Midday

2 Teal
1 Wheatear
1 reeling Grasshopper Warbler
1 Little Owl

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Dave

mid afternoon

1 Whimbrel
3 Wheatear
1 White Wagtail
2 Pied Wagtail
1 Mallard
8 Canada Goose
2 GCGrebe
1 Reed Bunting

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Dave

This evening

2 Whimbrel
6 Wheatear
2 White Wag
7 Pied Wag
2 GCGrebe
12 Goosander
4 Reed Bunting
3 Swallow

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Dave

1900-1930

1 Yellow Wagtail
2 White Wagtail
6 Pied Wagtail
2 Great Crested Grebe
7 Swallow

Dave

Group of 4 Ravens flew SE this morning making a lot of noise as they did

12 Goosander
2 GCGrebe

Dave

18:00 - 19:30

4 White Wagtail
1 Tree Pipit going over (Heard)
7 Pied Wagtail
2 Curlew
10+ Meadow Pipit
2 Great Crested Grebe
20+ LBBGull going through
10 BHGull
2 Lapwing
2 Reed Bunting

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Dave

06:30 - 08:00

6 Wheatear (5m 1 f)
2 Teal (pair)
3 male Mallard
1 fem Goosander
2 Pied Wagtail
2 Linnet
2 Oystercatcher
9 Curlew

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Dave

18:50 till 20:15

1 Grasshopper Warbler - 3 weeks early up here!!!
4 male Wheatear
2 White Wagtail
1 Swallow
8 Pied Wagtail
10+ Curlew
2 Oystercatcher
20+ Meadow Pipit
2 Skylark
31 Goosander
3 GCGrebe
5 Canada Goose
2 Little Owl
2 Pheasant

Dave

-- Edited by David Winnard on Friday 10th of April 2009 07:35:56 PM

Midday

1 Little Owl
4 Curlew
4 Great Crested Grebe
2 Goosander
12 Reed Bunting

Dave

7/4/09 18.00-19.00
Very cold and Windy

3 Curlew
2 Canada
2 Gt Crested Grebes
3 Lapwing
6 M Pipits
3 Pied Wags
1 LBB Gull
3 BH Gulls

Pete

6/4/09 18.30-19.15

6 Canada
2 Oystercatchers
1 Tufted (male)
2 Gt Crested Grebes
2 Mallard
6 Pied Wags
10+ Meadow pipits
1 Magpie
6 Lesser BB Gulls


Pete

5/4/09 16:00 - 18:40
G C Grebe 4 (2 + 2)
Tufted 3 (2m + f)
Stonechat 2 (MF)
Pied wagtail 6
Dipper (valley)
Kestrel F
Oyks 2
Pheasant (calling from valley)

Where are the Wheatears?

5/4/09 16.00-17.30
2 tufted ducks
4 Mallard
3 Gt Cr Grebe
2 Oysters
4 Canadas
7 oosander
4 Pied wags
20+ Meadow pipits
2 Reed Bunting
12 Lapwing
7 LBB gulls
2 Common Gull
4 BH Gull

Pete

3 Oystercatcher on here at midday

Dave

Sadly, due to some inexplicable boundary "kink", Deeply Vale is in Rossendale.

lovely evening

1 Buzzard being mobbed by Pied Wags and crows
10+ Pied Wag
17 Curlew
15 Goosander
4 Mallard
4 Canada Goose
10 Meadow Pipit (NW)
2 Skylark
18 Lapwing

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Dave

29/3/09 - 14.30-15.00

Had a long walk in Deeply Vale and finished off along the side of Ashworth Moor Res.
2 Northern Wheatear - first for me this year
1 Linnet
3 Gt Crested Grebes
2 Canada Geese
6 Meadow Pipits
4 Pied Wags
30+ Lapwing
1 Sparrowhawk
1 Kestrel
10 Goosander
3 Carrion crows

Pete

-- Edited by Pete Stevens on Sunday 29th of March 2009 02:20:08 PM

17:30 - 18:00

3 Great Crested Grebe
8 BH Gull
4 Mallard
4 Canada Goose
24 Lapwing
4 Goosander

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Dave

17:00 - 18:00

13 Curlew
3 Great Crested Grebe
6 Mallard
17 Meadow Pipit (W)
14 Lapwing
1 Pied Wagtail

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Dave

12:00 - 12:30

3 Great Crested Grebe
1 Pheasant
18 Canada Goose
10 Gosander (7 males)
2 Mallard
3 Pied Wagtail
4 Reed bunting

see what turns up there this eve

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Dave

17:30-18:30

12 Curlew
1 Oystercathcer
Meadow Pipit - 31 W, 3 NW, 6 Blogging
1 male Goldeneye
19 Goosander (7 male)
4 Mallard (2 pairs)
4 Reed Bunting
2 Kestrel
2 Carrion Crow
1 Grey Heron
1 BH Gull
3 Pied Wagtail
1 Wren

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Dave

13:45 - 14:30

1 male Goldeneye
1 Great Crested Grebe
3 Goosander
4 Meadow Pipit NW
5 Pied Wagtail
32 Lapwing
3 Common Gull
1 GBBGull

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Dave

17:00 - 18:30

11 Curlew
11 Mallard
8 Goosander
1 fem Sparrowhawk
4 Meadow Pipit
3 Pied Wagtail
30 Lapwing
4 Canada Goose
4 Pheasant
1 Moorhern - to south of res
6 Skylark

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Dave

12:00-12:45

3 Meadow Pipit
6 Skylark
32 Lapwing
1 Curlew
5 Mallard
4 Canada Goose
1 BH Gull
3 Reed Bunting
1 Pied Wagtail

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Dave

Mon 9/3 12:30 - 13:15
Very strong blustery SW wind
G C Grebe 1 }
Curlew 2 on bump } braving the elements
Lapwing 1 feeding in Bird in'th fields (E of Res)
Mallard 3 pairs on Buckhurst Lodge

Sat 7/3 17:00 - 18:15
G C Grebe 1
Goosander 5 M + 21 F
Tufted pair
Shelduck 1 M }
Curlew 5 } roosting on southern embankment 'bump'
Lapwing 30 }

(Moorhen 1 H south/valley !!!??? - from blog 1 on small run off stream to south of wall)

A Shelduck was on at 13:30

1 Great Crested Grebe
4 Mallard

Dave

Bit more exciting this eve

MOORHEN!!! A first for me at AMR in a small stream on the southern side of the res.

6 Curlew
1 Oystercatcher
18 Goosander
3 Mallard
1 Great Crested Grebe
2 Pheasant
2 Pied Wagtail
1 Linnet

also a new species of plant for amr - more on the wildlife forum

Dave

11:15 - 12:00

2 Curlew
1 Oystercatcher
12 Lapwing
1 Great Crested Grebe
2 Mallard
2 Goosander

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Dave

2 oystercatchers present this evening but only 8 Goosander.

1 Great Crested Grebe and 12 Lapwing

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Dave

Very little about this afternoon.
8 goosander
1 Gt crested Grebe.
It was cold and started to snow so I didn't hang about
Pete

Sun 1/3 15:30 - 18:30
G C Grebe 1
C Goose 2
Mallard 2 M + 1 F
Goosander 11 M + 14 F (as I left in the gloom)
Lapwing 71 (on stone pile down from layby opp Owd Betts
Kestrel 1 M + 1 imm M
Stonechat 1 M (gully opp barn conversion across Edenfield Road)
Goldfinch 1
Greenfinch c 3 (firs behind Owd Betts)

A male Sparrowhawk flew in front of the car on the way home on Ashworth Road

Dave

Windy this afternoon at 4.30-5.30pm
Dave arrived a few minutes after me and missed a Curlew
Not much else about
15 Goosander
4 Mallard
1 Gt Crested Grebe
2 Pheasants
1 Kestrel
50+ Lapwing

Pete

Midday

6 singing Skylark
1 Great Crested Grebe
200+ Starling
70+ Lapwing
4 Goosander

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Dave

Much the same

13:30

4 Goosander
76 Lapwing
1 Pied Wagtail
1 Wren
2 Mallard
1 Canada Goose

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Dave

Very windy

14:15

16 Goosander
76 Lapwing
2 Rook
8 Carrion Crow
6 Starling

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13:00

2 Wren
2 Pheasant
76 Lapwing
14 Goosander
4 Mallard
1 Starling
1 Meadow Pipit
20+ Carrion Crow
1 Magpie
4 Canada Goose

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Dave

15:00

1st Oystercatcher of the year returns, sat out on the spit
70+ Lapwing
9 Goosander
1 Kestrel
2 Mallard
2 Canada Goose

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Dave

Sun evening 16:15 - 17:30 Strong Westerly wind subsided towards dusk
Goosander 5 male & 7 females getting very frisky
Lapwing 70+ (being disturbed by up to 6 Carrion Crows)
Dipper on Cheesden brook below reservoir run off
Short eared Owl hunting inside walled southern boundary. Caught a large dark prey item (Rate??)
Fieldfares 20+ with c. 40 Straings in fields to west on other side of Deepley / Cheesden Valley.

So so windy!

Goosanders seemed to be going to roost at Greenbooth.

60+ Lapwing at 15:00

thats it

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Fri 20/2 lunch time 13:00 - 13:45
Canada Goose 2 honking (Territory?)
MAllard 2 pairs
Goosander 2 fems
Lapwing 70+
Skylark 1 (sub-song) plus singles high overhead calling going North

There was a short-eared owl hunting on the 18th at 17:15 on Ashworth Moor - in glorious light.

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Cheers

Dave

-- Edited by David Winnard at 01:35, 2009-02-20

4 till 5.30pm. no short-eared owls, plenty of goosander on the water, very little else.

1 Cormorant flying over - a good sighting here.
43 Goosander
6 Mallard
1 Great Crested Grebe
80 BHGull
20 Common Gull
1 Kestrel

heard Little Owl and Meadow Pipit

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Dave

This evening;

2 Short-eared Owl hunting around the reservoir - one showed very well - even got some shots with my little compact!

Green Woodpecker flying over into Deeply Vale
6 Rook on the Eastern side
71 Lapwing
26 Herring Gull - quick visit before departing
1 GBBGull
2 LBBGull
80 BHGull
20 Common Gull
2 Kestrel
2 Wren

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Dave

Also today;

1 Great Crested Grebe
17 Goosander
2 Herring Gull
1 LBBGull
2 Mallard
30 Lapwing

a Short-eared Owl on the moor as i was driving back from blackpool yesterday.

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Dave

Three Snow Buntings flew off towards Ashworth Moor at approx 1pm today, but not relocated since

Info thanks to David Winnard

This lunch time 12:15 - 13:45
C Gull 8
Bhd Gull 20
G C Grebe 1
Goosander 1 m + 2 F
Kestrel 1 m

Short eared Owl on post by Barn conversion then flew across res just past me and then 20 mins quartering below embankment in winter sunshine views down to 30 m - superb

Ravens can be seen all around the res, no particular place just keep eyes peeled.

Good to know the SEO is still around.

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Dave