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

David Nuttall · David Nuttall

Hi guys, our house sale / purchase went through yesterday and Ive moved out of Rossendale to live in St. Annes after 62 years in The Valley. It has been good to know you all and spend many happy hours birding in Rossendale. I do intend to visit some of our sites in the future, but now as an occasional visitor...

Ian Brady · Ian Brady

All I am afraid I will be away working on Monday (again) but usually meet at Kay Street car park 19:00 Can I propose the 5-6-22 as Bird Race day Cheers Ian

C Bel · C Bel

Sadly, Bryan passed away, after a short battle with cancer, at Barrow-in-Furness Hospital in the early hours of Sat 28th May with his family by his side. He will be sadly missed. RIP 'Uncle Bryan".

Ian Brady · Ian Brady

Unfortunately I will miss this as I am in the south. Meet at Kay Street car park at 19:00 Cheers Ian

KEVIN LISTER · KEVIN LISTER

It was good to restart meetings again on Monday. Just a couple of notes from the meeting Elected officers remained the same We agreed to pay £10 subs for 2022. We had not paid anything for 2021. For anybody using the website, it is free to use, but isn't free to operate. For anybody who wasn't there, we are...

Ian Brady · Ian Brady

All With the dropping of restrictions (?) I propose that we hold an indoor meeting /AGM on 21st March at 19:15 for 19:30 at the Weavers Cottage. Any thoughts. Stay safe Ian

KEVIN LISTER · KEVIN LISTER

If anybody has any records for 2021 that they haven't posted on the forum please can they send them to me either by email (listkv@aol.com), by private message on the forum or by arranging a meet? All records are welcome cheers Kevin

brian · brian

Hi Kevin, I agree regarding the indoor meetings, there is still the option of meeting by zoom, which we use for all our Residents Association meetings, I know it was not well attended last time but I am perfectly willing to set one up if required, all you need is an internet connection. The Bird race unde...

C Bel · C Bel

Any news on when/if any indoor meetings are going to start this autumn??

KEVIN LISTER · KEVIN LISTER

Having spoken to Ian we thought it safest if the winter bird race was done on an individual basis again (as in summer 2020) rather than meeting up. We thought Sunday 16th Jan would be the best date. If anybody would like to participate, but would prefer a different date please let us know. Results could b...

brian · brian

Mohammed · Mohammed

Hi, I'm new to the forums (and indeed to birdwatching). Browsing the bird sightings forums there always seems to be at least a dozen snipes at Edge Cote. However, I've been up there three times now looking for them and all I've seen is mushrooms and an asda trolley. Could anyone give me some tips on where...

MikeD · MikeD

Hi, I was wandering around Greenbooth Resr over towards Norden yesterday. Spotted this diving in the small lake below the resr proper. Can't for the life of me ID it? I wondered if it was a juvenile, so hindering the ID? Any thoughts gratefully received! Thanks Mike

craggy · craggy

26/8/2021 Hopefully some one can ID this large Moth The length of the Moth is 38 mm Cheers Craggy

C Bel · C Bel

Birds eye views...

Markg · Markg

Anyone advise on best place to park and route to Deeply vale thanks

C Bel · C Bel

****houses have done it again! Something has been dumped /flushed into the River Limey , above C/booth and killed what looks like every fish in the river.. must have caused devastation way down the River Irwell below Rawtenstall too EA involved and appear to know what it was and who responsible for i...

Ian Brady · Ian Brady

Has anyone had any thoughts as to when / if we should have the Bird Race? Cheers Ian

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	544	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	445	Mon Feb 22 7:30 PM, 2016 by Ste Rush
	STICKY: * Programme of Events - January to June 2016 * (Preview)	JimOrmerod	0	367	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	1016	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	608	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	653	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	757	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	862	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	779	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	1217	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	943	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	1069	Thu Oct 26 9:02 AM, 2006 by JimOrmerod
	I’ve moved now! 2nd July 2022 (Preview) Hi guys, our house sale / purchase went through yesterday and Ive moved out of Rossendale to live in St. Annes after 62 years in The Valley. It has been good to know you all and spend many happy hours birding in Rossendale. I do intend to visit some of our sites in the future, but now as an occasional visitor...	David Nuttall	5	51	Wed Jul 6 10:04 AM, 2022 by C Bel
	Bird Club Monday 16-5-22 / Bird Race (Preview) All I am afraid I will be away working on Monday (again) but usually meet at Kay Street car park 19:00 Can I propose the 5-6-22 as Bird Race day Cheers Ian	Ian Brady	6	98	Sat Jun 4 5:21 PM, 2022 by David Nuttall
	Bryan Yorke... (Preview) Sadly, Bryan passed away, after a short battle with cancer, at Barrow-in-Furness Hospital in the early hours of Sat 28th May with his family by his side. He will be sadly missed. RIP 'Uncle Bryan".	C Bel	3	64	Tue May 31 9:00 AM, 2022 by David Ousey
	Meeting Monday 25th April (Preview) Unfortunately I will miss this as I am in the south. Meet at Kay Street car park at 19:00 Cheers Ian	Ian Brady	0	29	Thu Apr 21 12:47 PM, 2022 by Ian Brady
	Recent AGM (Preview) It was good to restart meetings again on Monday. Just a couple of notes from the meeting Elected officers remained the same We agreed to pay £10 subs for 2022. We had not paid anything for 2021. For anybody using the website, it is free to use, but isn't free to operate. For anybody who wasn't there, we are...	KEVIN LISTER	1	49	Sun Mar 27 8:10 PM, 2022 by KEVIN LISTER
	Indoor Meeting / AGM (Preview) All With the dropping of restrictions (?) I propose that we hold an indoor meeting /AGM on 21st March at 19:15 for 19:30 at the Weavers Cottage. Any thoughts. Stay safe Ian	Ian Brady	5	120	Sun Mar 20 3:45 PM, 2022 by David Ousey
	2021 records required please (Preview) If anybody has any records for 2021 that they haven't posted on the forum please can they send them to me either by email (listkv@aol.com), by private message on the forum or by arranging a meet? All records are welcome cheers Kevin	KEVIN LISTER	0	42	Tue Jan 11 10:14 AM, 2022 by KEVIN LISTER
	Indoor/Bird Race (Preview) Hi Kevin, I agree regarding the indoor meetings, there is still the option of meeting by zoom, which we use for all our Residents Association meetings, I know it was not well attended last time but I am perfectly willing to set one up if required, all you need is an internet connection. The Bird race unde...	brian	0	64	Thu Dec 30 8:40 AM, 2021 by brian
	Indoor meetings? (Preview) Any news on when/if any indoor meetings are going to start this autumn??	C Bel	3	150	Wed Dec 29 7:54 PM, 2021 by KEVIN LISTER
	Winter bird race (Preview) Having spoken to Ian we thought it safest if the winter bird race was done on an individual basis again (as in summer 2020) rather than meeting up. We thought Sunday 16th Jan would be the best date. If anybody would like to participate, but would prefer a different date please let us know. Results could b...	KEVIN LISTER	0	35	Wed Dec 29 7:49 PM, 2021 by KEVIN LISTER
	Merry Christmas. (Preview)	brian	0	40	Mon Dec 20 6:46 PM, 2021 by brian
	Location of snipes at Edge Cote (Preview) Hi, I'm new to the forums (and indeed to birdwatching). Browsing the bird sightings forums there always seems to be at least a dozen snipes at Edge Cote. However, I've been up there three times now looking for them and all I've seen is mushrooms and an asda trolley. Could anyone give me some tips on where...	Mohammed	1	77	Sun Oct 31 7:49 PM, 2021 by KEVIN LISTER
	Bird identification (Preview) Hi, I was wandering around Greenbooth Resr over towards Norden yesterday. Spotted this diving in the small lake below the resr proper. Can't for the life of me ID it? I wondered if it was a juvenile, so hindering the ID? Any thoughts gratefully received! Thanks Mike	MikeD	2	67	Mon Sep 13 4:09 PM, 2021 by MikeD
	Help with Moth ID 26/8/2021 (Preview) 26/8/2021 Hopefully some one can ID this large Moth The length of the Moth is 38 mm Cheers Craggy	craggy	2	86	Fri Aug 27 2:13 PM, 2021 by craggy
	Buzzards eye view of Clowbridge Res and the Grane Valley.. (Preview) Birds eye views...	C Bel	0	82	Mon Aug 23 9:23 PM, 2021 by C Bel
	Deeplay vale (Preview) Anyone advise on best place to park and route to Deeply vale thanks	Markg	0	62	Sun Aug 15 8:57 AM, 2021 by Markg
	Yet another river pollution!!! (Preview) ****houses have done it again! Something has been dumped /flushed into the River Limey , above C/booth and killed what looks like every fish in the river.. must have caused devastation way down the River Irwell below Rawtenstall too EA involved and appear to know what it was and who responsible for i...	C Bel	1	77	Thu Jun 3 5:49 PM, 2021 by PaulB
	Spring 2021 Bird Race (Preview) Has anyone had any thoughts as to when / if we should have the Bird Race? Cheers Ian	Ian Brady	7	134	Sat May 29 1:37 PM, 2021 by PaulB
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