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RAIN, RAIN,&MORE RAIN !!!
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I KNOW,MUST BE DAFT TO VENTURE OUT ON A NIGHT LIKE THIS,AND EXCEPT FOR A FEW SWALLOWS,WOOD PIGEONS,MALLARDS & A VERY WET PIED WAGTAIL I THOUGHT THAT WAS IT UNTIL I CROSSED BACK OVER THE RIVER AT CHATTERTON AND FOUND MY FIRST STRONGSTRY SPOTTED FLYCATCHER FEEDING FROM THE HANDRAIL...
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ALLOTMENT AT COWPE 12/7/07
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1 NUTHATCH COMMING TO SUNFLOWER SEEDS c8 YOUNG GREAT TITS c6 YOUNG BLUE TITS 2 DUNNOCK 2 ROBINS c6 GREENFINCH 2 GOLDFINCH 1 JUVENILE GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER 3 WOOD PIGEONS 3 SWALLOWS OVER
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AMR & DEEPLY DALE 9TH/10TH JULY 1900 HRS TILL DUSK
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SPENT THE LAST COUPLE OF EVENINGS WALKING THE FOOTPATHS AROUND THE ABOVE AREA,FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF SIGHTINGS, 2 PR STONECHAT WITH YOUNG SEVERAL PR & YOUNG MEADOW PIPIT SEVERAL SKYLARKS 2+ CURLEW 2 WHIMBREL 3 OR 4 LAPWING ...
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clowbridge res
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Top O' th' Slate & Grane
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Have been up Top O'th'Slate daily since my last report but not had very much to report. Anyway to touch base this is the present situation: All Warblers almost stopped calling, just the occasional call. I would have presumed that 4 Willow Warbler pairs have bred, 2 Whitethroat pairs, 1 pair of Blackc...
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red breasted merganser
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CLOWRIDGE RES: 1 red breasted merganser [ eclipse male] 1 goosander 50+ swift 5 sand martin -- Edited by gary waddington at 13:44, 2007-07-11
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Clowbridge res 9/7/07
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18:30hrs 1m + 1m with 2 juv. Stonechat. 2 singing Reed Buntings, 1 Kestrel, 2 redhead Goosander, sev. Meadow Pipits still displaying, Willow Warbler in song, 1 Jay, Redpoll calling in flight, and c200 Swifts feeding over woods and moorland only a handfull of Swallows seen. Bob.
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Reedsholme - Marl Pits 8/7/07
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Reedsholme - Marl Pits via Chapel Hill farmland. c18 Swift over Rawtenstall then 22 over Hurst Lane. Blackcap in song at cemetry. Willow Warbler in song at Hurst Lane, Ad. Green Woodpecker calling at Chapel Hill farm + pr Swallows, c20 Swallows feeding between Cote Doles and New Barn with 5 yng on wire...
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Edenfield area 8/7/07
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EDENWOOD:- Moorhens have newly hatched 2nd brood, 5 of. Only 1 of 1st seen lately. Willow warblers 3 at least. Bullfinches 2 at least. 3 house martins 1 swallow. STRONGSTRY. in rain:- 1 swallow in a tree doing Spotted Flycatcher impression!! EDENFIELD REC:- 67 B.B.G.'s in 5 mins heading towards AMR...
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Deeply Vale / AMR, 06:30 - 09:30, 8th July 2007
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G.C.Grebe, Pr (AMR) Grey partridge, Pr at AMR, Pheasant, female at Buckhurst, Curlew, Pr being very aggressive towards local Kestrels! Lapwing, 12 inc juvs, Snipe, 4 single birds all "see-sawing", Kestrel, at least 2 birds with many sightings. L.B.B.Gull, 4 south, Swallow, c40 inc m...
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Shuttleworth to AMR 07/07/07
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Shuttleworth to Cheesden along Bamford Rd 1 curlew, 2 stock dove, 8 swallow, including 2 juvs being fed at barn window at Gatehouse Farm, 1pr stonechat, 1 juv wheatear, c60 starling, 1 family of 4 linnet & 1 other male & 1pr bullfinch. Cheesden Bridge 2 phesant, 5 pied wagtail, 1m & 1 juv st...
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Clowbridge 07-07-07 15:00
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Good number of Swallows Family party of Pied Wagtail 1 B H Gull ~10 Swift 1 Female Goosander 1 Male Common Scoter 2 Families of Stonechat Cheers Ian -- Edited by Ian Brady at 18:40, 2007-07-07
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E.B.S.W 6/7/07
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E.B.S.W. circular route - 15:00 hrs Min. of 200 mostly House Martins but good numbers of Sand Martin present + min. 50 Swifts. All were feeding very low as is usual in heavy weather. Blackcap in song and m. Bullfinch on feeder in garden at Ewood Bridge. 1 juv. B.H.Gull on the beds. Bob.
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CURLEW
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15 CURLEW OVER BALLEDEN AT 9-00AM HEADED TOWARDS EWOOD BRIDGE DAVE AND PETE FYLDES
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Allotment at cowpe
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1 YOUNG NUTHATCH COMING TO PEANUT FEEDER,Paul Kemp loads of young great tits & blue tits 2 coal tits pair greater spotted woodpeckers & 1 young coming to peanut feeder pair of wrens with young in nest up to 3 woodpigeons lots of greenfinch & young on sunflower seed sparrow hawk over regula...
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Seat Naze to Grane 01/07/07
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Seat Naze, Edgecote & Marl pits 1 grey heron, 47 lapwing, 3 lesser black back gulls moving east, 1m kestrel, 3 skylark, 26 swift, 6 swallow, 1 house martin, 1 blackcap, 1 chiffchaff, 1 whitethroat, 4 willow warbler, 35 wood pigeon, c50 starling, 3 goldcrest, 1 or 2 bullfinch & 2 linnet. Holme...
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Clough Bottom, 01/07/07
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Canada Goose, 24, Kestrel, 2, Swallow, c 15 including several juvs, Swift, c 25, Pied Wagtail, 1, Grey Wagtail, female and at least 1 juv, Skylark, 1 singing well, Goldcrest, 1 singing from conifers, Reed Bunting, 3 singing males, Regards, David Nuttall.
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AMR 30/06/07
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AMR 17:45 TO 19:15 2 great crested grebes, 41 Canada geese, 16 redhead goosander, 1 curlew, 2 (possibly 4) snipe calling, 53 lesser black back gulls moved west in small groups, largest group was 10, 3 black headed gull passed through, 2 or 3 kestrels, 1 pheasant, 5 skylark, 20+ meadow pipit, 2 pied wagt...
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Calf Hey, 26/06/07
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Canada Goose, 11 adults, Heron, 1, L.B.B.Gull, c 12 heading west in 1's & 2's, Herring Gull, adult bird heading west with L.B.BG for company! Kestrel, 2, Stock Dove, pr, Wood Pigeon, c 20 in 1's & 2's, Stonechat, 2 males, Grey Wagtail, 1 male, Willow Warbler, 3 in weak song, Goldfinch, 2. Regar...
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Whitworth 25/06/07
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Cowm 2 grey heron, 1 pr Canada geese with 1 gosling, c15 mallard, 2pr tufted duck, 3 curlew, 1 moorhen, 3 swift, 4 swallow, 2 house martin, 2 grey wagtail, 2m wheatear, 16 mistle thrush, min 5 linnet, min 3 redpoll & 1m reed bunting. Spring Mill 1pr great crested grebe, 3 grey heron, 1pr Canad...
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Eden wood 23/6/07
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3 to 4pm. sunny spells. Lots of young birds about, mainly Blue and Great Tits. 3 young moorhens - no sign of adult today. Robins with yng blackbirds with young Dunnock with young 2 Song thrush -1 singing, 1 carrying food into undergrowth. 2 willow warbs, singing Goldfinch -looked like a pr plus 1 young...
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Clough Head - wed 21
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was sat n the cark parking on grane road around clough head 6pm to 7.45 pm. saw 7 kestrels make a visit to one field - all females - visits not at same time so i assume it was just 1 bird coming back. also 3/4 ravens around - i am quite sure they were raven - size and flying. other than that some magpies, wood p...
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clowbridge june 21st
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grasshopper warbler reeling around 1.00pm for about 5 minutes. pair of c. sandpiper on res stonechat 2 lesser redpoll in flight
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E.B.S.W - Stubbins
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09:00 - 12:00hrs Min. 4 singing Blackcap, 2 singing Chiffchaff, only odd Willow Warblers in song,2 G.S.W, 1 silent Whitethroat, 1 calling Nuthatch at Strongstry, 1 Treecreeper at Buckden (a rarity these days) and f Mallard with 4 large yng at Chatterton. A quiet morning really with little of not...
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garden warbler waingate rawtenstall 13 june
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Raven/Crow Interaction
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A few of us sat out in the garden had our attention drawn to the sky as a Raven was heard calling. On looking up we were surprised to see it was a locally nesting Crow imatating, very well, a Raven call. This was in direct response to a Raven that was flying East to West to Cowm directly above him. This was agai...
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Irwell valley 18/6/07
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10:00 - 12:00hrs approx. 7 Blackcaps in song between Newhallhey and Ewood Bridge, Chiffchaffs in song at Townsendfold and The Holme, 4 Swifts over The Holme + 2 Swallows at nest site on Combining Co. building, 1 Ad + 1 juv. Dipper at Sand Martin colony where there was a min. of 14 holes along with c25 bir...
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Bacup Rec / Golf Club 17/06/07
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Grasshopper Warbler, certainly 1 but probably 2 reeling well between 09:45 - 10:00, Willow Warbler , c5 singing birds, Skylark, 1, Meadow Pipit, c6, Swallow c 6, Swift, 2, Redpoll, 1. Regards, David Nuttall.
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Deeply Vale / AMR 17/06/07
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G.C.Grebe, 2 on AMR, Canada Goose, 7 adults with a creche of 18 goslings, Moorhen 2, Oystercatcher, pr, (+1 at AMR) Curlew, c 8 in 1's & 2's, Lapwing, flocks of 20 & 35 + several 1's & 2's. (also c60 at AMR) Kestrel, 3, L.B.B.Gull, c 12 flying south / west in small groups, Little Owl, 1 (AMR) Mea...
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Warth to Cowpe Lowe 17/06/07
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Warth/ Higher Lench 2 grey heron on Kenroy's Pond, 1pr grey partridge, 1m green woodpecker, 2 great spotted woodpecker, 3 grey wagtail, 2 juv pied wagtail, 1f blackcap, 2 willow warbler, 6 swallow, 4 house martin, 3 linnet & 1 reed bunting. Hurdles Quarry to Heights Quarry 1pr Canada goose w...
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