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Various and Rook nest,s 22.4.11
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Rook nest,s Peers Clough 9 Water 20 Northern 14 Broad Clough 7 Cowm 2 Healey 9 Rook Hill 29 Clough Bottom Common Sandpiper 1 Goosander 1m Tufted Duck 1m Mallard 7m 2f Meadow Pipit c6 Lee quarry road Willow Warbler 6 minimum Song Thrush 1 calling Redpoll 2 minimum Blackbird Robin Chaffs Blue and Grea...
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Strongstry woods and river.
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A cold windy day spent recording the following : Blue tit, plentyfull with nesting material and food, some in nest boxes. Great tit, many as above. L t tit, one nest site, other pairs about. Coal tit, one pair possibly feeding young, only one other seen. Bullfinch, At least six pair, some carry...
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Clowbridge 19/4/11
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13:00 - 17:15 hrs
Walked to Compstons Cross then around the upper tracks.
Min.13 Willow Warbler in plantings
1 Pied Wagtail
1 White Wagtail on shoreline
Redpolls all around
Wheatear, min 18 at Wholaw ruin
12 in fields across from Wagonners pub
4 adjacent to Limy Lane
3 + 2 resident pairs at Nu...
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Various Sites 17.4.11
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New Line Res Tufted Duck 3m 1f Willow Warbler 2 calling Cowm Res Tufted Duck 4m 2f Mallard c20 Canada Goose c10 Grey Wagtail 1 Pied Wagtail 3 Swallow 3 Willow Warbler 10 minimum Wheatear 3m Redpoll c6 Chaffinch plenty Greenfinch c6 calling Meadow Pipit c10 Sky Lark c4 Oystercatcher 2 calling Rook 4 + 2 ne...
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Grane Area 17/4/11
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Canada Goose 10, Mallard 16,Goosander 2,Pheasant 4,Oystercatcher 2, LR Plover 7,Lapwing 30, Curlew 3,Common Sandpiper 1, BH Gull 6,LBB Gull 2, Stock Dove 2,Collared Dove 1,Wood Pigeon 18, Green Woodpecker 2,Skylark 2, Sand Martin 1,Swallow 4, Meadow Pipit 36, Pied Wagtail 3, Wren 4,Dunnock 6,R...
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EBSW - Schole Heights, 17th April 2011
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06:00-10:30
Grey Heron, 3 feeding in rivers,
Canada Goose, c6,
Mallard, c12,
Goosander, male on Irwell,
Kestrel, pair & single,
Sparrowhawk, female soaring over townsendfold,
Red Grouse, pair & single on tops,
Pheasant, c6,
Curlew, 2 pairs,
Golden Plover, single & floc...
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Warblers in the woods.
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Very cold dawn but turned into warm morning : Blackcap 4 males [singing] 1 female Willow warbler 5/6 singing 1 carrying nesting material into bramble Ciffchaff pair at last years nest site male displaying Whitethroat 1 singing this is early here may be a good sign. One pair of Dippers ha...
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Grane, 15th April 2011
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08:00-10:10
Canada Goose, c12 with one sitting,
Mallard, c20,
Goosander, male & 2 redheads on Holden Wood,
Pheasant, calling bird(s),
Curlew, 1 over & several calling,
Lapwing, c12 at Holden Wood & sitting bird,
Oystercatcher, single at Holden Wood and single in quarry,
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Monday Meeting 18-4-11
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Meet at Kay Street car park at 19:00 for a ramble Cheers Ian
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Reedsholme - Plunge15/4/11
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A quiet day with little song, notable abscence of curlew on the tops
Leabrook
Willow Warbler
Dipper
Long Tailed Tit
Pied Wagtail
Twin Lodges
Willow Warbler
Long Tailed Tit
Mistle Thrush in song
Balladen
3m Blackbird feeding in amongst horses
Horncliffe
5 Swallow feeding around f...
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Osprey in Ogden
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An osprey dived into Ogden at 1230 today despite being mobbed by gulls, I couldn't be sure if it took one of the trout. It flew off northwards. Also present, Wheatear, Pied Wagtail, Mallard, Oyster Catcher, Lapwing,Yaffle, Meadow Pipit Cormorant, Swallow, BHG, Curlew,Corvids,Chaffinch, Wood Pi...
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Cragg quarry etc 12/4/11
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2pr + 3m Wheatear
2 Golden Plover - Cowpe Moss
Curlew calling
c600 flock of Starling feeding on Rooley Moor Rd on way back down.
E.B.S.W.
c60 hirundines feeding
Mostly Swallow and Sand Martin good numbers of S.Marts for a change 20+
c3 House Martin seen
Pr Kestrel
3 singing Blackcap
2 Chiff...
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Holden Wood - 5pm 7/4/2011
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3 LRP 4 Cormorants - 3 flew away together 30 plus Canada Geese 1 Curlew seen near the Res and another heard 2 Oystercatchers - 1 sitting 20 plus Lapwing over 15 Mallard - some Drakes chasing the females 1 female reed bunting a flock of about 10 Linnet 5 min starlings 4 min Pied Wagtails a few Mipits 1 Grey H...
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Cowpe 100411
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Lench 2pr Canad goose, 1treecreeper, 1 jay & 2 willow warblers Cowpe Res 7 Canada Goose, 1 mallard, 1 common sandpiper, 1 grey wagtail, 3 pied wagtail, 3 wheatear, 1m stonechat, 1 mistle thrush, 1pr linnet & 3 reed bunting Brandwood Moor 4-500 lesser black backed gull, 100 carrion crow, 100 j...
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Hare Clough, Helmshore. 9 April 2011
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2 Ring Ouzel, 4, pair Wheatear, 3 Curlew, 2 calling Greenwoodpeckers Sunday 3 april, calf hey 1 Brambling, plenty of Geenfinch Neil
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Clowbridge res. 9/4/11
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Evening foray
1pr Wheatear prob breeder f seen going into wall
1 Little Owl
1pr + 3 Canada Goose
Greenfinch displaying
c6 Chaffinch in song
2pr Goldfinch
Redpoll males chasing
2 Song Thrush in song
1m Stonechat
Curlew heard
min of 6 Willow Warbler in song
3 Reed Bunting calling
1 pr Goos...
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Cowm Reservoir.8/4/2011
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Buzzard circling res,mobbed by crows,very white individual.Male Goldeneye still present,6 Tufted Ducks,4 singing Willow Warblers. Regards, Dave Ousey.
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//Plunge & E.B.S.W. 7/4/11
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Great day weather wise
4 singing Wrens all the way up the valley
1m Stonechat
Raven heard calling on 4 occasions
Wheatear 1pr on quarry scree + 3 together below Scout moor res.
Very good numbers of Meadow Pipits
No Curlews seen or heard
Woodland
1 Treecreeper
Bullfinch heard
Chaffinch
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swallow
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swallow over memorial gardens heading north, has'den - 12 noon today a limp woodpigeon collecting twigs there too 20-30 rook nests in the rookery opp winfields
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Spring Mill Res etc 03/04/11
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Spring Mill Res 1 great crested grebe, 4 pr Canada gooose, 5 mallard, 1 pr oystercatcher, 1 pr lapwing, 1 redshank, 1 curlew, 1 pheasant, 1 little owl, 4+ pied wagtail, 30 meadow pipit, 4 male wheatear, 1pr & 1 male stonechat, 1 swallow & 3 reed bunting other stuff 1pr nuthatch in Stubbylee Pa...
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Cowm Res New Rookery 3.4.11.
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Cowm Res Rook 3 birds. One nest built one part built.grey wagtail 1 pairpied wagtail 1redpoll 1 pair minimumjay 3tufted duck 2m 1fgoldeneye 1mcanada goose c10mallard c15m 2fchaffinch plenty in songgoldfinch c10dunnock 1 in songblackbird severalstock dove 1 overcoal tit 1 pairblue and great tit...
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E.B.S.W.3/4/11
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11:30 hrs approx
A quiet walk down river from The Holme
First bird of note was a single Swallow over Ewood Bridge then
c7 inc. 1 House & 1 Sand Martin over sewage works
Chiffchaff in usual place + 1 at Groundwork
Pr Blackcap nr E.B.S.W. gates, m in song
2 pr Coal tit in the area
1 Willow Warbler in...
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Irwell Valley, 2nd April 2011
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16:15-18:00
Dabchick, 1 carrying nesting material on HTL
Canada Goose, pair + odd one on HTL,
Mallard, c12,
Sparrowhawk, female over Horncliffe,
Coot, pair on HTL
Oystercatcher, pair on EBSW,
Lapwing, 6 chasing off crows at the back of Horncliffe,
B.H.Gull, c12,
L.B.B.Gull, c30 genera...
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E.B.S.W. - Lumb Vale 1/4/11
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Met up with Kevin Lister at E.B.S.W.
Usual Jackdaw, C.Crow B.H.Gulls present along with
c30 Pied Wagtail
7 Swallows
1 House Martin
2 Sand Martin - seen by K.L.
Pr Oystercatcher
Sparrowhawk causing havoc
Dippers at Irwell Vale & Lumb Vale
Pr Goosander flew down valley
1 Cormorant fle...
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E.B.S.W. & curcuit 31/3/11
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13:00hrs onwards.
Dipper at Ewood Bridge
5 Swallow
1 House Martin
11 Wood Pigeon
Min. 70 Jackdaw
Min. 70 C.Crow
Min. 17 B.H.Gull
Min. 15 Pied Wagtail
1 Magpie
3 Mallard
1 Grey Wagtail Irwell Vale
1 Moorhen calling
Chiffchaff still in song
1 Kingfisher
Pr Long Tailed Tit
Townsendfol...
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cloughfold
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Irwell Valley 29/3/11
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12:00 - 15;00hrs Finches and tits very active all the way down river1pr Goosander - Townsendfold2 Sand Martin moving N. Ewood Bridge2 pr Long Tailed Tit Ewood Bridge 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Jay1 Green Woodpecker flew to Ravenshore 1f Goosander Irwell Vale Pr Moorhen still on river 1 Swallow high over E...
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Lea Mill Quarry 28/3/11 5-30pm
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1 grey heron 2 wheatear c12 meadow pipit 6 crows 3 mallard Dave, Pete Fyldes, Paul Hayhurts and Paul Kemp -- Edited by JimOrmerod on Wednesday 30th of March 2011 07:33:00 AM
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Osprey
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Posting for Paul Kemp 28-03-11 11-30am Waterfoot center Osprey circling over the glen then flew off over seat naze
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various sites 27/03/11
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Cowpe canada goose - 2 prs at Lench & 1pr on the res , little grebe - 1 on Kearn's Lodge, sparrowhak - 1 at Lench, green woodpecker calling near Hugh Mill and also near Kearn's Mill(probably same bird), 1 grey wagtail at Cowpe res, 2 pied wagtail at Cowpe res, 1 male stonechat Cowpe Res & 2 reed bunt...
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