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Spring Mill Res etc 17/05/26
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Spring Mill Res

  • great crested grebe - 1pr
  • cormorant - 1 flew away from the res
  • Canada goose - 10
  • mallard - 2 males
  • pheasant - 2 calling birds
  • lesser black-backed gull - 3
  • swift - 4
  • swallow - 6
  • house martin - 4
  • grey wagtail - male
  • pied wagtail - 1
  • woodpigeon - 6
  • stonechat - 5 juvs together & a male at the other end of the res
  • willow warbler - 5 singing birds
  • starling - 41 collecting food on dam wall
  • linnet - 1
  • reed bunting - 2 males

Wallbank Lodge

  • coot - 1pr with young
  • moorhen - 1
  • sparrowhawk - 1 male over pursued by a mistle thrush
  • grey wagtail - 1 male
  • blackcap - 1

Eastgate Woods/ Broadley Station/ Broadley Fold

  • Great spotted woodpecker - 1pr
  • song thrush - 3 singing
  • blackcap - 4 singing birds
  • chiffchaff - singing bird
  • willow warbler - singing bird
  • grasshopper warbler - 1 reeling
  • nuthatch - singing bird
  • long-tailed tit - family party
  • bullfinch - 1

green woodpecker heard at Cowm

oystercatcher - 1pr with at least 2 young on an island in Whitworth Quarry

A few vits from yesterday

  • goosander - female on the Irwell in Waterfoot
  • great spotted woodpecker - 1pr feeding young in nest in Staghills Woods plus another pair at Lea Bank
  • long-tailed tit - 2 family parties in Staghills Woods
  • chiffchaff - 5 in Staghills Woods
  • nuthatch - unusual to see 1 working its way along the wall on the River Limy in Rawtenstall near the confluence with the River Irwell

cheers Kevin



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