General Discussion

JimOrmerod · JimOrmerod

There is a feeling that certain species are in decline in Rossendale so we would like to ensure that we get as many breeding records sent to us as possible. The Lapwing is one such species and we would like to receive records of breeding or attempted breeding, ideally with grid reference. In addition we...

KEVIN LISTER · KEVIN LISTER

The 2014 bird report is now available. Many thanks to Bob Ives & David Nuttall for compiling the report. Thanks also to Craig Bell, Brian Kirkwood, Sarfraz Hayat, Dennis Greenwood & Stephen Rush for the photographs. Unfortunately the credits for the individual photos have not been prin...

JimOrmerod · JimOrmerod

JimOrmerod · JimOrmerod

Last Friday I spent an enjoyable day helping with a survey looking for queens of the Bilberry Bumblebee at White Coppice near Chorley. It was led by Ben Hargreaves of Lancs Wildlife Trust who is the Project Leader for "Plan Bee", aimed at protecting and boosting numbers of bees of all kinds. It is foc...

JimOrmerod · JimOrmerod

I'm not sure whether Ian Brady mentioned this at Monday's meeting, but Eric sadly died last Tuesday 10th February at the age of 95. Both he and his wife, Margaret, had been suffering from dementia for several years but Eric died of a heart attack. Eric was a big influence on birding in Rossendale and w...

JimOrmerod · JimOrmerod

In case anyone is interested there is a very good free software product available that can be used to store bird records and those of other biological groups very simply and can export the data in various formats including that suitable for uploading to BTO BirdTrack. The software is available from t...

JimOrmerod · JimOrmerod

Following the demise of the ROC website I've resurrected something I played with a while ago which fills a similar function - a Wiki. The URL is http://roc.wikispaces.com/Home if you take a look you'll see it contains similar information to that on the old website. I've also back-linked to it fro...

JimOrmerod · JimOrmerod

I notice other forums often have it set up that the most recent message in a thread is at the top of the thread when you open it. Is that something ROC Forum users would prefer? I think I can alter it in the settings.

JimOrmerod · JimOrmerod

FreeUK who hosted our main website (www.rossendalebird.freeuk.com) have closed the site along with other free sites that would not opt for paid hosting. Apologies for this, although there was very little on there other than back copies of Bird Reports. You'll probably find the logo missing at the...

JimOrmerod · JimOrmerod

At time when people are getting out their new notebooks / diaries for another year's bird recording I thought it might be worth posting a fairly simple mechanism for storing records electronically so they can easily be sent in for adding to the main database. It involves an MS Excel spreadsheet, but i...

JimOrmerod · JimOrmerod

Neil Burke has drawn my attention to a message on the Greater Manchester Bird Forum pointing out that there is an active group of egg-thieves operating from the Heywood area and that they trawl forums such as these to get clues as to the location of nests birds of prey etc. When posting on the Forum pleas...

JimOrmerod · JimOrmerod

Please read the Forum Guidelines under Rossendale Birds Sightings

Ian Brady · Ian Brady

Out to somewhere AMR again?

Ian Brady · Ian Brady

Meet at 19:00 Kay Street car park We will decide were to go from there Ian

PaulB · PaulB

We have discussed declining insect populations a number of times at meetings while I have been a member of ROC, particularly how this has affected the types and numbers of birds we now encounter locally. We are obviously not alone in our thinking. The Guardian article I've included below is a very in...

brian · brian

Hi All, has anyone else had a problem with the search button on our web page as it wont work.? Regards Brian.

Ian Brady · Ian Brady

All The Bird Race will start at 6:00am Waterfoot car park 1st June finishing at some time in the afternoon probably at the Buffer Stop Ian

Ian Brady · Ian Brady

Meeting starts at 19:15 Weavers Cottage. Cheers Ian

Ian Brady · Ian Brady

All Meet at 9:00am Kay Street car park. Don't forget that AGM is on Monday night at 19:15 Weavers Cottage. Bring your subs, we need them! Cheers Ian

brian · brian

Unfortunately due to a family commitment I can not complete the full day, I will do a round Robin from first light covering Strongstry/ Buckden woods/ Moor road/ Ewood bridge/ Irwell vale/ River Irwell back to Stubbins and will post sightings. Regards Brian.

Ian Brady · Ian Brady

Meet at Kay Street car park 9:00am 17th November Marshside 15th December Fluke Hall 12th January 2025 Bird Race Waterfoot car park 8:00am

Ian Brady · Ian Brady

All Meeting at Weavers Cottage 19:15, bring your photos. Cheers Ian

brian · brian

Hi All, after sorting out some photos for the next meeting, I powered up our club monitor and it would not connect through the hdmi port, checked all cables etc all ok, monitor not worth repairing, anyone know of a spare TV with hdmi ports anywhere ? Regards Brian. -- Edited by brian on Friday 8th of Novem...

KEVIN LISTER · KEVIN LISTER

Neil has asked me to post this on behalf of Steve Martin, an ornithological consultant working with Natural England Steve is requesting records of wader species for the whole of the West Pennine Moors (a map is on the attachment) from 2019 through to March 2025. If anybody has any records please forwa...

C Bel · C Bel

Just to let folk know Dave passed away last night.. RIP buddy.

KEVIN LISTER · KEVIN LISTER

Due to the heavy rain forecast for tonight, this evenings meeting will be indoors. Meet at Weaver's Cottage Rawtenstall at 7:15 pm cheers Kevin

brian · brian

Hi All, anyone around Grane tomorrow please post any sightings and I can add to BTO website. Regards Brian.

KEVIN LISTER · KEVIN LISTER

Brian has asked me to post a request to see if anybody is available to do any breeding bird surveys on the National Trust land in the Holcombe Moor area. Apparently there are 5 squares available. 3 of which are SD7716, SD7717 & SD7617, I'm not sure of the other 2 squares, but they will be in the same gen...

Ian Brady · Ian Brady

Sorry I won't be at the meeting - I'm going to Islay for the week. Cheers Ian

KEVIN LISTER · KEVIN LISTER

For anybody interested the summer bird race will be on Sunday 2nd June this year cheers Kevin

Topic		Started By	Replies	Views	Last Post
	STICKY: * Species of special interest * (Preview) There is a feeling that certain species are in decline in Rossendale so we would like to ensure that we get as many breeding records sent to us as possible. The Lapwing is one such species and we would like to receive records of breeding or attempted breeding, ideally with grid reference. In addition we...	JimOrmerod	1	772	Thu Mar 31 10:18 PM, 2016 by craggy
	STICKY: 2014 bird report now available (Preview) The 2014 bird report is now available. Many thanks to Bob Ives & David Nuttall for compiling the report. Thanks also to Craig Bell, Brian Kirkwood, Sarfraz Hayat, Dennis Greenwood & Stephen Rush for the photographs. Unfortunately the credits for the individual photos have not been prin...	KEVIN LISTER	2	685	Mon Feb 22 7:30 PM, 2016 by Ste Rush
	STICKY: * Programme of Events - January to June 2016 * (Preview)	JimOrmerod	0	629	Fri Jan 8 8:58 AM, 2016 by JimOrmerod
	STICKY: Sightings of Bilberry (Blaeberry) Bumblebee - Bombus monticola (Preview) Last Friday I spent an enjoyable day helping with a survey looking for queens of the Bilberry Bumblebee at White Coppice near Chorley. It was led by Ben Hargreaves of Lancs Wildlife Trust who is the Project Leader for "Plan Bee", aimed at protecting and boosting numbers of bees of all kinds. It is foc...	JimOrmerod	14	1244	Mon Aug 3 7:30 AM, 2015 by JimOrmerod
	STICKY: Eric Ward (Preview) I'm not sure whether Ian Brady mentioned this at Monday's meeting, but Eric sadly died last Tuesday 10th February at the age of 95. Both he and his wife, Margaret, had been suffering from dementia for several years but Eric died of a heart attack. Eric was a big influence on birding in Rossendale and w...	JimOrmerod	4	859	Wed Feb 25 10:31 PM, 2015 by Ste Rush
	STICKY: * New FREE software for biological records * (Preview) In case anyone is interested there is a very good free software product available that can be used to store bird records and those of other biological groups very simply and can export the data in various formats including that suitable for uploading to BTO BirdTrack. The software is available from t...	JimOrmerod	0	881	Sun Mar 31 3:54 AM, 2013 by JimOrmerod
	STICKY: * ROC website * (Preview) Following the demise of the ROC website I've resurrected something I played with a while ago which fills a similar function - a Wiki. The URL is http://roc.wikispaces.com/Home if you take a look you'll see it contains similar information to that on the old website. I've also back-linked to it fro...	JimOrmerod	0	1173	Fri Sep 2 8:54 PM, 2011 by JimOrmerod
	STICKY: Question about layout * (Preview) I notice other forums often have it set up that the most recent message in a thread is at the top of the thread when you open it. Is that something ROC Forum users would prefer? I think I can alter it in the settings.	JimOrmerod	3	1126	Thu May 26 3:01 PM, 2011 by JimOrmerod
	STICKY: * ROC Website closed * (Preview) FreeUK who hosted our main website (www.rossendalebird.freeuk.com) have closed the site along with other free sites that would not opt for paid hosting. Apologies for this, although there was very little on there other than back copies of Bird Reports. You'll probably find the logo missing at the...	JimOrmerod	0	1047	Wed Feb 16 5:51 PM, 2011 by JimOrmerod
	STICKY: Spreadsheet for recording Rossendale bird sightings (Preview) At time when people are getting out their new notebooks / diaries for another year's bird recording I thought it might be worth posting a fairly simple mechanism for storing records electronically so they can easily be sent in for adding to the main database. It involves an MS Excel spreadsheet, but i...	JimOrmerod	1	1441	Thu Jul 29 8:47 PM, 2010 by bobkerry
	STICKY: * Posting information about sensitive species * (Preview) Neil Burke has drawn my attention to a message on the Greater Manchester Bird Forum pointing out that there is an active group of egg-thieves operating from the Heywood area and that they trawl forums such as these to get clues as to the location of nests birds of prey etc. When posting on the Forum pleas...	JimOrmerod	0	1160	Thu Jul 29 8:46 PM, 2010 by bobkerry
	STICKY: Forum Guidelines - PLEASE READ (closed) (Preview) Please read the Forum Guidelines under Rossendale Birds Sightings	JimOrmerod	0	1324	Thu Oct 26 9:02 AM, 2006 by JimOrmerod
	Bird Club Monday 18-8-25 19:00 Kay St (Preview) Out to somewhere AMR again?	Ian Brady	1	47	Mon Aug 18 2:21 PM, 2025 by brian
	Bird Club meeting 16/6 (Preview) Meet at 19:00 Kay Street car park We will decide were to go from there Ian	Ian Brady	0	100	Mon Jun 16 7:02 AM, 2025 by Ian Brady
	The Decline of Insect Populations (Preview) We have discussed declining insect populations a number of times at meetings while I have been a member of ROC, particularly how this has affected the types and numbers of birds we now encounter locally. We are obviously not alone in our thinking. The Guardian article I've included below is a very in...	PaulB	2	155	Wed Jun 4 7:14 PM, 2025 by KEVIN LISTER
	Search (Preview) Hi All, has anyone else had a problem with the search button on our web page as it wont work.? Regards Brian.	brian	3	161	Mon May 19 12:20 PM, 2025 by Bigbadbob
	Bird Race (Preview) All The Bird Race will start at 6:00am Waterfoot car park 1st June finishing at some time in the afternoon probably at the Buffer Stop Ian	Ian Brady	0	104	Tue May 13 1:41 PM, 2025 by Ian Brady
	Bird Club meeting 17/03/25 (Preview) Meeting starts at 19:15 Weavers Cottage. Cheers Ian	Ian Brady	0	130	Sun Mar 16 3:18 PM, 2025 by Ian Brady
	Parkgate 19/01/2025 (Preview) All Meet at 9:00am Kay Street car park. Don't forget that AGM is on Monday night at 19:15 Weavers Cottage. Bring your subs, we need them! Cheers Ian	Ian Brady	3	158	Mon Jan 20 4:36 PM, 2025 by brian
	Bird race this Sunday. (Preview) Unfortunately due to a family commitment I can not complete the full day, I will do a round Robin from first light covering Strongstry/ Buckden woods/ Moor road/ Ewood bridge/ Irwell vale/ River Irwell back to Stubbins and will post sightings. Regards Brian.	brian	0	121	Thu Jan 9 5:08 PM, 2025 by brian
	Coast Trips etc (Preview) Meet at Kay Street car park 9:00am 17th November Marshside 15th December Fluke Hall 12th January 2025 Bird Race Waterfoot car park 8:00am	Ian Brady	3	198	Wed Dec 11 11:32 AM, 2024 by brian
	Club Meeting 18/11/24 (Preview) All Meeting at Weavers Cottage 19:15, bring your photos. Cheers Ian	Ian Brady	0	131	Sun Nov 17 6:54 PM, 2024 by Ian Brady
	Club Monitor. (Preview) Hi All, after sorting out some photos for the next meeting, I powered up our club monitor and it would not connect through the hdmi port, checked all cables etc all ok, monitor not worth repairing, anyone know of a spare TV with hdmi ports anywhere ? Regards Brian. -- Edited by brian on Friday 8th of Novem...	brian	0	132	Fri Nov 8 8:53 AM, 2024 by brian
	Request for records of waders for West Pennine Moors (Preview) Neil has asked me to post this on behalf of Steve Martin, an ornithological consultant working with Natural England Steve is requesting records of wader species for the whole of the West Pennine Moors (a map is on the attachment) from 2019 through to March 2025. If anybody has any records please forwa...	KEVIN LISTER	0	175	Mon Oct 21 12:38 PM, 2024 by KEVIN LISTER
	Dave Ousey. (Preview) Just to let folk know Dave passed away last night.. RIP buddy.	C Bel	6	465	Thu Aug 22 2:04 PM, 2024 by sarfraz
	club meeting 19/08 (Preview) Due to the heavy rain forecast for tonight, this evenings meeting will be indoors. Meet at Weaver's Cottage Rawtenstall at 7:15 pm cheers Kevin	KEVIN LISTER	0	129	Mon Aug 19 10:09 AM, 2024 by KEVIN LISTER
	WeBS count Grane. (Preview) Hi All, anyone around Grane tomorrow please post any sightings and I can add to BTO website. Regards Brian.	brian	0	296	Sat Jun 8 12:12 PM, 2024 by brian
	Breeding bird survey on Holcombe Moor general area (Preview) Brian has asked me to post a request to see if anybody is available to do any breeding bird surveys on the National Trust land in the Holcombe Moor area. Apparently there are 5 squares available. 3 of which are SD7716, SD7717 & SD7617, I'm not sure of the other 2 squares, but they will be in the same gen...	KEVIN LISTER	1	260	Fri May 24 9:25 PM, 2024 by brian
	Club meeting Monday 20th May (Preview) Sorry I won't be at the meeting - I'm going to Islay for the week. Cheers Ian	Ian Brady	0	139	Fri May 17 10:50 AM, 2024 by Ian Brady
	Summer bird race 2024 (Preview) For anybody interested the summer bird race will be on Sunday 2nd June this year cheers Kevin	KEVIN LISTER	0	256	Tue Apr 16 7:15 PM, 2024 by KEVIN LISTER
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