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Whitewell bottom 26 April 1900hrs
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Pair of Sparrowhawks displaying bullfinch greenfinch song thrush at 5 seen and two more calling swifts over the house this morning 27th cheers, Phil
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Phillip
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clough Bottom 7.30-8.30
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Chiffchaff
Whitethroat-2 singing
willow warbler @8
Song Thrush-2 singing
Pheasant
Chaffinch 2
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Markg
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Clough Bottom 26 4 26
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Clough Bottom Tree Pipit 2 Meadow Pipit 4 Sky Lark 2 Stonechat 2 Reed Bunting 5 minimum Bullfinch calling birds Goldfinch 8 Greenfinch 1 Chaffinch several Dunnock 3 Blue Coal and Great Tits Cormorant 1 Canada Geese 11 Mallard 4 L B B Gull 150 Herring Gull 10 Peter and John Redstart Stacksteads cemete...
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Overnight 26-4-26
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Not a lot happening at the present but last night 1 Whimbrel call at 3:00am
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Ian Brady
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greenfold 24/4/26
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Wheatear passage continues with groups of 3 + 6 + 1 Usual Lapwings & Curlew present but little song from larks and pipits. Bob.
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Bigbadbob
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Stacksteads 19 4 26
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Stacksteads Cemetery Willow Warbler 2 Blackcap 2 Dunnock 1 Song Thrush 1 Blackbird Coal Great Blue tit Wren Robin Chaffinch 6 Robin plenty Goldfinch 2 Peter
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pfyldes
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Clowbridge 19 4 26
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Oystercatcher 1 over calling Common Sand Piper 1 calling G C Grebe 1 pair Reed Bunting 2 Meadow Pipit 4 Sky Lark 2 Buzzard 1 over Chaffinch 4 Goldfinch 2 Willow Warbler c8 K Steels Area Chiff Chaff 2 Willow Warbler 3 Blackcap 1 Grey Wagtail 1 Dipper 1 Peter and John
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pfyldes
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Helmshore village & environs
(Preview)
1 pair of magpie working very hard with large twigs in bills nest-building in fork of deciduous tree. Third successive day they have been carrying twigs to nest, using their wedge-shaped tails as a rudder to balance the weight of the twigs. Another pair on conifer tree some way away, nest probably fro...
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Cloughbottom 0700-0930hrs
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Song thrush Pheasant 3 Grasshopper warbler at least 5 calling around the res Willow warbler Chiffchaff Chaffinch Goldfinch Bullfinch 1F Goldcrest Reed bunting Stonechat Meadow pipit Curlew 6+ Oystercatcher 3 on res Goosander single red head Goldeneye single female Grey wagt...
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Phillip
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Rook Nests 25 3 26
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Rook Hill Stacksteads 26 Broadclough Bacup 8 Water park 33 Healy Whitworth Peter
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Clowbridge, 15th April 2026.
(Preview)
1:00-1:30P.M. Buzzard, 1 towards Crown Point, Swallow, 1 south of the res, Willow Warbler, 5 singing in car park / boat house bushes, Long Tailed Tit, pair in car park, Raven, 1 over towards Nutshaw, Siskin, 1 over calling, Reed Bunting, male on the res bank, Regards, David.
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David Nuttall
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Spring Mill Res 15/04/2026
(Preview)
great crested grebe - 1prCanada goose - 2prgoosander - 6oystercatcher - 1lesser black-backed gull - 2buzzard - 2stock dove - 1prpied wagtail - 1swallow - 1house martin - 1stonechat - 1prmistle thrush - 1starling - 13magpie - 6jackdaw - c50carrion crow - c30 Very quiet at Cowm Res, with a yaffling gre...
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KEVIN LISTER
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85
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Jamestone West 13-4-26
(Preview)
11:00 - 13:00 ~40 Sand Martins in nest holes Linnets 3 Ring Ouzel 6+ Male Wheatear, 1 singing 3 P Stonechats Meadow Pipits 1 Raven over Cheers Ian
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Ian Brady
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Stacksteads 13 4 26
(Preview)
Blackcap 1 cemetery Willow Warbler 2 Cemetery 1 Lee Clough Chiff Chaff 1 cemetery Nuthatch 1 cemetery Chaffinch 2 cemetery 2 Lee Clough Robin several at both sites Blue 3 cemetery 2 Lee Clough Coal Tit 1 cemetery Great Tit 3 Cemetery Goldfinch 2 cemetery 1 Lee Clough Wood Pigeon 2 cemetery Whea...
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pfyldes
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various sites 10 to 12/04/2026
(Preview)
Friday 10/04 blackcaps singing off Thornfield Avenue & at Gaghills in Waterfoot Saturday 11/04 curlews at Nun Hills & on the moor between Weir & Clough Bottom oystercatcher 1pr in Whitworth Quarry kestrel in Lee Quarry swallow in Whitworth Quarry & at Deansgreave road New Line si...
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house martins 11/04/26
(Preview)
1pr of house martins flying to nest site on Victoria Arcade a couple of minutes before it hail-stoned this morning cheers Kevin
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111
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Greenfold 11/4/26
(Preview)
2 Swallows feeding in the remains of the old reservoir. 13 Golden Plover in flight + 6 on the ground later. Bob.
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Bigbadbob
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Greenfold 10/4/26
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Afternoon ramble Usual cast of lapwings, larks and curlew + 10 Wheatears on sheep pasture at Greenfold. Now 2 rook nests at the White Bull, Crawshawbooth. Pr Dipper + Grey Wagtail on Folly Brook. Bob.
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Bigbadbob
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Clough Bottom, 10th April 2026
(Preview)
10:15-11:15 Canada Goose, pair flew over Red Moss, Goosander, 1 redhead on the res, Sparrowhawk, 1 female soaring over plantation, Curlew, calling birds at Red Moss, Swallow Shore and a pair flying below Deerplay Hill, Skylark, 1 singing over Red Moss, Meadow Pipit, 6 at Red Moss, Song Thrush, 1 sin...
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David Nuttall
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Reedsholme to Greenfold 8/4/26
(Preview)
Afternoon onwards 1 Buzzard over Brookes' Wood 1 Rook nest nr the White Bull at Crawshawbooth Folly Clough - 1 Nuthatch Pr Jays 2 Willow Warblers, 1 singing + 1 perched quietly. 1 Buzzard Greenfold - Pr Reed Bunting + 1 male. 5 Wheatear + 3 on sheep pasture 1m Kestrel c/20 Golden Plover 8+ pr Lapwing 2 L.B....
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Bigbadbob
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Lumb my garden
(Preview)
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johnh
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Lumb my garden
(Preview)
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johnh
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Heap Clough, 6th April 2026
(Preview)
17:45-18:45 Cormorant, 1 flew over and dropped onto Ogden, Grey Heron, 1 near Jamestones, Canada Goose, 12, mainly in Troy quarry, Kestrel, 1 over the moor, Buzzard, soaring bird, Skylark, 1 singing bird, Sand Martin, 1 flew over west, Pied Wagtail, 2 pairs, Stonechat, 1 male sat on a fence post, Mis...
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David Nuttall
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Clough Bottom Res 05/04/2026
(Preview)
A common sandpiper was present today Also noted in the strong winds great crested grebe - 1 Canada goose 5 mallard - 2prs goosander - 2 male & 2 female curlew - calling bird grey wagtail - 1pr pied wagtail - 1 reed bunting - 1 male cheers Kevin
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KEVIN LISTER
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Overnight 22-3-26
(Preview)
Large movement of Common Scoter from about 21:00 - 22:45 Ian
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Ian Brady
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Clough bottom res. 0810-0940hrs
(Preview)
Good to be home. damp but missed the drizzle Pheasant Skylark Curlew pair Reed bunting Chiffchaff Siskin Goldfinch Chaffinch Bullfinch Long tailed tits Goldcrest Song thrush Great spotted woodpecker Grey wagtail pair Kestrel only and single Canada goose and about ) mallards...
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Phillip
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blackcaps etc 03/04/2026
(Preview)
male blackcap seen feeding and singing across the river from EBSW & another heard briefly singing at The Holme, Townsendfold today. Also noted today 6 chiffchaffs around EBSW goosander pr on the river at Ewood Bridge & another pair off Holt Mill Bridge at Warth cheers Kevin
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KEVIN LISTER
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111
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Reedsholme & Greenfold 2/4/26
(Preview)
Reedsholme 2 Buzzard displaying 1 Jay Pr Grey Wagtail Mistle Thrush singing Chiffchaff singing Dipper at possible nest site for the second day. Nuthatch calling Goodshaw - 1 Raven Male Rook soliciting female in the middle of the road at Goodshaw Ave. Jackdaw stealing sticks from old rook nests. Gre...
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Bigbadbob
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HWR - Jamestones - Clough Head 2-4-26
(Preview)
HWR Pair Great Crested Grebe 8 pair Lapwing Heard Teal - couldn't see them 1 Cormorant Canada Geese Moorhen Coot 2 Chiffchaff - 1 singing ~10 Sand Martin 1 Swallow 2 Male Reed Bunting 6 BH Gull, 2 LBB Gull, 1 Juv Common Gull 2 Oystercatcher on meadow Greenfinch singing in wood from HWR to Grane Rd Troy Qua...
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Ian Brady
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Clowbridge to Clough Bottom
(Preview)
Clowbridge: Great Crested Grebe 4 (2 pair) Cormorant 2 Grey Heron over back pond Canada Goose 17 Mallard 2 Goosander 1m (back pond) Moorhen 1 (Limy Water) Curlew 1 sat and 2 over calling Lesser Black Back Gull 2 Stock Dove 1 Skylark 1 Meadow Pipit 6 Pied Wagtail 2 Wren, Dunnock, Robin, LTT2, Blue Ti...
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NigelG
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