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various sites 06 & 07/09/26
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This morning min 2 swifts seen over Seat Naze area along with a minimum of c50 swallows 1 wheatear towards Saunder Height female sparrowhawk flew from Fearns area towards Edgeside Lane 2 raven over Seat Naze A few bits from yesterday 5 teal at Whitworth Quarry c50 goldfinch with at least 1 siskin on...
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Clowbridge 06.9.26 08:00 13° light rain
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Cormorant 5 Grey Heron 2 Great Crested Grebe 1 Canada Geese 1 Goosander 2rh Mallard 13 Black Headed Gull c20 Carrion Crow c10 Raven 2 Kestrel 1 Linnet c20 Meadow Pipit c10 Pied Wagtail c10 Woodpigeon 1 Robin 1 Goldfinch 2 charms c20
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Fab 4 & more
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Walk around Grane Reservoirs and quarries main highlights 4 Great Egrets flying west over HWR just after 8am then circled over Ogden then East then South. 4 were seen over Elton heading North at 7.40am which must have been the same birds. Prior to that 4 were seen at Audenshaw which flew west and...
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Greenfold 1/9/26
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Afternoon ramble c/10 Swallow feeding at Folly Clough over field then parties of 6 & 2 moving through at Greenfold. Buzzard calling throughout and seen over pasture. Two birds this morning at Reedsholme over the wood. Raven over calling. 1 Snipe flushed 1m Reed bunting Party of 6 Stonechat with...
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Clough Bottom Res 29/08/26
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great crested grebe - 1Canada goose - 73mallard - 20teal - 5tufted duck - 2lesser black-backed gull - 36herring gull - 2lapwing c120buzzard - 7 in the air together somewhere in the Water areakestrel - 1woodpigeon - 12green woodpecker - 1swift - 3 flew throughswallow - 7coal tit - c6blue tit - 2great ti...
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Clowbridge 29-8-26 10:30-11:30
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1 female goosander sleeping 10+ ravens 1 Spotted Flycatcher north bay wood
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Chapel hill 1730-1845hrs
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first flock of 20 odd linnet a single redstart second flock of 50 plus goldfinch and greenfinch Buzzard kestrel cheers, Phil -- Edited by Phillip on Tuesday 25th of August 2026 07:09:18 PM
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Nocturnal nature watch around Helmshore
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Going around the village c.2200 hours bathed by light of near-full moon offering semi-decent visibility. Lots of night-flying moths but without moth-trap impossible to identify. At least 2(maybe 3)species of bats, the smaller ones Pipestrelle and larger bats with larger ears(and greater weig...
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Common Scoter
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Newchurch 23-8-26 first for Autumn for me flying over at ~22:30 Cheers Ian
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Clowbridge res to Greenfold 23/8/26
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Afternoon ramble. Clowbridge res. 4 Cormorant 1 redhead Goosander c/26 Canada Goose 2 L.B.B. Gull 1 Common Gull 30+ B.H.Gull 3 Pied Wagtail Greenfold 1 Meadow Pipit 1 male Stonechat + 1 juv. or female some distance away 24 Raven on and around a sheep carcass - lots of interaction and calling, flight di...
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various sites 23/08/26
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little grebe - 2 at Holmes Terrace Lodgemallard - c50 at Tesco, Rawtenstallmoorhen - 4 adults and a large juv @ Holmes Terrace Lodgebuzzard - 1 over Landgategreen woodpecker - 1 in Whitworth Quarry & 1 at Lee Cloughskylark - 2 at Whitworth Quarrykingfisher - 1 flying downstream at Groundworkmea...
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Grane 22/08/26
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cormorant - c13 across the 3 reservoirsgrey heron - 1 at each resCanada goose - c300, with at least 210 of these at Ogdenmallard- c40 at Calf Hey & c20 at Ogdenmoorhen - 2 at Holden Woodgreat black-backed gull - 1 over Holden Woodbuzzard - c5hobby 1 flew throughkestrel - c4sparrowhawk - 1lapwing - a...
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hobby 19/08/26
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A hobby flew over Gaghills this evening, coming from the direction of BRGS, before heading up the Whitewell valley cheers Kevin
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Clowbridge, 18th Aug 2026.
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14:30-15:00 Cormorant, 1 on the U-boat, Canada Goose, c90 flew up the valley and onto the res, Kestrel, 3, possibly 4 hunting over surrounding moorland, Swift, 3 over south, Swallow, c8 feeding over the moors, Willow Warbler, 2 juvs in trees near the Boat House, Raven, 4 over rough field behind the Bo...
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Reedsholme area 18/8/26
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c/30 House Martins + 1 Swift feeding over the wood for 20 minutes or so, this evening. Bob.
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Ashworth Moor Reservoir 16/8/2026
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Ashworth Moor Reservoir 3 Dunlin 1 Common Sandpiper 4 Teal 3 Grey Wagtail 5 Pied Wagtail 2 Stonechat 1 Wheatear 1 Kestrel Meadow Pipit Swallow House and Sand Martin feeding over the water and meadows 260+ Gull including 60+ Juveniles Herring Gull Lesser Black-backed Gull 2 Great Black-backed...
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Overnight 16-8-2026
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Newchurch Ringed Plover 3:30am Tree Pipit 4:15am My software identified a couple of calls as Yellow-browed Warbler- if only!!- not sure what it is though
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Stonefold to Mitchell's House Res 16/08/26
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Stonefold & Black Moss NookCanada goose - min 42lesser black-backed gull - 55 herring gull - 4 common gull - 1black-headed gull - 6kestrel - 2stock dove - 3collared dove - 5starling - c150greenfinch - flock of 13 Mitchell's house Rescormorant - 1Canada goose - 1mallard - 8lapwing - 14lesser bl...
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Clough Bottom 16 8 26
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Clough Bottom Goosander 2 redheads Mallard 12 Cormorant 1 Canada Geese 16 Little Egret 1 a first for us at this site Swallow 6 Grey Wagtail 1 Bullfinch calling bird Willow Warbler 1 Chiff Chaff 1 Reed Bunting 2 Carrion Crow c1 Peter and John
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Clowbridge 16.8 08:30
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Cormorant 5 Mallard 15 Grey Heron 3 Goosander 1f Black Headed Gull 16 Common Gull 1 Swallow 1 Kestrel 2 Carrion Crow 3 Magpie 1 Pied Wagtail 3 Grey Wagtail 2 Blackbird Wren Robin House Sparrow Reed Bunting 1
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Spring Mill Res 15/08/26
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grey heron - 1Canada goose - c29mallard - 14moorhen - 1 feeding along shorelinebuzzard - 1black-headed gull - 5 green woodpecker - 1woodpigeon - 4grey wagtail - 2pied wagtail - 1 juvmeadow pipit - a couple of calling birdsswallow - c50house martin - min 50 over Wallbank wheatear - 1stonechat - fami...
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Clowbridge
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Clowbridge 1 Ringed Plover 1 Buzzard 2 Sparrowhawk 3 Kestrel 3 Grey Wagtail 5 Pied Wagtail 1 Female Goosander asleep on banking 25+ Mallard asleep on banking 5 Cormorant Cheers Craggy
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Green Sandpiper? Holden Wood Res
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I had this wader on Holden Wood today morning which in structure resembled a Wood Sandpiper but looks closer to a Green Sandpiper. It looks elegant, the neck seems longer and it almost has a good supercilium which seems to indicate Wood Sandpiper However, the bird seems to be darker and the upper an...
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Lee & Whitworth Quarry
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fairly quiet up here at present, but of note green woodpecker - 1 calling towards Cowm & 1 in Lee Clough on the way up swift - 1 over Whitworth Quarry pied wagtail - 17 linnet - flock of at least 40 siskin - a couple of calling birds along Lee track greenfinch - min 6 along Lee track bullfinch - family part...
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The Hile, 7th Aug 2026
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10:45-11:30 Buzzard, 1 soaring bird, Stock Dove, 1 on chimney at Jack Lodge, Swift, c30 feeding high especially towards Brex Height, Swallow, c40feeding over farmland, Raven, a pair over, Regards, David.
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Clowbridge Res 08:00 01.08 14°c cloudy
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Cormorant 1 Canada Goose 3 Mallard c20 Grey Heron 2 Black Headed Gull 8 Herring Gull Lesser Black Back 1 Kestrel 2 Swallow c100 Sand Martin 6 House Martin c12 Swift 2 Woodpigeon 6 Carrion Crow c12 Blackbird 2 Song Thrush 1 Willow Warbler 2 Dunnock 1 Starling 6 House Sparrow 5 Goldfinch 4 Pied Wag...
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Clowbridge Reservoir 16°c drizzle and breeze 26.07.26
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Cormorant 2 Grey Heron 1 Mallard c20 Canada Goose 22 Black Headed Gull 8 Herring Gull 1 Carrion Crow 6 Meadow Pipit 6 Swallow 20+ Sand Martin 1 Grasshopper Warbler 1 reeling South Bay Pied Wagtail 2 Goldfinch c12 Song Thrush 1 Blackbird, Chaffinch, Wren, Great Tit-car Park Reed Bunting 2 famil...
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Lower Irwell Valley 24/07/26
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of note goosander - at least 4 on the river at Lumb Wood, looked like a family party. Could've been more birds out of view buzzard - 1 over Staghills Woods, 1 at Ewood Bridge & 2 or 3 over Lumb Wood sparrowhawk - male over Staghills Woods swift - 8 over Lumb Wood house martin - c40 over Lumb Wood sand marti...
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Various sites, 22nd July 2026
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I spent a full day birding in Rossendale at some of the old haunts. I didn't see anything you wouldn't expect but saw lots of breeding success especially with Coal Tits, Stonechats and Wrens which were everywhere. Of note were as follows: Mitchell's House Res. Sparrowhawk, 1 female mobbed by Meado...
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Overnight 21-7-26
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Newchurch We had whimbrel over at about 1:15am and quail at 4:00am Cheers Ian
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