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Grane (suspected Water Rail)
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9.45 to 12.15 Holden wood:- 61 commongulls 42 black headed gulls 1 snipe 17 lapwing 3 teal 1 grey heron 3 and then 35 starling 1 pied wagtail 1 grey wagtail ,9 meadow pipits 2 stonechat - pair 2 wren 3 robin 2 blacbird 4 reed bunting Redpolls zinging away Goldfinch charm 1 mistle thrush 11 cormorant - 7 in r...
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Ewood Bridge
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At least two Goldcrests seen in the Hawthorn bushes on the Irwell side of the road. First sighting for some time. -- Edited by john sm on Wednesday 14th of January 2015 02:10:55 PM
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Chiffchaff
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My wife spotted a Warbler today which was very active and flighty while catching spiders on the hanging baskets at the back of our house, the best picture we could manage is attached, this was taken through the window and blind at least you can identify it as a Chiffchaff
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ROC Winter Bird Race, 11th Jan 2015
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08:00-15:30 Very windy, Mainly dry, between 4 - 6 degrees. On a very challenging day, with strong winds and very wet underfoot, 7 people participated and split into 3 teams of 2x2 and 1x3. The result was a grand total of 68 species which equaled last year's record total for a Winter Bird Race and was a gre...
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TROY AND JAMESTONES QUARRYS 09-01-2015
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2 Goldeneye on Jamestone doing a lot of diving 5 Magpie 8 Mallard 5m 3f on Troy 1 Kesterl hunting over hillside 8 Carrion Crow 1 Redwing 18 Starling Goldcrests heard on seen 7 Geese flying over Blackbird 1m 1 Robin Think the strong winds keeping the birds down Cheers Craggy photo of Troy Quarry
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Holden Wood and Musbury Heights
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From 10.15-12.45 Holden Wood:- 1 grey heron 12 cormorant on way back 1 teal 2 mallard plenty of gulls a black back gulled looking too small to be a great black and too large for lesser black....a full adult whatever it was.... 3 herring gulls over 1 immature 2 adult......start of a mass movemen...
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IRWELL VALE 6-01-2015
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Long-Tailed Tit 14 in a large mix of Blue/Coal//Great Tit with 3 or 4 Goldcrest and two Nuthatch 1 Grey Wagtail 5 House Sparrow 1 Chaffinch 1 Pheasant Blackbird 1m 1f 1 Thrush 5 Woodpigeon 1 Robin 7 Jackdaw Goldfinch a charm of 35+ birds 6 Carrion Crow There was a large flock of Pied Wagtail in field where...
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Edenfield to Deeply Vale etc 040115
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cormorant - 2 flying down the valley at Deeply Valemallard - 7 on AMRgoosander 1 female on AMR, 2 males & 2 females at Turn and 3 in Deeply Valekestrel - 1 at Turn, 1 at Buckhurst and 1 at Deeply Valemoorhen - 1 at Buckhurst Lodgemeadow pipit - 3 at Cheesdenpied wagtail - 1 at Cheesdenmistle thrush - 3 at...
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Grane, 4th Jan 2015.
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09:00-12:00 Cormorant, 3 around Holden Wood / Ogden, Grey Heron, 1 flew down the valley, Canada Goose, 3 on Holden Wood, Mallard, c20, Teal 26 on Calf Hey, Goldeneye, pair in Jamestones, Tufted Duck, 3 males on Ogden, Goosander, pair circuited Calf Hey before flying off back down the valley, Kestrel...
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Jan to June 2015
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All Please see the 'General Discussions' for details of the next 6 months. Meetings are the third Monday in the month at the Weavers Cottage, Bacup Road, Rawtenstall. The AGM is on 19th Jan at 19:15. Happy New Year to all Ian
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Cowpe 010115
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Lench1 grey heron1 moorhen1 possibly 2 kingfisherc130 woodpigeon4 robin40 redwing1 song thrush1pr mistle thrush7 blackbird10 blue tit6 great tit1 goldcrest singing and 1 flitting through hawthorns8 magpie2 carrion crow3 chaffinch1 greenfinch heard14 goldfinch Kearns Mill and lodge aream...
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HAPPY NEW YEAR
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Clough Bottom, 1st Jan 2015
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10:30-11:30 Kestrel, 1 hunting the res bank and 1 along edge of conifers, B.H.Gull, c30 on res or on pasture on Swallow Shore, Common Gull, c20 on res or on pasture at Swallow Shore, L.B.B.Gull, 1 over east, Coal Tit, 2 in conifers, Jay, 2 calling, Raven, pair tussling with Carrion Crow, Chaffinch, c6 c...
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Holden Wood Res and Musbury Heights etc.
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9 - 12am. Had a 3 hr look up Musbury Heights and adjacent moorland looking for Sarfraz's Bunting flock but could not find many today. 3 Snow Buntings (2 male, 1 fem) were feeding in the quarried area of Musbury Heights, SW of the chimney, but we're wary and very flighty. They eventually moved up the moor...
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West Rossendale, 31st Dec 2014
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08:00-12:00 Cormorant, 1 on Ogden & 7 roosting in trees at Holden Wood, Mallard, 12 on Ogden, Goldeneye, male & female on Ogden, Buzzard, pair in Musbury, Sparrowhawk, female in Alden, Kestrel, birds in Alden, Musbury and Grane, Red Grouse, a pair and a single on Scholes Height, Pheasant, 2...
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Grane
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8.20-11.20 Holden Wood:- 1 grey heron 7 cormorants in roost on way back 2 lapwings in field but none on way back 1 grey wagtail flew over and later probably seen closer to calf hey 7 meadow pipits on way back before 2 blackbird on way back 3 wren 2 robin 1 greenfinch flying over Usual b h gulls, carrion cr...
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Clowbridge, 29th Dec 2014
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11:00-13:00 Tufted Duck, male & 2 females, Goosander, male & 3 redheads, Kestrel, 1 sat in hawthorn, Lapwing, 3 over heading west, G.B.B.Gull, 1 on res, L.B.B.Gull, 1 on res, Herring Gull, 6 over south, Common Gull, c12 on res, B.H.Gull, c40 on res, Little Owl, 1 on its usual dry stone wall, Ro...
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Haslingden Birds 2014
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10 Herring Gull looked mainly 2nd, 3rd Winter types on April 1st Tuesday flying south in the afternoon. a Buzzard drifting south over haslingden today about 3.30pm
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Reedsholme - E.B.S.W. 27/12/14
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12:15 start - low hill fog, clearing mid afternoon. Very little small stuff with notable absence of finches. Reedsholme 1 Mistle Thrush 1 G.S.W. 1 Blackbird 1 B.H.Gull Rawtenstall 60+ Mallard on river at Tesco + 1f Goosander 2 Wren 1 Goldfinch 1 Blackbird Groundwork 1pr Goosander c53 Pink-footed G...
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lee mill garden
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In the garden this weekend blue tits great tits coal tits 3 bullfinch (1m 2f ) 1 greenfinch (first sighting since August) robin 2 blackbirds m+f 1 dunnock 1 jay
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Spring Mill & Cowm 28/12/14
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Spring Mill6 cormorant4 Canada geese1m & 2f goosander1m goldeneye62 black headed gull3 common gull1 little owl1 green woodpecker yaffling1 pied wagtail1 meadow pipit heard1 wren10 magpie4 jackdaw5 carrion crow6 goldfinch Cowm1 mute swan (2 adults & 2 juvs also on Wallbank Estate)70...
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Strongstry feeding station.
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Three Redwing feeding on chopped Apple first thing this morning, Grey Wagtail still visiting. Plus all the usual suspects, good numbers of Blackbird and Chaffinch. Bright and sunny was minus 4 degrees now minus 0.6. Regards Brian
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Moor road/Musbury/Alden road.
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Strong westerly 5 degrees sunny spells. Very little seen probably due to strong wind, plenty of Redwing and Fieldfare, Perigrine and Buzzard soaring and a Sparrowhawk hunting the flocks of Redwing. On the way back called in to EBSW, all the usual suspects in good numbers, plus a flock of 12 Stock Dove...
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Possible Lapland Bunting Haslingden Moor
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been up hassy moor today feeders at clough head busy with all the tits about 6 mistle thrush on the slope up min of 20 fieldfare flying over a few starling around less than 10 total 2 kestrel min 40 unknown finches buntings flying over 11 snipe 4 carrion crows a bird disturbed on the ground in an area l...
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Lee Mill garden
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forgot to add 8 long tailed tits on fat balls
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Clowbridge, 21st Dec 2014
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14:00-15:30 Kestrel, 1 over Nutshaw & 1 in The Big Hedge towards the Wagoners, B.H.Gull, c200 coming in to roost on the res having been feeding on pasture, Common Gull, c60 coming in to roost on the res, Little Owl, 1 sat half way down dry stone wall sheltering from the wind, Rook, c20 feeding on past...
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Lee Mill garden
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In the garden this weekend Blue tits Great tits Coal tits 3 Bullfinch (2m 1f) Blackbird m Robin Dunnock Wren also c20 house sparrow on Park Rd Wdnesday
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MERRY CHRISTMAS
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Staghills Woods and Warth 211214
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Staghills Woods (Trickett's Memorial to Lea Bank)kestrel - 1woodpigeon - c55great spotted woodpecker - 4grey wagtail - 1great tit - 14blue tit - 15coal tit - 2long tailed tit - calling birds not seengoldcrest - 1robin - 13redwing - 3 flocks of 6, 6 + 4blackbird - 13song thrush - 1nuthatch - 2 + 2 + 1treec...
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Irwell Valley, 21st Dec 2014
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10:00-11:00 Grey Heron, 1 sat in a tree at HTL, Mallard, 4 on HTL, Goosander, pair at Groundwork, Moorhen, swam across the river at Townsendfold, B.H.Gull, 2 along the river and c6 over south, Herring Gull, c15 over south in flocks to 7, Kingfisher, 1 at Townsendfold, Grey Wagtail, pair and a single at...
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