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Clowbridge/Holden Wood 27 July
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Clowbridge late am Redshank - 1 Little Ringed Plover - at least 4 flying birds Common Gull - 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull - 2 Black-headed gull c10 Cormorant - 2 Heron - 1 In the fields south of the reservoir another common gull and a few rooks amongst c100 corvids Holden Wood late afternoon Redshank - 1 fl...
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Clowbridge res. 24/7/17
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Evening visit - 6 Common Scoter 4m + 2f 1 Curlew 1 Redshank L. R. Plovers as per C.Bs description 37 Canada Goose 8 Swift at dusk from SW 3 House Martin 1 Kestrel 1 Grey Heron Bob & Archie.
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Clowbridge Res. 24th July '17.
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Think it's safe now to say LRP have had a decent breeding season on the Res after a terrible start due to all eggs going missing from 4 nests prob due in the main to Carrion Crows, poss Fox etc but it has not been helped by sightings posted of these sched 1 breeders on our local bird websites! Re-laid nests ha...
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Grane, 23rd July 2017
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07:30-10:30 G.C.Grebe, 3 on Ogden & 1 on Calf Hey, Cormorant, 5 on Holden Wood & 1 on Ogden, Grey Heron, 3, Canada Goose, c50 at Holden Wood, Mallard, c6, Buzzard, 3 perched birds (2&1) and a pair soaring over the valley, Kestrel, 2 near Calf Hey, Moorhen, 1 on Holden Wood, Common Sandpiper...
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Clowbridge, 22nd July 2017
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08:30-10:00 Cormorant, 1 fishing the res then later on the U-Boat, Canada Goose, 30, Mallard, 4, Kestrel, family of 4 in Nutshaw Quarry, Moorhen, pair with well grown juv on Limy outflow, Lapwing, 16 over hills south of the boat house, Common Sandpiper, 2 on res shore, L.B.B.Gull, 1 on res and c12 over...
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Grane 2017 - Part 1
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2016 was a good year with 4 new ticks for Grane. First was a Marsh Harrier in April, then 2 Common Terns in June, and a much belated Common Redstart in August and then a Hen Harrier in October. Not only new ticks for Grane but for Rossendale too. On top of that an Iceland Gull at Ashworth Moor (self found :...
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Sedge Warbler
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One singing this evening in the remains of the old lodge in Balladen, opposite Bess Nook.
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Troy Quarry, Jamesons Quarry 16/7/17 13:30 - 15:30
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Troy: Moorhen 1 Juv Kestrel Jamesons: 25 Lapwing roosting 3 Oystercatcher LRP Common Sandpiper up to 20 Sand Martin nest holes, a good number of birds flying around pair Stonechat alarming Wheatear including young Ian
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The Hile, 16th July 2017
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12:30-14:00 Grey Heron, 1 circling over, Canada Goose, 10 on Jack Lodge, Buzzard, 1 soaring over The Whitewell Valley, Kestrel, 1 on the chimney at Jack Lodge and 1 over The Hile, L.B.B.Gull, c20 feeding in newly cut hay meadow, Wood Pigeon, 32 feeding in newly cut hay meadow, Stock Dove, 1 on wires, Sw...
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Clowbridge, 16th July 2017
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09:30-11:00 Cormorant, 1 on the 'U'-Boat, Grey Heron, juv in lagoon, Canada Goose, 33, Mallard, 6, Goosander, a flock of 18 over, Buzzard, soaring bird south of the res, Sparrowhawk, soaring bird towards New Laithe, Kestrel, 4 hunting the moor south of the res, Moorhen, single on Limy outflow, Comm...
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Tawny owls 130717
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I arrived home today to be told 2 juvenile tawny owls were sat in a tree at the front of our house. The attached photo is the best I could manage through the foliage cheers Kevin
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Holden Wood 09/07/17 09:15 - 10:40
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5 Cormorant 150+ Canada Geese ~15 Swift ~40 Sand Martins ~40 Swallows ~15 House Martins 2 Redshank 1 Common Sandpiper 1 LRP 4 Pied Wagtails Reed Buntings (2 singing) 3 Linnet Goldfinch 6 Lapwings Meadow Pipits Carrion Crows, Magpies, Wood Pigeons. Kestrel over Jamesons Quarry
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Clowbridge res. 5/7/17
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08:30 hrs - rain, hill fog etc. 2m Common Scoter c4 ad B.H.Gull 2 Common Sandpiper Odd Curlew calling 1 Grasshopper Warbler reeling very strongly along S.bank 3 Juv. Stonechat 2m Reed Bunting + party of 3 juvs Party of 5 Swallows usual M.Pipits, Redpoll, Chaffinch, Pied Wagtail etc. c5 Swift over Craw...
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Clough Bottom Res, 3rd July 2017
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20:00-21:00 Shelduck, a flock of 18 circling high over the res for at least 10 minutes and still doing so when we left, Kestrel, 1 hovering over moorlands, L.B.B.Gull, c20 on res and c40 over west, Swift, minimum of 100 feeding over moorlands, Swallow, 1 feeding over moorland, Sand Martin, 1 over res,...
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Cuckoo. 3 July
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1 Cuckoo calling for about 15 minutes this evening above Syke side Hotel Haslingden. Neil and Susan Burke
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Mediterranean Gull Holden Wood
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min 60 Back-headed Gulls around and in last grazing field was a Mediterranean Gull with them, dozing! Best time to see this species could be between 5.30 - 7pm over the next month I believe as Black-headed Gulls move to Fishmoor to roost. Thankfully this sat still for some photographs.
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Clowbridge res. 2/7/17
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1 Little Egret present for 10 mins then flew off N. C. Scoter still present along with 2 G.C.Grebe. Bob.
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Clowbridge, 2nd July 2017
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09:30-11:00 G.C.Grebe, 2, Cormorant, 1 on shore in the north bay, Grey Heron, 1 on shore near boat house, Canada Goose, 24 inc many juvs, Mallard, 7 drakes roosting in north bay, Common Scoter, drake in middle of res, Pheasant, calling bird, Common Sandpiper, 1 on res shore, Oystercatcher, 1 flew in o...
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Caspian Tern Holden Wood
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Present 1.30 but then flew towards 13 Stone Hill and back 3.00 but moved onto Ogden Reservoir. Seen by Craig, Craggy and Dave Ousey. Big thanks to Craggy and Dave for coming and helping me search for it! Great team work! It is seen almost exactly a year after I saw my first ever Terns in Rossendale...
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Green Woodpecker
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A young Green Woodpecker has visited the fat feeder in my back garden three times this morning,two pair have bred locally this year. Regards Brian.
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Clowbridge
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A single redshank amongst the usual suspects yesterday evening Andy
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26/06/2017 GRANE
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Holden Wood 280 Canada Geese with around 20+ Goslings 2 Common Sandpipers 2 G C Grebes 2 Moorhens 5 Grey Herons Swallow with a good number of Juveniles Sand Martin Green Woodpecker calling 1 Pied Wagtail with one Juvenile 1 Meadow Pipit feeding young on wall On my way to Calf Hey just below...
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Spotted Flycatcher Cloughfold
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This afternoon riverside woods just upstream from Cloughfold Andy
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Twite survey area.
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Alden road/High moss/Hare clough/Carr lane. 1100/1600 hrs Sunny calm 17 degrees. Same area was covered on 25th MAy, ran out of time to post report, one female Twite was seen on that visit. Buzzard....total of five in the air together. Sparrwhawk.....both adults at a nest site. Kestrel...adult fem...
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Holdenwood res & Musbury Tor. Wed 21 June.
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Missed the Tern, Well spotted Sarfraz. Holdenwood res. Morning 09.00 hrs 3 Male Tufted Duck. Musbury Tor. 4 Mediterranean Gull in harvested hay field with flock of B H Gulls Neil
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A few odds'n'sods around Grane 17/18 June
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Cormorant - 1 Ogden (Sunday) Tufted Duck - pair Jamestones (Saturday) Grey Partridge - 3 Oswaldtwistle Moor (Saturday). Is it just me or are they getting a bit thin on the ground in Rossendale now? All the usual waders around Grane including chipping snipe on Oswaldtwistle Moor (Sat) and Edgerton M...
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Ewood Bridge Return, 18th June 2017
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07:30-12:00 Dachick, pair on HTL, Heron, 1 in Irwell at Motorway Bridge, Canada Goose, 2 at HTL, Mallard, 2 at HTL, L.B.B.Gull, c20 over east, B.H.Gull, 5 near Motorway Bridge, Collared Dove, 1 on Newchurch Road, Swift, c20 with 3 visiting nest sites under troughing, Kingfisher, 1 on The Irwell, G.S...
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Deeply Vale 180617
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Canada goose - 3pr with 6 juvs of varying maturitymallard - 1 malepheasant - 7sparrowhawk - 1buzzard - 1 heardkestrel - 2moorhen - 3oystercatcher - 1 pr & a singlelapwing - 2curlew - single bird at top end of the valley and a family of 5 near the flashblack-headed gull - 2lesser-black backed gull -...
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Sedge Warbler
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One singing Clowbridge this morning c8.30. Near the boathouse then south-east corner (assume same bird). Andy and Archie
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IRWELL VALE TO STUBBINS 13/06/2017
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Following the river into Stubbins then back through Lumb Woods Birds seen along the way Chiffchaff feeding young Great Spotted Woodpecker passing food to one fledgling and in different location two more young fledglings Two Moorhen chicks House Sparrow feeding young still with their yellow...
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