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Paddy


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Lots of Swallows and Martins at Broadclough, Bacup.
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A few hundred Swallows and Martins are flying over the ponds at Broadclough of an evening recently. Quite a sight.

-- Edited by Paddy on Wednesday 18th of August 2010 12:38:23 AM

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Hi Stephen, You have a P.M.
Craig.

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Rough estimate of c800-1000 Swallows going to roost in the Bullrush filtration bed at the Minewater cleaning plant. Also c40-50 Pied wags roosting there also. smile
Craig.



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Tues 7th Sept, c1500 swallows roosting with numbers growing to c2000+ on
Wed 8th Sept. Only c10-15 Pied Wags.
Very late Swift seen on 7th Sept flocking up with Swallows. 
3+ Yellow wags and 3 Tree Pipits over to south.
Male and Female Sparrowhawk visiting !!.
300+ Swallows and 2 Sand Martins caught and ringed so far..
Craig.

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Hey Craig

Hope your contraption did the trick! I want the artistic license on it though!

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Hi Ste, Yes its working to perfection thankyou,  pulling them in really well..
Brilliant day at Spurn yesterday aswell, with c20,000 Swallows going south
thro there between 8am-5pm, never seen anything quite like it.
I started seeing them in my sleep last night.

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