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Grane 05/05/21
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At least 64 Wheatears in the Grane area today. Mostly along the hillside from Clough Head to Picker Hill. Looked to be a few Greenland birds amongst them. The following also noted today Canada goose - 1pr in conflict with a ewe and a lamb at a nest at Holden Wood. 5 goslings at Holden Wood & 6 at Hutch B...
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Cuckoo Holden Wood
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One calling from the slopes to the south this morning. Also 6+ swifts under Ogden dam. No sign of any whinchat, wheatears, coot or unusual waders around the res Andy
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Clough Bottom 2 5 21
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Clough Bottom Whitethroat minimum 2 singing males Linnet 3 pair Swallow c30 Willow Warbler c10 Goldfinch good numbers Chaffinch c10 Common Sandpiper possible 3 pair LBB Gull c80 BH Gull 2 over Reed 2m Meadow Pipit 4 Sky Lark 6 Redpoll several over calling Goldcrest calling birds Windy Bank Kestrel...
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Grane, 2nd May 2021
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07:00-11:30 Cormorant, 1 at Holden Wood, Grey Heron, 2, Canada Goose, c50 inc many pairs, one with 5 goslings, Greylag Goose, 1 at Holden Wood, Teal, pair at Holden Wood, Goldeneye, female at Calf Hey, Buzzard, 4 soaring birds, Sparrowhawk, 2, Kestrel, pair plus 2 singles, Pheasant, c6, Curlew, 3 pa...
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1/5/2021 Stonefold/Mitchell’s House Reservoirs
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Stonefold 65+ Fieldfare 50+ took off from meadow leaving 15+ behind but soon following them 3 Curlews 1 Wheatear 1 Kestrel 4 Pied Wagtail 20+ House Sparrows 7 Goldfinch 5 Swallows Mitchells House Reservoirs 1 Common Sandpiper 2 Lapwings 12 Herring Gulls 5 Canada Goose 2 Mallard 3 Swallows Cheers C...
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Rossendale Wildlife Thread 2021 Part 1 -
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This should cover from 1st of January to 30th June 2021 January 1st 184 Pink Footed Geese heading west in 2 skeins of 138 and 46. Grane Visit 08/01/21 Holden Wood Reservoir:- Carrion Crow 8Bullfinch 1Common Gull min 4Raven 2Wren 5Great Tit 2Black-headed Gull min 60Coot 1Blue Tit 4Meadow Pipit...
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Cheesden Valley, 28th April 2021
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18:00-20:00 Greylag Goose, pair with 6 gosling, first breeding record for me, Canada several sitting birds, Goosander, pair on AMR, Kestrel, male on telegraph pole, Pheasant, 3 calling, Moorhen, pair plus 3 singles, Curlew, 3 pairs, Lapwing, 3 birds, numbers seem down on earlier in the year, Stoc...
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David Nuttall
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Clowbridge, 1st May 2021
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07:00-09:00 G.C.Grebe, a pair plus a single, Grey Heron, 1, Canada Goose, 2 pairs, Kestrel, 2 over the moors, Pheasant, cock bird behind boat house, Curlew, pair plus several singles, Oystercatcher, bird calling over res, Lapwing, 7 , L.B.B.Gull, 2 behind boat house, Dove, 2 pairs plus a single, Sk...
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Along The Irwell, 30th April 2021
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19:30-21:00 Dabchick, 1, Grey Heron, 2 adults plus young in nest, Canada Goose, 2 pairs, Mallard, pair with 4 very young ducklings, Goosander, pair preening on the side of the river, Sparrowhawk, soaring bird being mobbed by a crow, Moorhen, 1, Kingfisher, 1, Grey Wagtail, 2, Sand Martin, 2, Dipper...
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C/booth 29th April 21..
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Garden Warbler singing yest afternoon and again this morning outside my house ...
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C Bel
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EBSW, 28th April 2021
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A good number of birds feeding over the coke beds this morning as follows: Swift, 1, first of the year for me, Swallow, c70, House Martin, c100 Sand Martin, c30 Also a good flock of c30 Lesser Redpoll in nearby trees. Regards, David.
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Greenfold 27/4/21
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4 Swallow - none around the stables yet. 1 Buzzard on wall 4 Wheatear Pr Ring Ouzel on sheep pasture 1 Raven, Pr Curlew 3pr Lapwing 4 L.B.B.Gull on sheep pasture eyeing up the lambs c6 Skylark singing 1 Canada Goose in middle of field. Bob.
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Clowbridge Res. 27th April 21
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Trip up this morning hoping the Res would be awash with Blk Terns downed by the first rain for weeks!!! Alas , it was not to be... just 2 drake Tufted Ducks, 1 GC Grebe and 3 LBB Gulls being the best birds... -- Edited by C Bel on Tuesday 27th of April 2021 05:14:08 PM
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Clowbridge, 26th April 2021
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20:00-21:00 G.C.Grebe, 1 sat on res shore in front of the boat house, Goldeneye, female in middle of res, Curlew, pair calling, Lapwing c 4, Mistle Thrush, 2 singing birds, Willow Warbler, c4 singing birds, Grasshopper Warbler, reeling bird in the cattle feeder field, Chaffinch, 3 singing birds. R...
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Huttock Top, Stacksteads 25th April 21
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Yellow Wagtail dropped into the stables at 1.55pm this aft.. Departed north after a short feed near the horses.
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River Irwell
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Sat 24 Apr - singing whitethroat Ewood Bridge Fri 23 April - reeling grasshopper warbler in the big field south of the bypass bridge. This is my first here for about 10 years Common sandpiper on several dates, plus all the usual riparian spp. Dippers appear to be absent from the area around the bypass br...
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Grane, 25th April2021
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06:30-11:00 Cormorant, 4 at Holden Wood, Grey Heron, 1, Greylag Goose, a pair plus a 3rd bird trying to muscle in! Canada Goose, everywhere inc pairs on the moor tops & quarry ledges with c100 birds throughout, Teal, pair on Holden Wood, Buzzard, 2 soaring pairs plus several singles, Sparrowhaw...
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Greenfold 24/4/21
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Greenfold 10:30 onwards 2 displaying Curlew Lapwing at 3 sites Flock of 49 Golden Plover on the ground - some birds very well marked, northerns 2 Buzzard over Swinshaw Moor 1 Kestrel Raven, heard only 1 Linnet 1m Reed Bunting min 5 Wheatear c10 Skylark in song c10 Meadow Pipit -not conspicuous by any me...
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Common Sandpiper.
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A pair of Common Sandpiper were feeding, calling and displaying on the River Irwell in Strongstry this morning. Regards Brian.
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Clowbridge, 24th April 2021
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08:00-09:00 Grey Heron, 1 over res, Canada Goose, 2 pairs, Curlew, calling bird, Oystercatcher, pair on res wall, Lapwing, 8 birds present, Stock Dove, pair, Skylark, 5 singing birds, Meadow Pipit, c12, Pied Wagtail, 1 on res, Wheatear, 1 on side of res, Willow Warbler, c8, especially in car park, C...
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Greenfold Circular, 23rd April 2021
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13:00-17:00 Dabchick, 1 on Shortclough, Canada Goose, 8 on Shortclough, Mallard, pair with 2 ducklings on Shortclough, Buzzard, 3 soaring pairs plus several singles, Kestrel, 3 singles, Pheasant, 2 males, Coot, 2 nests and 4 birds on Shortclough, Moorhen, 2 on Shortclough, Curlew, 3 calling bir...
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Clowbridge, 21st April 2021
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19:00-21:00 Kestrel, 2 hunting together near Compston's Pheasant, calling bird, Curlew, pair over & a pair later on res shore, Oystercatcher, pair in display over res later at roost on the pontoon, Lapwing, 4 birds present, Skylark, group of 4 feeding in rough field near boat house, Swallow, 3...
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Holcomb 18th April 21.
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Stroll along Moorbottom rd with Susan in the afternoon produced 5 R Ouzel, our 1st Common Whitethroat of the year singing, a Tree Pipit calling heading North and 3 Fieldfare nr Red Brook. Its getting very late for them now! And Zillions of people  Also had our first Green Hairstreaks ( 2 ) and a Male O...
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Rossendale Rookeries, 18th April 2021
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Went round all known and many previous sites, other than Bob's from yesterday and the full list is as follows: Acre, 20, Farmer's Glory, 14 Broadclough, 18, Bacup, 3, Rook Hill, 45, Peers Clough, 12, Water, 22, Graver Weir, 4, Crawshawbooth (St. John's), c30 Goodshaw (St. Mary's), 8, Goodshaw (Fou...
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River Irwell Strongstry.
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Sunny 16 degrees and calm. Sand Martin....after a late and slow start the nesting colony is now 20+ and very actively nest building at at least 9 holes. Grey Wagtail.....two pair on territory with active nest sites. Dipper....two pair, one pair feeding young at the nest and other female sitting. Gre...
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Healey Dell, 18th April 2021
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15:00-15:30 Went to check for Rooks at the old site but none there! The following were noted in a brief visit: Sparrowhawk, male in display, Stock Dove, pair, Green Woodpecker, 1 over, landed in a tree before flying off! Grey Wagtail, calling bird, Song Thrush, singing bird, Chiffchaff, 2 singing bi...
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Lower Irwell Valley, 18th April 2021
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10:00-12:00 Grey Heron, pair at nest, Goosander, pair flew upstream, Buzzard, soaring pair plus a single, Moorhen, 2, Collared Dove, pair, Kingfisher, 1, Swallow, group of 3, Sand Martin, c24 birds at the colony, Grey Wagtail, 2, Pied Wagtail, 2, Song Thrush, 2 singing birds, Dipper, 3 singles inc...
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Clough Bottom and Windy Bank
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Clough Bottom Common Sandpiper 1 Pied Wagtail 1 Kestrel 1 Linnet 2 pair Willow Warbler good numbers Wheatear 1m Curlew calling bird Chaffinch calling birds Goldfinch 3+3+3 Mallard 1 m Canada Goose 7 Blackbird 2 Carrion Crow to many Wood Pigeon plenty Coal Tit calling bird Dunnock 3 Robin 4 Meadow P...
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Reedsholme - Greenfold 17/4/21
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Afternoon ramble - Shortclough res. 8 Canada Goose 2pr Coot - 1pr nest building 1pr Moorhen 2 Little Grebe 1 Willow Warbler 1 Buzzard high over Goodshaw 1 Stock Dove at Bridgeley Bank + 1 Nuthatch 1 Blue Tit to nest hole Chaffinch Robin Great Tit No Swallows here yet. Greenfold 1 Pheasant calling 1m Ree...
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Ring Ouzel Turn Village 16th April 21
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1 male in sheep fields early afternoon.
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