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Grane, 5th June 2016
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08:30-12:00 G.C.Grebe, pair on Calf Hey, Heron, 1 flew down the valley, Canada Goose, 168 adults and 23 goslings with the vast majority on Holden Wood, Mallard, female with 5 ducklings on Holden Wood plus 5 drakes, Buzzard, 1 soaring bird, Sparrowhawk, female over, Kestrel, hovering bird, Pheasan...
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Cuckoo - Buckhurst Area
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Cuckoo calling this morning in the Butcher Acre Farm area, then a few minutes later towards Deeply Vale.
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Greenfold 5/6/16
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13:00hrs onwards - HOT! 300+ post breeding flock of Starlings on pasture. 3m Reed Bunting, one with food. Pr Linnet 1f + 1 juv Pied Wagtail 1 Lapwing + 1 juv. 2 juv. Carrion Crow in nest, ready to fledge. pr Greenfinch pr Goldfinch c6 Swallow Lots of Meadow Pipits with food c10 Skylark in song + other silen...
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Whitworth Area. 4/6/2016
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Canada Geese 20, Mallard 3, Kestrel 2, Curlew 3, LBB Gull 25, BH Gull 5, Wood Pigeon 12, Collared Dove 2, Swift 4, Swallow 12, House Martin 2, Green Woodpecker 1, Magpie 8, Jackdaw 16, Carrion Crow 10, Great Tit 1, Coal Tit 1, Skylark 12, Starling 20, Blackbird 7, Mistle Thrush 8, Robin 6, Stonechat 4, Whe...
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Reedsholme - Oakenhead 4/6/16
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13;00hrs onwards 1 Pied Wagtail - Leabrook 1 Dipper - Leabrook Oakenhead rd 1 M. Pipit c3 pr Linnet 1 pr long tailed Tit with food 1 juv. Robin 2 Swallow Twin Lodges - c3 Willow Warbler 1 Chiffchaff 1 Whitehroat 1 Greenfinch + Chaffinch Goldfinch, Blue Tit 2 House Martin c10 Swift + birds over Rawtenstall...
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Whinchat or Stonechat - Musbury?
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Sounds a bit more Whinchat to my ears but the possibility of having that singing in Rossendale when the population is declining and this year appears pretty poor in East Lancashire. The video wont attach. -- Edited by sarfraz on Saturday 4th of June 2016 11:38:24 AM -- Edited by sarfraz on Saturd...
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Stacksteads 3.6.16.
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Stacksteads Buzzard 2 over Iron Bridge/Glen area today 14.45pm pfyldes
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Cuckoo
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I sat and watched a cuckoo in the Musbury valley on Tuesday evening (24/5). It flew across me, landed on a branch and I had a great view for 5 minutes or so. Given how it looked (unkempt and "fluffy"), I initially assumed it must have been a fledgling but, after discussions with Neil, it seems it was proba...
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Around & About 29/5/16
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13:00hrs onwards approx. 1 Collared Dove - Reedsholme 3 Swift - Reedshome Pr Pied Wagtail - Leabrook, Dippers have only just fledged young here this week, very late. 1 Grey Wagtail - Leabrook 1 Juv Robin - Leabrook 1 Green Woodpecker - Twin Lodges 40+ Starlings inc. juvs on lane nr to Twin Lodges Swifts...
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Cheesden Valley 29.5.16.
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Cheesden Valley Whitethroat 2+1 Blackcap c10 Willow Warbler c30 many calling Dipper 1 Grey Wagtail 1 Pied Wagtail 2 Starling 250+ near Owd Betts Stockdove 4 Wood Pigeon c20 Reed Bunting 4 calling Buzzard 1 calling Pheasant 1 calling Coal Tit 1 Blue Tit 1 Great Tit 1 calling Dunnock 1 Robin 3 Blackbird c...
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Irwell Valley, 29th May 2016
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10:00-12:00 Canada Goose, a flock of 5 flew up the valley, Mallard, 4 males on the river at Irwell Vale, Buzzard, 1 soaring bird, Sparrowhawk, tatty female near The Whitchaff, Kestrel, 1 near Rossendale Golf Club, B.H.Gull, 2 following the course of the river, L.B.B.Gull, c12 over, Collared Dove, p...
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Warth & Staghills Woods 290516
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WarthCanada goose - 1pr with 2 goslings & 4 birds flying in from Cowpesparrowhawk - very pale male chased by 2 swallowsstock dove - 1great spotted woodpecker - 1pied wagtail - 1grey wagtail - 1swift - 3swallow - 4mistle thrush - 1singingspotted flycatcher - 1 willow warbler - 4 singingblackcap...
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Clowbridge, 28th May 2016
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09:00-10:30 Mallard, 2 over res, Pheasant, calling male, L.B.B.Gull, c8 over, B.H.Gull, 3 on the res, Stock Dove, pair over, Swift, minimum of 16 feeding over / around the res, (flocks of 6 & 4 further down the Limy Valley) Skylark, c5 singing birds, Swallow, c6, House Martin, 2, Meadow Pipit, c1...
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Troy and Jamestones 24-05-2016
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Troy 2 Canada Goose 5 Mallard 2f 3m and 2 Ducking 1 Pied Wagtail The waters edge was black with tadpoles Jamestones 7 Canada Goose 6 very young Gooslings and two older looking ones 4 Oystercatchers in a line on the bank calling loudly at each other 2 Common Sandpipers on bank by the side of the Oysterc...
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Cowpe 27/06
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Landgate Quarry, Whitworth 220516
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mallard - 3mlapwing - 1curlew - 1pr & a singlesnipe - 1skylark - c30meadow pipit - c20pied wagtail - 1swift - 6swallow - 6house martin - 12wheatear - 1 singingstarling - 12raven - 2 overlinnet - 1reed bunting - singing male cheers Kevin with John Hallsworth
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Grane, 22nd May 2016
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06:30-09:30 G.C.Grebe, pair displaying on Calf Hey and a single on Holden Wood, Grey Heron, 1 flew onto Holden Wood, Canada Goose, many pairs, several with young with flocks of 2,3,4,5x2 & 6 goslings being seen, Mallard, pair with 6 newly hatched ducklings on Holden Wood, Buzzard, 1 soaring ove...
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IRWELL VALE TO STRONGSTRY 19-05-2016
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River 3 Grey Wagtail 1m Mallard 1 Dipper 3 Swift feeding over river with around 12 Swallow,lots more high up 100+ 1 Kingfisher 1 Wren in and out of tree roots 1 Grey Heron Not seen any Goosander on river for some time now? Along old railway track Birds in full song from one end to the other 3 Collared Do...
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Bits and Bobs 2016
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Around Goodshaw Avenue today for a few hours and noticed quite a few Starlings feeding young in the guttering of bungalows around Gambleside avenue. I saw a Swift going into a nest site at one of the lower numbers of Goodshaw Avenue. Rooks and Jackdaws taking moss from the roof tops. A couple of pai...
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Strongstry migrants.
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Good look round local woods and river most of the day, east north east breeze all day, temp around 12 but felt like 6, overcast. Insect life airborne and leaf cover is not bad considering the cool Spring. Not a lot of song even early on today, but good numbers of Willow Warbler several low in undergrowth p...
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Cowpe area 160516
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LenchCanada goose - 2prs with 3 & 5 goslingspied wagtail - 4grey wagtail - 1swallow - 7house martin - 1nuthatch - 1mistle thrush - 1 fledged juvgreat tit - pr feeding young in nest in hole in walllong tailed tit - 1greenfinch - 1 callingredpoll - 1 calling Cowpe Villagestarling - 5house sparrow - 30...
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Chapel Hill, 15th May 2016
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17:00-18:30 Sparrowhawk, female then later a male soaring overhead, L.B.B.Gull, steady movement west of c100 birds, Swift, c6 over the town, Swallow, c12, House Martin, 2, Grey Wagtail, female with 2 fledged young in Balladen Clough, Pied Wagtail, 1, Song Thrush, 2, Willow Warbler, c12, Chiffch...
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Waterfoot to EBSW 150516
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Staghills Woods (Trickett's to Lea Bank)collared dove - 1great spotted woodpecker - 2nuthatch - 1pr feeding young in nest and removing faecal sacstreecreeper - 1great tit - 1pr taking food to nest boxblue tit - 1pr taking food to nest boxblackcap - 5 singingchiffchaff - 2 singingwillow warbler - 1 s...
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Grane Valley 15/5/16
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Clough Head circular to Heap Clough 13:00hrs Pr Siskin + 1 Goldcrest feeding in conifers 1 Buzzard 1 Peregrine 40 B.H.Gull on quarry pools + 1 sitting bird. 1 G.S.W. Several pairs of Canada Goose around , only 2 with young. 3 Oystercatcher flying around calling Raven heard but not seen. 2 Mistle Thrush...
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Cheesden Valley, 15th May 2016
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08:30-12:00 Grey Heron, 1 feeding in pond, Canada Goose, c30, mainly in pairs although a large family party of 5 adults and 11 goslings, Mallard, c12, Buzzard, 2 pairs, Sparrowhawk, female seen twice probably the same bird, Kestrel, c6 sightings and probably 2 pairs, Pheasant, 3 calling males, Moo...
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David Nuttall
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Clowbridge, 14th May 2016
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07:30-09:00 Canada Goose, 2 flew in, Mallard, c10 inc group of 5 males that flew in over The Waggoners, Tufted Duck, pair feeding, Curlew, pair on the moors, B.H.Gull, 2 on the res and 10 over north in two flocks, L.B.B.Gull, c10 over, Swift, 6 feeding over boathouse, Skylark, c5, all in song, Swallow,...
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Hollins Lane, Edenfield to Deeply Vale 120516
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Hollins Lane 1 pheasant, 5 swallow, 1 mistle thrush, 1pr willow warbler, several fledged starlings calling from cover & 1pr bullfinch Bamford Road, Vine Terrace Shuttleworth curlew heard near Rossendale School, 1 kestrel, 1 pied wagtail, 4 swallow, 1 dipper, 1pr + 1 mistle thrush, 2 song thr...
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Rawtenstall to Crawshawbooth 8-05-2016
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Lovely warm sunny day Swallows and House Martins gliding around in the warm air Chiffchaff and Willow Warbler calling along the way 4 Blackcap 3m 1f Grasshopper Warbler reeling 3 House Sparrows collecting food good number of male Blackbirds gathering worms 5 Chaffinch 6 Goldfinch 3 Buzzard s...
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Grane Fire 08.05.15
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Massive fire which spread west on the moors above the woods at Calf Hey Res. Dread to think it could have wiped out quite a few breeding birds, most which are already on the decline. Hog Low Pike (thanks Kevin) looks like Mordor from Lord of the Rings. -- Edited by sarfraz on Sunday 8th of May 2016 09...
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colour ringed twite 07/05/16
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I have been feeding twite at a private site in west Rossendale for the past few weeks. Numbers have increased and today there were at least 24 birds present (more likely at least 30). Several of the birds have been colour ringed as part of a monitoring scheme. The birds that I have received informat...
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