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The Glen
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Best evening walk ever, saw all four 'river' birds' in the space of ten minutes, Grey Heron, Dipper. Grey Wagtail and Kingfisher, a first for me after doing that walk for over 25 years'. They were all close to the bridge near Hugh Business Park. Earlier in the day a pair of Bullfinch on my garden feeders h...
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Clowbridge - Rawtenstall, 2nd June 2013
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06:30-10:30 Grey Heron, 1 flew over Swinshaw Moor, Mallard, 2 males on Clough Bottom, Kestrel, male hunting over Swallow Shore, Pheasant, 4 calling birds, Curlew, c4 singles, all singing, Lapwing, 5. On Swallow Shore / Peers Clough area, L.B.B.Gull, c30 feeding on pasture near Swinshaw Moor, Sto...
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Stubbins to Ewood Bridge round robin.
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Dawn to 1000 hrs, bright sunny cool wind, river low. Blue Tit good numbers. Great Tit ditto. Long-tailed Tit two pair. Coal Tit several pairs. Chaffinch very good numbers, as was the winter count. Goldfinch odd ones. Bullfinch still doing well, several nest sites. Nuthatch doing well,...
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Ewood Bridge / Irwell Vale 30/05/2013
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Bullfinch 1 pair feeding on dandelion seed heads 1 Sparrow hawk in with a large number of Swallows and Swifts Goosander 1 Green Woodpecker calling Canada Goose 1 pair with 5 goslings Kingfisher 1 Dipper 2 + 1 juvenile Cheers Craggy
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Bacup and Whitwotth 26/27.5.13.
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Cowm Res G.C.Grebe 1 Redpoll 2 Willow Warbler 6 Canada Goose 5 Swallow 6 Stock Dove 5 Wallbank Lodge Mute Swan 5 Moorhen 1 pair + 5 young Swallow 2 Bacup Park Nuthatch 1 Blackcap 3 Redpoll 1 G.S.Woodpecker 1 Willow Warbler 2 Swallow 4 Swift 4 Bacup Cemetery Song Thrush 4 Mistle Thrush 2 Swift 6 Quarry Road W...
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Trickett's Memorial to Fletcher Bank Quarry 26/05/13
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a few notable sightings from todaylittle grebe - 1 on Holmes Terrace lodgemallard - females with 1 - 5 young at various stages of development at Rawtenstall (3 broods), Ewood Bridge and alderbottom.goosander - female on the stream near Edenwood Lodgesparrowhawk - 1 in Staghills woodscommon buzza...
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Clowbridge, 25th May 2013
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07:30-09:00 G.C.Grebe, 1 at top end of res, Mallard, c6, all males, Curlew, 2 singles calling, L.B.B.Gull, 4 over south east, Wood Pigeon, c12 in singles or pairs, Swift, c25 hawking over boat house area, Skylark, c8 singing birds, Swallow, c8, Pied Wagtail, adult carrying food to nest in res wall, M...
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Various 23/5/13
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Nuthatch calling at Leabrook Blackcap and Chiffchaff in song at Cribden House Whittaker Park c50 Starling feeding on grass included 4 fledged juvs - 1st seen this year. 2 Song Thrush in song c10 Blackbird either in song or feeding - mostly males. 1 Goldcrest in conifers Pr Nuthatch builing up th...
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Seat Naze Area 21/05/2013
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Two pair of Lapwings the second pair was mobbing a fox Swift and Swallow 20 or so Crows 8 Skylark 3 Buzzard 1 ? Jay 1 Magpie 6 Blackbird 4 Cheers Craggy
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lumb
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partridge calling from somewhere behind hargreaves arms last night
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Grasshopper warbler 20 th May
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Reeling 6.30 am and 8.30 pm today. Opposite 1019 Burnley Rd , behind garage. Heard from our garden! Bob and Pat
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cloughbottom area
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60 black backed gulls skylark good numbers 1 pr pied wagtailst 1siskin chaffinch goldcrest s thrush m thrush coal blue and great tits ext good news 2pr lapwings Swallow shore
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Stubbins return, 19th May 2013
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05:00-11:00 Dabchick, 1 on HTL Cormorant, 1 flew down the valley, Grey Heron, 1 in river, Canada Goose, c6 pairs, Mallard, c12 males plus a pair with 5 well grown ducklings, Goosander, 2 males flew down the Irwell Pheasant, calling birds near Alderbottom and in Plunge, Coot, pair on HTL, Moorhen, nes...
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RAVEN CHICKS SHOT.
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3 full grown, ready to fledge Raven chicks appear to have been shot dead, 1 on the nest and 2 near the nest at Hutchbank Quarry. Not seen personally but from a good source-quarry workers. The morning around the time they were thought to have been shot a man wearing camo gear, with a gun and a large brown &q...
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Varios Sites 19.5.13.
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New Line Res Spotted Flycatcher 1 Grey Wagtail 1 Tufted Duck 1m Swallow 2 Willow Warbler 2 Mallard 2m Moorhen 2 Canada Goose 2 Healey Dell Nuthatch 1 Blackcap 1 Willow Warbler good numbers Canada Goose 1pair + 4 young Moorhen 1 Mistle Thrush 3 Song Thrush 1 Jay 1 Magpie 4 Mallard 2m Blackbird c6 Chaffinch...
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Heap Clough-Jamesons circuit 19-5-13
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12:00 - 13:30 Blackbird + Robin singing in Heap Clough 3 Ravens over calling Siskin in Heap Clough Goldcrest singing Moorhen on Troy BH Gulls on Jamesons 2 P Wheatear 1 Lapwing displaying! 2 Curlew Cheers Ian
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Irwell Vale 17/05/2013
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Irwell Vale / Lumb Woods / Chatterton Woods Swift large numbers Swallow 8 Woodpigon 6 Mallard male 9 Female Mallard with 4 duklings Magpie 7 Jay 1 Treecreeper 1 Jackdaw 15 in field Buzzard 1 Canada goose 4 one pair nesting Chaffinch 6 Dipper 1 Chiffchaff 3 heard Dunnock 3 Goosander 1 Blue tit 5 Great...
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EBSW. 16th May.
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Lots of Swifts, 500+, feeding over the works this morning. Not many Swallows or Martins tho. Craig.
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Swifts
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Low numbers so far 1 at Gin Clough 8/5/13 3 at Shortclough res. 10/5/13 Bob.
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Grane reservoirs 12/05/13
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great crested grebe - 1pr on Calf Heycormorant - 1 flying over Holden Wood and 1 on Calf HeyCanada goose - 11 on Holden Woodmallard - 3 on calf Heyoystercatcher - 1pr flew over Holden wood & 1 at Calf Heylapwing - 8 at Holden Wooddunlin - 1 flew onto the mud at holden Wood and flew off after 5 minutescurl...
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Rawtenstall area 7/5/13
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Willow warbler and Jay at Reedsholme on the walk down - a notable abscence of Grey Wagtail and Dipper along the river between Reedsholme and the confluence of the R. Limy and R. Irwell. Cow lane to Langwood 1 Blue Tit with nest material 1 Blackcap in song + 1 at Cribden House 1 Chiffchaff at Cribden House...
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Clowbridge res. 6/5/13
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Evening visit until dusk. 16 Wheatear between the quarry, Limy lane and Wholaw ruin. 5 Swallow over the moor + 16 flew N.E. at dusk 3 Canada goose on water 1 Common Sandpiper heard but not located 2 Jay 1 Pied Wagtail 1 Reed Bunting, numbers appear to be down as are M.Pipit and Skylark. 1 Heron 1 Raven hear...
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Whitethroat C/booth 7th May.
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Male Whitethroat singing on "tip" off Goodshaw lane. 1st for many years up here for us..Hope it stays. Craig.
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Clough Bottom 6.05.13
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Clough Bottom Common Sandpiper 2 Goosander 1 pair Mallard 8 Canada Goose 2 L.B.B. Gull 1 + 1 over Siskin 6 Willow Warbler 10 Chaffinch good numbers Treecreeper 2 Coal Tit 2 Goldcrest 4 Skylark c.4 low numbers Meadow Pipit 3 low numbers Curlew 3 minimum Stock Dove 2 over Pied Wagtail 3 Dunnock 2 Wren 1 Jay 1...
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Spring Mill Res today
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4 Swift,Little Owl,6 Wheatear,4 Reed Bunting,6 Canada Geese,2 Tufted Duck.No sight or sound of the ever elusive Whitworth Gropper !! Regards, Dave Ousey
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jack lodge area
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female wheatear buzzard curlew m pipit 5 skylark 3 no lapwings poor numders of everything
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Clowbridge Res (Kittiwake), 6th May 2013
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06:30-08:30 Grey Heron, 1 flew in from the east, Canada Goose, c6, Mallard, 4 males, Pheasant, 2 calling males, Curlew, 2 calling birds and a pair flew onto the res shore, Common Sandpiper, 1 on res shore, Kittiwake, adult was on water at 06:30 when I arrived and left just before 07:00 circling the res s...
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Thirteen Stone Hill, 5th May 2013
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16:30-19:00 Dabchick, 1 quarry Cormorant, 1 feeding in Holden Wood, Grey Heron, 1 feeding in quarry, Canada Goose, c30 in small flocks or singles, Mallard, c12, Kestrel, female perched on a post and male flying down Grane, Pheasant, calling distantly, Moorhen, 1 in quarry, Common Sandpiper, 1 in q...
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Spring Mill and cowm 05/05/13
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Spring Mill5pr Canada geese1 greylag goose landed on the res with a Canada goose and were immediately chased off the res by a pair of Canada geese1m mallard1pr oystercatcher2 lapwingcurlew heard1 pheasant1 kestrel1 peregrine1 little owl17 lesser black backed gull passing through1 stock dove1 g...
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Ewood bridge 2/5/2013
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one pair of grey wagtails,male and female goosander ,male and female dipper(no fledgelings yet ) and a male and female kingfisher showing signs of courting ....forgot to a add a good number of willow warblers and a reed warbler.
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