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Buzzards
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i notice there been a coule of buzzard sightings over the last week in rossendale. thats good news. i have never seen buzzards here - i saw 2 over burnely in september last year. they are expanding their range and acordign to the RSPB they are britains commonest bird of prey. i saw 2 buzzards today in t...
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Breeding Ringed and Little Ringed Plover Survey
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A message from Tony Cooper, BTO Regional Rep: Dear AllA Breeding Little Ringed and Ringed Plover Survey is taking place this year. It involves visiting a tetrad (2-km square) on 2 or 3 occasions at least 14 days apart, to look for one of the two species (different tetrads for each species - 2 visits for...
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Mute Swans at Newhallhey
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No, not a modern record, but a blast from the past kindly sent to me by Bob Ives. A sight for sore eyes for the oldies among you! Follow this link to view: http://www.flickr.com/photos/roc_bb4/427967417/
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PLEASE READ!!!!!!!!
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Hi guys and gals I'm in the process of finishing my section of the report for 2006 so I'm writing this whilst its still in my head. Records for Lesser Black Backed Gull - would you please note numbers, times, and flight direction. The same would go for most species which are acually "on...
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Were they Curlews ?
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I spent 10 mins at Ashworth Moor Res on my way home from work yesterday and I saw small group of about 5 waders fly in over the water, at first I thought they were gulls. They came to rest on the far wall, one on each stone. I noticed that they had long curved bills. My instincts said they must be Curlew but I...
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A Few Photos
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Hi I thought I would put some of my recent photos up for you to look at. I am only just starting out with bird photography so the subjects aren't that exciting. I use a Fujifilm S5600 camera which has a 10x optical zoom but that isn't really enough for long range stuff. Any hints or tips would be gre...
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Moorland Species
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Hi all I am planning on getting up onto the moors this weekend and would love to see some Golden Plover and Snipe if possible, does anyone have any suggestions of where to go. I am thinking of either Haslingden Moor or Cowpe, but I am a bit unsure of routes etc. I do have a OS map so will be checking that toni...
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Meeting
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Just a reminder that there is a meeting tonight - 19th Feb. Hope to see everyone there. Cheers Ian
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Hello happy new year
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http://www.digitalartgallery.co.uk/01post/01woodpig19-06-06.jpg
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Happy New Year
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Just to say a big thanks to Jim over this year for such ideas as this forum. Happy new year to you all and I hope it is a prosperous one as well, not just in birds!
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Irwell Valley
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Hi there
I have recently started birding again after quite a while. I try to get down the Irwell Valley most weekends and am really enjoying it. I have one question though. I believe there is a lodge at Holmes Terrace, however, I don't know how to get to it. Could some...
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Test posting with link to a photo
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Just testing an idea. Ina Smith sent me this photo of a Little Egret taken at Leighton Moss last weekend and I thought I'd see whether it could be viewed Ok from my Flickr account.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/roc_bb4/313303607/
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some questions on birds
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its been very good to join such a forum which provides up-to-date information on birds in the local area.....it surely would help my bird watching in the future.......i used to read books but they were national and information was not up-to-date.....i wanted to ask soem questions...... 1. which sp...
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Dipper
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Has anyone got dipper singing not near to a main (noisy) road. I intend recording some this winter but need a good location.
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Adverts
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Thought there was something wrong with my eyes, but then I realised Jim must have coughed up the cash. MY SCREEN HAS STOPPED FLASHING !!!
Great improvement.
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hi
how are you? im sarfraz from rossendale....hae done a bit of bird watching in and around rossendale..especially grane..used to do quite a bit around holden wood reservoir.......have noticed one thing that back in 1997-1998 there were quite a lot of bir...
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Looks Good
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Well done Jim
This looks more like other sites.
It may be that you have even more records to trawl through for the report.
OK why are you based in Sweden or is it just wishful thinking!!
Cheers
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Hello
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Just a hello and well done Jim as I thought this is a very good idea. It will be a far easier and more pro active means of birds etc sightings.
Hope it taks off.
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