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Clowbridge res. 15/7/14
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07:30hrs 1 Grey Heron in the outflow 2 Coot 2 Moorhen 1 Sand Martin flew S. 1 Snipe 1 Common Sandpiper 3m Reed Bunting singing 1 Grasshopper Warbler reeling Bullfinch calling Mixed flock of species feeding along plantation edge included 20+ Willow Warbler inc many juvs, c4 Coal Tit, 2 possibly 3 juv...
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Clowbridge res. 13/7/14
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Constant passage of L.B.B.Gull moving NW during the course of the evening on a line from Compstons Cross to the Wagonners pub then over towards the Ribble valley, must have been towards 1000 birds. Still moving over at 20:30 hrs. Initial flock of c100 Swifts feeding over eastern moorlands increase...
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Clowbridge, 13th July 2014
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09:00-10:15 G.C.Grebe, pair on the res, Canada Goose, pair with 3 well grown young, Mallard, c12, Coot, pair in south bay, Moorhen, pair with 2 young plus possibly 1 further adult bird, Little Ringed Plover, 1 on res bank in front of boathouse, Common Sandpiper, 1 on res bank, B.H.Gull, c8 on res and 10...
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Clowbridge res 12/7/14
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09:00hrs 2 Coot 1pr Moorhen with 2 young c10 BH Gull 12 Mallard Pr Canada goose + 3yng 2 Swift 3 Reed Bunting in song c 10 Pied Wagtail mainly juvs Willow Warblers calling from plantations 1 Chiffchaff singing weakly from plantations Jay at 2 points. 3 Swallow feeding then c6 over Nutshaw hill. Redpoll...
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Bigbadbob
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Chapel Hill, 12th July 2014
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10:30-12:00 Kestrel, 1 around Meadowhead Farm, Herring Gull, 1 over, L.B.B.Gull, c12 over, Swift, c12 over Rawtenstall, Swallow, c12, Mistle Thrush, family party of 4, Whitethroat, singing male at Chapel Hill Farm, Blackcap, male catching insects at Marl pits, Willow Warbler, 1 sang briefly an...
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David Nuttall
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Clough Bottom, 12th July 2014
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08:00-08:45 Canada Goose, 31, Mallard, 4, Common Sandpiper, 2, L.B.B.Gull, 3 dropped onto the res then carried on their journey south, Stock Dove, 1, Swift, c12 over Whitewell Valley, G.S.Woodpecker, 1 calling, Swallow, c8, House Martin, at 3 sites along the Whitewell Valley, Meadow Pipit, 2, Co...
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David Nuttall
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Irwell Vale-Lumb Wood-Chatterton 11/07/2014
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1 B-H Gull in river Blue Tit with a family of 4 young 5 Chaffinch 2 Chiffchaff calling Coal Tit with 5 young Large group of Gulls soaring high over Lumb Wood 6 Goldfinch having a drink in stream Green Woodpecker calling Grey Wagtail in river A flash of a Kingfisher going down river Mallard M/F with 5 newly...
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Clowbridge, 10th July 2014
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20:45-21:45 G.C.Grebe, adult on the res, Mallard, female with 5 growing young and female with 1 recently hatched duckling; wonder what happened to the others so soon? Kestrel, 2 singles hunting rough grassland, B.H.Gull, c8 on the res, L.B.B.Gull, c40 over west, Little Owl, pair with 1 of this year...
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Chapel Hill, 6th July 2014
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17:00-19:00 L.B.B.Gull, c200 over west including a large flock of c100 birds over Balladen, Collared Dove, 1 sat on an aerial, Swift, c 20 over the tops, G.S.Woodpecker, 1, Swallow, c50 inc many juvs, Pied Wagtail, 1 juv, Grey Wagtail, 1 in Balladen Clough, Song Thrush, 2 in song, Willow Warbler, 2 ca...
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David Nuttall
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Holden Wood 04/07/2014
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HOLDEN WOOD Coot two at top end Cormorant 4 up and down res Carrion Crow 5 Canada Geese 90 some on res and in field and 8 Goslings Skylark 3 Reed Bunting 7 in bush's along res Kestrel one over res and one hunting hillside could be same one Swallow at top end with lots of juvenile's feeding on the wing Lapwing...
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Seat Naze To Chapel Hill 02/07/2014
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Birds seen tonight Blackbird Carrion Crow Song Thrush Goldfinch Jack Daw Magpie Meadow Pipit Skylark Starling 200+ in meadow feeding Swallow Swift Wood Pigeon Gulls passing over head Cheers Cragg
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Calf Hey Res Wed 2 july, 20.00 hrs
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2 Common terns flew up up the valley 1 Stonechat 1 G C Greab Crows , Magpies, Wood pigeons 2 Oystercacher Pied Wagtails, Meadow pipit Neil
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Turn/Ashworth Moor
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On saturday morning just gone around 10am.....min of 40 lesser black backs with 1-2 herring gulls in field on rossendale side of the lane that leads to rossendale school on way back after 4.30pm some still i nfield with many lessers on western bank of actual res today about ng north......2 im...
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Calf Hey Res
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Tree pipit singing. 2 Buzzards 1 kestrel 1 Stonechat 1 Reed bunting Meadow pipits Whim berry ready for picking Neil
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Rose-coloured Starling.. Burnley.
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For anyone who doesn`t already know and may like to go to see it, there is an Adult R C Starling in the Sycamore Ave area of Rose Grove, Burnley for last last 3 weeks! A bit tricky to see as its mobile with lots of other Common Starlings but worth the look as it is a lovely bird.. A couple of record shots taken to...
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Clowbridge, 1st July 2014
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21:00-22:00 Canada Goose, pair on res, Mallard, c20 inc duck with 6 growing ducklings, Shelduck, 23 circled the res for 20 minutes before finally heading off south east for their trip over the channel, Kestrel, 3 hunting the hillsides, Moorhen, 1 on the res, Curlew, 1 or 2 calling from the moors and 1 o...
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Clowbridge res 1/7/14
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07:40 hrs Usual suspect in & around the car park inc Willow warbler,goldfinch, greenfinch, robin ,blackbird, chaffinch etc 4+ B.H. Gull Pr Linnet c6 Reed Bunting singing 1 Grasshopper reeling 09:15hrs 1m Kestrel + 2yng, very mobile Pr Bullfinch Willow warbler in good voice as were Redpoll fli...
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Clowbridge res 29/6/14
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19:00hrs Willow warbler - quite a few still in song Pied Wagtail - 10+ inc. good numbers of juvs Grey Wagtail -1 Common Sandpiper - 1 prob. returning bird. B.H.Gull - 4 all adults Canada Goose - f.p. 3yng. Mallard - 1f + 6yng + 9 moulting adults. Linnet - 1pr Curlew - 1 heard Moorhen - 1 Reed Bunting - 5m sing...
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RCC & Balladen
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Five buzzards soaring over cricket ground towards Balladen 6pm today. Two dippers and three grey wagtails in The Glen, Heron flying over.
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Spring Mill Res 290614
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grey heron - 1Canada goose - 33 adult & 5 goslingmallard - 2kestrel - 3 (min 2 juvs)little ringed plover - 1 adult and 1 fledged juvpheasant - 3lesser black backed gull - 44 flying north west in flocks of up to 11 birdsblack headed gull - 2swift - 1green woodpecker - 1meadow pipit - 3pied wagtail - 1 juv...
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Bull Hill, 29th June 2014
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06:30-11:00 Mallard, c12 along The Irwell, Kestrel, 1 single and 3 hunting moorland, Buzzard, 1 over The Valley, Pheasant, 1 male sat on dry stone wall with 2 calling, Curlew, a pair on Bull Hill, Lapwing, 12 on newly mowed pasture near Buckden, Golden Plover, a pair on the higher tops, L.B.B.Gull, c8...
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David Nuttall
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Spotted Flycatchers.
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The second pair of Spotted Flycatchers that I found, fledged four young yesterday, despite the poor weather and temperatures the adults are catching and feeding all four this afternoon, the family unit has moved out of the woodland and were this evening near the river at Alderbottom. The first pair...
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Old Tawny Owl...
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Just got an interesting ringing recovery of a Tawny Owl i ringed many moons ago... 1 ringed as a juv in a nest box at Staghills, Newchurch on the 15th May 1992 !! Found, unfortunately dead, down a chimney in Rawtenstall on the 15th April 2014... A new BTO longevity record for Tawny Owl of 21yrs and 11 month...
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Clowbridge res 26/6/14 - C. Scoter
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Report of 8 Common Scoter & 2 G.C.Grebe this morning per A. Jones Bob.
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Holden Wood
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From 5.30-7pm today 17 Mallards....majority were Drakes and in eclipse.....not sure if the females were females or males in eclipse? 1 female mallard with 6 very small recently hatched ducklings Canada Geese - big flock of them with some creching young - 10 small ones seen and min of 10 half...
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Clowbridge res 24/6/14
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07:40hrs 1 Blackcap singing in car park 7 Juv Pied Wagtail on res bank + 2 ads further round 1m Linnet 4ad BH Gull + 1 juv c6 Swift feeding Lots of Willow Warbler activity inc several singing birds 1 Jay Curlew over moorland Min 5 m Reed Bunting singing 1 juv Redstart in woodland Only odd Redpoll heard and s...
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Stubbins to Ewood Bridge.
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Overcast 18 degrees, 0700/1130 hrs. All the tit species in good numbers, struggled with finches, Chaffinch ok, Goldfinch pair with young, no Bullfinch at usual spots. Blackbird in large numbers still, Song Thrush has bred well good numbers of young, had to go up to cut silage fields to find two pair o...
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The Hile, 23rd June 2014
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19:00-20:00 Grey Heron, 1 on Jack Lodge, Mallard, 3 on Jack Lodge & 2 on pasture along Coal Pit Lane, Kestrel, 1 hunting rough grassland, Moorhen, 1 on Jack lodge, Curlew, pair feeding in newly mowed field, L.B.B.Gull, 16 feeding with Curlews, Stock Dove, 1 sat on telephone wire, Wood Pigeon, c12...
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David Nuttall
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CLOWBRIDGE 22/06/2014
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Birds seen today Peacock Redwing 2, is this a bit late to see them ? Robin Pied wagtail Starling Tufted Duck Woodpigeon Swallow Swift Tree Sparrow Black Bird Canada Geese with 3 gosling Black-Headed Gull Blue Tit Carrion Crow Dunnock Chaffinch Curlew Goldfinch Greenfinch House Sparrow Magpie Mal...
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Deeply Vale 220614
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mallard - 4goosander - 1 on AMRpheasant - 5 calling birdsgrey heron - 3 included 1 bird at Buckhurst Lodge which was present when we arrived at around 9:45am and when we left at 4pmsparrowhawk - 1mkestrel - several sightings of possibly the same birdmoorhen - 1 on Buckhurst Lodgeoystercatcher - 1 at th...
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