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Calf Hey, 20th Aug 2018
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11:00-12:00 G.C.Grebe, 1 on remains of res at perhaps 20 feet below usual level! Grey Heron, 2 on res shore, Buzzard, family party, Kestrel, male sat in tree, Green Sandpiper, 1 flew down the valley towards Ogden and 1 feeding in a pool in res, Curlew, 1 over calling, Swift, 2 feeding high over res, Gree...
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Osprey. Townsend Fold. 18th Aug 18.
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Osprey flew very low over A56 bypass at R Irwell heading downstream and slowly at 6.05pm last night. The way it was flying it could possibly have been/ prob was hunting the river. No idea which way it left but as in other post Sarfraz thought he had a big raptor later on heading up towards Grane?? Couldnt s...
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Osprey and Little Egrets
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min 2 Little Egrets on Irwell visible from A56 Dual Carriageway southbound on Saturday 18 August 10.30am with 1 present 6.15pm today 19 August. Visit up to Grane produced no new Waders unsurprisingly but got a call from Craig who spotted an Osprey low over Irwell heading to Grane-ish. I ha...
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Blackcap/Chiffchaff
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Heavy drizzle, windy, 18 degrees, Back garden feeders this morning, with the usual Tits, Nuthatch, Goldfinch, and young woodpeckers was a Male Blackcap and a Chiffchaff. Regards Brian.
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Wood Sandpiper Holden Wood Reservoir Today
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After a Green Sandpiper flew off from top end to Ogden calling - another species called but could not be seen. Call not familiar with but I did check online and it matched Wood Sandpiper. As I played it to myself it called again but could not be seen. I got a text from another birder that he had seen a San...
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Buckden Wood, Moor road, Alden round robin.
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After heavy rain last night, it was 17 degrees and calm this morning 0730/1030 hrs. The following were of note... Good numbers of Nuthatch and Great Spotted Woodpecker. Again large numbers of Wren, Robin, and Blackbird. Several Willow Warbler feeding actively and a single Chiffchaff also. First p...
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Grane reservoirs 11/08/18
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great crested grebe - 2 on Ogden & 1 on Calf Heycormorant - 4 on Ogdengrey heron - 1 on each resmallard - 50 on Holden Wood, 20 on Ogden & 5 on Calf Heyteal - 3 at Calf Heyoystercatcher - 3 at Holden Woodlapwing - c90 at Holden Wood flew towards Ogden & 4 at Calf Heylittle ringed plover - 4 at Calf He...
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Little Egrets and Green Sandpipers Grane
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4 immature Little Egrets came arrived at Holden Wood - rested, had a bit of a hunt for food and then I saw them at Calf Hey when I arrived there. They flew back to Holden Wood. 3 Green Sandpipers with a smaller wader - Dunlin, Little Stint - videoed it but no photos at top end of Ogden visible from Calf Hey...
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AMR 8th Aug ‘18.
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3 - 4.30pm. Yellow-legged Gull. Prob adult in with the numerous -c200 L B B Gulls, 2 Herring Gulls, 2 G B B Gulls, 1 ad Common Gull and c30 B H Gulls. Pic taken with iPhone through scope at decent range! It later flew to big island where the yellow legs were seen. It later flew off north into Rossendale airspa...
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Willow Warbler movement.
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0700/0830 hrs this morning, cool 16 degrees, calm and overcast. Around the area of Porritt lodge and East view lodge an hour before dusk last night I had good numbers of Willow Warblers very active in low lying shrubs. I returned this morning around 0630 hrs and found only an odd one feeding, by 0730 hrs...
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Wood Sandpiper Calf Hey Reservoir
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1 Wood Sandpiper present with minimum 2 Green Sandpipers. It was being chased around by the Greens. No photos or video footage but seen this species plenty of times abroad. Has that beautifully spotted golden appearance with white underside. Yellow legs and slight eye stripe. Slender than the podg...
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Clowbridge Res 5th Aug 18.
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Circuit of res was rather dull. no waders, 30 Mallard, 1 G C Grebe, 20 Swallows, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Heron. Highlight again was in the ploughed field near Nutshaw Kennels as Lapwings numbered c100 and 3 Golden Plover and 2 ad Common Gulls were in with them.
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Little Egrets Grane
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4 little egrets Holden Wood this morning, c.8.00. Flew over Ogden Dam 8.15 and turned northish (lost behind trees). Not seen at any of the other waterbodies subsequently so presumably gone. Also present Holden Wood 10 goosanders over west, 55 lapwings and 3 oystercatchers (no other wader spp seen t...
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Clowbridge Res. 2nd Aug 18.
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1 Green Sandpiper touring the res late evening was a nice surprise. Other stuff- 2 G C Grebe, 30+ Mallard, 76 Lapwing on ploughed field then res, North Bay. Pics - Green Sand and some of the 76 Lapwings.
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Strongstry woods and river.
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After the rains of the weekend and the hot spell, this morning was 17 degrees, cloudy and calm. 0730 to 1130 hrs. Species of note.... On the river which has now dropped back to summer level.... Two groups of juvenile Goosanders 13/17 in different locations. Young Grey Heron. Four Dipper...all adult...
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Clowbridge Res. 30th July 18.
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Circuit of res produced no surprises.. - 1 LRP, 31 Mallard, 15 BH Gulls, 9 Swift, 20+ P Wagtails, 4 Linnet. Highlight being 52 Lapwing, 9 Stock Dove and numerous P Wagtails in freshly ploughed field adjacent to Nutshaw Kennels.
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Clowbridge, 28th July 2018
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09:00-10:00 Grey Heron, 1 on back pond, Canada Goose, 27 on the res, Mallard, c30 around the res, Sparrowhawk, female behind boat house, Kestrel, 2 singles over the moorland, Moorhen, pair on Limy now have 1 small chick, Lapwing, c50 in rough field just north of res, B.H.Gull, c40 either in rough fiel...
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Greenfold. 22nd July 18
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6 - 9pm.. Evening walk to look for Andy's Sedge Warb. Not disappointed as that Male was still there though very quiet but another pair was in another site so it looks like there's 2 pr up there! Even better was a beautiful Male Whinchat doing the rounds on the fence lines covering a big area tho and difficu...
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AMR 22nd July 18.
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9.30 - 12noon with R Archer (Rob there from 6am-11) then later P Gorton then Geoff Marg" +1. Adult, moulting out of SP, Black-tailed Godwit flew in early morning and was still present when I got there. It left to the north ( well into Rossendale airspace!! ) into the mist and murk but was back 10 mins later...
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Amr
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Bar - tailed Godwit (juvenile) present with lots of Snipe. Rob has the above Gotwit as Black-tailed, on GMC site,I will stand corrected, roughly same time but did not see Rob to discuss. Regards Brian. -- Edited by brian on Sunday 22nd of July 2018 10:19:30 AM -- Edited by brian on Sunday 22nd of July 201...
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Clowbridge, 22nd July 2018
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09:00-10:30 G.C.Grebe, 2 on res, Canada Goose, 8, Mallard, c20, Moorhen, 1 on Limy, Pheasant, 1 plus calling bird, Lapwing, c50 in rough field just north of res with many juvs present, L.B.B.Gull, c50 over, Little Owl, 1 on fence post, Swallow, c80 inc many juvs, Sand Martin, 1 through south, Meadow P...
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Greenfold sedge warbler
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Singing nr Greenfold Farm again this morning. Same location as last week so assume same bird (?). Also one grasshopper warbler Andy
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clough bottom
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flock of 16 curlews linnet 3 goldfinch 3 grey wagtail 1 Canada geese 30 lesser black backed gulls 300 common sandpiper kestrel
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AMR 21st July ‘18.
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7.15 - 9.50am. 1 Greenshank (poss 2), 1 Ad Dunlin, 1 Teal fem/imm, 11 Snipe, 15+ Lapwing, 5 Goosander fem/Imm, c 10 BH Gulls, very few big gulls coming in then leaving. Greenshank left mid morning high SW prob after hearing what I thought was another flying high overhead? -- Edited by C Bel on Saturday 2...
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Clowbridge res. 14/7/18
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4 B.H.Gull 7 Canada Goose 15+ Mallard 2 G.C.Grebe, 3 on 15/7/18 c25 Lapwing in fields, 29 on 15/7/18 1 ad + 1 juv Little ringed Plover 2 Common Sandpiper 15 Swallow mainly juvs 2 Grey Heron Constant passage of Lesser black backs to N.W. during evening. 1 Kestrel c12 Swift high overhead at dusk 15+ Pied Wag...
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Tree Pipit 14th July 18.
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1st return passage bird ?? calling and heading south over Clowbridge Res overflow area at c6.45am. Time for the nets..
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T/send Fold/ Irwell Sun 15th July 18.
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At least 6 holes in use with the Sand Martin colony. 2 Dipper, 1 G Wagtail.
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AMR Sunday 15th July 18
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7-10.30 am with A Young for last c30 mins. 10+ C Sand, 2 fg juv LRP, 1 Dunlin, 1 Snipe, 5 Goosander juvs/fems, 9 BH Gulls, 30 max L B B Gulls with very few coming and going. c15 Lapwing. Looks good for a decent wader!!
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Lumb, 15th July 2018
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16:00-18:00 Dabchick, calling bird(s) on the square lodge towards Holcombe Road, Grey Heron, 3 on the lodge, Mallard, c8 on the lodge, Buzzard, soaring pair, Moorhen, well grown chick on the lodge, L.B.B.Gull, c20 over, Stock Dove, 1 flew in to drink from The Irwell, Swallow, c30, House Martin, 2,...
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Grane (Common Terns), 14th July 2018
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06:30-09:00 G.C.Grebe, 3 on Ogden and 3 on Calf Hey, Cormorant, 1 over north and 1 on Ogden, Grey Heron, 3 on Calf Hey & 1 on Ogden, Canada Goose, c120 on Holden Wood, Mallard, c20, Buzzard, soaring bird, Kestrel, 3 singles, Moorhen, 2 on Holden Wood, Oystercatcher, flock of 4 seen several times, La...
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