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- Tue Mar 15, 2016 8:46 pm
- Forum: Recent Sightings
- Topic: Spring
- Replies: 1
- Views: 965
Spring
Saw my first bumble bee of the year this afternoon on railway road brinscall
- Mon Jan 18, 2016 8:04 pm
- Forum: Archive
- Topic: Species recorded in 2016
- Replies: 70
- Views: 28025
Re: Species recorded in 2016
Hello Neil Red grouse Darwen tower on Saturday
- Sat Jan 16, 2016 3:58 pm
- Forum: Recent Sightings
- Topic: Brinscall to Darwen tower
- Replies: 1
- Views: 983
Brinscall to Darwen tower
A couple of new birds along withnell nature reserve, song thrush near first bridge and grey wagtail near second bridge. Pied wagtail on lower res then pair of goosander on middle res along with a cormorant. Plenty of red grouse calling on the way up to Darwen tower eventually saw one briefly on the ...
- Thu Jan 14, 2016 7:26 pm
- Forum: Recent Sightings
- Topic: withnell nature reserve
- Replies: 0
- Views: 550
withnell nature reserve
yesterday morning, gs woodpecker, chaffinch, bullfinch, redpoll, blackbird, wren, robin, great tit, blue tit, coal tit, crow, jackdaw, collard dove, magpie and wood pigeon.
- Mon Jan 11, 2016 8:45 pm
- Forum: General Topics
- Topic: Great Hill Seating
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1941
Great Hill Seating
does anybody know what has happened to the seats at the top of great hill? most of the flat stone seats have been taken. it must have been some effort to carry them down from there. it just proves the old saying, "IF IT ISN'T NAILED DOWN, THEY'LL NICK IT" but to be fair it was cemented dow...
- Mon Jan 11, 2016 8:40 pm
- Forum: Recent Sightings
- Topic: Brinscall to great hill
- Replies: 0
- Views: 614
Brinscall to great hill
Not much about this morning. Pair of Ravens in the top of the pine woods who then flew off in the direction of great hill, single meadow pipit and something pretty fast and low to the ground which I only got a glimpse of, looked like bird of prey speed. single wren by Drink waters and female stone c...
- Wed Nov 04, 2015 1:31 pm
- Forum: Recent Sightings
- Topic: Pochard
- Replies: 2
- Views: 915
Re: Pochard
1 male and 2 female pochard on high Bullough on Monday afternoon (12.30pm) also black darter on the moor road from lead mines to great hill. 3 wheatear still on moor road from great hill to the top of well lane this morning. (is this late for this species)?
- Thu Apr 23, 2015 7:16 pm
- Forum: Recent Sightings
- Topic: Lead mine clough
- Replies: 0
- Views: 697
Lead mine clough
Male redstart this afternoon, quite near last years nest site. Other birds, curlew, redpoll, willow warbler, coal, great, blue and long tailed tit, robin, chaffinch. Also saw a lizard up there on Saturday.
- Thu Oct 02, 2014 7:25 pm
- Forum: 2014 Recent Sightings Submissions
- Topic: Great hill
- Replies: 0
- Views: 917
Great hill
Walk up to the top today, not much about Linnet, meadow pipit and a distant kestrel on the way up, then right at the top a female or juv wheatear, actually sat on the stone cross wall at the top, a couple of ravens and a group of crows and magpies on the way down. Still very dry up there.
- Sat May 03, 2014 7:11 pm
- Forum: 2014 Recent Sightings Submissions
- Topic: Anglezarke / Lead Mines Clough
- Replies: 1
- Views: 676
Re: Anglezarke / Lead Mines Clough
Hello Neil, have you got a location please for the redstart?
thanks John
thanks John
- Fri May 02, 2014 4:18 pm
- Forum: 2014 Recent Sightings Submissions
- Topic: hollinshead ruin
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1169
Re: hollinshead ruin
I suspected as much, thank you.
- Tue Apr 29, 2014 6:42 pm
- Forum: 2014 Recent Sightings Submissions
- Topic: hollinshead ruin
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1169
hollinshead ruin
went in the hope of redstart, but no luck. did have a reeling grasshopper warbler in the area between the ruin and Belmont road. otherwise just common species. does anybody know why slipper lowe car park has been closed for the last few months?
cheers John
cheers John
- Thu Mar 13, 2014 9:59 am
- Forum: 2014 Recent Sightings Submissions
- Topic: White coppice to great hill
- Replies: 0
- Views: 645
White coppice to great hill
female wheatear on the way up to great hill yesterday morning, plenty of skylarks and meadow pipits, heard a distant curlew but no sign of any grouse. also quite a few butterfly's about, but wouldn't stay still long enough for id.
- Wed Mar 05, 2014 7:40 pm
- Forum: 2014 Recent Sightings Submissions
- Topic: Morrison's Peregrines / Ravens
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1384
Re: Morrison's Peregrines / Ravens
I saw two flying over the morrisons petrol station yesterday at 2pm, I was alerted by the call.
- Mon Mar 03, 2014 9:36 pm
- Forum: 2014 Recent Sightings Submissions
- Topic: curlew
- Replies: 0
- Views: 620
curlew
my first curlew today on Denham lane also 7 lapwings on fields behind stanworth brow (Abbey Village).