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healy dell
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woodwarbler blackcap 4 chiffcaff 2 g s woodpecker ext
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cheesden valley
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more or less same as daves 23 may with extras grasshopper warbler sedge warbler great cressed grebe moorhen
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Reedsholme - Rawtenstall - 30/5/15
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Reedsholme 1 Green Woodpecker calling constantly 1 Grey Wagtail 1 Blackcap in song Pr Jay Charm of 4 Goldfinch 3 Swift over 1 Starling + flock of 30+ inc. juvs at Cribden Clough later. Leabrook 1 Blackcap in song 1 Chiffchaff in song 1 Willow Warbler in song 3 Swift 1 Grey Wagtail 1 Dipper Constablelee 4 H...
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Fletcher Bank Quarry 010615
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lapwing - 1 flew towards Gatehouse Farmcurlew - heard calling from Harden Moorlesser black backed gull - min 158 over between 09:50 & 11:45woodpigeon - 4collared dove - 2swift - 1jay - 1jackdaw - c20rook - 3carrion crow - c 65, including 1 flock of 51coal tit - 1 visiting nest site in garden wallsky...
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Clough Bottom 31.5.15.
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Clough Bottom Common Sandpiper 2 Swallow c10 Pied Wagtail 2 pair L.B.B.Gull 15 Reed Bunting 1m Chaffinch calling birds Great Tit 3 Wren 1 Meadow Pipit 2 Sky Lark calling birds Windy Bank Cuckoo 1 calling Redpoll 3 over Curlew 1 Kestrel 1 Willow Warbler good numbers Sky Lark good numbers Dunnock 1 Swall...
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Garden visitors in rare sunshine.
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Some garden visitors in yesterday's "rare" sunshine. -- Edited by brian on Sunday 31st of May 2015 10:58:09 AM
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Cuckoo! - Crown Point - above Clough Bottom Res
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Just got back from a walk in the shrubs and trees above Clough Bottom Res. Saw a couple of pairs of swifts and heard a few Willow Wablers in song. Then saw this large grey bird- thought it was a Wood Pigeon at first then ift flew about 4-5 ft of the ground into another tree. Then I thought it was a Sparrowhawk b...
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Peers Clough to Wheat Head
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peers clough little owl greater spotted woodpecker female green finch 6 curlew 2 wheat head 6 pair lapwings 2 curlew skylarks singing thoughout meadow pipit good numbers female wheatear happy about the lapwings john +peter 25/may
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Tooter Hill, 26th May 2015
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08:00-10:00
Set off aiming to go over Reap's Moss but the area is being redeveloped for a wind farm, with much disruption, so avoided the area...probably like many birds! So I went around Tooter and then back up Greave Clough.
Kestrel, 4 single birds with probably 2 pairs,
Curlew, a pair on Reap'...
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Bull Hill, 25th May 2015
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06:00-10:30 Grey Heron, 1 flew south over Snig Hole, Mallard, 2 in Alden, Buzzard, 1 hovering and later soaring over the moors, Sparrowhawk, female soaring over Stubbins, Red Grouse, 1 on the moors, Pheasant, c8 in Alden & 2 near Buckden, Lapwing, 2 pairs near Bull Hill, Golden Plover, 4 pairs on...
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Clowbridge, 24th May 2015
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18:00-19:00 G.C.Grebe, 1 at top end of res, Canada Goose, pair with 5 goslings, Mallard, 4 males, Coot, 1 flew low over the res, Moorhen, 3 adults on the lagoon, Common Sandpiper, 1 on res bank, Curlew, 1 in rough field behind boat house, L.B.B.Gull, c30 over north and one on the res, Swift, c10 over moor...
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Cheesden Valley, 23rd May 2015
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16:00-18:30 Grey Heron, 2 singles up the valley, Canada Goose, c30, mainly in pair, with one pair and 5 goslings, Buzzard, 1 soaring over Deeply Hill being mobbed by a female Kestrel, Kestrel, as above plus a pair and single bird, Pheasant, calling birds, Lapwing, 6 birds, poor for the quality of the a...
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Warth & Staghills Woods 230515
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WarthCanada goose - 1[pr with 5 goslingslapwing - 2 chased a crow over the hillside below Cowpe Lowestock dove - 1 near Hurdles Quarrytawny owl - 1 disturbed from its roost in a young tree, relocated to a telegraph pole before disappearing into the trees at Holly Farmswift - 2pied wagtail - 1swallow -...
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Healey Dell, Spring Mill & Cowm 220515
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Healey Dell (Wallbank Lodge to Station Road)grey heron - 1swift - 2spotted flycatcher - 1 (Broadley Station)nuthatch - 1prdipper - 1song thrush - 3willow warbler - 8chiffchaff - 3blackcap - - 6 singing maleswhitethroat - 1 singing near Broadley Lodgelong tailed tit - family party of at least 7jay -...
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Calf Hey
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0900/1100hrs cold northerly wind 8 degrees overcast. Severe lack of insect life and ground cover growth. Very few passerines seen or heard. Two Buzzards and a Kestrel overhead. Several Goldfinch, Chaffinch, one Greenfinch heard. Two Wrens and one Goldcrest heard At least two Grasshopper Warble...
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Clough Bottom 20.5.15.
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Clough Bottom Spotted Flycatcher 1 Linnet 1 pair Common Sandpiper 2 Grey Wagtail 1 Pied Wagtail 4 minimum Redpoll birds over c6 Willow Warbler birds calling Chaffinch birds calling Goldcrest c6 Sky Lark 2 Meadow Pipit good numbers Song Thrush 1 calling Blackbird 4 Swift 5 Swallow10 Jay 1 Mistle Th...
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Spotted Flycatchers.
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J First Spotted Flycatchers were recorded here on the 11th May, this is four days early on a nine year average for Strongstry. I have been experimenting with different designs of nest boxes for this species the last couple of years, I don't put them up until the end of April so our local residents don't g...
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Strongstry/Irwell vale.
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Extremely wet, heavy showers, only 9 degrees. Only two sightings of note, pair of Sparrowhawks perched and hunting along the river, two pair of Dipper have young fledged on the river bank, could only see two at one site but 4 at the other. Regards Brian.
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Healy Dell . Wallbank and Cowm
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Healy DellChiff Chaff 3Blackcap 2Willow Warbler calling birdsCanada Goose 1 pairMoorhen 1Mallard 4Swift 2 overChaffinch calling birdsGoldfinch 4Nuthatch 3Song Thrush 1 callingBlue and Great TitsRobin c10Blackbird 6Wood Pigeon c20Wallbank LodgeMute Swan 1 pair + 1Grey Wagtail 1Bullfinch...
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Grane, 17th May 2015
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07:30-11:00 Cormorant, 1 seen flying into valley, Grey Heron, 1 in Troy, Canada Goose, c50 including several pairs with newly fledged goslings, Greylag Goose, single at Holden Wood, Buzzard, 1 near Troy, Kestrel, single near Ogden and a female being hassled by a Magpie, Moorhen, 2 on pasture at Hol...
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E.B.S.W. 17th May 2015
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17:30-18:15 A quick visit to Ewood Bridge saw a good gathering of Hirundines with the following noted: Stock Dove, 1 feeding on the beds! Swift, c6, Swallow, c250, Hose Martin, c100, Sand Martin, c50 Pied Wagtail, c6, Song Thrush, 1 singing, Willow Warbler, 1 singing, Blackcap, 1 singing. Regards,...
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Stubbing to Ewood bridge.
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Sunshine and showers, 10/14 degrees, 0700 to 1100 hrs. These are highlights only. Garden Warbler seen and heard at Alderbottom. Male Whitethroat in full song near Ewood bridge. Wood Warbler singing in Lumb Vale ( part of this land has been sold and felled, planning has not yet been posted, no private...
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Rawtenstall, 15th May 2015
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late afternoon whilst mowing the lawn! Heron, 1 over, Sparrowhawk, male over being followed by 3 Starlings, Buzzard, tatty bird over mobbed by a crow, Swift, at least 3 over the town, L.T.Tit, feeding young in nest, Coal Tit, calling bird, Jay, 1 in trees, Goldfinch, singing, Greenfinch, singing, C...
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seat naze
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green woodpecker buzzard blackcap 2 pair linnits
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Lee Quarry 13.5.15.
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Lee quarry Wheatear 4m Raven 1 Sky Lark good numbers Meadow Pipit 15 minimum Curlew 2 calling Pied Wagtail 2 Wren calling birds L.B.B.Gull birds over Lapwing 2 at Nunn Hills Quarry Road Chiff Chaff 1 Willow Warbler calling birds Chaffinch c6 calling Greenfinch 2 Wood Pigeon 9 Redpoll 2 over pfyldes...
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North Rossendale, 10th May 2015
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06:30-10:30 Cormorant, 1 on the "U boat" on Clowbridge Res, Canada Goose, a pair in "The Bowl" towards Crown Point, Mallard, 2 on Clowbridge , 4 on Clough Bottom and 2 males on the moor, Tufted Duck, male on the back pond at Clowbridge, Kestrel, 1 at Clowbridge and a male carrying...
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5 Black Terns Ashworth Moor Res 6-5-15
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a flickr contact of mine messaged me on 7-5.15 to say he had seen 5 black terns on Wednesday 6th of May in the evening. They were flying in the stormy weather and feeding off the surface of the water. they were present at least 1 hour......
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E.B.S.W 07-05-2015
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E.B.S.W Large gathering of Swift - Sand Martin and Swallow Cheers Craggy
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Waterfoot
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Raven having a tussle with crows over Hugh Business Park 5pm today
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Ring necked parakeet
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it's still around the Helmshore Memorial Gardens, this time it was calling. 3.15 today.
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