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Clowbridge, 12th Nov 2016
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3:30-4:30 Cormorant, 2 on U-Boat drying off later flew down the valley as I was leaving, Goosander, 8 inc 3 males, Buzzard, 2 over together south of the boathouse, Kestrel, 1 hunting the moors, Snipe, 18 on res bank, Lapwing, 46 flying over the res as I left, earlier c75 over fields south of res, B.H.Gul...
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Clowbridge Res 6th Nov `16.
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Scaup still present at edge of dark tonight(4.30) plus 50+ B H Gulls, 6 Goosander, 1 Teal and 6 Mallard.
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Common Redshank.
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Single Common Redshank in flooded field next to the river Irwell on footpath between Stubbins and Ramsbottom [the shoddy]. I know this is strictly GMC but no one told the bird. Info thanks to Paul Gorton. Regards Brian.
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Irwell vale and Strongstry.
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First thing to say is no Waxwings were seen by myself or Geoff, we hunted all the likely spots till dusk last night, and I spent a couple of hours from dawn this morning with no luck. All that said I have spoken with some well informed people this morning and am convinced they were in this area yesterday aro...
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Strongstry feeding stations.
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A single Brambling apeared late yesterday afternoon, the count this lunchtime is now six, all males......also Chaffinch....9 Blue Tit.....7 Great Tit....6 Long-tailed Tit....12 Coal Tit.....6 Goldfinch.....7 Robin.....4 Nuthatch.....7 Wren.....2 Dunnock......3 Blackbird......5 Gre...
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Green Woodpecker Clowbridge Res
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Green Woodpecker on Limey Lane this lunchtime (8th Nov) Only my second record for the site.
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Clowbridge etc 8 Nov
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Scaup still present this lunchtime. Also 7 goosander, 5 teal, 2 goldeneye, few mallard, cormorant, common and black-headed gulls and 16 lapwings. On the way there/back 75 lapwings in the fields at Dunnockshaw plus 40 Clough Bottom and 10+ snipe Swinshaw moor. Andy
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Chapel Hill, 6th Nov 2016
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09:30-11:00 Sparrowhawk, female soaring overhead, Snipe, 32 on Edge Cote, Jack Snipe, 4 on Edge Cote, B.H.Gull, c6 west, Herring Gull, c8 west, L.B.B.Gull, c12 west, Meadow Pipit, 2 on Edge Cote, Mistle Thrush, 2 singles, Fieldfare, flock of c50 feeding with starlings, Redwing, 2 over, Starling,...
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Clowbridge, 5th Nov 2016
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09:30-11:00 Cormorant, 6, mainly sat on U-Boat, Heron, 1 fishing the shore, Mallard, pair, Teal, 1, Scaup, female diving constantly, Goosander, 2 redheads, Kestrel, 1 near boathouse, Snipe, flock of c40 disturbed from res shoreline, Lapwing, c70 on res shore, Little Owl, 2 sat on dry stone walls,...
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Pink-footed Geese
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Fortytwo Pink-footed Geese flying North up the Irwell valley over Strongstry at 1230 hrs. Regards Brian.
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Scholes Height, 2nd Nov 2016
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08:30-11:30 Cormorant, 1 over north, Pink Footed Goose, 3 skeins of c130, c120 & c50 all heading east, Buzzard, 1 displaying over Alden, Kestrel, 1 in Alden, Red Grouse, 1 on Alden Ratchers, Golden Plover, 1 on Wet Moss was quite approachable, Snipe, 5 on Wet Moss, Green Woodpecker, 1 yaffling ne...
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Cowm Reservoir, Whitworth. 1/11/2016
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25 Canada Goose, 1 Cormorant, 42 Mallard, 14 LBB Gull, 5 Common Gull, 48 BH Gull, 1 Bullfinch, 10 Chaffinch, 6 Carrion Crow, 4 Blue Tit, 1 Coal Tit, 1 Rook, 25 Jackdaw, 4 Magpie. Nice walk on a very pleasant day. Dave Ousey.
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Harden Moor, 1st November 2016
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1:00-2:30 Buzzard, soaring bird down Cheesden Valley, Snipe, 15 flushed off Harden Moor, Woodcock, 1 flushed off track near Croston Close Road, B.H.Gull, c8 feeding on pasture, Meadow Pipit, c12, L.T.Tit, flock of c10. Regards, David Nuttall.
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Grane 291016
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Generally very quiet round the reservoirs with poor visibility most of the afternoon. No sign of the great white egrets Holden Wood1 grey heron11 cormorant23 mallard6 teal2 moorhen14 meadow pipit1 male stonechat near the boardwalk1 mistle thrushmixed flock min 12 long tailed, 5 blue & 5 grea...
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2 Great White Egrets Grane
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2 Flew over holden wood heading to Ogden 5 minutes ago
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Pinkfeet. C/booth. 27th Oct'16.
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c360 Pinkfeet flying high NE at c8.30am.
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2 Great White Egrets Grane
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2 Flew over holden wood heading to Ogden 5 minutes ago
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Higher Lench area 26 Oct
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Flock of at least 500 fieldfares around the woods late afternoon (as far as I could tell no redwings with them). Also one brambling and around 20 siskins in the area Andy
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Strongstry woods and river
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Three outings between 0730 and 1730 temp from 3 to 12 degrees light westerly breeze, bright sunshine becoming cloudy. Several loose Tit flocks including good numbers of Long-tailed and Coal Tit. Odd Song Thrush feeding in leaf litter, one in weak song this evening, two flocks of Redwing, approx 20,...
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Waterfoot, Cowm & Spring Mill Res 23/10/16
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110 pink-footed geese flew west over Gaghills this morning @ 9:05am flock of c60 fieldfare seen high over Warth Cowmc45 mallardc100 lesser-black backed gull3 herring gullc70 black-headed gullc10 common gull1 green woodpecker2 meadow pipit2 grey wagtail2 pied wagtail2 mistle thrush2 ravenc...
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Clowbridge, 23rd October 2016
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09:00-10:30 Cormorant, 5 on 'U-boat' and later fishing the res, Canada Goose, c70 flew onto the res from the south, Mallard, 2 pairs, Kestrel, 1 over Nutshaw, B.H.Gull, c10 on the res, Common Gull, 5 on the res, L.B.B.Gull, 3 1st winter birds through north, Little Owl, 1 sat on dry stone wall near Nutsh...
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Rawtenstall, 22nd Oct 2016
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11:00 - 12:00 Sparrowhawk, 1 soaring over the town, Grey Wagtail, 1 near Asda, Pied Wagtail, 1, Dipper, 1 singing near Asda, Redwing, c12 near Ashworth Arms, Mistle Thrush, calling bird at Tip Lodge, Goldcrest, 2 near Waingate, L.T.Tit, flock near cemetery, Jay, 1 flew up towards Edge Cote, Raven, 2...
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Clowbridge 18th Oct '16.
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170 Pink feet flew high NE at 9.30am and a Merlin flew west over Limey lane at 10.
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Grane reservoirs 16/10/2016
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Holden Woodlittle grebe - 1cormorant - 9 @ 9am & 13 & 3:30pmCanada goose - 97mallard - 11teal - 6tufted duck - 1 (immature male?)moorhen - min 5buzzard - 1black-headed gull - 10grey wagtail - 1meadow pipit - 6fieldfare - flocks of 21, 32 & c50 coming in from the west then turning south bet...
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Clowbridge, 16th Oct 2016
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08:30-10:00 G.C.Grebe, 1 sat on res, Cormorant, at least 4, Grey Heron, 1 on res shore, Teal, 8 on back pond flew onto main res before 4 flew off to the east (Clough Bottom maybe?) Kestrel, 2 singles, B.H.Gull, c6 on res, Common Gull, 1 over east, L.B.B.Gull, c10 over, Wood Pigeon, flock of 6 over east, Sk...
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Rawtenstall 11/10/16
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Union Rd - 08:00hrs onwards 2 Cormorant flew across heading to Limy valley. c/30 Redwing across valley to Hall Carr area c/30 flock Goldfinch flighting around the area most of the morning. 2 Jay c/3 Blackbird in singles. very small numbers of Chaffinch & Greenfinch amongst gardens, odd P. Wagta...
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lumb
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kingfisher on my garden pond
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Holed Wood 09-10-16
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09:15-10:30 5 Cormorant some fishing 1 Great Crested Grebe ~40 redwing over Hutch Bank 2 Moorhen 1 Pied Wagtail singing again on treatment plant building 4 Swallows over 3 Meadow Pipits 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker Ian
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Warth & Clough Bottom 091016
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Warthgrey heron - 1buzzard - 2sparrowhawk - 1 hunting the area for 1 hour, at one point stooping at a flock of redwings from approx. 100 metres away unsuccessfullystock dove - 1redwing - min 100song thrush - c6 mixing and feeding with redwings. thought to be continental birdssiskin - flock of c25bull...
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Cowm Res 09-10-16
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15:30-17:00 Good number of Mallard ~50 BH Gull 3 Common Gulls Flock of ~50 Siskin Bullfinch calling Ian
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