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Strongstry,
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Showers all day, never got light and reached 13.5 degrees. Had a Chiffchaff this afternoon actively feeding in a thick hawthorn bush, this is the same area as I had two during September and October, no way of knowing if this is a resident or migrant unfortunately. Also.....Female Bullfinch, Buzzard...
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Grane 071216
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Canada goose - 7 over Holden Woodwigeon - female on Holden Woodteal - 1 on Holden Woodmallard - 9 at Holden Woodgoldeneye - 1 on Calf Heygoosander - 1 flying down the valleycormorant - 9 at Holden Wood at 10am & 9 on Ogden around the same time. 15 at Holden Wood at 2:30pmgrey heron - 1 at Holden WoodGre...
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Scaup 4/12/16
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Female Scaup still present at Clowbridge res this morning - per A.Jones I mention this as one has turned up at A.M.R. today (see GM forum), possibly 2 birds in the area or the same one moving about. The Clowbridge bird is only the fourth since 2000 to occur in Rossendale. Something of a rarity. Bob.
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Deeply Vale etc 051216
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cormorant - 1 flew off the middle lodge at Deeply Valegrey heron - 1 at Buckhurst Lodge & 1 at the middle lodge at Deeply Valeteal - 1on the middle lodge at Deeply Vale & 17 at the flashgoosander - c62 roosting on AMR. Earlier birds were present on the top and middle lodges at Deeply Valegoldeney...
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Buckden woods/Moor road/Alden.
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Sunny calm never better than 5 degrees. Very little of interest until we reached Alden, 7 Brambling in Sunnybank community woodland, they were mainly males and feeding on Beech mast on the ground. Regards Brian.
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Winter feeding station Strongstry.
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Even with some very cold nights and sunny days the feeding station has been poorly attended, started well with a few Brambling but these have been missing for nearly a week. Birds of note over the weekend were 3 Siskin and a single Redpoll all of which were on a table in my back garden, there was one Siskin...
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Stubbins Ewood bridge round robin.
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0800 to 1200 hrs -1 rising to +4 bright sunshine calm. Most notable species were Blackbird and Chaffinch, very large numbers of both all round the route, certainly more than I have ever seen. Several good Tit flocks of around 20, mostly Blue, Great, and coal all feeding quite high in the woodland espec...
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Cowpe 041216
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little grebe - 1 at Lenchgrey heron - 1 at Lenchbuzzard 1 hovering over the hillside near Cragg Quarrykingfisher - 2 at Hugh Milldipper - 1 at Hugh Millredwing - 2 at Lench & c20 near Kearn's Lodgesong thrush - 1 at Hugh Millmistle thrush - 1 at Kearn's Lodge & 2 at Hugh Millraven - heard calling o...
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Grane, 4th Dec 2016
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08:30-11:30 G.C.Grebe, 1 on Holden Wood, Cormorant, 1 on Holden Wood & 8 on Ogden, Mallard, 4 flew onto Holden Wood, Teal, 8 on Calf Hey, Kestrel, 2, G.B.B.Gull, 1 w on Holden Wood, later on pasture at Ogden, L.B.B.Gull, c20 over, Herring Gull, c30 over, B.H.Gull, c20 on Holden Wood & 1 in James...
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Seat Naze/ Edge Cote 031216
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Snipe - 24sparrowhawk - 1 maletawny owl - 2 unintentionally disturbed from roostblack headed gull - c30common gull - 2stock dove - 1 over to Warthgoldcrest - 2jay - 1magpie - 9carrion crow - 10jackdaw - 19 cheers Kevin
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Pink feet 021216
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skein of pink footed geese heard over Park Road Industrial Estate, Bacup @ 17:15 tonight. No idea of numbers as I couldn't see them in the gloom, but they sounded to be quite low so somebody may have picked them up lower down the valley cheers Kevin
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Holcome moor, Monday 28 November
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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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