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Green Woodpecker.
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0800/1130 hrs calm, overcast and 10 degrees. Spent a few hours this morning watching the local pair of Green Woodpeckers displaying and checking out existing nest sites and making an attempt to excavate a new one, it appears no decision had been made when they went there separate ways to feed in the ad...
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Chapel Hill, 10th April 2017
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19:00-20:30 Grey Heron, 1 flew over The Irwell Valley, Buzzard, two soaring overhead, Snipe, 2 on Edge Cote, Lapwing, 4 pairs on Edge Cote, Meadow Pipit, c6 on Edge Cote, Song Thrush, 2 singing birds, Blackbird, lots of song with perhaps 10 singing birds, Willow Warbler, 2 singing at Marl Pits, Coal T...
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Cheesden Valley, 9th April 2017
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18:00-20:00 Canada Goose, c10 pairs, Mallard, c12, Teal, 10 on the flash near Deeply Vale, Goosander, female flew down the valley, Kestrel, male & female, Sparrowhawk, male over, Pheasant, 3 calling birds, Moorhen, 3 singles, Curlew, 3 pairs, Lapwing, 5 pairs, B.H.Gull, flock of c30 over wes...
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Grane 09/04/2017
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Canada goose 80 at Holden Wood, 4 pr on Ogden, 7 at Calf Hey, 12 at Jamestone Quarry & 2 pr at Troy QuarryTeal 1 pr at Holden WoodMallard 10 at Holden Wood, 1pr at Ogden, 1m at Calf Hey, 2m at Jamestone Quarry & 2m at Troy QuarryTufted duck 2m & 1f at Holden WoodGoldeneye 1pr in Jamestone Quarry...
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Clowbridge, 8th April 2017
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18:00-19:30 Grey Heron, 1 flew down The limy Valley, Canada Goose, sitting bird plus pair, Mallard, c8, Goosander, 3 Redheads, Pheasant, calling bird, Moorhen, 1 in Limy, Dunlin, 1 on res shore, Lapwing, 1 south of res, Curlew, 2 calling birds from moors, Stock Dove, a pair, Little Owl, 2 in gable end...
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Migrants 8/4/17
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Rawtenstall 1 singing Willow Warbler at Hurst Lane Singing Chiffchaffs at cemetry and at Tip Lodge Bob.
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Migrants
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Strongstry woods and river, 0700/1030 hrs, bright sunshine, calm, temp rising from 2 to 10 degrees. Sand Martins....now 20 plus individuals with at least 8 existing nest sites being cleaned out. There were six birds at the nest site on the 31/3/2017 (been away for a week) that is 10 days earlier than a...
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Jackdaw roost. Dunnockshaw. 7th April.
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Parked up on Burnley rd, Dunnockshaw tonight, 8 - 8.30 pm to watch the numbers of Jackdaws coming to roost in Riley's wood. Birds were coming in all the time until after dark from the south and more so from the Burnley direction. There were so many at the end swirling around it was like watching a Starli...
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Counts of some rookeries today
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I checked some of the sites included in the early Rookery Surveys by John Sykes, although they are in Greater Manchester. Holcombe Church - 22 St Johns Shuttleworth - 41. I could see no signs of activity at Holcombe Brook, Stubbins or at Kay Brow, Ramsbottom which were rookery sites back in the day.
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Swallows 6/4/17
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4 Swallows at E.B.S.W. + 1 Willow Warbler on far side of beds, this afternoon. Bob & Archie
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Great White Egret 6/4/17
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1 Grt White Egret at Clowbridge res. this morning, flew off S.E. - per A.Jones. Bob.
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Rooks 4/4/17
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Two nests in Rawtenstall (only one was tenanted) in Longholme Methodist's churchyard behind Fitzpatricks. First time I've known rooks breed in the town centre. Bob.
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stackstaeds
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top of the heights 2 swallows 31 march
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Lee Quarry to Spring Mill 020417
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Lee Quarry track and east end of quarrycurlew heardkestrel - 1 prlesser-black backed gull - c25herring gull - min 3pied wagtail - 3meadow pipit - 6wheatear - 2 males (1 singing) & 1 femalelong-tailed tit - 1chiffchaff - 1greenfinch - 3redpoll - flock of 6 Whitworth QuarryCanada goose - 4 prbuzza...
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Ewood Bridge - Plunge, 2nd April 2017
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08:30-11:30 Grey Heron, 1 fishing pond at the bottom of Plunge, Canada Goose, 2 pair at bottom of Plunge, Buzzard, 1 soaring over Horncliffe, Sparrowhawk, pair(s) seen soaring twice, Pheasant, calling bird at Alderbottom, Snipe, 'chipping' bird at the bottom of Plunge, Curlew, 2 calling birds in...
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E.B.S.W. - Irwell Vale 1/4/17
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Afternoon ramble 3 pr Buzzard over various sites 2 Sparrowhawk 1 Kestrel 1 Dipper 1 Grey Wagtail 3 Pied Wagtail Pr Stock Dove 3+ Nuthatch 1pr Long Tailed Tit 1 Oystercatcher - E.B.S.W. 2 Chiffchaff around the circuit 1 Willow Warbler sang briefly - around the circuit Flock of 7 Goldfinch c80 L.B.B.Gul...
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Clowbridge, 1st April, 2017
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17:00-18:30 Canada Goose, 2 pairs, Mallard, pair & 2 Drakes, Lapwing, 3 over Nutshaw, Curlew, 1 called from the moors, Herring Gull, 1 through north, Stock Dove, pair near Nutshaw, Little Owl, bird in gable end, Skylark, 2 in song, Meadow Pipit, c10, Pied Wagtail, 2, Jackdaw, c200 over New Laith...
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Waxwings Haslingden
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25 in the memorial Gardens today, opposite entrance to Haslingden Primary School
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Stubbins to Ewood bridge.
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Sunny intervals, southerly wind, 12 degrees. The following are of particular note.... Dipper....five pair all showing nesting activities. Grey Wagtail....two pair. Kingfisher....active at two locations. Mallard...one sitting female seen. Sand Martin.....first of the year, six seen at ne...
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Grane, 27th March 2017
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G.C.Grebe, 1 on Calf Hey, Cormorant, 5 on Holden Wood & 3 on Ogden, Canada Goose, c50 on Holden Wood, 30 on Ogden, 2 pairs on Calf Hey, Mallard, c12, Goldeneye, 2 on Calf Hey & 2 in Jamestones, Goosander, male flew up the valley, Pheasant, calling bird near Holden Wood, Coot, 1 on Holden Wood, Moo...
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Chapel Hill, 26th March 2017
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14:00-16:00 Canada Goose, 2 pairs on Shortclough, Mallard, male flew down The Limy Valley, Buzzard, 2 pairs over The Limy Valley and a pair over The Whitewell Valley, Kestrel, 2 hovering birds over Cribden, Lapwing, 7 birds on Edge Cote, Snipe, 1 on Edge Cote, Jack Snipe, 1 on Edge Cote, Herring Gull,...
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Lee Quarry 27.3.17.
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Lee Quarry Wheatear 3 Raven 1 Stock Dove 4 Little Owl 1 Meadow Pipit 3 L.B.B.Gull 4 over Carrion Crow 6 Pied Wagtail 1 pfyldes
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Holden wood.
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0700/0930 hrs cool breeze 6/10 degrees bright sun. Canada Geese.....100 plus Great Crested Greebe......1 pair Goldeneye.....1 pair Cormorant...9 Mallard....4 males Oystercatcher.....3 Lapwing....32 on territory, one possibly sitting. Wheatear...3 in fields feeding. Meadow Pipit.......
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Waxwings Ground work
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Min 15 waxwing Groundwork 7.30am via Andy Y
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Red Kite.
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A single Red Kite drifted out of Rossendale into GMC over Ashworth Moor reservoir heading towards Manchester between 1720 hrs and 1740 hrs. Regards Brian.
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Whoopers. Clowbridge Res. 23rd March '17.
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20 Whooper Swans on Res all afternoon after arriving at 10.30 this morning. well done Russ.. Also another 35 flew over the Res and carried on to north. (Archie) -- Edited by C Bel on Thursday 23rd of March 2017 06:35:05 PM -- Edited by C Bel on Thursday 23rd of March 2017 11:41:34 PM
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wing-tagged buzzard
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Seen today above Jamestones. Right wing has a green tag and the left possibly purple. Does anyone know anything about this or other wing-tagged buzzards? Little else of note around Grane. Minimum 3 goldeneye, 5 teal, 30 cormorants, 2 great-crested grebes. Only 2 coots seen. At least 2 lapwings appe...
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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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