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Merry Christmas
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Merry Christmas and a happy new year to all. -- Edited by brian on Saturday 23rd of December 2017 11:12:12 AM
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Club meeting 18/12/17 & AGM 15/01/18
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Craig has kindly offered to show his photos from Iceland for December's meeting For the AGM in January Neil will be showing photos from the last 2 yrs including a trip to Latvia Thanks to Brian and Craig for the superb photos shown at the November meeting to a small but appreciative crowd New members...
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ROC meeting 20/11/17
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Monday night's meeting is for members photos. Brian is bringing his laptop and monitor. Unfortunately Ian is unable to attend. All welcome. 7:15pm Weaver's Cottage Rawtenstall cheers Kevin
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Can you pinpoint a couple of locations for old rookeries?
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I've been collating the old Rook Survey data with a view to uploading it to a website dedicated to rooks and rookeries (http://www.rookeries.uk) and I've been double-checking the grid refs for errors. There are two rookeries mentioned in the Whitewell Valley in the mid-1970s which after a couple o...
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The Guardian: Warning of 'ecological Armageddon' after dramatic plunge in insect numbers
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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/oct/18/warning-of-ecological-armageddon-...
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Bird Club 16th Oct Quiz Night!
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All Also a discussion about the possibility of doing a survey 2018/19 for a report in 2020 Cheers Ian
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Weather data
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For those interested I have updated the weather stats right upto and including Sep 2017. Rossendale Weather
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Spurn
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That time of the year so some of us will be going on a Spurn Trip. If any one is interested then do let me know via here or text. Cannot fix a date before hand because as all of you know best to go after Easterly winds and sometimes they can be unproductive. We have almost always gone on a Sunday but can be f...
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Anthony Bolton (Greengrass)
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Sad news that Greengrass has passed away. He has been ill for a while. His funeral was late last week. Genuine man and a big love of Birds Of Prey. A big hearted man that will be missed by those who loved and new him.
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Calendar of Events Autumn / Winter 2017
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Please see attached for the next six months If anyone sees a problem let me know Best regards Ian
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Bird Race Sunday 21-5-17
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All Don't forget that the Bird Race is Sunday 21st starting at 06:00am on Waterfoot car park until about 16:00. Cheers Ian
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Major Pollution of River Irwell
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http://merseybasin.org/25-mile-pollution-disaster-river-irwell/
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Bird Club Monday 24th
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All Meet at Kay Street car park at 19:00 for a meander somewhere (Ewood Bridge?) Ian
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For Sale... Leica Televid 77 with 20 - 60x Wide Angled Eyepiece, Case and a Tripod.. Immaculate Condition..
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For Sale is my "like new condition" LEICA TELEVID 77 Scope with a 20 - 60x Wide Angled eye-piece, a Skua stay-on carry case and a Velbon CX586 Tripod with Quick release head and plate.Scope and Eye-piece are immaculate apart from a couple of scratches/marks on the tripod foot (see pic).Tripod, Trip...
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2016 Weather Data Set
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Anybody interested in the years weather stats from the weather station in the garden I have updated the page to compare with previous years below Weather
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Moth Trap "For Sale"
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Anybody interested in a moth trap I am selling a 40W actinic skinner trap complete with bulb collapsible trap and all electrics. Picture is of trap but with the lower wattage 15w bulb. The trap for sale is with a 40w bulb.
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Bird Bill Deformity
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Interesting read about the possible reason for bill deformity. Bill Deformity
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Appologies.
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Hi All, Sorry I got my weeks wrong and forgot it was club night..... the plan was to show some pictures of mine or from anyone else, grandfather duties and horrendous weather in Manchester are a weak excuse I know. We will probably be outdoors now until September, but just as an update I have sold the proj...
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2016 Record for Lancashire Bird Report 2016
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Forgot to mention this but anyone wanting to submit bird records from 2016 to the Lancashire Report for 2016 send to:- stevewhite102@btinternet.com Preferably before middle of April. Thanks Sarfraz -- Edited by sarfraz on Sunday 19th of March 2017 11:10:32 PM
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Bird Club tonight 20th Feb
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All Bird Club tonight at 19:15 Weavers Cottage Quiz by Kevin Cheers Ian
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Doves in the wild?
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Hello everyone my name is Gustavo Woltmann and I am an assistant in a small publishers office for over 10 years. Do we consider doves outside the bird cages as birds in the wild? We used to have doves in bird cages but as they multiply we decided to set them free. The birds did not leave our place but instead...
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Sad news for Spurn
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-38759171?intlink_from_url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-england-humber-38690519&link_location=live-reporting-story
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AGM
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As Ian has already posted the AGM is next Monday at 1915 hrs, I have obtained on loan [possible exchange for projector] a large HD TV monitor which gives excellent pictures from laptop via, SD card, disc, USB etc. So anyone with some photos or videos of interest please bring along or I will bore you with s...
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Bird Race and AGM
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All Dates for your new 2017 Diary 8th Jan 2017 Bird Race starting at 07:00 at Waterfoot car park 16th Jan 2017 AGM starting at 19:15 at Weavers Cottage. Hopefully I will see lots of you there. Cheers Ian
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Spring Summer 2017
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All I hope you all have a great festive break and the weather allows us to get out. Please see attached a copy of the next six months - if anyone spots a mistake please let me know. - NOTE the April meeting is put back a week otherwise it would be on Easter Monday. All the best Ian
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Merry Christmas
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Christmas Bird Club
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All Monday 19th Dec at 19:15 - Weavers Cottage Bring the mince pies!!! Cheers Ian
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West Pennine Moors Awarded SSSI Status
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http://www.rspb.org.uk/community/getinvolved/b/specialplaces/archive/2016/11/17/good-news-for-the-west-pennine-moors.aspx
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Bird Club 21st November
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All Don't forget to bring your photos for this months meeting at 19:15 21st November at the Weavers Cottage Cheers Ian
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Bird Club meeting 17/10/16
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Just a reminder that next Monday there will be a club meeting, with a quiz set by me. Hopefully I've got all the answers correct this time! cheers Kevin
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