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Rossendale Wildlife Thread 2022 - Part 3
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I must mention that an Osprey was reported on the 25th of August at Grane somewhere on social media I guess. Decent numbers of butterflies around over the last week - some Green Veined Whites, Red Admirals - min 10 today around Grane and approx 6 min at Holden Wood, a few Speckled Wood, min 6 Wall Br...
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Winter feeding station Strongstry.
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Frost overnight, bright and sunny but only 2 degrees, 0900/1030 hours. After the poorest recording year for winter migrants there was a female Brambling, first this winter, with a 16 strong flock of Chaffinch this morning. Of note this week were, Green Woodpecker, only the 4th record actually at th...
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Grane 7/2/2023
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Holden Wood 15 Teal Quarry 2 Goldeneye M/F 2 Buzzard 2 Reed Bunting M/F Cheers Craggy
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Waterfoot 05/02/2022
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A few bits 'n' pieces seen around the village today pink-footed goose - skein of c80 heading south westish around 09:10 & another skein of c150 heading west @ around 16:50 mallard - 30 on the Irwell off St James Street kingfisher - 1 off Thornfield Avenue grey wagtail - 1 on the river at St James Stre...
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Waterfoot to Holmes Terrace 02/02/23
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grey heron - 3 at Holmes Terrace LodgeCanada goose - 3 at Holmes Terrace Lodgemallard - 55 on the Irwell at Tesco, 2prs at Tip Lodge & 16 at Holmes Terrace lodgegoosander - male & 2 females at Tip Lodge & 1pr on the Irwell at Townsendfoldcoot - 1 on Holmes Terrace Lodgemoorhen - 1 at Tip Lodge,...
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Roc winter bird race 29/01/23
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4 teams took part in the winter bird race, as what started as pleasant day in the morning, turned into a rather grim afternoon. A total of 62 species were recorded. As is the norm when the weather turns at this time of the year, there were some notable omissions such as sparrowhawk, raven and reed bunting...
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Facit & Whitworth area 23/1/2023
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6 Canada Geese, 1 Cormorant, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Sparrowhawk(male) 3 Black headed Gull, 2 LBB Gull, 15 Wood Pigeon, 2 Dipper, 6 Magpie, 1 Jay, 60 Jackdaw, 6 Carrion Crow, 5 Blue Tit, 3 Great Tit, 10 Long tailed Tit, 4 Starling, 6 Blackbird, 2 Song Thrush, 2 Redwing, 8 Robin, 4 Dunnock, 2 Chaffinch.
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Whitworth Reservoirs & Cowpe Res 22/01/23
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Wallbank Lodgemallard - 29tufted duck - 1 drakeblack-headed gull - 32 Spring Mill Res cormorant - 6Canada goose - 11goldeneye - 1 female & a first winter drakelapwing - 2buzzard - 1black-headed gull - c50common gull - 4herring gull - 1 at the res and 11 overlittle owl - 1green woodpecker - 1pied w...
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Grane.
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Overcast, minus 2 calm. 0800/1030 hours. During a dire WeBS count around the frozen reservoirs the highlight was a Jack Snipe flushed from the inlet stream on Holden Wood reservoir. Regards Brian.
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AMR
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Cold -5 Calm bright sunshine 0830/1030 hrs Gulls. Not high numbers and nothing out of the ordinary. Lapwing. 80 plus. Goldeneye. 2 Pied Wagtail. I Grey Wagtail. 1 Buzzard. Over reservoir being harassed by Carrion Crow. Stonechat. 1 Pink Feet. 90 plus over heading west. Mallard. 6 Regards...
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Gull Roost 18-1-2023
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Gull Roost Clowbridge Reservoir Gulls started to drop in at 15:40 in big numbers by16:10 photo shows around 600+ Gulls Light going fast and Gulls still dropping in by now easily now around 800+ Gulls in roost one Great Black-backed Gull Herring Gulls Common Gulls Lesser Black-backed Gulls Blac...
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Clowbridge 13:30-14:30
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Cormorant - 3
Black Headed Gull - 26
Common Gull - 2
Canada Geese - 6
Mallard - 42
Great Crested Grebe 1
Stonechat - 2 East Bank 1 North Bay
Kestrel 1
Goldeneye 1 male
Goldfinch Point Wood
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Winter feeding station.
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Looking like we will have a dry spell for a while after lots of heavy rain, snow and very cold weather. The prospect of any winter migrants of note is diminishing by the day and no Brambling have been recorded this year. Two hour watch 1000/1200 hrs produced. Blue Tit 6 Great Tit. 8 Coal Tit. 5 Long-taile...
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Healy Dell 15 1 23
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Coal Tit 2 Blue Tit 3 Great Tit 3 L T Tit 6 + 3 House Sparrow 2 Treecreeper 1 Nuthatch 2 minimum Robin 4 Goldcrest 1 Sparrow Hawk 1f Carrion Crow 6 Magpie 3 Blackbird 1 Wood Pigeon 3 Mallard 9 Starling birds over B H Gull birds over Peter and John
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Grane 15/01/23
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cormorant - 5 at Holden Woodgrey heron - singles at Holden Wood, Ogden & Jamestone Quarrymallard - just a pair on Holden Wood & a male on Calf Heygoldeneye - min 5 on Ogdengoosander - a male flew over Grane Road towards the reservoirs, but probably flew through the valleycoot - 1 on Holden Woods...
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Clowbridge - Mitchell House - Rawtenstall
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Car park/boathouse:
Chaffinch 8
Bullfinch 1 f
Long Tailed Tit 7
Goldfinch 13
Great Spotted Woodpecker 1
Greenfinch 1
Mallard 2 (Limy Water)
Reservoir:
Common Gull 1
BHG 2
Great Crested Grebe 1
Cormorant 6 (2 flew South)
Goosanders 2
Stonechat 2 North Bay
Reed Bunting 1 f North Bay
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Reedsholme 11/1/23
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Kingfisher on R. Limy near the garden centre this afternoon + small flock of c7 Long tailed Tits across from my house. Bob.
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Blackcap, Ventnor road, Haslinden
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Female Blackcap feeding on fat blocks Grate Tit with nearly wight tale in back garden Neil
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Waterfoot to Edge Cote 08/01/23
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Edge Cote/ Seat Naze in heavy raingrey heron - 1snipe - 57jack snipe - 1black-headed gull - 17common gull - 6carrion crow - 7 Lea Bank to Trickett's Memorialbuzzard - 1 over Trickett's at dusk, possibly roosted theresparrowhawk - 1 malegreat spotted woodpecker - 1nuthatch - 1redwing - 1long tailed t...
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Clowwbridge Res 8 1 23
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Greenfich 2 Goldfinch c20 Blue Tit 2 Great Tit 1 Blackbird 2 Meadow Pipit odd birds calling Moorhen 1 Mallard 17 Carrion Crow 5 Magpie 1 B H Gull c10 Common Gull 5 L B B. Gull 3 Peter and John Branch St feeders this week Grey Wagtail 1 Pied Wagtail 1 Greenfinch 1 pair Bullfinch 1 pair Goldfinch c15 Chaffinch...
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Clough Bottom to Stonefold 02/01/23
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Clough Bottom Rescormorant - 1mallard - 37goosander - 3 redheadskestrel - 1black-headed gull - min 12common gull - 10herring gull - 2woodpigeon - 4meadow pipit - 1stonechat - 1coal tit - 4great tit - 2wren - 2raven - 1 overcarrion crow - 4rook - 6 at the rookery in Watermagpie 2bullfinch - flock of 5ree...
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Various Sites 2 1 23
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Stacksteads Pink-Footed Goose c50 west at 10.00 am Cowm Res Cormorant 3 Mallard c20 Tufted Duck 1m G C Grebe 1 B H Gull c50 Common Gull 1 Coal Tit calling birds Robin 2 Magpie 4 Carrion Crow 6 Wood Pigeon 4 Buzzard 1 minimum Canada Goose c30 Britannia Sparrow Hawk 1 f Mallard c8 Moorhen 4 Starling c20 B H Gul...
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Cowm Res area 19th December 2022.
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8 Mallard, 2 Tufted Duck, 2 Cormorant, 40 BH Gull, 1 LBB Gull, 8 Blackbirds, 4 Blue Tits, 2 Great Tits, 6 Dunnock, 3 Chaffinch, 3 Magpie, 2 Carrion Crow, 1 Goldcrest, 1 Treecreeper. Dave O.
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Wallbank Lodge, Spring Mill Res & Com Res 11/12/12
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Wallbank Lodgemallard - 29tufted duck - 2 malesmoorhen - 1black-headed gull - 40common gull - 1collared dove - 2kingfisher - 1mistle thrush - 2nuthatch - 1 Spring Mill Resgreat crested grebe - 1cormorant - 1Canada goose - 2goosander - 1 malekestrel - 1black-headed gull - min 40common gull - 3little...
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Clowbridge Res 21/12/2022
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cormorant - 5Canada goose - c130mallard - min 72teal - min 10goldeneye - a male flew down the reslapwing - a flock of 102 flew over the res from the Burnley areablack-headed gull - 16common gull - 5great black-backed gull - 1buzzard - 1 over Hameldonsparrowhawk - 1 over Dunnockshawstock dove - 2 near Nu...
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Blackcap, Ventnor road, Haslinden
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Female Blackcap visited back garden 3 times so far 16, 17 and 20 December feeding Cordyline palm flower seed head. Best wishes for Christmas, Neil -- Edited by Neil Burke on Wednesday 21st of December 2022 08:14:07 PM
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Merry Christmas.
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Strongstry.
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An 18 degree change in 24 hours, -7 to +11 today all ice and Snow gone and the river up a meter. A pair of Teal appeared on the river a first for here. Three Woodcock in Chatterton woods, probably migrants. Above from PaulG. There are now three Kingfishers up and down the river. Male Goosander have returne...
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Reed Bunting
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Saunder Height A flock of 38+ Reed Bunting feeding on seed in the long grass Cheers Craggy
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Clowbridge 1000-1130hrs
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Goldfinch 20+ Greenfinch 4 Chaffinch 4 Siskin 3 Wren 2 Robin Stonechat 2 male Reed Bunting single female Meadow pipit 8 Pied Wagtail single Lapwing 3 Snipe Starling 6 Teal 10+ Goosander single male Golden eye Cormorant 2 cheers, Phil
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