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Bird Race 2023
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Happy New Year all Winter Bird Race 15th Jan starting at 8:00am Waterfoot car park. AGM 16th Jan 19:15 Weavers Cottage. Cheers Ian
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Christmas Bird Club Meeting
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Don't forget tea, coffee and cake are the order of the day on Monday! Sorry I won't be with you as I am working in Scotland. Cheers Ian
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Bird Club Meeting 17-10-22
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Just a quick reminder that the next meeting is next Monday (17th) starting at 19:15 Weavers Cottage. Please bring photos Cheers, Ian
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Bird Club Monday 19-09-22
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Indoor meeting at 19:15 Weavers Cottage Catch-up and plan for next six months. Cheers Ian
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WeBS
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HI All, if anyone is around the grane reservoirs over the weekend of 11/09/2022 could they post any relevant Webs counts as I will be away for that month, and I can add to the BTO site. Thank you in advance Brian.
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Next six months - where it should have been posted!!
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Some dates for your diaryROC Meetings Autumn 202215th August - Clowbridge, meet at Kay Street car park 19:0019th September - Catch-up meeting17th October - Members photos21st November - Quiz? / more photos19th December - General chat!!16th January - AGMIndoor meetings start at 19:15 at We...
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Bird Club 18/7/22
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I know it is meant to be very hot but I was wondering if anyone was intending going tomorrow, maybe a butterfly day? White letter hairstreak? Cheers Ian
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I’ve moved now! 2nd July 2022
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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...
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Bird Club Monday 16-5-22 / Bird Race
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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
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Bryan Yorke...
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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".
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Meeting Monday 25th April
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Unfortunately I will miss this as I am in the south. Meet at Kay Street car park at 19:00 Cheers Ian
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Recent AGM
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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...
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Indoor Meeting / AGM
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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
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2021 records required please
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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
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Indoor/Bird Race
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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...
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Indoor meetings?
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Any news on when/if any indoor meetings are going to start this autumn??
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Winter bird race
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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...
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Merry Christmas.
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Location of snipes at Edge Cote
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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...
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Bird identification
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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
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Help with Moth ID 26/8/2021
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26/8/2021 Hopefully some one can ID this large Moth The length of the Moth is 38 mm Cheers Craggy
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Buzzards eye view of Clowbridge Res and the Grane Valley..
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Deeplay vale
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Anyone advise on best place to park and route to Deeply vale thanks
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Yet another river pollution!!!
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****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...
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Spring 2021 Bird Race
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Has anyone had any thoughts as to when / if we should have the Bird Race? Cheers Ian
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Winter Bird Race 2021
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Hi Guys, How does Sunday 10th Jan suit for The Winter Bird Race? I think we can still class it as exercise under the new restrictions of Tier 4. Start & finish as you see appropriate. I'm more than happy to collate the totals if you send me your total number of species seen along with any highlights! A...
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2020 records wanted please
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If anybody has any records for 2020 not posted on the forum please could they send them to me either via email to listkv@aol.com or to my works email address kevin.lister@courtesy.co.uk. If sending to my works email please don't send anything until the weekend. Records could also be sent via a privat...
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looking forward.
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Hope you and your families are well and staying safe in these strange times, we can hope that we can get together in 2021. Regards Brian.
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Indoor meetings
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All As we can't have indoor meetings, is anyone interested in trying to have a virtual meeting? Cheers Ian
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Indoor Meetings
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All Due to the limit of six meeting together indoors I don't think we can hold meetings for the foreseeable future. Any thoughts anyone? Zoom meeting maybe? Regards Ian
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