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Whooper Swans Crawshawbooth
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20-30 seen in flight over Crawshawbooth quite low. Looks like they had just taken off Clowbridge and headed south-west. They veered west and would have probably passed North of Haslingden slightly south of Mitchells House if going straight. They appeared to have taken advantage of the pause i...
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Jamestone Quarry 21/03/2017
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Jamestone Quarry 1 Wheatear 2m 1f Stonechat 2 Oystercatcher 3m 2f Goldeneye 2 Great Black-backed Gull with 2 juvenile 16 Black-headed Gull 1 Green Woodpecker calling 1 Buzzard 1 Kestrel On my way back looking across at Ogden on the far side about half way up from the new overflow in the field was...
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Rookeries 2016, 30th April 2016
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Hi all, I've got round to counting most of our Rookeries over the last week with the following results: Rook Hill..................35 Broadclough............44 Water.....................27 Lumb.....................14 Farmers Glory........20 Acre......................18 Crawsha...
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Back garden birds March
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8 March. 3 Crossbills in Conifirs on opposite side garden hedge only stayed for one after noon . None found around grane area 14 March. Approx 30 Siskins flew into large tree in nexst doors garden for a few minuets then flying towards grane. 5 resident Siskins where on bird feeds. 18 march first Redpol...
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EBSW/Irwell Vale.
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1 Sand Martin and a Chiffchaff on sewage works and a wader, thought to be a Green Sand, flew off Irwell and onto sewage works 8-9am today.
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Clowbridge, 18th March 2017
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07:30-08:30 Poor conditions with heavy drizzle, blustery wind and then low visibility of approx. 50 yds. G.C.Grebe, 2 fishing the res, Canada Goose, 2 over res, Mallard, 2 drakes on res and 4 drakes on Limy, Scaup, female diving in North Bay, Lapwing, single bird over, high, flying north, Skylark, o...
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Weir village
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Weds 15.3.17 1 hour around dinner time. On the lodges, pr Canada geese, 3 mallard (2m 1f) goosander that flew off down the valley, moorhen. Lots of blue tits great tits about, robins, blackbirds house sparrows grey wagtail on the stream. 2 buzzards soaring high over deerplay, 2 sparrowhawks hunti...
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Clowbridge etc 16 Mar
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Female scaup still present. Also 2 great-crested grebes. No cormorants but sailors out. 2 singing chiffchaffs this morning, one Ewood Bridge and one Groundwork. About 20 fieldfares with c200 starlings Greenfold. 5lapwings, 1 curlew, 2 stock doves also around here. A few lesser redpolls around W...
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winberry woods
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Chiffchaff Groundwork
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HOLDEN WOOD 15/03/2017
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A look around Holden Wood with Sarfraz Cormorants coming and going Large numbers of Canada geese on and off the ress Six Teal Seven mallard Two Buzzard Two Coot Two Great Crested Grebes displaying At top end we had a Chiffchaff calling Then on are way back down in the field road side along with 30+...
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Jamestone quarry to Calf Hey.
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Cold north easterly and showers. Jamestones.... Well over 100 gulls, mainly Black-headed, some Herring and Lesser-blackbacked, one or two Greater-blackbacked. Forty plus Canada Geese. Four pairs of Oystercatcher. Single Curlew. Good numbers of Carrion Crow. Male Stonechat. Pair Grey Wagta...
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Grane Reservoirs 120317
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Canada goose - 82 at Holden Wood, 65 at Ogden & 5 at Calf Heyteal - 2prs at Holden wood & 13 at Calf Heymallard - 12 at Holden Wood & 10 at Ogdengoldeneye - 1pr at Holden Wood, 1m & 3f at Ogden & 1pr at Calf Heygrey heron - 1 over Holden Woodcormorant - 15 at Holden Wood & 6 at Ogdengreat...
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Chiffchaff
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1 singing EBSW this morning Andy
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Reedsholme - Chapel Hill
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Grey Heron - 1 flew to Waterfoot off Chapel Hill, 1 at the small pond + 1 flew up the Limy valley + another bird seen later on same flight path. Coal Tit - 1 at cemetry + 1 later at Tip lodge Long tailed Tit - pr near cemetry G.S.W - 1 calling at cemetry. Blackbird - 5 singing birds between Reedsholme & Waing...
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Cheesden Valley, 12th March 2017
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07:30-10:00 Canada Goose, c5 pairs on various pond & lodges plus flock of 8 over Harden Moor, Mallard, c12, Teal, 10 on The Flash near Deeply Vale and 4 on the bottom lodge, Goldeneye, male and 2 females on AMR, Goosander, redhead on Buckhurst Lodge, Buzzard, 1 over the valley, Sparrowhawk, 1 soar...
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Cowpe Lowe/ Dearden Moor
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Golden Plover - flocks of 48+ and 14 birds on Cowpe Lowe/Whitaker Pasture. Later seen flying in one flock above the hill when I thought there were about 70 (assuming the same birds). Lapwing - Dearden Moor (5+), Whitaker Pasture (2) and Whinberry Naze (4) Curlew - 1 on Dearden Moor Reed Bunting - 2 Deard...
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Grane, 11th March 2017
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07:30-10:30 G.C.Grebe, pair displaying on Calf Hey, Cormorant, c5, Canada Goose, c80, mainly on Holden Wood, Mallard, c4, Teal, 5 on Holden Wood & 2 on Calf Hey, Goldeneye, pair on Holden Wood and a male & 3 females flushed off Ogden by a fisherman, Buzzard, pair soaring and a single, Red Grou...
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Blackcap, Ventnor road, Haslingden. 10 March.
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Female Blackcap in back garden this morning Neli
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AROUND GRANE 09/03/2017
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Had a large bird of pray today fly over Troy quarry, on its back just at the beginning of the right wing was a bright green tag . The distance between me and the bird was to great for more info and True ID Jamestone Quarry 2 Oystercatchers Meadows above Quarry 2 Green Woodpecker 1 Curlew 4 skylark On th...
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Clowbridge res. 7/3/17
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07:40 hrs Min 13 Cormorant 1 G.C.Grebe 10+ Mallard 1f Scaup - still present! 1 Oystercatcher flew through. 1 Common Sandpiper c60 B.H.Gull c4 Common Gull c2 Herring Gull 2 Skylark singing 1 Grey Wagtail singing 1 Pied Wagtail 2 Blackbird Pr Goldcrest c4 Goldfinch 20+ Redpoll, all over the car park lot...
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Edge Cote 6 March
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Snipe - at least 90 but probably a few more Jack Snipe - 3 for sure and some probables amongst the common snipe Lapwing flock of 41, 5 common gulls, 1 reed bunting, 1 meadow pipit and about 5 skylarks singing in the area Andy
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Clowbridge, 5th March 2017
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08:00-09:30 G.C.Grebe, 2 on the res, Cormorant, min 13 with many coming and going, Mallard, pair on res and 8 on Limy outflow, Scaup, female in north bay, Kestrel, 1 over Nutshaw, Common Sandpiper, 1 in north bay, Oystercatcher, 1 flying around the res, Lapwing, 2 flying over fields behind boat house...
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helmshore
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Strongstry woods to Moor road.
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0700 to1030 nice spring morning 7 degrees calm overcast becoming sunny. Blue, Great, and Coal Tit many in song and displaying. Long -tailed Tit, Two small parties of about a dozen. Chaffinch, in song and plentifu, Goldfinch, seem to have paired of no large charms but lots around. Bullfinch, not seen...
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Long-tailed Duck. Clowbridge Res.
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Imm/fem L T Duck with Scaup and male Tufted Duck 4pm.
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Clowbridge/Crown Point Ringing/Vis-Mig Watch Autumn 2016.
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Its that time again. Been up this morning clearing/trimming back net rides in readiness to start ringing this Autumn. Too windy to put any nets up and I was too busy anyway trimming but had at least 5 singles Tree Pipit going south through the 2+ hrs I was there. Also had a Juv Redstart on the fence line, a...
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Cock Hall Lane, Whitworth. 20/2/2017
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Sorry about this very late posting, I have had trouble signing on to this site! I sometimes walk my dog along the above path (behind Whitworth High School) and watch the birds as I go. This particular morning I saw:- 2 Siskin, 2 Goldcrest and 5 Common Gulls and another gull that seemed to be with them but k...
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Bramblings. C/booth.
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3 Bramblings outside our house today. Male singing.
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Lee mill garden
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Treecreeper in back garden again today, also first greenfinches of the winter, min 5 long tailed tits, blue tits, great tits, coal tits, pair of robins, nuthatch (still a regular visitor), dunnock and a blackbird.
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