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brian


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0800/1530 hrs 5/7 degrees overcast to sunny calm.

Irwell valley, Stubbins to Ewood bridge, Holcombe moor to Alden, also Cheesden, and Nangrave to Harden moor.

FS...Feeding station. RI...River irwell. HM....Holcombe moor. CH....Cheeden. NH....Nangrave/Harden Moor. 

Blue tit.....FS

Great Tit.....FS

Coal Tit.....FS

Long-Tailed Tit....FT

Goldfinch.....NH

Chaffinch....FS

Greenfinch....NH

Brambling...FS

Robin....FS

Dunnock....FS

Wren....RI

Nuthatch....FS

Blackbird....FS

Song Thrush.....FS 

Jay....FS

Great Spotted Woodpecker....FS

Woodpigeon....FS

Collared Dove.....RI

Feral Pigeon....FS

Magpie.....RI

Jackdaw...RI

Carrion Crow...NH.

Mistle Thrush....NH

Redwing....RI

Pheasant....NH

Herring Gull....NH

Black-headed Gull....NH

Lesser-blackbacked Gull....NH

Grey Wagtial....RI

Pied Wagtail....RI

Reed Bunting....HM

Little Owl.....NH

Tawny Owl....RI

Barn Owl....HM

Dipper.....RI

Goosander....RI

Moorhen....RI

Canada Goose....CH

Lapwing....CH

Fieldfare....ch

Buzzard.....CH

Kestrel....RI

Cormorant....RI

Grey Heron....RI

Mallard.....RI

Goldeneye....CH

Snipe....NH

Woodcock....RI

Stock Dove....CH

Meadow Pipit....CH

Rook.....HM

Raven....HM

Starling....HM

House Sparrow...RI

Siskin....RI

Bullfinch.....FS

Total.....56

Regards Brian

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



-- Edited by brian on Sunday 16th of January 2022 04:43:50 PM

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David Nuttall


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Hi Brian,

I had 54 species and additional to your sightings have the following:

G.C.Grebe, 1 on Ogden,
Pink Footed Goose, c45 flew west up Grane,
Greylag Goose, 5 in Cheesden Valley,
Peregrine, pair,
Common Gull, 1 at Holden Wood,
G.B.B.Gull, 1 on Ogden and several over Cheesden Valley,
Stonechat, pair top of Ogden,
Goldcrest, 2 near Clough Head,
Treecreeper, 1 at Calf Hey,

So added to your total that takes the overall total to 65 species...for now!

Regards,
David.

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Sarfraz and I had 54 species in the Grane valley, Haslingden and around Helmshore textile museum:

Barn owl
Black-headed gull
Blackbird
Blue tit
Bull Finch
Buzzard
Canada goose
Chaffinch
Coal tit
Collared dove
Common gull
Coot
Cormorant
Crow
Dipper
Dunnock
Feral pigeon
Fieldfare
Goldcrest
Goldeneye
Goldfinch
Great black-backed gull
Great crested grebe
Great tit
Greenfinch
Grey heron
Grey wagtail
Herring gull
House sparrow
Jackdaw
Kestrel
Lesser black-backed gull
Long-tailed tit
Magpie
Mallard
Meadow pipit
Moorhen
Nuthatch
Pheasant
Pied wagtail
Pink-footed goose
Redwing
Reed bunting
Robin
Rook  (at old Farmer's Glory pub)
Siskin
Song thrush
Sparrow hawk
Starling
Stock dove
Stonechat
Treecreeper
Wood pigeon
Wren


Edited to add blackbird - doh! Cheers Kevin!



-- Edited by PaulB on Sunday 16th of January 2022 08:22:06 PM



-- Edited by PaulB on Sunday 16th of January 2022 09:30:18 PM

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Hi Dave/ Brian

I was out on my own today & Pete & John were out as a team, although we did bump into each other at Cowm and we can add the following

  • teal - birds at Clough Bottom
  • tufted duck - 2 at Cowm & 1 at Wallbank Lodge, all males
  • kingfisher - 1 at Hugh Mill & 1 at Wallbank Lodge
  • green woodpecker - 1 at Spring Mill & 1 at Cowm

these would take the total up to 69. 

From the species seen by yourselves we had the following

  • Canada goose - just a single on New Line Res & 3 over Spring Mill
  • pink-footed goose - 49 heading west low over Waterfoot around 9am
  • goosander - 2m & 2f on Spring Mill 
  • goldeneye - 2 on Clough Bottom
  • lesser black-backed gull - adult & juv flying down the Irwell Valley over Warth
  • stock dove 2 at Lench
  • little owl - 1 at the head of Lench valley & 1 at Spring Mill
  • great spotted woodpecker - 1 drumming at Springfield Drive in Waterfoot
  • grey wagtail - 1 Waterfoot & 2 Spring Mill
  • dipper - 2 in territorial dispute in Waterfoot
  • stonechat - 1pr at Spring Mill
  • Redwing - 12 in Park Road Waterfoot
  • mistle thrush - 2 nr Tippet Farm, Cowpe
  • fieldfare - 21 at Spring Mill plus many at Peer's Clough
  • nuthatch - birds at Hugh Mill & Higher Lench
  • treecreeper - birds at Park Road, Waterfoot & Cowm
  • jay - neither Pete, John or I saw any, but Maxine said 1 was sat outside our living room window for about half an hour
  • chaffinch - 1 singing at Lench, was my first singing bird of the year
  • siskin - 6 at Warth & 20 at Park Road, Waterfoot
  • bullfinch - 1m at Lench & 2m at Cowm
  • reed bunting - 1m at Clough Bottom & 1m at Spring Mill

John & Pete had 48 species & I had 52 species

I was typing this as Paul was typing his post, so coot & sparrowhawk take the total up to 71

cheers Kevin



-- Edited by KEVIN LISTER on Sunday 16th of January 2022 08:21:12 PM

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Hi All,

Couple of points worth noting, complete lack of Lesser Redpoll, I have had none at the winter feeding stations for three winters, Linnet...I have had the odd one this winter around Ridshaw, but not today. Only two Kingfishers, and both on still waters, I have had none on the Irwell or Ogden for over twelve months !. I think I am correct that we used to struggle for Rook in the winter, over the last two winters there have been good numbers around the fields along Helmshore road.

I do have an advantage with our feeding stations which do provide a very easy 30 + ticks

Regards Brian.



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Hi Guys,
We have an addition of a L.E.Owl from a new but undisclosed site which takes the total up to 72 for the day which is a new record for the Winter Bird Race beating the 70 species seen in 2018.
As Brian points out we missed out on Lesser Redpoll as one we'd maybe expect but nothing else missing really.
Regards,
David

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Well done to all who took part!
Dave O

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Great stuff everyone, sorry I could join in, wasted quite a bit of time in the hospital.
Cheers Ian

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Here are the 49 pink-footed geese that were seen by a few of us yesterday passing over the Rossendale valley.



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