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Around Strongstry
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Great Tit plenty Blue Tit more than above Coal Tit numbers have recovered Long-tailed Tit now in pairs Bullfinch good numbers Goldfinch more than usual Greenfinch again more than usual Chaffinch greatest increase in finch numbers Redpoll two pair, male is stunning hope they ne...
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Grane, 11th March 2012
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07:45 - 10:30 G.C.Grebe, 1 on Ogden, Cormorant, 3 on Ogden, Grey Heron, 1 on Holden Wood, Canada Goose, c24, mainly in pairs, Mallard, c20, Teal, min of 7 on Calf Hey, Goldeneye, 1 on Jamestone, Kestrel, 3 singles, Red Grouse, single & pair on the tops, Golden Plover, flock of 15 on the tops, Lapwing...
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Heap Clough Area 11-3-12
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Treecreeper, Bullfinch, Chaffinch singing, Siskin over (pos flock of ~20), Coal, Blue and Great Tits, Robins Singing, Wrens singing, Green Woodpecker calling, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Carrion Crows, Jackdaws, Magpies, P Mallard, Canada sitting, Moorhen, Dabchick, F Goldeneye (Jamesons)...
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Deeply Vale Area 11.3.12.
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Deeply Vale Swan 2 over ( Whooper or Mute ) Teal 5 Goosander 1 pair over Coot 1 Mallard c6 pairs Canada Geese 7+5+4+3+3 Heron 5 minimum Reed Bunting 5m Chaffinch plenty Greenfinch c6 Goldfinch 1 Wren c6 L.T.Tit 2+3 Coal Tit odd ones calling Kestrel 1m Magpie 2 Raven 3 Jackdaw c40 Carrion Crow c30 Dunnock 6...
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Holden Wood Musbury Heights
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a few meadow pipits around res 2 curlew on farm 3 snipe on banks of res 2 pied wagtails usual great tits, blue tits, crows , jackdaws, magpies, woodpigeons, chaffinches, 1 linnet no robins, thrushes of any sort some canadas on tops - meadow pipits, 1 skylark, 2 red grouse - never seen red grouse in ross...
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Milvus milvus
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I have not seen it myself but two different sources "think" they have seen a single bird in the Musbury/Alden Ratchers area recently.
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Stubbylee Park,New Line & Cowm Res.9/3/2012
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Stubbylee Park G S Woodpecker, 2 Treecreeper & lots of Chaffinch,Robin,Blackbird in song. New Line 20 BH Gull(no adults) 2 Moorhen,Tufted Duck and various farmyard geese/ducks Cowm Reservoir 8 Tufted Duck,2 Goosander,45 Mallard,18 Canada Geese,single LBB Gull flew over. Regards, Dave Ou...
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Whitworth Garden March 2012
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The trail cam once again proved who was the culprit as I was told of feathers all over the garden today. I checked the footage and the culprit stood proud. This ones for you Tony!!! -- Edited by Ste Rush on Friday 9th of March 2012 10:13:23 PM -- Edited by Ste Rush on Friday 9th of March 2012 10:14:16 PM
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Water
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Swallow Shore 3 Lapwings Not been there for some time
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Buzzards 6.3.12.
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Buzzard 2 over Rawtenstall 2.30 pm today pfyldes
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Staghills Woods, Cowm and Spring Mill Res 04/03/12
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Staghills Woods 3 Canada geese over, 4 great spotted woodpecker, 12 wood pigeon, 1 collared dove, 1 nuthatch, 1 treecreeper, 9 dunnock, 11 wren, 20 blue tit, 14 great tit, 2 coal tit, 11 long tailed tit, 15 robin, 2 redwing, 3 mistle thrush, 3 song thrush, 6 carrion crow, 5 jackdaw, 10 magpie, 1 jay, 20 ch...
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Helmshore to Strongstry
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Two buzzards in thermal at Irwell Vale Kestrel, LT tit, Coal tit, Great tit, Dunnock,Blue tit, House sparrow, Starling, Magpie, Carrion crow, Jackdaw, Bullfinch, Greenfinch, Chaffinch, Goldfinch, Dipper, Wren, Robin,Wood pigeon, Collared dove, Nuthatch, Wren, Blackbird, Redwing.
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pink footed geese 05/03/12
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Skein of pink footed geese heard over Waterfoot tonight at 20:55hrs. Sounded to be moving east. No idea of numbers cheers Kevin -- Edited by KEVIN LISTER on Tuesday 6th of March 2012 10:08:27 AM
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Harden Moor - Deeply Vale, 4th March 2012
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08:00-10:45, cold at 2 degrees and stiff Northerly blowing Canada Goose, c70 in total with flocks up to 27 birds nut many pairs and small groups. Pink Footed Goose, single bird with the flock of 27 Canadas. Mallard, c20, Teal, 10 on Top Lodge 8 of which were males, Goosander, male & 2 females on bott...
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Rawtenstall Cricket Ground
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Good raptor day today, Buzzard overhead, Sparrowhawk in surrounding trees and Peregrine tailing feral pigeons then a flypast of three cormorants.
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Grane and moors south 2nd march 2012
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Bull Hill to Musbury Heights - 1 buzzard, 15 golden plovers ( in one flock Scholes Heights), 2 snipe 2 lapwings. Skylarks in vast numbers but still only one or two mipits. Grane Reservoirs - 16 teal (12 Calf Hey plus 4 flying up valley later), 3 goldeneye, 4 goosander, 7 cormorant, 2 common gull. At least...
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Whitworth Feb 2012
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Facit area 26th Feb Canada Goose 4 Mallard 2 Eurasian Sparrowhawk 1 Black-headed Gull 18 Feral Pigeon 3 Common Wood-Pigeon 10 Eurasian Collared-Dove 3 Tawny Owl 2 Green Woodpecker 1 Eurasian Jay 2 Common Magpie 8 Eurasian Jackdaw 50 Rook 3 Carrion Crow 7 Fieldfare 60 One flock f...
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Various sites 26/02/12
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little grebe - 1pr at Holmes Terrace Lodgesnipe - 17 at Edge Coteskylark - 2 at Edge Cotegreen woodpecker - yaffling birds heard at hightown near Whitewell Bottom and EBSWkingfisher - 1 at the Holme, Townsendfoldgoldcrest - 1 singing at Edge Cote and 1 pair at Marl Pitsdipper - pair with male singin...
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Whitworth Garden Feb 2012
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25th Jan - Feb 5, 2012
Comments: 6" Snowfall. Lows of -7.6ºC max of 3.6ºC. Clear skies to fog.
Eurasian Sparrowhawk 1
Feral Pigeon 2
Common Wood-Pigeon 2
Eurasian Collared-Dove 5
Eurasian Jay 3
Common Magpie 7
Carrion Crow 6
Coal Tit 2
Great Tit 2
Blue Tit 2
Long-tailed Tit 16
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Grane 26/2/2012
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Reservoirs - 1 curlew up valley, 2 oystercatchers Holden Wood. 6 cormorants, 2 goldeneye Ogden, 1 goosander Calf Hey. Singing reed bunting Holden Wood Musbury Heights - 2 short-eared owls, 1 snipe, golden plovers heard flying over
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Spring Mill Res 25/02/12
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mallard - 2 prgoosander - 3 m and 2 fgoldeneye - 2 prs (display and copulation both observed)pheasant - 1mblack headed gull - 20common gull - 1green woodpecker - 1 yaffling in Healey Dellstock dove - 1 prdipper - 1prwood pigeon - 1carrion crow - 4jackdaw - 12magpie - 10starling - 300fieldfare - 3wren - 1...
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Weir
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Waterfoot to AMR 19/02/12
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pink footed goose - 2 on Ashworth Moor ResCanada goose - 52 on Ashworth Moor Res, 12 on a lodge at Cheesden and 12 at the Fisherman's Retreatmallard - 1pr on Ashworth Moor Res and 1 pr at the Fisherman's Retreatgoldeneye - 1pr on Ashworth Moor Resgoosander - 5 on Ashworth Moor Ressparrowhawk - 1 at Gaghil...
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River Irwell Stubbins to Irwell vale.
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Mallard 20+ all in pairs Grey wagtail 2 pairs Kingfisher 2 individuals Dipper 3 pair singing and displaying Grey heron 1 Goosander 5 3 fe 2 m Moorhen 1
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Calf Hey 19-02-12
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Pair Goldeneye Pair Goosander 5 Canadas 7 Teal Mallards Green Woodpecker flew over and calling Coal, Great and Blue Tits singing Chaffinch singing Dunnock, Greenfinch, Goldfinch at feeding station Cheers Ian
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Clowbridge Res, 19th Feb 2012
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09:00 - 10:00 Canada Goose, pair & single, plenty of noise from the male of the pair! Mallard, 2 males, Goldeneye, 2 males & 1 female, Goosander, 2 males and 2 females starting to pair, Kestrel, 2, B.H.Gull, c12 on res, Common Gull, 1 on res, G.B.B.Gull, 2 over north west, Wood Pigeon, 11 nort...
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Various sightings in my garden, Helmshore, gregory fold
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Today (17/2/12) 10 redpolls at feeders 1 song thrush 1 wren 1 male bullfinch 1 male chaffinch blackbirds 2 robins sparrows and sat on my fence at lunchtime was a male Sprrowhawk, he was quite a treat for us to see!!!
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Irwell Valley, 12th Feb 2012
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09:00-10:30 Frozen and foggy, lethal under foot! Grey Heron, 2 possibly 3, Mallard, c12 esp E.B.S.W Goosander, pair & single redhead feeding in river, B.H.Gull, c20 mainly E.B.S.W. Dipper, pair with male in good song, Dunnock, 2 singing, Song Thrush, 1 singing, L.T.Tit, 2 groups of c8 birds, N...
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Warth and Grane 12/02/12
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Warth grey heron - 4 pr nest building, 3 stock dove, 1 green woodpecker, 1 grey wagtail, 4 green finch & 1m bullfinch Grane - Holden Wood and Calf Hey both completely frozen. Ogden only about 5% frozen. Visibilty down to less than 40 feet at times, particularly at Calf Hey Holden wood 1pr Canada g...
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My Garden, Whitworth 12/2/2012
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Noticed people not seeing many Greenfinchs around well at least 5 on my feeders this morning along with Chaffinch,Great and Blue Tit,Dunnock,Blackbird and lots of House Sparrow,Starling etc. Regards, Dave Ousey.
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