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2 January       walk around Grane and Quarries and highlights were approx 30 Mallard on Holden Wood and 5 Goldeneye on Calf hey

 

4 January   visit to Holden Wood early morning   5 Snipe, 27 Lapwing in 3 different flocks including 9 on the breeding field, 1 Woodcock, 80 plus Fieldfare in hedge with smaller number sof Redwing, Starling abd approx 20 Blackbird around, 2 Mistle Thrush, 3 Song Thrush, some Meadow Pipits 



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Forgot to add the 1 Coot yesterday at Holden Wood Res as well as 2 Goldcrest flitting about in the sedges at the top end of HWR.

Today 5 Geenfinch including 1 wheezing, 6 Bullfinch, 1 Treecreeper at Holden Wood res

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Approx 80 Pink Footed Geese going West over my house yesterday lunch time

Grane Reservoirs today 1 Coot, min 8 Goosander, 2 Teal and 7 Goldeneye on Holden Wood Res.....the Goldeneye must have flown off and on Ogden later a minimum of 9 Goldeneye.. one of the highest figures at Grane for a while

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14th Jan Mistle Thrush singing form Mary's Wood , Grane, min 6 Goldeneye on Ogden Res,

16 nothing of note, No Coot or Teal at Holden Wood res, 1 Greylag and 6 Goldeneye on Ogden Res, 2 Buzzards "displaying" over Victoria Park, Haslingden

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7 January Black headed Gull with almost full black head at Grane a bird that wasn't present recently so must have joined the regulars, Fieldfare singing at Holden Wood

17 January first "dawn chorus" of the year with Blackbird, Song Thrush, Wren and Robin singing at the back of my house

21 January 2 Swans over Calf hey westwards early morning were probably on Holden Wood as quite low but species could not be positively identified, Song Thrush at Holden Wood twice imitated Redshank

RSPB Big Garden birdwatch 4 Jackdaw yesterday



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11 Feb 9 Oystercatchers at Ogden main highlight


14 Feb

about 9 Oystercatchers at Ogden,

Calf Hey highlights approx 100 Fieldfare, 4 Mistle Thrush incl 2 battling an intruder, 3 Song Thrush singing

Holden Wood approx 10 Blackbirds in the field, min 11 Lapwing incl some displaying birds

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16 Feb Pink Footed Geese over Haslingden at 9.15pm surprised bird club didn't hear on it way out meeting

18 Feb 42 Lapwing at Holden Wood

22 Feb 2 Curlew over Grane first of year for me

27 Feb 2 Teal at Holden Wood Res and min 26 Oystercatchers in field at Ogden in pre-breeding gatherings

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Brilliant day at Grane

 

min 44 Lapwing around

Oystercatcher numbers same

 5 Dunnock in song

6 pairs of Stonechat   of which 3 males in song 

7 Buzzard

7 Kestrels

my first Skylark of the year at Grane with 1 passing over Holden Wood Res and 2 singing at quarries

2 Mistle Thrush in Jamestone east quarry..approx 40 Siskin at Clough Head and maybe 20 min at Calf hey lots singing

Chaffinch numbers seem good

1 Great Spotted Woodpecker Clough Head

1 Goosander pair Ogden

1 Goldeneye pair Jamestone West

1 min Curlew at Holden Wood bubbling ..first of the year

1 Brambling at Clough head feeding station 

Approx 100 Jackdaws

approx 100 Black Headed Gulls

Pair of Lesser Black Backed Gulls in Jamestone West prospecting a nest site?

3 pairs of Pied Wagtails 

1 Reed Bunting in subsong

 

Paul jackman had 120 Pink Footed Geese over Grane 21st Feb



-- Edited by sarfraz on Tuesday 3rd of March 2026 11:41:44 PM

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4th March 4 Whooper Swans on Calf hey

5th March Great Crested Grebe chasing Coot around Holden Wood res

11 March Holden Wood Res 5 Ravens over south and another 1 probably resident in the air, 5 Buzzards in the air together

13 March 37 Oystercatchers, 3 adult Common Gulls and 3 Great Black Backed Gulls at Ogden res, maybe 40 Fieldfare just above Holden Wood res

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14 March 1 Greylag at Holden Wood

18 March 4 firsts of the year for me at Holden Wood res......2 Sand Martin, 1 Chiffchaff, displaying Meadow Pipits and Butterflies in the form of at least 4 Peacock and 4 Small Tortoiseshell

19 main highlights Holden Wood Teal pair along with 2 goosander, 1 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Coot. Male Stonechat display flighting above the reservoir mimicing Great and Coal Tit!!!
2 Greylag at Ogden and another Stonechat mimicing the call that Moorhen/Black Headed Gulls make...that contact call.

Calf Hey Crossbills heard by another observer

Quarries 2 Crossbills flew form Troy towards Calf hey, Small Copper butterfly at Jamestone West, Female Marsh Harrier mobbbed Buzzard then disappeared towards Haslingden Moor, 1 Sand Martin, pair of Grey heron with 1 fledged young

 

Good numbers of Buzzard over 10 seen around Grane and Kestrel too



-- Edited by sarfraz on Thursday 19th of March 2026 11:55:49 PM

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