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Pink-footed Geece, Grane, 5 October
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Approx 60 flying west, 11.00 hrs Neil
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Winter feeding station Strongstry.
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The site has been up and running for a few days now, no big numbers yet but the following have been recorded...... Blue Tit.....6 Great Tit....5 Coal Tit....7 Long-tailed Tit ....5 Goldfinch....9 Nuthatch....3 Robin.....4 Dunnock.....2 Wren...2 Blackbird....4 Song Thrush....1 Great Spotted...
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Rawtenstall to HCC, 1st Oct 2017
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12:00-13:15 Dabchick, 2 on HTL, Grey Heron, 1 in rushy field near road end, Mallard, 3 over, Sparrowhawk, female near old hospital, Kestrel, 1 on telegraph pole near road end, Moorhen, 1 on HTL, L.T.Tit, flock of c6 near Woolpack, Starling, c30 near HTL, Regards, David Nuttall.
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Cowpe area 01/10/17
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Roughlea/ Lenchgrey heron - 1sparrowhawk - 1kestrel - 1kingfisher - 1 (1 also in Waterfoot)pied wagtail - 10grey wagtail - 1nuthatch - 1mistle thrush - 1goldcrest - 1 Cowpe villageswallow - 2 Cowpe Resmallard - 19 (probably the largest flock I've seen here in 40 years!)lesser black backed gull - min...
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Clowbridge, 30th September 2017
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07:30-09:00 Cormorant, 2 briefly on the res, flew off north, Canada Goose, 35 up the valley and landed on the res, Mallard, c80 around the res but especially south bay Teal, 3 in South Bay, Wigeon, what looked like a female was in cover in south bay but disturbed by an angler before certain ID, Kestrel, 2...
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Hen Harrier, 28 September
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1 ring tailed Hen harrier, Hog low pike. Edgerton moss 3 Snipe 30+ Meadow pipit A few Skylarks 1 Sparrow Hawk flew over Neil
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Chiffchaff, 27 September
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1 Chiffchaff calling this morning at back of Ventnor road, Haslingden Neil
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Haslingden Moor, Monday 25 September
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50+ Snipe 2 Kestrels 1 Buzzard 1 Short-eared Owl 2 Skylarks 8 Lapwing 73 Lapwing back on works roof on Broadway Neil
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Edge Cote 23/09/17
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Kestrel - 1 over Seat NazeSnipe - 20skylark - 2pied wagtail - 1meadow pipit - 35goldcrest many calling birds in the coniferswheatear - 1raven - 1jay - 1redpoll - calling birds heardgoldfinch - charm of 21 cheers Kevin
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Clowbridge, 23rd Sep 2017
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07:30-09:30 Cormorant, 2 on the res, Canada Goose, 1 on the shore, Teal, 1 female, Mallard, c70, Buzzard, 1 hunting over moorland near Heights Farm, Kestrel, 4 together over Nutshaw, Moorhen, 2 on Limy outflow, B.H.Gull, c12, Common Gull, 3, L.B.B.Gull, 5 immatures, House Martin, 2 over Beijing, M...
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C/booth 22nd Sept'17.
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8 Greylags flew south over village this lunchtime. Pretty rare sight for here!
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Huttock Top, Spring Mill & Landgate 17092017
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Huttock Topc20 lesser black backed gullc30 black headed gull3 swallowc50 meadow pipit9 pied wagtailmin 43 linnet Bacup Golf Course6 collared doveflock of goldcrest 6 seen, from calls rough estimate of 15 - 20 birds present2 bullfinch calling Spring Mill Res2 cormorant57 Canada geese (at Pricks...
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Cribden Flat, 17th Sep 2017
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16:30-17:30 Kestrel, 1 hunting over rough pasture, L.B.B.Gull, c6 over, Green Woodpecker, 1 yaffled briefly, Meadow Pipit, c20 over in flocks to 8, Linnet, flock of c25, Regards, David Nuttall. -- Edited by David Nuttall on Sunday 17th of September 2017 07:29:23 PM
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Clowbridge, 17th Sep 2017
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07:30-09:30 G.C.Grebe, 1 at top end, Cormorant, 2 on the 'U'-Boat, Grey Heron, 1 feeding in rough pasture, Canada Goose, 56 on back pond, Mallard, c90, Teal, 1 female with Mallard, Buzzard, 1 soaring near Heights Farm mobbed by corvids, Sparrowhawk, female sat on fence post, Kestrel, c5 hunting ove...
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Warth & Hurdles Quarry 16/09/2017
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Cormorant - 1 flew down the Irwell ValleyPink-footed goose - heard calling in flight at 12:40. No idea of numbers or direction, but sounded to be a small skeinbuzzard - 3sparrowhawk - 1 malekestrel - 1 with metal ring on right leg, no doubt ringed by Craigskylark - 1great spotted woodpecker - 1kingfis...
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Old site of Greenfold Reservoir
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1 Wheatear 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker 3 stonechat 15 Goldfinch 2 Ravens over 3 Reed Bunting Cheers Craggy
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Hawfinches.
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A very reliable source has told me today that between last Friday & Sunday around 5 Hawfinch were at Cowm Res.
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Grane 10/09/17
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Canada goose - 13 at Holden Woodteal - 2 at Holden Woodmallard - 108 at Holden Woodtufted duck - 2 in Jamestone Quarrygoosander - 1 at Holden Woodcormorant - 1 live bird at Holden Wood & 1 dead bird in the roost trees, 8 on Ogden & 3 flying north over Ogdengrey heron - 1 at Holden Woodgreat crested...
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Chapel Hill, 10th Sep 2017
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10:30-12:00 Buzzard, 2 soaring together, Kestrel, 2 hunting the hillsides, B.H.Gull, c20 up the Irwell Valley, L.B.B.Gull, c80 up the Irwell Valley, Wood Pigeon, c10, Skylark, 1 on Edge Cote, Swallow, c12, Meadow Pipit, c50 over south in flocks to 10 birds, Song Thrush, 1 at Marl Pits, Chiffchaff,...
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Clowbridge, 9th Sep 2017
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17:00-18:00 G.C.Grebe, 1 on res, Cormorant, 3 on U-Boat, Mallard, c30, mainly south Bay, Kestrel, 2 over the moorland, Moorhen, 2, Lapwing, flock of 7 over west, Curlew, calling bird over, B.H.Gull, c12, L.B.B.Gull, 2 on res shore, G.B.B.Gull, 1 immature on res shore, Little Owl, 1 on dry stone wall...
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AMR 9th Sept 17
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2 fem/imm Scaup on Res tonight ( R Archer).
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CLOWBRIDGE & Holden Wood 07/09/2017
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Clowbridge 2 Snipe 4 Stonechat 1 Whinchat 9 Swallow 15 Goldfinch feeding on thistle seeds 4 Cormorants 28 Mallards 1 G C Grebe Holden Wood Very high up looked like 30 + Swallow but when I put my bins on them 100+ more 22 Lapwing 2 Grey Heron 1 Grey Wagtail 13 Canada Goose 18 Jackdaws 15 Meadow...
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Today's Birding
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Have visited Last week and highlights were 1 Common Sandpiper on 31st August - must have been stopping off at Holden Wood Reservoir 1 Hobby over with kestrels on 31st August 1 possible Honey Buzzard circled high drifted south - it will remain justa possible 3 Song Thrush on 31st August 1 Oystercatche...
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Cowm Reservoir, Whitworth. 4/9/2017
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After waiting for the first eight months of this year, I finally managed to see a Kingfisher at Conder Green, Lancashire last week. Today I walked around the reservoir and flying at the side of me was a beautiful Kingfisher. This is only my third sighting at Cowm Reservoir of this species in the 14 years...
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A few migrants 4 sep
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Hurst Lane, Rawtenstall - 1 redstart near the top also a mixed flock of tits, chaffinches and goldfinches with 4 phyloscs (prob all chiffchaffs) Clowbridge - along the south shore 1 whitethroat, 1 sedge warbler, around 70 meadow pipits, 30 goldfinches, 2 stonechats plus the odd reed bunting. Also 1...
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Feeding flock.
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17 degrees, damp, overcast and calm. 0730/1000 hrs. The path between Chatterton and Alderbottom (sculpture trail) and surounding area has been left uncut and ungrazed all year, it is now a mass of Thistle, Hawthorn, Bramble, Elderberry and of course Balsam and is wet underfoot, that said it is not u...
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Crossbill, sunday 3 September.
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1 Crossbill in fer trees at back of Garden this morning , Ventnor road haslingden flew off towards Criden Neil.
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Clowbridge, 3rd Sep 2017
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09:00-10:30 Cormorant, 3 on the res, Grey Heron, 1 in North Bay, Mallard, c20, Kestrel, c4, Moorhen, adult with 1 full grown young, B.H.Gull, c20, L.B.B.Gull, adult plus 6 immatures of varying ages, Little Owl, 1 sheltering from the wind in a dry stone wall, Swallow, c30, House Martin, at least 4, Mea...
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Shelduck
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A suspiciously tame adult male on the river south of K Steel this morning Andy
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Swallows.
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I have been monitoring seven Swallow nests in local Stables, last young have just fledged this morning, total of 23 young got away and only two casualties left in the nests. Some were second broods so as a very small sample they have done well. Three nests were in artificial boxes two others were unused...
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