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Red Troated Diver
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Hi All Merry Xmas. A Red Throated Diver was found stranded on a road near Clowbridge reservoir by PaulG, it looked like a juvenile and showed no signs of physical damage or infection, it was safely put in the reservoir and moved off under its own power, it was observed for some time by Paul and RobA showe...
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Clowbridge 26/12/25 10:30-12:00
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3 Whooper - Thanks Nigel 2 Raven over 1 Kestrel 1M + 2 F Goosander 1 LLB Gull Mallard Canadas Cheers Ian
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Mute Swan.
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A juvenile Mute Sawn has been reported on the River Irwell at Townsend Fold, it was located this morning by PaulG and appeared tame but was reluctant to fly probably as it was in an enclosed area,Kirklees Valley wildlife rescue attended and recovered the bird and took it to the Center for a health check...
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Clowbridge
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16th with Bob Cormorant 3 Mallard 7 Great Crested Grebe 1 Kestrel 1 Raven 1 Great Black Back Gull 2 Black Headed Gull c150 Common Gull c10 Mistle Thrush 1 Stonechat 2 Goldfinch c12 Limy Lane 20th Mallard 10 Limy Stonechat 1 South Bay Tits in good numbers Woodpigeon 2 Sparrow and Starlings on feed...
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Holden Wood Kestrel 8-12-25
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HWR Pair Goosander - first male this winter for me Kestrel 3 Herons Redwing + Fieldfare 2 Bullfinch Greenfinch Few Meadow Pipits Ogden 1 GC Grebe 3 F Goldeneye 2 Cormorant 1 Heron Calf Hey 1 Sparowhawk 1 Buzzard Cheers Ian
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Lumb
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Around 100 pink foots flying west
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Water Rail HWR 30 No
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Heard today and recorded fell silent as I approached closer. Coot present since Friday too Singing Song Thrush and Mistle Thrush on 17th November at HWR Had Mistle Thrush singing 11 November too 1 Coot present from 28 - 30 November at least 2 Dec - 1 very vocal Pink Footed.Goose dropping in wit...
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Reedsholme 2/12/25
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View from the park - pre-lunch. 2 separate Buzzards soaring over 1 Raven over calling - heard only c/15 Wood Pigeon c/40 Jackdaw 1 Blackbird 1 Robin 1 Dunnock 6 Long-tailed Tit 7 House Sparrow c/6 Blue Tit c/4 Great Tit 2 Coal Tit 1 Goldfinch 1 Chaffinch Bob.
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Staghills Woods 30/11/25
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A walk through the woods from Trickett's Memorial to Lea Bank produced the followingWoodpigeon - only 3great spotted woodpecker - 3great tit - 21blue tit - 20coal tit - 6long-tailed tit - 7 + 4 + 1 + 10wren 8dunnock - 8nuthatch - 6treecreeper - 3dipper - 1robin - 24blackbird - 29song thrush - 3 (1 singin...
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Grane 20/21-11-25
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Not a lot around 20-11-25 1 Pink foot with ~200 Canadas at Holden Wood 1+1+5 Lapwing HWR ~100 Fieldfare near Troy Quarry 21-11-25 1 Woodcock flew from wood just down from Troy Quarry Cheers Ian
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Deeply Vale
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Buckhurst to Deeply Vale only cormorant - 1 on Buckhurst Lodge & 1 on top lodge Canada goose - flocks of 15, 9 & 6 mallard - 3 drakes on Buckhurst Lodge, 13 on top lodge & 11 over teal - 2 drakes on top lodge moorhen - 2 on top lodge pheasant - 1 female buzzard - calling bird kestrel - female at Buckh...
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Clowbridge 17/11/25 8:30-9:30
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No people or dogs!!! 2 Raven 1 Buzzard 2 pair Stonechat (north and south bay) 58 Canadas 1 Barnacle goose 2 Cormorant 2 Pied Wagtail Limy Lane Greenfinch Reed Bunting Blackbird House Sparrows Goldfinch Chaffinch Bullfinch
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Overnight 15/16-11-25 Newchurch
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22:20 - 07:30 ~50 Redwing calls a few Fieldfare calls ~10 Snipe calls Dunlin (3:06) My software (Chirpity) identified Knot (3:47) and Turnstone (1:43), any thoughts? Green Woodpecker making a lot of noise this morning Cheers Ian
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Mitchell's House to Clowbridge Res 16/11
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Mitchell's House Resgrey heron - 1Canada goose - 4mallard - 1prblack-headed gull - 17common gull - 2lesser black-backed gull - 1herring gull - 11great black-backed gull - 12pheasant - male on Black Mosslapwing - 79buzzard - 1kestrel - 1stock dove 2pied wagtail - 1robin - 3blackbird - 4blue tit - 2gr...
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Deerplay Area 16 11 25
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Deerplay Area Lapwing 14 Starling c100 B H Gull 20 Mallard 4 Great Tit 2 Wren 1 Pied Wagtail 2 Magpie 4 Carroin Crow 2 Peter
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Greenfold Cloudy 10.10.25 10:30
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Canada Geese 40 Mallard 1 Common Gull 5 Herring Gull 7 Raven 1 Mistle Thrush 1 Stonechat 2
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Clowbridge 8°c Cloudy 10.10.25 09:00
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Mallard 20 Cormorant 4 Great Crested Grebe 1 Black Headed Gull c50 Woodpigeon 5 Starling 20 Blackbird 1 Redwing 12 going East Fieldfare c200 heading South West over Nutshaw Stonechat 2 Carrion Crow 5 Magpie 1 Raven 1 Goldfinch 5 Reed Bunting 1 House Sparrow c20
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Rawtenstall to EBSW 09/11/2025
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grey heron - singles at Rawtenstall, Groundwork & EBSWlittle egret - 1 downstream of the bypass bridgecormorant - 3 at Holmes Terrace Lodgemallard - 28 at Tesco, 8 near the bypass bridge & 20 around EBSW goosander - 3 at Tesco, 2 at Groundwork & 1 at EBSW. All redheadsmoorhen - 3 at Holmes...
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Whitworth 08/11/25
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Wallbank Lodge grey heron - 1 pink-footed goose - 112 flew west @ 10:43 mallard - 7 moorhen - 2 black-headed gull - 14 nuthatch - 1 Eastgate Woods great spotted woodpecker - 2 females dipper - 2 nuthatch - 1 greenfinch - 1 bullfinch - 1 Spring Mill Res cormorant - 1 on pylon Canada goose - just a single lapwin...
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Overnight 05/06-11-25 Newchurch
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Bonfire night! Around 500 Redwing calls mainly from midnight onwards 10+ Fieldfare calls 6 Snipe calls Pink feet at 21:30 Cheers Ian
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Clowbridge 3.11 cloudy breezy 12°c
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Mallard c100 Cormorant 5 Black Headed Gull c40 Common Gull 7 Lesser Black Back Gull 1 Jack Snipe 1 flushed by dog from North Bay reeds Meadow Pipit 3 Pied Wagtail 1 Dunnock 2, Wren 1, Great Tit 1, Mistle Thrush 1 Redwing 3 feeding on berries in car park c20 over North Bay Jackdaw 7 Cartoon Crow 2 Magpi...
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Shortclough res. 3/11/25
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Springfield Lane Clowbridge and Holden Wood Reservoir 2/11/2025
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Springfield Lane Clowbridge 35+ Fieldfare feeding on hawthorn berries 1 Wren 1 Kestrel 8 Carrion Crow 3 Magpie Holden Wood Reservoir 128 Mallard all feeding at top end 3 Moorhen running together along banking 14 Teal 8 Meadow Pipit 2 Stonechat m/f 3 Long-tailed Tit 2 Wren Cheers Craggy
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Warth to Cowpe Lowe 02/11/2025
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Warthgrey heron - 1 up the Irwell Valleymoorhen - 1 at Kenroy's pondwoodpigeon - 14kingfisher - 1 flew downstreamrobin - 9blackbird - 5redwing - c20fieldfare - min 215long-tailed tit - flocks of min 6 & 14coal tit - 1great tit - 1blue tit - 3wren - 8dunnock - 5magpie - 2carrion crow - 4jackdaw - c30c...
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Clowbridge and K Steels 2/11/25
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Clowbridge Wigeon 1f Mallard c50 Teal 3 Cormorant 4 Canada Geese 25 B H Gull 1 Common Gull 2 Herring Gull 5 Goldfinch good numbers Reed Bunting 2 Robin 2 Dunnock 1 Blackbird 1 K Steels G S W Pecker 1 L T Tit 8 Little Egret 1 near the motorway bridge Peter and John -- Edited by pfyldes on Sunday 2nd of Nove...
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Clough Bottom Res 01/11/2025
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grey heron - 1cormorant - 2mallard - 19teal - 2 drakesgoosander - 3 femalespheasant - malebuzzard - 1 harassed by a carrion crowkestrel - 1black-headed gull - 16common gull - 1herring gull - 4lesser black-backed gull - 4great spotted woodpecker - 1woodpigeon - 6meadow pipit - 3robin - 1stonechat - 1...
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Bridge Clough, 31st Oct 2025
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10:00-11:00 Cormorant, 1 on Jack lodge, Tufted Duck, 1 male on Jack Lodge, Goosander, 2 Redheads on Jack Lodge, Kestrel, 1 towards Fox Hill, Moorhen, 1 on Jack Lodge, Lapwing, a flock of 14 flew over towards Bacup, Meadow Pipit, 1 on Coal Pit Lane, Starling, flocks of c20 & c10, Carrion Crow, 4, Jac...
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Grain 30-10-25
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9:15-11:15 HWR Mallard 1 female Goosander 4 Teal BH Gulls 3 Moorhen 3 Cormorant 1 Kestrel 3 Stonechat ~100 Fieldfare over towards Musbury Ogden + Calf Hey Mallard 1 LBB Gull 3 Cormorant Clough Head 5+ Siskin Jamestone Quarry (west) 1 male Goldeneye Cheers Ian
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Waterfoot to Clowbridge Res 25/10/25
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Trickett's Memorial Groundgreat spotted woodpecker - 1nuthatch - 2blackbird - min 10long-tailed tit - min 20 Seat Naze/ Edge Cotepink-footed goose - skein of c75 seen heading north-east over Greenfoldbuzzard - 1snipe - min 165 jack snipe - 1black-headed gull - 1common gull - 3stock dove - 1meado...
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Clowbridge 11:00 cloudy 10°c
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Great Crested Grebe 1 Cormorant 4 Grey Heron 1 Canada Goose 24 Mallard c50 Teal 4 Goosander 3 rh Black Headed Gull c25 Woodpigeon 2 Meadow Pipit 4 Pied Wagtail 1 Stonechat 1 Mistle Thrush 2 Redwing c10 Magpie 2 Carrion Crow 2 Raven 1 Greenfinch 1 Goldfinch c50 Reed Bunting 2
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