe single Stock dove pair Black headed gull Common gull single Lesser black backed gull 4C...	Phillip	0	70	Sun Sep 29 1:07 PM, 2024 by Phillip
	Clowbridge res. 24/9/24 (Preview) Afternoon ramble - 4 Cormorant inc. 1 white breasted individual. 1 Grey Heron 12 Canada Geese in fields c30 Mallard 3 Teal on the back pond feeding amongst the blue green algae. 1f Goosander 1 Common Sandpiper 1 male Kestrel 1 Buzzard over the woodland Pr Raven 1 Pied Wagtail 1 Kingfisher on the outflo...	Bigbadbob	0	72	Tue Sep 24 4:18 PM, 2024 by Bigbadbob
	Shortclough res (Preview) 6 little Egrets plus 3 little grebes courtesy of Vanessa land owner	johnh	1	136	Tue Sep 24 12:36 PM, 2024 by Bigbadbob
	Cloughbottom (Preview) Golden plover 1 teal 3 gc grebe1 stonechat3 reed bunting 2 jay1	johnh	0	63	Tue Sep 24 12:34 PM, 2024 by johnh
	Clowbridge 1245-1345hrs (Preview) Cold, Stonechat c7 south bay total of 13 around the res. Reed bunting 3 Linnet 3 Wheatear single female Cormorant 4 Mallard 10 Moorhen Pied wagtail 3 Heron single Common sandpiper single Kestrel single cheers, Phil	Phillip	1	68	Mon Sep 23 3:29 PM, 2024 by NigelG
	Pinkfeet 21/9/24 (Preview) 21/9/24. c100 over at 18:25hrs heading north over Reedsholme this evening. Bob	Bigbadbob	0	66	Sat Sep 21 6:48 PM, 2024 by Bigbadbob
	Reedsholme area 18/9/24 (Preview) Hot and sunny at last - late morning Pair of Raven displaying over the wood for 5 minutes or so before heading across the valley, followed by a group of 5 birds shortly after. 1 Buzzard, 1 Sparrowhawk + 2 House Martin seen with NigelG. over a cup of tea. Afternoon - 10 Canada Geese, 3 Mallard, 1 Moorhen at Sh...	Bigbadbob	0	73	Wed Sep 18 4:36 PM, 2024 by Bigbadbob
	AMR (Preview) 22 Wigeon on reservoir this morning, info RobA. Regards Brian.	brian	0	108	Tue Sep 17 9:07 AM, 2024 by brian
	Grane 16=9=24 (Preview) 11:00-13:00 40 Pinkfeet over at 11:30 east 5 (2 adult, 3 juv) Stonecaht on Ogden dam wall + 2 juv at ruin on Scrubber ~50 Lapwing on Odgen west end 3 Cormorant Ogden 1 Heron Ogden Ian	Ian Brady	0	76	Mon Sep 16 4:31 PM, 2024 by Ian Brady
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