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Dog Nobbler


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I don't recall ever seeing a LSW  but I am almost sure I saw one yesterday at the fishermans car park at Ogden, it landed in a flowering hawthorn and disappeared completely.
It had the dipping flight pattern of a woodpecker and plenty of white on its back and was the size of a finch. It certainly was not a wagtail so I cannot think what else it could be. Has anyone else seen them on the Grane?

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JimOrmerod


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There have been several reports since 2005, most of them at Kings Hillock wood which is pretty well where you saw yours.

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I have never heard of Kings Hillock Wood but if that is the conifer plantation on Ogden then that is a result........................a first for me in Rossendale or anywhere else for that matter.
I shall pay more attention in future and confer with the man that sees all.

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You have a direct line to the big guy??....I could do with a word with him myself.

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Dog Nobbler


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The man that sees all has confirmed that Lesser Spotted Woodpeckers are in the plantation at Ogden.

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I had a lesser spotted woodpecker in one of the trees in front of my house, Haslingden near A56.  Managed to take a rather poor photo before it flew off.  First sighting I have had here in 18 years of being here.



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would not mind seeing one myself.......any tips please?

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