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- Sun Mar 22, 2015 9:44 pm
- Forum: Recent Sightings
- Topic: Anglezarke Moor and beyond
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Anglezarke Moor and beyond
Got a new bike, so I cycled the track from Lead Mines Clough to Hempshaws for starters: Canada Goose, Grey Wagtail, Curlew, Goldfinch, Meadow Pipit, Buzzard, Lapwing, Skylark, Black Headed Gull, Pheasant, Wheatear, Stonechat, Long Tailed Tit, Kestrel, Coal Tit, Nuthatch. Then off round Yarrow and Up...
- Sat Mar 21, 2015 7:56 pm
- Forum: Recent Sightings
- Topic: Bird ID . Blainscough Fields , Coppull
- Replies: 3
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Re: Bird ID . Blainscough Fields , Coppull
Something up with the links but I did get this https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7641/166 ... e562_m.jpg which certainly looks like a wheatear to me... never seen one in a tree before, they're normally atop a bit of millstone grit
- Fri Mar 20, 2015 11:19 pm
- Forum: Recent Sightings
- Topic: Anglezarke Moor
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Anglezarke Moor
Went for wheatear on the dry stone walls but none about. Traipsed towards Old Rachel's and saw quite a few meadow pipits, lapwing nearby, oystercatcher over also. Loads of BHGs flying west at dusk as usual.
- Thu Mar 19, 2015 10:54 pm
- Forum: Recent Sightings
- Topic: Common Bank Lodge
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Re: Common Bank Lodge
Was there this evening, walk round revealed the usual mallards, coots, moorhens, turdidae, plus heron, kingfisher and goldcrest.
- Wed Mar 18, 2015 11:19 pm
- Forum: General Topics
- Topic: BTO House Martin Survey
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BTO House Martin Survey
The BTO are looking for house martin survey volunteers. http://www.bto.org/volunteer-surveys/house-martin-survey?dm_i=IG4,37Z6W,IUXHH8,BJABP,1 to quote: We know surprisingly little about House Martins despite the fact that they breed alongside us, using our houses on which to build a nest made of hu...
- Wed Mar 18, 2015 11:16 pm
- Forum: General Topics
- Topic: Anglezarke
- Replies: 5
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Re: Anglezarke
Thank you Brian I will contact the society and try and make contact. I've had contact from three descendants of ruined farms which is exciting stuff too.
- Wed Mar 18, 2015 11:14 pm
- Forum: Recent Sightings
- Topic: Tawny Owl 17/3
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Re: Tawny Owl 17/3
Tawny also calling this evening near the Gillibrand Arms.
- Tue Mar 10, 2015 10:36 pm
- Forum: Recent Sightings
- Topic: YVP Area
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YVP Area
Common Bank Blue tit, great tit, nuthatch, coot, 4 goosander (1m 3f), 3 heron, blackbird, wren, s thrush, woodpigeon, chaffinch L Burch Meadows kestrel, song and mistle thrush, fieldfare, several reed bunting, many magpie YVP Big lodge 2 gc grebe, 10 tufted, many Canada geese, Coors, moorhen and mal...
- Mon Mar 02, 2015 10:03 pm
- Forum: Recent Sightings
- Topic: Heapey lodges
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Heapey lodges
Not a lot about, highlights being heron and goldeneye (m) on #3. single gc grebe on drive past watermans cottage. Moorhen on top of Alance Bridge feeding on seed left by visitors. Heron also overhead at Jepsons.
- Tue Feb 24, 2015 11:24 pm
- Forum: Recent Sightings
- Topic: Anglezarke / Rivington
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Anglezarke / Rivington
Today in an hour before dusk- Several rooks and jackdaws around Nick Hilton's bridge, plus gulls too far away - generally lots of black headed around. Leicester Mill Quarries and Anglezarke Nature Trail plenty long tailed / blue / great tit plus odd coal tit. Single goldeneye (male first winter) on ...
- Wed Feb 04, 2015 10:37 pm
- Forum: Recent Sightings
- Topic: Rivvy then YVP
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Rivvy then YVP
A bit more light this evening so a chance to start counting for me... Yarrow Reservoir Blue / great / coal tits and nuthatches all feeding on seed laid at Alance Bridge. 2 x goosander (m+f) together, who knows if a pair. Upper Rivvy Lots of black headed gulls and a couple of lesser BB's. Lower Rivvy...
- Sun Feb 01, 2015 11:02 pm
- Forum: General Topics
- Topic: Anglezarke
- Replies: 5
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Anglezarke
I've got a website http://www.anglezarke.net on the go dedicated to our moorland area. Presently I've got quite a bit of info up there on the moorland ruins, and am working on other articles in the background such as natural history (what to see, where and when). I hope it's of interest to people, a...
- Sat Dec 27, 2014 12:17 am
- Forum: 2014 Recent Sightings Submissions
- Topic: 26/12/14.Y.V.PARK.
- Replies: 3
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Re: 26/12/14.Y.V.PARK.
Saw a few of the above there today, plus a single little grebe bobbing around the tern raft.
- Fri Sep 19, 2014 11:40 pm
- Forum: 2014 Recent Sightings Submissions
- Topic: Wheatear
- Replies: 0
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Wheatear
Two still present... hopping around Peewit Hall ruins near Jepsons Gate as of yesterday.
- Sun Aug 03, 2014 10:27 pm
- Forum: 2014 Recent Sightings Submissions
- Topic: Late, late reports
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1350
Late, late reports
Apologies for the following reports not being particularly "recent" :) but I've been reading some of D.A.Owen's press clippings from the 1800's and found the following rather interesting: Chorley Standard, 9th June, 1866 Mr. John Taylor, farmer, of Rivington Lane, recently shot a bird in h...