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wall bank, whitwworth. sat 1 sept 1 pm to 4pm
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min of 10 long tailed tit, possible raven flying over
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Grane, 02/09/07
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I just managed a hour or so this morning before the heavy stuff set in! The following were seen: Heron, 1, Pheasant, 2 males, Little Owl, 1, Meadow Pipit, good numbers with small flocks of up to 20 birds, c100 in total, Grey Wagtail, 2, Pied Wagtail, 1, Mistle Thrush, party of c12, Swallow, lots around wi...
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Alden, 1 Sep 2007
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1Feamale Wheatear. 2 Flocks of Linnet 12& 20+
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clowbridge res 1st september
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5 great crested grebe [juvs] 3 goosander 3 whinchat 2 stonechat
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Cowpe
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holden wood - wed 7pm
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just did a brief visit - went as far as the bench saw 1 heron, bird on water but could not identify what it was - could have been a duck or grest crested grebe.....
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grane and musbury 4pm- 8pm
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holden wood - 8 mallard, 1 grey heron, 2 families of stonechat, approx 40 thrush possibly mistle thrush in the trees of the slopes of ogden res, approx 40 meadow pipits on musbury tops, and 2 wheatear, 100's of hering gulls, b h gulls and lbbg's flying over with some of them stoping off at the res for a bit...
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Marsh Harrier 23/08/07
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Cowm Res Hillside 12:00 1 x Female possible young Bird. Looked like it had landed as it started low as Crows mobbed. Circled for some time and flew steadily South West.
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Plunge to Cowpe Low 27/8/07
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Dearden Clough/Plunge 8 Swallows 10 House Martins 4 Crows 5+ Goldcrests in woods 9 LT Tits in one party Plunge up road towards Waughs well 7 Crows 3 M Pipets + odd ones at intervals 15 Linnet and 2 Goldfinch in one group 8 Linnet in another 50+ Starlings in one flock near top. +Swallow in 1's and2's all the w...
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Marl Pits to Musbury Heights Quarry 260807
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Marl Pits/ Edge Cote 1 possibly 2 curlew, 1 snipe, 1 kestrel, 1 sparrowhawk, c20 wood pigeon, 3 jays, 5 rooks, 10 swallow, family party of willow warblers & 2 others, family party of goldcrests at Marl Pits & lots heard at Edge Cote, 8 goldfinch & 2 or 3 bullfinch. Holmes Terrace Lodge to I...
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Clowbridge Res 26/8/7
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Clowbridge Res. 2pr Stonechat - no juvs. 1 ad + 1 juv. Whinchat, 1 Willow Warbler calling, 1 juv. G.C.Grebe, 2 Raven from the E. then turned N. heading over Wagonners pub. 42 Canada Geese, c10 Goldfinch, 1 Reed Bunting, 2 Swallow. Things are quiet at the moment with little sign of any passage movement...
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Clowbridge Res. 25/8/7
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Clowbridge Res. 18:30 - 20:00 hrs Little of any note, but a party of 5 Whinchats with 2 resident Stonechats just off Limy Lane. Bob.
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Cowm/ Spring Mill 25/08/07
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Cowm Res 3 grey herons, 65+ mallard, including mother with 6+ very young ducklings, 5 tufted duck, 1 common gull, c40 black headed gull, 1 sparrowhawk, 1 green woodpecker, 15 wood pigeon, 2 grey wagtail, 4 pied wagtail, c30 meadow pipits, 2 willow warbler, 3 mistle thrush, 10 swallow, 12 linnet &...
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Update on Vismig at Top O'th'Slate Sat 25th Aug 07
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Swallows are now going through on a daily basis, this morning I was getting small family parties going South (the normal way) at some 30min intervals. I do believe the Caton/Lune roost yesterday was up to c2000 birds, which will mean that these birds will be away within the 24-48hour period. Odd tric...
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Cliffe Lodge area,Stubbins
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1 Spotted Flycatcher 1 Jay 1 GSW Small 'flock' of mixed tits, coal & blue mainly, but with 1 Goldcrest at least. 1 Kestrel Lots of sunshine....now summer's nearly over!!! Ina
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Clowbridge Res 24/8/7
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Clowbridge Res. - 13:00hrs 33 Canada geese + 1 free flying white barn yard type on the water, flew off at 16:00hrs approx. down the valley. 1 ad + 1 juv. G.C.Grebe present - a reduction of two from this morning. 2 pr Stonechat, no juvs seen. 1 Kestrel, c40 Starling, 1 Pied Wagtail, 2 Curlew flew S, 1 Willow W...
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Whitworth
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Swift x1 Flew over at 11:30 30 House Martin still feeding young under eaves. Swallow x3 Oystercatcher x2 calling at 22:00
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Swallows on way back 22nd Aug 2007
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Whilst on way back down from Top O'Th' Slate and nearing Kirkhill a party of approx 20-25 Swallows went past me and did appear to be on the move, I was overhead looking down over them as they flew very close to the ground, some of which where immature birds, all heading out in a North Westerley direction....
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Twite
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Flock of 35 to 40 still at Bacup
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Swimming Heron?
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Hi everyone, No, not a new species but yesterday on the back pond at Clowbridge a Heron was seen several times to spot something further out than its reach, spring into the air above the water and almost pelican like plunge into the water. It then appeared to swim, quite elegantly considering, the eig...
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Ashworth Moor Res, Mon evn 20th Aug
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Cool but dry evening visit with Ian Brady, Peter Fyldes, Dave Howorth, Paul Kemp, Kevin Lister and Ina Smith. Canada Goose - 30 grazing in nearby field + 5 on far bank (Owd Betts side), Goosander 11 + 4 + 9 = 25 in total, all redheads, Lapwing appx 40 counted on far bank, Wheatear 2 (I think), Wader sp seen ov...
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Cowm Reservoir,Whitworth.18/08/07
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Nice surprise whilst walking around the reservoir this afternoon in the rain a Kingfisher flew from one side to the other,not seen one of those before at this location.20 Mallard, 4 Tufted Duck,2 Grey Heron,1 House Martin,all the other small birds must have been sheltering!
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Clough Bottom Reservoir. Sunday 12th August 2007.
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First of all sorry for the late posting! These are the species seen last Sunday in a 1 1/2 hour walk:-Goldcrest 6,Blackbird 2,Mallard 4,Chaffinch 4,Greenfinch 5,Dunnock 2,Great Tit 10,Blue Tit 2, Magpie 1,Robin 8, Goldfinch 12,Coal Tit 4, Treecreeper 3,Willow Warbler 1,Song Thrush 2,Wren 10,Pi...
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Twite
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The flock at Bacup now totals 35 15august bye for now
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Brandwood
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1female kestral 5linnets 1snipe 15 aug
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Haslingden Grane 12th Aug
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Arrived to do the Wildfowl Count but torrential rain put us off. Does anyone have any sightings for Grane reservoirs over last couple of days?
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More Twite
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7 more birds have joined the flock at Brandwood making the total 13 bye for now
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Cowpe
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Family party of Spotted flycatcher 4or5 Lench Waterfoot 12 Aug
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LEA MILL QUARRY
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11/8/07 2 RAVEN 2 CROWS 4 WHEATEAR SEVERAL MEADOW PIPIT C15 SWIFTS OVER HEADED TOWARDS WHITWORTH 1 PEREGRINE DAVE HOWORTH, PETE FYLDES AND PAUL HAYHURST
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Seat Naze to Grane 12/08/07
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Seat Naze/ Edge Cote 1 kestrel, 23 lesser black backed gulls over, 22 wood pigeon, 1 green woodpecker, 1 great spotted woodpecker, 2 skylark, 2 swift, 15 swallow, 14 house martin, 5 linnet, 1 flock 18 greenfinch & 23 bullfinch. Groundwork to Ewood Bridge 37 mallard, 2 moorhen, 1 common s...
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