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Whitworth Area. 28/8/2016
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Some days you go out birding / walking and you see the same birds species. Then one day you are "rewarded" by finding something rather special. It was my intention to look out for any Spotted Flycatcher in Whitworth, that have been seen in Rossendale, which I could not find! After watching a Buzzard for...
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Compstons 6 Sep
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6.45 to c8.00. S3-5 mostly clear 1 tree pipit c100 meadow pipits 40 swallows 9 pied wagtails 2 redpolls A promising start but dried up fairly quickly - very little after 7.15. Plenty of meadow pipits on the walk back (including odd ones or twos still heading south) plus 3 skylarks Meadow Head and c8 re...
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Huttock Top/ Sow Clough 030916
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common gull -1black-headed gull - c12woodpigeon - c20swallow - min 15pied wagtail - min 21grey wagtail - 1meadow pipit - 6starling - 6goldfinch - min 10greenfinch - 4linnet - min 175 (hard to count as birds were very mobile, but there could easily have been 250)twite - at least 1 mixed in with the lin...
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Clough Bottom, 4th Sep 2016
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09:30-10:15 Buzzard, 1 being mobbed by c40 Jackdaw & c12 Crows! Kestrel, 1 sat on dry stone wall on Swallow Shore and 1 over clearfell, L.B.B.Gull, 88 with 86 juvs / 1st winter birds and just 2 adults, G.S.Woodpecker, 1, Swallow, c12 feeding along edge of conifers, Meadow Pipit, c20, Pied Wagtail...
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Clowbridge, 3rd Sep ,2016
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08:15-09:45 Cormorant, 4 fishing the res, Canada Goose, 6, Mallard, c8, Kestrel, 1 hunting at the top end, Common Sandpiper, 1 on res bank, L.B.B.Gull, c12 over, B.H.Gull, 1 on res, Little Owl, 1 on dry stone wall, Rose-Ringed Parakeet, 1 flew up the valley and out of sight behind point wood, Swallow,...
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Green Sand.
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1 Green Sandpiper on back pond at Clowbridge Res today at 4.15 pm, still present at 4.50pm.
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Grane, 31st Aug 2016
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07:00-09:30 G.C.Grebe, just 2 showing on Holden Wood, Cormorant, 3 on Holden Wood, Grey Heron, 1 at Holden Wood, Canada Goose, c60 in flocks to 16, Mallard, c6, Buzzard, 2 hunting on the moors, Sparrowhawk, male over Holden Wood mobbed by Swallows, Kestrel, 3 including 1 juv, Pheasant, calling bird...
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Redstart
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Juvinile male Redstart fly catching by Ewood bridge 1630 hrs today.
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Seat Naze, Edge Cote and Lee Quarry 280816
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Seat Naze/ Edge Cote2 snipeflock of c30 woodpigeon1 pied wagtail6 + 5 meadow pipit3 + 2 +10 + 6 swallow2 raven overmin 2 juv willow warblergoldcrest calling birds at Edge Cote3 linnetlarge charm of min 250 (yes, that is two hundred and fifty) goldfinch Lee Quarry east end and trackcurlew calling fr...
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Haslingden Birds 2016
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Jan 14th - Dunnock singing sub-song form top of privet at Haslingden Primary and after a week full song Friday 5th Feb - 2 Raven over Cedar Avenue circling on estate where Neil lives - quite low down! Friday 12th Feb - large flock of Pink Footed Geese heading north west about 4.50pm-ish - ...
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Swift.
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2 Swifts over Goidshaw Lane, C/booth at 12.30 today With c20 H Martins.
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house martins 19/08/16
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c120 house martins were feeding over Waterfoot this morning. Yesterday there were c40 house martins with a lone swift. cheers Kevin
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OSPREY GRANE 24/08/2016
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Osprey seen this afternoon very low over Holden Wood reservoir one tail feather missing All most came down to the waters surface at top end look like it had it's eye on a fish Then slowly made it's way back up over the next two Reservoirs OGDEN RESERVOIR 70+ Lapwings flying around 130+ Canada Goose...
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Grane 210816
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with Neil Burke, Geoff Margisson, Ian Brady & Sabina at various pointsGreat crested grebe - 1pr with 2 large juvs still at Holden Woodgrey heron - adult and first winter bird at Holden Woodcormorant - peak of 20 in the trees at Holden WoodCanada goose - min 50 at Ogden, 1pr with 3 large goslings at Ja...
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Osprey Whinchat Redstart Grane
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Osprey found by Andy Young above Troy then headed towards Calf Hey and onwards then back to Ogden then over Musbury Height and Musbury and then across over Haslingden. Last seen over Hutch Bank and quite slow flying and in the air for a while might be a stayer. 1 Redstart at Holden Wood 1-2 Whinchat at Ja...
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Lee Quarry area 17/08/16
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hobby- 1 flew across Stubbylee Mosskestrel - 1Whitethroat - 1 at Futures Parkwillow warbler - calling birdspotted flycatcher - 1 on the track up to the quarryredstart - 2 (possibly 3) on the track up to the quarrywheatear - 1 in the west end of the quarrymistle thrush - 4starling - 40chaffinch - flock o...
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Marl Pits
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Green Woodpecker in tree aside the rugby pitch car park 12noon today.
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spotted flycatcher 150816
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1 spotted flycatcher on the track up to Lee Quarry. Family party of lesser redpoll in same area. 1 swift high over Whitworth Lower End Moor cheers Kevin
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Warth 14/08/16
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fairly quiet, only things of note swift- 1 feeding over Hareholme green woodpecker - 1 juvenile stock dove - 1pr grey wagtail - 2 willow warbler - family party cheers Kevin
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Grane, 14th August, 2016
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09:15 - 11:45 G.C.Grebe, both adults caught fish whilst I was watching and fed them to the two young which were lounging in the middle of Holden Wood, Grey Heron, 1 in Jamestones, Canada Goose, c140 above Troy and c30 near Ogden, Mallard, c12, Buzzard, calling birds, Sparrowhawk, circling bird being...
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Clowbridge, 13th August 2016
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08:30-09:30 Cormorant, 3 fishing the res and 1 on the U-Boat, Mallard, c12, B.H.Gull, 7, L.B.B.Gull, c8 over, Little Owl, 1 on dry stone wall, Swallow, c6, House Martin, c8, Meadow Pipit, c40 in south bay, Pied Wagtail, 4, Willow Warbler, 2 calling birds, House Sparrow, 2, Goldfinch, charms of 3 &...
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Red Kite.
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Individual Red Kite flying northish over Plunge....Rawtenstall....Clowbridge area at 1430 hrs this afternoon. Info thanks to Geoff & Paul. Regards Brian. -- Edited by brian on Friday 12th of August 2016 04:01:53 PM
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Green Sandpiper.
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1300 hrs overcast and cool. Adult Green Sandpiper feeding along the Irwell between Stubbins and Strongstry, flew north at 1320 hrs. Regards Brian.
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Glen Garden
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Along with the usual tits, finches and robins a Willow Warbler was in the garden this morning.
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Clowbridge, 6th Aug 2016
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07:30-09:00 G.C.Grebe, 1 fishing the res, Cormorant, 1 flew on from the south, Grey Heron, 1 fishing the back pond, Canada Goose, 55, most flew south around 09:00 Mallard, c6, Kestrel, 1 hunting the moors near Nutshaw, L.B.B.Gull, c30 over, Common Gull, 2 adults briefly on the res, B.H.Gull, c8, Swa...
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Cowpe 310716
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grey heron - 1 at LenchCanada goose - 9 at Lench & 10 at Cowpe Resmallard - 9 at Lenchmoorhen - 1 heard at Kearn's Lodgekestrel - 1 at Cowpe Reslesser black-backed gull - c50 circling over Cowpe Reswoodpigeon - flock of 12 near Cowpe Reskingfisher - very vocal bird at Lench, possibly had young bird...
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Mitchell's House Res, 31st July 2016
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09:00-10:30 Sparrowhawk, female flew off the moor down towards Baxenden, L.B.B.Gull, c30 over, 1 let on the res briefly, B.H.Gull, c12 over, Swift, c6 over, Skylark, 2 calling, Swallow, c100 feeding over moorland and res with many juvs, Sand Martin, 1 over res, Meadow Pipit, c60, with many juvs, Pi...
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Avocet Ashworth Moor Res
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Clowbridge, 30th July 2016
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07:00-08:30 G.C.Grebe, 2 on res, Cormorant, 4 on the U-Boat, Mallard, c15, Kestrel, 1 hunting the moors, Common Sandpiper, 1, Curlew, 1, B.H.Gull, c8, Common Gull, 2, L.B.B.Gull, c10 over, Little Owl, 1, Swallow, c12, House Martin, 2, Meadow Pipit, c20, Pied Wagtail, 3, Willow Warbler, c8 inc fami...
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Clough Bottom Reservoir. 29th July 2016
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130 Lesser Black Backed Gull, 10 Black Headed Gull, 4 Canada Geese, 2 Dunnock, 4 Carrion Crow, 1 Kestrel. Dave Ousey.
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