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DISGRACEFUL SCENE.... Clowbridge. 20th April 2015.
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These were the scenes many people would have seen outside the Beijing Restaurant at Dunnockshaw until mid afternoon today. An adult Grey Heron was snagged up and died on telephone wires right above Burnley Rd after it had got tangled up by a approx 1 mtr wire cable which was connected to a gin trap the un...
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Clough Bottom 230415
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Canada goose - 3 prmallard - 16common sandpiper - 1prcurlew - bird calling from hillsideskylark - 2 singing birdspied wagtail - 5meadow pipit - c25swallow - 1robin - 6dunnock - 5goldcrest - 1 singingwillow warbler - 8wren - 5raven - 1 overchaffinch - 5goldfinch - 1redpoll - 1 prreed bunting - 2 males c...
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Warth to Deeply Vale 220415
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WarthCanada goose - 1 & 1 pr flying over the hillsidestock dove - 1 prpied wagtail - 1mistle thrush - 1 singingtreecreeper - 1 (unusual here at this time of year, only ever seen them in autumn and winter before)willow warbler - 3 singingredpoll - 1pr Hurdles Quarry to Waugh's WellCanada goose - 1 pr...
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C/booth 22nd April `15.
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3 Swift and 4 House Martins circling over C/booth Primary School at 3.15 this afternoon. 1+ (heard only) Whimbrel to North over Goodshaw Lane at dusk tonight. Craig.
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Med Gulls
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Holden Wood:- at least one adult and a first winter present at top end about 11.45.....not there in the morning.... a pair of tufted duck 2 grey partridge near railway track min 7 mallard 2-3 reed bunting willow warblers in song usual coot and 3 great crested grebe 2 moorhen 5-6 cormorants in roosy ...
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Clough Bottom, 19th April 2015
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19:00-20:00 Canada Goose, pair, Mallard, 3 males & 1 female, Pheasant, calling bird, Curlew, 1 calling on the moors, Common Sandpiper, 1 on res, L.B.B.Gull, 4 on the res, Wood Pigeon, c12, Skylark, 2 singing, Swallow, 2 on Swallow Shore, Meadow Pipit, c6, Grey Wagtail, pair, Pied Wagtail, 3, Wh...
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Grane valley 19/4/15
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08:00 hrs Highlight of the morning was a pair of Yellow Wagtails at the top end of Holden Wood res feeding amongst sheep and perching in a small dead looking bush. Holden Wood res. c20 Swallow 4 Sand martin 1f Goldeneye Pr Tufted Duck Pr Coot Pr Moorhen Pr G. C. Grebe + 1 other 2 Cormorant flew off towards Og...
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Musbury Hights, Sunday, 19 April
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1 female Whinchat. 1 male Wheatear 1 pair Partridge 1 Buzzard 1 Kestrel 2 Little Owl Meadow Pipits Lapwings Neil
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E.B.S.W. 19th April 2015
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11:20 -11:50 Sparrowhawk, female over, Swallow, c300, House Martin, c40, Sand Martin, c12, White Wagtail, 1 male, Pied Wagtail, c12, Grey Wagtail, 1. Regards, David Nuttall.
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Grane, 19th April 2015
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07:00-11:00 G.C.Grebe, 3 on Holden Wood & 1 on Calf Hey, Cormorant, 1 on Holden Wood & 2 on Ogden, Grey Heron, 1 flew up the valley, Canada Goose, c50 with many in pairs and some sitting, Mallard, c12, Teal, 3 on Holden Wood, Tufted Duck, pair on Holden Wood, Buzzard, several sightings of single...
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Whitworth 13/04/15
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13/04/15 Hoyle St Garden 1st Swallow of the valley today over the garden Stock Dovex 1pr feeding Song Thrush x1pr Bullfinch x1pr Dunnock x3 Robin x4 Goldfinch x 4 Greenfinch x6 Collared Dove x1 Wood Pigeon x3 Blackbird x3 Coal Tit x 1Pr Blue Tits x4 (pr nest building in box) Great Tit x4 (pr nest nesting...
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Holden Wood and Clough Head
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9.45-11.45 Holden Wood:- possible Sedge Warbler - small bird with a harsh Sedge Warbler sounding call. called twice, flitted and lost track of it in hedge 2 swallow my first of year anywhere rest the same Haslingden Moor:- 1 Raven skylark and meadow pipits 1 bubbling curlew 2 wheatear on th...
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Redstart 18.4.15
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Futures Park Stacksteads Redstart 1m still there at 4.15 pm pfyldes
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Ewood Bridge - Lumb Vale 18/4/15
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08:00 start - Chaffinch, Robin, Dunnock, Wren, Goldfinch all singing throughout, Blackbirds quiet though c5 around the circuit were all feeding. E.B.S.W. & surrounding area 3+ Pied Wagtail - numbers well down for the time of the year usually up to 100 present during April. c100 mixed hirundin...
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Clowbridge, 18th April 2015
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06:30-08:00 Cormorant, 2 on the "U Boat" and 1 over north, Canada Goose, pair with sitting bird, Mallard, c6, Pheasant, calling bird, Wood Pigeon, c30 over in flocks to 4, Little Owl, 1 in gable end, Skylark, c4 singing birds, Meadow Pipit, c12, Wheatear, 2, Mistle Thrush, 1 singing, Will...
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Clowbridge 17th April '15.
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1 poss 2 male Grasshopper Warblers reeling near back pond at dusk. 11+ Willow Warbler males singing. 1 House Martin over the moor. Craig. -- Edited by C Bel on Friday 17th of April 2015 09:22:11 PM
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Lee Quarry 17.4.15.
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Lee Quarry Wheatear 10 minimum Mistle Thrush 1 pair Perigrine 1over Raven 1 Little Owl 1 Meadow Pipit c10 Curlew 1 calling Pied Wagtail 1 Quarry Road Swallow 3 Willow Warbler 1 Greenfinch 2 calling Chaffinch several calling Robin several calling Wren 1 Woodpigeon 5 Magpie 3 Blackbird c6 Great Tit sev...
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Clowbridge res. 17/4/15
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14:50 hrs Car park pr Long tailed Tit 3 Willow warbler in song 3 Dunnock c10 House Sparrow Res. 4 Wheatear with one stunning male Whinchat 1m Pheasant calling 6m Mallard + 2 pr 1 Curlew feeding on pasture + calling bird from moorland Goldfinch - lots about with c6 in wood 1 Moorhen 1pr Canada Goose 1 Reed B...
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Blackcap.
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First Blackcaps have reappeared in Strongstry woodland today, three males and two females in one area and two more males in an other spot, all displaying and singing. Good numbers of Willow Warbler are around now, also two Chiffchaffs. Regards Brian.
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GOOD MORNINGS BIRDING 17-04-2015
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7.30 Start met up with Sarfraz at Holden Wood for a quick look around BIRDS SEEN 1 Raven 5 Swallow 5 Lapwing 3 Coot 7 Cormorant 3 Great Crested Grebe 3 Teal Mallard 1 Goldeneye Canada geese 2 Black Headed gull 1 juvenile lesser black-backed gull 1Little Grebe Then it was off to Holcombe for a circular wal...
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crawshawbooth
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male blackcap near river 1pair partridge dean lane
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Calf Hey.
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0930-1200hrs 9 degrees, overcast, very light wind. Several Meadow Pipit and Skylark singing. One male Stonechat in felled wood. Green Woodpecker calling. Three Canada Geese, four Mallards and two pair of Teal on the water. Three Common Sandpiper on the banks. Pair of Grey Wagtail and Pied Wagtail...
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CLOWBRIDGE 14-04-2015
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Swallow 1 Sparrowhawk 1 over Curlew 1 in medow just of ress and one or two calling birds on hillside Skylark good number of birds in song Meadow pipits good number not in large flocks, in 3 and 5 Willow Warbler Chiffchaff Greenfinch Goldfinch Chaffinch seen Cheers Craggy
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Holden Wood, Musden Heights and Musbury
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4-7pm Holden Wood:- 1 little ringed plover 5 coot 1 blackcap 2 willow warbler 4 moorhen 10 min mallard 10 min lapwing but not more than 14 2 oystercatcher 1 kestrel 3 reed buntings 2 linnet 2 Raven 1 curlew 2 grebe min 19 min cormorant Musden Head and Musbury 2-3 Curlews calling 6 lapwings 8 whea...
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Harrier
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A female Marsh Harrier flew north East across the Grane reservoirs this evening at 1930hrs. Regards Brian.
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The Hile, 14th April 2015
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18:15-19:15 Canada Goose, pair on Jack Lodge, Mallard, 2 over, Kestrel, 2 hunting The Hile, Curlew, pair in display, L.B.B.Gull, 2 over, Wood Pigeon, c20 in flocks to 5, Skylark, c6 in song, Swallow, 4 feeding over the fields, Meadow Pipit, c20, Mistle Thrush, 1 in song, Willow Warbler, 1 in song at Ja...
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River Irwell/Motorway Bridge 14.4.15.
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River Irwell/Motorway Bridge Common Sandpiper 2 Swallow 3 Seen at tea time by my son Nichalas and his girlfriend Michelle pfyldes
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Holden wood.
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1600hrs to1800hrs 11 degrees but cold South easterly. Canada Geese 40+ some sitting on eggs. Mallard 7 Grey Heron. 1 Cormorant. 12 Black-headed Gull 20+ Lapwing 24 all appeared to have established a territory. Several Blue, Great Tit in the trees. Coot 2 pair with nesting material Common San...
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Clough Bottom, 12th April 2015
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19:15-20:15 Mallard, 3 males, Goosander, 1 immature male, Sparrowhawk, female over res hassled by Carrion Crow, Kestrel, 2 hunting the moors, Pheasant, calling bird, Curlew, 2 over the moors calling, Meadow Pipit, 5, Pied Wagtail, 4, Song Thrush, 2 in song, Goldcrest, 1 singing, Chaffinch, 2 sin...
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Healy Dell and Wallbank Lodge 12.4.15
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Healy Dell Chiff Chaff 2 calling Nuthatch 3 calling Canada Geese 1 pair Mallard 3m Goldfinch calling birds Chaffinch 6 Coal Tit 2 L.T.Tit 2 Cormorant 1 over Heron 1 over Blue Tit 6 Great Tit c10 Wood Pigeon 15 Magpie 2 Mistle Thrush 2 calling Blackbird 3 Wren 1 Robin c6 Dunnock 2 Wallbank Lodge Swallow 2 Gr...
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