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Irwell Vale
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A kingfisher perched in the winter sun actually looked a lot bigger that normally, at first I was not sure it wasn't a piece of blue plastic but it flew off after a few minutes. Other highlights were a couple of dippers, heron and lots of mallard.
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Pink Feet 26.11.10.
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Pink Feet 150+ east over Newchurch at 10am pfyldes and Nicholas
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Ravens courtship display.
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I had superb views of three ravens displaying this afternoon, they were viewed from the Rossendale Way opposite Ogden Res. One was not displaying and spent a lot of time perched in a tree, the other two were rolling upside down and closing their wings to dive and were quite close, perhaps 50 yards. The...
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Waxwings 25/11/10
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13:30 approx. 4 birds at Higher Constablelee then relocated to Wiswell Close near to Alder Grange school on berry tree. Very approachable. Bob.
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Waxwings 20/11/10
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5 Waxwings in tree tops at Higher Constablelee at 13:00hrs. Good veiws of birds flycatching and calling. Bob.
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Alden, saturday 20 nov
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30+ Meadow Pipit 2 Kestrel 3 Mistle Thrush 1 Pied wagtail Carrion crows& Magpies Neil
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Bits and Bobs
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I filled my seed feeder at Holden Wood again and also put a peanut feeder up there and its been fairly active - Great tits, Blue Tits, Chaffinches, Robin seen feeding. Have also visited the feeders at Clough Head Info Centre as they had Bramblings there last week but I had no luck. Plenty of Coal Tits th...
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Warth to Cowpe Res 21/11/10
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Warth 1pr peregrines hunting the hillside, 1 kestrel, 1 sparrowhawk, 4 lesser black back gull over, 1 grey wagtail, 1 dipper, 120 fieldfare, 16 redwing, 1 mistle thrush, 27 blackbird, 7 goldfinch & 13 chaffinch. Cowpe Moss 60 golden plover, 5 snipe & 1 red grouse Cowpe Res 1 cormorant, 1 spar...
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peregrine 20/11/10
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1 hunting pigeons low over the rooftops near Rawtenstall Market today. Later seen flying onto the chimney of Ilex Mill cheers Kevin
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Cowm Reservoir. 13/11/10
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2 GC Grebe(1 ad,1 juv),2 Cormorant,Grey Heron,Mute Swan,20 Canada Geese,42 Mallard,12 Tufted Duck,Kestrel,Sparrowhawk,4 Common Gull,55 BH Gull,2 Woodpigeon,14 Collared Dove,2 Grey Wagtail,Wren,6 Dunnock,Robin,8 Blackbird,4 Mistle Thrush,Goldcrest(First 1 here for a while) 6 LT Tit,C...
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Pied Billed Grebe at Hollingworth Lake.
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For those who dont know already there is a Pied Billed Grebe at Hollingworth Lake,Littleborough.It was first found on Tuesday.Its out of Rossendale I`m afraid but well worth a visit! Regards, Dave Ousey.
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Redpoll
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This a first for me this low down in the valley, two female Redpoll with a flock of Goldfinch and Greenfinch. Two/three fe Brambling still here with the finches. Started feeding sultanas in with the mix, no thrushes yet.
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Waterfoot to Rawtenstall14/11/10
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Trickett's Memorial Ground 1 sparrowhawk, 1 tawny owl, 1 green woodpecker & 1 jay Seat Naze/ Edge Cote 1 heron, 38 snipe, 1 jack snipe, 1 kestrel, 1 common gull, 1 stock dove, 32 + 12 fieldfare, mixed flock of at least 12 blue tit, 1 wren 2 coal tit and 3 goldcrest Marl Pits/ Waingate Village 1 cormor...
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lapwings 7-11-2010
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approx 20 Lapwings seen about 2.30pm off the a56 heading to burnley on the right side...before the hyndburn boundary......this area would be part of stoenfold right?
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sarfraz
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C/Booth 6th-7th November 2010
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Folly Clough-Hardmans Area. 6th Nov;- 270 (100,100,70 within 30 mins) Pink Feet over to East c7am. Very little else around. No Thrush movement at all. 7th Nov;- 300+Redwing through in first 2 hrs of daylight. No Fieldfare. Several new Blackbirds also. Lots...
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Waxwings 7/11/10
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Apologies for late entry, computer malfunction. 6 Waxwing in a birch tree near to Hollin Lane/Alder Grange school at Constablelee, 13:00 hrs approx. Also present c8 Goldfinch Pr Mistle Thrush on berry tree c100 flock of Starling at Chapel Hill with c40 Fieldfare 7 Long Tailed Tits at Tip Lodge 1 Bul...
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Spring Mill Res 07/11/10
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1 great crested grebe 1 cormorant 1 female goldeneye 4 goosander (2 redhead, 1 male and 1 thought to be a second winter male) 25 lapwing seen across the hillside near Lobden Golf course 37 black headed gull 1 common gull 1 sparrowhawk 1 kestrel 2 little owl 1 green woodpecker 1 meadow pipit 1 grey wagtail...
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Clowbridge 7-11-10
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4 Goldeneye 2M 2F 53 Canadas 1F Stonechat 2 Fieldfare 1 Kestrel 6+ Mallard 1 Meadow Pipit Cheers Ian
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Grane, 7th Nov 2010
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08:15-11:45 Cormorant, 2 on Ogden, singles on Calf Hey & Holden Wood, Pink Footed Goose, skein of 120 flew east at 08:30 Mallard, c130 on Calf Hey, 21 on Holden Wood, Teal, 14 on Holden Wood, then flew up the valley so probably off Holden Wood, and at least 9 on Calf Hey. Most likely the same birds inv...
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Brambling
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One male and at least 4 female at feeding station all day today,also first Treecreeper for some time. All others doing well,no increase in Robin/Blackbird/Thrush numbers yet
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Species Not Yet recorded for the Winter Atlas
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Species Not Yet Recorded for the Winter Atlas Below are lists for each of the twelve 10km squares in the BTO Lancashire East Region, showing the species recorded in the 8 immediately surrounding 10km squares but not in the named square. Please use these lists as a guide to species that may be present in...
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buzzard & fieldfares 06/11/2010
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1 buzzard soaring 50 feet over Newchurch Road at Higher Cloughfold today min 120 fieldfares at Marl Pits cheers Kevin
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Pinkfeet 5.11.10
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Pinkfeet 300+ over Edgeside through Stacksteads at 8.15am
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Edenfield/Turn area. am. 1/11/10
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c50 Fieldfare 3 Mistle Thrush 1Grey Wag 2 Jay 2GSW c20 Mixed flock of various tits, (no Goldcrest seen or heard) c10 Mixed flock Chaff, Green & Gold finch.
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Cowm and Broadclough 31.10.10
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Cowm Res Green Woodpecker 1 Kestrel 1m Sparrow Hawk 1f Pied Wagtail 2 Coal Tit c6 Blackbird 2 Woodpigeon c20 Tufted Duck 11 Mallard c30 Goosander 1f B.H.Gull c60 Cormorant 3 Canada Geese 12 Mute Swan 5 Broadclough Fieldfare 5 Bullfinch 1pair Blackbird 2 Wood Pigeon c100 Great Tit good numbers Blue Tit...
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C/Booth 31st October 2010.
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Waxwing, At least 2 singles heard over Folly Clough area in first 30 mins of daylight this morning. 25+Brambling with 15+ Chaffinch flock in Folly Wood. 1 Woodcock at dawn just over mist net! 200 Fieldfare, 30 Redwing, 6 Jay, 2 Goldcrest, Nuthatch also. Craig. -- Edited by C Bel on Sunday 31st of Octo...
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Seat Naze to Grane 31/10/10
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Seat Naze/ Edge Cote 1 heron, 1 sparrowhawk, min 40 snipe, 1 grey partridge, 14 meadow pipit, 1 pied wagtail, 13 fieldfare, 5 redwing, 1 mistle thrush, 10 long tailed tit, 6 goldcrest, 1 jay and 1 reed bunting Marl Pits 1 green woodpecker, 13 goldfinch, 2 siskin, 4 redpoll & 2 bullfinch Holmes Terra...
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Clowbridge, 31st Oct 2010
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09:00-10:15 Canada Goose, 4, Mallard, 11, Kestrel, female hunting rough ground around res, B.H.Gull, c6 on and around res, Common Gull, 16 flew north over the res, L.B.B.Gull, 1 flew north over res, Collared Dove, 1 near car park, G.S.Woodpacker, female tapping away in point wood, Grey Waytail,...
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Bits and Bobs
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Pink Feet over my area on Monday 24th October at 9am. Not seen though. Grey Wagtail at the Texaco Garage on Helmshore Road, H'den with a White Wagtail on Thursday at 3pm -- Edited by sarfraz on Saturday 30th of October 2010 12:18:30 AM
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Edenfield 24/10/10
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Min of 20 Redwing back again between Gincroft & Turn Male Kestrel - Gincroft Lane 20+ Goldfinch still feeding in my garden every day with up to 4 greenfinch daily
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