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Crawshawbooth 20/4/13
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18:30 hrs Lots of evensong from the birds this evening mainly Blackbird, Robin and Song Thrush. Rook nests at Crawshawbooth are around the 30 mark - getting less every year. Shortclough res. c12 Swallow feeding 1 Willow Warbler singing 1 Mallard 3pr Canada goose Bonfire Hill 1 Swallow 1 Willow Warbl...
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C/Booth 19/20th April.
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At last, some migrants... 4 Willow Warb, 2 Tree Pipit, 1 Chiffchaff and a Swallow!!
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Healey Dell 20/4/2013
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7 Willow Warbler,3 Chiff chaff,5 Robin,10 Great Tit,6 Blue Tit,4 Blackbird,8 Rooks sitting on nests on Healey corner,40 Jackdaw. Regards, Dave Ousey
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Red Kite at Spring Mill Reservoir. 19/4/2013
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Red Kite watched from 3-40 pm for ten minutes at south end of res,a new bird for Rossendale, it came from the direction of Rochdale and last seen heading west!! Dave Ousey
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E.B.S.W. - Lumb Vale
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Midday start. E.B.S.W. - c100 Swallows, few martins some birds heading off N.E. c15 Pied Wagtail 3 Meadow Pipits Goldcrest in song nearby Dipper in river at Irwell Vale + 1 around the circuit. min. 4 Song Thrush in good voice Pr Nuthatch at Irwell Vale - male calling loudly. Buzzard fest over Lumb Vale/...
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Barn Owl, 18th April 2013
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19:45-20:00 Lower Irwell Valley, Barn Owl, 1 very pale bird with white tail and primaries hunting rough ground, Willow Warbler, 1 singing, Bullfinch, pair. Regards, David Nuttall.
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Yellow Wagtail 17/4/13
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1 male Yellow Wagtail present with c40 pieds on coke beds. Best seen from main gate. Also 1 Green Sandpiper present, seen initially on beds nearest Irwell Vale - then flushed. Relocated at the main outflow on the river. Unfortunately it saw me before I saw it. Watched it "tower" as it fl...
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Ewood bridge Dipper
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Just thought i would post a pic of the dipper i have been watching this week
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EBSW 16-4-13
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After work just dropped in Hundreds of swallows Tens of sand martins ones of house martins Plus Pied Wags, Jackdaws and BH Gulls. Ian
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Reedsholme - E.B.S.W. 16/4/13
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09:00hrs - very windy from S. Reedsholme 1 pr G.S.W. 1 Song Thrush feeding 1 Nuthatch - Leabrook 2 Meadow Pipit at The Holme on old Lapwing ground - unusual here. 1 Mistle Thrush singing - Townsendfold 1 Stock Dove flew off Motorway bridge Ewood Bridge Chiffchaff singing 1 Blackcap singing 1 Willow Wa...
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Ewood Bridge Sewerage Works 15/04/13
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Evening group walk. 6 people attended. Whilst waiting I had a House Martin over Rawtenstall cricket club. EBSW 23 species Canada Goose 2 Mallard 4 Common Moorhen 1 Black-headed Gull 5 Lesser Black-backed Gull 50 Common Wood-Pigeon 8 Common Magpie 5 Eurasian Jackdaw 100 Rook 17 Carrion Crow 8 Barn Sw...
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Warth, EBSW and Grane
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cormorant - 1 flying south from Grane over Snig Hole & 10 on Holden Woodgrey heron - 10 nests at Warth, including 1 under construction & 1 with 2 large juvs flexing their wings, and 1 at Heap CloughCanada goose - 1 flying round Ewood Bridge, 7 at holden wood, 4 at Ogden, 2 at Calf Hey, 2pr at Jamesto...
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Ewood bridge
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One male and one female dipper ,while the male was gaurding the nest entrance a kingfisher landed on the rock next to him,a little skirmish and the kingfisher was off,i also so this kingfisher at least 5 times in as many hours going up and down stream.
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EBSW. 13/4/13
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08:40hrs 1 Willow warbler in song nr the outflow 1 Chiffchaff in song around circuit + 1 silent bird along the river. 1 Dipper under bridge at Irwell Vale Pr Goosander on river 1 Moorhen on river c15 Swallow feeding over coke beds with 1 House martin and c2 Sand martin. 17 swallows at 12:45 hrs but no marti...
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EWBS Works
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Spring Migrants 2013
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It has been a very late year for early spring migrants. In some places early arrivals such as Sand Martins, Little Ringed Plovers, Chiffchaff and Wheatear have arrived a month later than normal. I managed to see 2 Swallows flying North over Holden Wood yesterday. I have not see other spring...
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Strongstry/Irwell vale
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Sunny, 9 degrees, 0800hrs to 1030hrs. Blue Tit, many in song and nesting. Great Tit, as above. Coal Tit, two pair. Long-tailed Tit, one pair with nesting material. Chaffinch, at least 12, numbers still higher than normal. BullFinch, still the commonest finch here. GoldFinch, only two, at the feed...
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Grane 12/4/13
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Cloughhead circular - a quiet day, no Curlew, Lapwing and few larks and pipits 1 pr Coal Tit c4 Grt Tit c4 Blue Tit Party of 3 Dunnock 1 G.S.Woodpecker 2 Song Thrush in song c3 B H Gull 1 Stock Dove c4 Skylark in song 1 Wheatear c4 Meadow Pipit Several Chaffinch in song - no other finch species seen or heard. Ja...
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Grane Wednesday 10 April
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3.45-6.45pm Holden Wood:- 5 Mallard, 10 lapwing in field 20 BH Gulls Song Thrush - singing a few Meadow Pipit Curlew usual birds sighted included Great Tit, Wren, Blue Tit, Robin, Woodpigeon, House Sparrows opposite the pub in the hedges, Jackdaws, Carrion Crows, Magpies, Chaffinch, On the To...
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whinberry woods
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various sites 30/3/13
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Warth to Heights Quarry4 lapwing in Whinberry Naze areacurlew - 1 heard calling probably near Sand Beds1 woodcock at Warthlesser black backed gull - flocks of 3 and 6 flying up the Irwell Valleylittle owl - 1 in Brow Edge Quarrystock dove - 2 at Warth, 3 in Hurdles Quarry and 2 on the hillside above Ball...
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Warth to EBSW via Plunge 060613
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grey heron - 1 flew off the lodge at Plunge carrying a frogCanada goose - 1pr on Scout Moor Res and 1 pr at Irwell Valemallard - 1pr at warth, 1pr in wet area at Plunge & 6prs around EBSWgoosander - 1pr flew up the Irwell Valley at EBSWcommon buzzard - 3 sightings near EBSW including pair soaring over th...
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Waterfoot to Spring Mill 07/04/13
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grey heron - 1 flying over Lenchmute swan - 6 on Wallbank LodgeCanada goose - 2pr at Lench, 3pr at Kearn's Lodge, 3pr at Cowpe Res, 20 at Cowm, 1pr on Wallbank being harrassed by cob mute swan & 9 at Spring Millmallard - 2pr on Lench lodges,6 in Whitworth Quarry, 20+ on Cowm and 5 at Spring Milltufted...
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Top end of Grane 8 April 2013
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30+ Fielfare 4 Redwing 1 Woodcock 1 Curlew Neil Sun 7 April 2 Male Wheatear in Huchbank Quakky
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Gaghills feeding station 01/12/2012
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female brambling at our feeders today also seen at the feeders recentlysparrowhawk - 1feral pigeon - 11wood pigeon - 1collared dove - 2great spotted woodpecker - 1goldcrest - 1 occasionalblue tit - 4great tit - 3coal tit - 2long tailed tit - 11treecreeper - 1 occasionaldunnock - 2robin - 2blacbird...
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Troy Quarry/Picker hill
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Raven 3 displaying. Green Woodpecker 1 calling. Meadow Pipit several groups of 5/6. Wheatear 1 male. Skylark 2 in full song. Wren in and out of nest. Several Coal Tit and Goldcrest in the conifers Little Geebe and pair of Moorhen on the water, also three pair of Canada Geese with females on e...
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Lee Quarry 7.4.13.
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Lee Quarry Wheatear 1 Little Owl 1 Meadow Pipit 8 L.B.B.Gull c80 + 60over east to west Carrion Crow c80 Jackdaw c20 pfyldes
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Grane, 7th April 2013
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08:00-11:30 G.C.Grebe, pair on Ogden displaying, Cormorant, minimum of 6 on Ogden but probably more overall, Grey Heron, 1 over Hog Lowe Pike towards grane res's, Canada Goose, c40 in pairs or small groups, Mallard, c12, Goosander, 1 male on Holden Wood, Kestrel, male flew down the Valley, Sparrow...
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E.W.S.W. Chiffchaff 7.4.13.
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E.B.S.W. Circuit. Chiffchaff 1 behind the beds 10.30 am Green Woodpecker 1 calling Great Spotted Woodpecker 1 calling Grey Wagtail 1 pair Dipper 1 Oystercatcher 1 pair Song Thrush 2 Blackbird c6 Wren c6 Dunnock 3 Blue Tit good numbers Great Tit good numbers Greenfinch c10 Goldfinch good numbers Gol...
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Grane, sat 6 April
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3 Woodcock 6 Teal plenty of Siskin in most Woods 2 pair Curlew no Lapwings above Holdenwood Res 1 Little ringed Plover Mallards, Canada Gees,Black-headed Gulls Scatering of Meadow Pipits 20+ Chaffinches, 2 Greenfinch, 1 Mistlle thrush Crows ,Magpies 1 Peacock butterfly Neil
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