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Strongstry feeding station.
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Two unusual visitors this morning in the sunshine between the hail, one Greenfinch, very photogenic, and two Goldcrest which would not stand still for pictures. Regards Brian.
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Lee Mill garden 22-2-15
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In the garden today, blue tits, great tits, coal tits, m chaffinch, pr bullfinch, pr greenfinch, robin, pr blackbird, wood pigeon, magpie, Also tawny owl heard early morning. Oh, and a squirrel
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Cowm area and New Line 22.2.15.
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Cowm Res Cormorant 1 Common Gull 10 B.H.Gull c 40 Mallard c40 Tawny Owl 1 calling Bullinch 2 m Coal Tit 3 Goldcrest 1 calling Wren 2 Robin 3 Dunnock2 Blackbird 6 Reed Bunting 1 f Great Tit c10 Blue Tit c6 Carrion Crow 4 Magpie 5 Wallbank Lodge Tufted Duck 1m Mallard 20 Jackdaw 2 New Line Res Jackdaw c80 Starl...
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Grane. 22nd Feb '15.
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8-11am. Pretty quiet bird wise and cold.. Before the snow arrived. Stonechat - Male on Holden Wood car park rd. B H Gull - 20+ on H W res. Buzzard - 3 birds seen in different areas of valley. Goldcrest - lots of calling birds in the woods. Craig.
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Calf Hey Friday 20 Feb
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Forgot to post this visited briefly from 3-4pm 19 Teal ....had a good close look at the drakes all the common teal 4 Mallard 1 Buzzard
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Edge Cote & Seat Naze 21/02/15
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Very quiet with the only birds seen being the followingperegrine - 1 drifting across the hillside before turning and flying across the valley towards Hurdles Quarrysnipe - 13black headed gull - 18common gull - 8skylark - flocks of 4, 4 & 7great tit - 1blackbird - 1redwing - c60 near Chapel Hill E...
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Fishmoor Res, B/burn. 15th Feb '15.
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1st winter Iceland Gull in roost on Walkersteel roof. Not seen earlier on Fishmoor res but birds pouring in all the time from an hour before dark. A, and prob the same bird, was there last Sunday too. Also adult Med Gull on res then to roof. Craig.
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Holden Wood and Musden Head Moor
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2-5pm Holden Wood:- min 66 lapwing min 6 Mallard 2 coot - considering there was exactly 1 year ago then numbers rose to 4 then dropped to 1, and then 0 when frozen and now 2.......they must move around a lot..but never see them in flight teal heard non seen 100 plus black headed gulls 3 herring gull i...
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Lee Mill and bacup park 15-2-15
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In the park this morning, 2 mistle thrush 4 goldfinch 1 nuthatch 3 chaffinch 2 starlings in and out of woodpecker hole min 5 blackbirds (4m 1f ) 2 magpie 2 crow 2 jay dunnock wren sparrowhawk over min 4 robins blue tits great tits and coal tits 4 house sparrow on park road In the garden this weekend, blue tit...
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Cowpe to Greens Moor
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cormorant - 2 singles flew down the valley over Lenchsparrowhawk - 1 near Tippet Farmmallard - 1 pr at Lenchmoorhen - 1 at Lenchlapwing - 1 on Greens moorherring gull - c70 feeding on cake put out for sheep on Green's Moorlesser black backed gull - 5 feeding on cake put out for sheep on Green's Moorcomm...
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14-15/2/15
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14/2/15 Big gull movement up the Limy valley between 13:30 and 14:00 hrs. Birds were approaching from over Cribden Clough and then turning N. In excess of 800 in 30 minutes mainly herring gull involved, calling and circling then moving on. A group of 5 Cormorant flew S. over Reedsholme at 13:25hrs. 1...
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Clowbridge, 15th Feb 2015
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08:30-10:00 Cormorant, 4 fishing the res flew off south later, Canada Goose, calling in the mist, Mallard, pair on Limy, Goldeneye, 4 males, Common Scoter, pair in middle of res, Kestrel, 1 being harassed by corvids, Pheasant, male in rough pasture, Lapwing, flock of 8 over south, B.H.Gull, c40, Co...
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RCC
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There have been several Grey Wagtails amongst the normal dozen or so Pied on the cricket field this week. I used to be plagued with feral pigeons eating the expensive grass seed but have rarely seen any in the past twelve months however I see a Peregrine almost daily sometimes perched on The Ilex Mill c...
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Chiffchaff.
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There was a Chiffchaff around the Strongstry feeding station this morning, possibly the same bird seen here a few weeks ago. Regards Brian.
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Strongstry.
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On opposite sides of the river this morning were two Song Thrush in full song and they were accompanied by a Dipper displaying and singing on a rock in midstream. Regards Brian.
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Grane reservoirs WEBS count 080215
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The following all seen in poor visibility today at Grane. Holden Wood (almost completely frozen except for marshy area at top end)cormorant - at least 14 flew out of the trees when the fog lifted for a brief momentgrey heron - 1Canada goose - 110 in the roadside fieldteal - 4snipe - 8black headed gull -...
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AMR 7th Feb '15.
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4 Whooper Swans flew onto AMR late morning. ( Report from R Archer ).
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Cheesden Valley, 7th Feb 2015
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14:30 - 17:00 Most of Harden Moor and 90% of lodges frozen. Grey Heron, 1 over several times, Pink Footed Goose, 2 over low before heading off west looked like they had just taken off AMR, Mallard, 5 near the flash, Teal, 28 on bottom lodge & 17 on top lodge, Kestrel, 2 singles, Peregrine / Gyr Falcon?...
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bacup park and lee mill
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9 - 10 am grey wagtail and a dipper on the river g.s. woodpecker drumming top end of park, another being harassed by 4 starlings one nuthatch near top gate blue tits,great tits, 2 coal tits 2 chaffinch, 1 goldfinch min 5 blackbirds min 3 robins,2 magpie, 6 woodpigeon, 2 crows In my garden; great tits,bl...
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6/2/15 thrush song.
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1 Song thrush singing from Rawtenstall cemetry at 16:45hrs, barely audible above traffic noise + 1 at Reedsholme. c7 Robins singing between Constablelee and Reedsholme + 1 Dunnock. Bob.
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Grane
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9.40-11.50 Holden Wood:- Ground frozen solid and over 90% of the res frozen. 9 Teal 60-70 b h gulls on holden wood and ogden 4 snipe bullfinch calling 1 greenfinch over robin -2-3 small flock of blue tit great long tailed tit 1 wren 1 reed bunting 1 meadow pipit 2-3 blackbird Ogden;- just Gulls...
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HAMELDON HILL 05-02-2015
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Looking down onto Clowbridge reservoir was partly frozen over could see 3 Goosander 2 Goldeneye Good number of B-H-Gull 1 Cormorant Road up to Hameldon Hill Carrion Crow 60+ bottom to top in all 2 Pied Wagtail 12 Magpie in all Flock of 11 Jackdaws Small charm of Goldfinch 1 Green Woodpecker Small gath...
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Snow Buntings. 3rd Feb `15.
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A few Snow Buntings around at present, into double figures at a feeding area in north Rossendale today..
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ALONG BOTTOM OF SEAT NAZE 03-02-2015
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1 Treecreeper 2 Goldcrest 9 Long-Tailed Tit 1 Wren 6 Woodpigeon Small group of Great-Coal-Blue Tit 7 Magpie 3 Carrion Crow 2 Robin 1 Blackbird Cheers Craggy
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Waterfoot to Strongstry 010215
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cormorant - 2 over Hareholme, 1 over Holmes Terrace Lodge, 1 over EBSW & 1 on the river near Lumb Valegrey heron - 1 on the river at Cloughfold, 1 at EBSW & 1 at Strongstrymallard - c60 at Tesco in Rawtenstall, 21 at K Steels & 23 at EBSW goosander - 1 female at Groundworkblack headed gull - c15...
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Swinshaw Moor Circular, 1st Feb 2015
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09:00-12:00 Grey Heron, 1 over Shortclough Res, Kestrel, 2 over Marl Pits & 1 over Swinshaw Moor, Snipe, a wisp of 5 flushed off Edge Cote, B.H.Gull, c12 mainly heading north with a couple on pasture, Common Gull, 2 singles west over Swinshaw Moor, Herring Gull, c200 north up The Limy Valley, L.B....
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Reedsholme 31/1/15
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31/1/15. 1 Grey Heron on river Limy + 1 kingfisher and pr Dipper at Leabrook. Bob.
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Holden Wood
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10-11.50am 8 ducks on water ..mallard size..but flew off or swat to bottom end 7 meadow p[ipit 1 grey heron 3-4 cormorants 3 snipe 10 min lapwing 71 Canada geese 60 min black haded gulls 1 great black backed adult accompanied by two smaller immature gulls of unknown species 1 coot heard some teal n...
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Strongstry feeding station.
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Heavy snow last night - 1 to +2 degrees today. Below numbers are very similar to garden bird watch at the weekend. Blue Tit 14 Great Tit 16 Coal Tit 12 Long-tailed Tit 7 Chaffinch 12 mostly males Bullfinch 5 male 2 female Robin 5 Goldfinch 9 Lesser Redpoll 5 two male 3 female Nuthatch 4 Tre...
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Holden Wood and Musbury Heights
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10-1 Holden Wood:- at top end in hedgerow - min 19 goldfinch, 2 treecreeper, 1 song thrush, 4-5 blackbird min2-3 goldfinch min 6 chaffinch great and blue tits very active ad singing a flock of long tailed tits heard min 3 goldfinch 1 dunnock min 10 magpies visiting area where I put food out 2 dif...
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