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Highlights of today's sightings from the moors included:

 

10,414 Meadow Pipit moving over south 

2 Hen Harriers through

2 single Merlins following pipits south

5 skeins of Pink-footed Geese over NW totalling 192 and a further skein of 64 east

70 House Martin and 941 Swallow south

17 Siskin and 126 Linnet south

8 Wheatear

Young male Black Redstart around the rocket mast on Winter Hill 

 

Info thanks to Andy Makin, Phil Rhodes, Dan Brown and Dave Sherington



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This morning's visible migration highlights from Scout Road included:

 

13  Pink-footed Geese SE

2 Goosander SW

1 adult Hobby south

58 Swallow 58 and 8 House Martin south

7376 Meadow Pipit moving through south between 7am and 12:15pm

1 Yellowhammer south

45 Siskin, 66 Linnet, 88 Goldfinch south

 

Info thanks to Andy Makin



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Today's highlights included 726 Meadow Pipit over south, 86 Swallow and 6 House Martin south.

 

Info thanks to Andy Makin



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Highlights of late morning to early afternoon today:

 

139 Swallow, 26 House and 2 Sand Martin through

3 Hobby though in singles (2 immature and 1 adult)

 

Late news for yesterday morning when a single Whinchat was in the pony fields off Mast Road

 

Info thanks to Andy Makin



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Osprey SW over Two Lads Hill at 5:15pm today

 

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Highlights from today included just 340 Meadow Pipit through but also a male Merlin though south and 5 Wheatear.

Info thanks to Andy Makin



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This morning's totals over the moors:

 

Osprey WSW at 11:33

2 single Golden Plover over

7 Snipe south

Little Owl flying 300 ft above the moor which continued direct SW being mobbed by pipits

1 Green Woodpecker high NE over Horrocks Moor

1135 Meadow Pipit passing through from 7am to midday

 2 wheatear down by Scout Road 

 

Info thanks to Andy Makin 



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Today’s visible migration sightings:

A total of 1073 Meadow Pipit over from 7am to 12:30pm

2 single Merlin

An adult Hobby which caught a Meadow Pipit over Horrocks Moor and ate it on the ground

2 Tree pipit east

1 Little Ringed Plover over east calling 

Info thanks to Andy Makin



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09.30-15.00

Georges Lane : 1 Peregrine, 2 Ravens, 1 Stonechat, 2 Kestrels and 7 Swallows.

A Raven was flying alongside the Peregine and both appeared to tolerate the other, until a Magpie joined them.

The Magpie mobbed the Raven relentlessly, forcing it to flee towards Wilderswood, where it was joined by one of it's own kind.

The Magpie then gave up the chase, but it seemed to just ignore the Peregrine, which circled then drifted off towards Rivington.

4 Coal Tits were in the plantation by the Lancs border, but no small migrants were found there.

Burnt Edge : 2 Stonechats and 1 Whinchat were on the Western side of the powerlines.

However, at the Walker Fold end of the bank a roaming mixed flock contained 4 Stonechats, 2 Whinchats, 2 Spotted Flycatchers,

1 Wheatear, 1 Lesser Whitethroat and a Chiffchaff. Amongst them there was also a Meadow Pipit, one of 16 seen along the bank.

Walker Fold : 4 Goldcrests (Amongst a large flock of small birds, mainly Coal Tits, moving through the conifers), 1 Bullfinch

and 1 Kestrel. Holden's Farm : 2 Linnets and 2 Meadow Pipits. A flock of 9 Swallows flew over heading West.





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Highlights today:

 

3 Spotted Flycatcher in willows below Burnt Edge and another 4 at Roscoes Tenement Clough

1 Whinchat Burnt Edge

1 Tree pipit Green Nook

1 Merlin SW

1 Whitethroat

3 Chiffchaff

296 Swallow south

 8 Wheatear

 

Info thanks to Andy Makin and Ken Haydock



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Around the top if Winter Hlll late morning today:

 

31 Wheatear

3 Whinchat

3 Merlin, two male and female/immature type south

260 grounded Meadow Pipit in the rain

 

Info thanks to Andy Makin



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Walk around Burnt Edge this morning in light rain, sightings included

2 Chiffchaff

1 Willow Warbler

1 Whinchat

1 Spotted flycatcher

Several Stonechat

1 Whitethroat

2 Reed Bunting

1 Sparrowhawk flushing a flock of mixed finches

Lots of Meadow Pipits



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Sightings from this morning:

 

1st year male type Black Redstart around the mast buildings in Lancs; also still present early evening

16 Wheatear

2 Pied Flycatcher on the fence in the sheep field below the pike in Lancs first thing this morning

 

 

Late news for yesterday included:

 

3 Tree Pipits south

25 Wheatear

1 Whinchat

4 Spotted Flycatcher  

11 Swift

277 Swallow

130 House Martin

 

 

Info thanks to Andy Makin, Dan Brown and Andy Pinches



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This morning's highlights:

 

4 Shelduck west (two adults and two immature type)

1 Sand Martin, 182 House Martin, 255 Swallow over

1 Grey Wagtail, 48 Meadow Pipit, 19 Linnet, 3 Siskin and 34 Goldfinch over

 

Info thanks to Andy Makin



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Sightings from today included:

 

2 Wheatear

3 Tree Pipit over

A Spotted Flycatcher

1 female/immature Merlin

1 Whinchat at Burnt Edge

 

Info thanks to Andy Makin 



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Additional late sightings for yesterday morning at Burnt Edge:

7 Spotted Flycatcher

6 Stonechats

3 Whinchats

1 Whitethroat

4 Willow Warbler and 1 Chiffchaff

Info thanks to Ken Haydock and Jill Mills



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This evening's sightings included:

 

6 Spotted Flycatcher at Higher Meadows

21 Wheatear

1 Black Redstart at the top of Mast Road on top of Winter Hill

1 Grasshopper Warbler flushed from the satellite compound behind main building (in Lancashire) 

 

Info thanks to Dan Brown



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Highlights today between myself and Andy Makin:

 

2 Whinchat at Holden's Farm, plus 1 whitethroat and 4 willow warbler. A further 6 Willow Warbler at Higher Meadows.

14 Wheatear

1 Redstart at Higher Meadows 

1 Tree Pipit at Wilderswood

3 Raven



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Highlights from this morning on the moors:

 

4 Common Scoter (three males and a female) over S/SW viewed from Scout Road at 8:40am

320 House Martin, 49 Swallow and a Swift over

2 Whinchat at Burnt Edge

10 Wheatear 

 

Info thanks to Andy Makin



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Highlights from the moors today include:

2 Whinchat at Burnt Edge and a single Spotted Flycatcher

2 Tree Pipits at Holden's Farm

Info thanks to Andy Makin



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Today’s highlights:

Immature Kittiwake SW past Scout Road at 09:35

1 Whinchat at Burnt Edge

4 Wheatear

Hobby

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This morning's highlights:

 

Merlin south 

Hobby over Walker Fold Road 

1 Tree Pipit south and 2 down at Holden's Farm 

2 Spotted Flycatcher 

Willow Tit, 22 Willow Warbler and 3 Whitethroat at Holden's Farm 

 

Info thanks to Andy Makin

 



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This morning in the Burnt Edge area:

 

Willow Tit

Spotted Flycatcher

4 Tree Pipit

2 Whinchat

24 Willow Warbler

1 Chiffchaff

 

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This morning highlights at Burnt Edge:

5 Tree Pipit down and 2 more over SE

3 Whinchat

20 Willow Warbler

Also 3 Wheatear along Mast Road

Info thanks to Andy Makin



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Today's sightings from the moors, mid-morning to early afternoon;

23 Tree Pipit in total spread across the moors including grounded flocks of 10 and 7 and a few fly-overs

2 Pied Flycatcher (Junction of the path from Burnt Edge to Sugar Loaf Plantation)

2 Spotted Flycatcher

1 Whinchat

9 Stonechat

39 Willow Warbler

2 Whitethroat 

4 Wheatear (Mast Road)

Info thanks to Andy Makin

 



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Sunday morning

 

9.30 to 12.15, initially low cloud, and poor visibility all morning necessitating constant adjustment to our binoculars.

Most birds seen around Burnt Edge, area near telegraph wires mainly:-

Tree Pipits, 2/3

Whinchats 2 possibly 3

Stonechats min 3

Pied Flycatcher, 1 fem

Goldfinch flock 30+

Reed Bunting appx 3

Willow Warblers appx 6

Swallows not counted but a few flying around

Mast Road, 1 Wheatear, 1 Chiffchaff, abt 6 Pied Wagtails and 3/4 Kestrels

Otherwise a few Willow Warblers about and a few Swallows over the moors.



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Combined sightings this afternoon between myself, Simon Johnson, Dave Broome and Dan Brown up to 4pm around Walker Fold Wood, Newfields and Burnt Edge;

1 Pied Flycatcher (photo taken by Dan Brown).
6+ Spotted Flycatcher
7 Tree Pipit perching up in small plantation near Burnt Edge Lane
3 Whinchat
5+ Stonechat
152+ House Martin
35 Swift


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Two Tree Pipits south over Scout Road today also, taking the day's site total to 10.

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Other birds today included:

2 more Tree Pipit at Holdens Farm

1 Whinchat at Burnt Edge

7 male Crossbill SE and a further 10 SW

Info thanks to Andy Makin

 

 



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Single Pied and 6 Spotted Flycatchers, 6 Tree Pipit and 20 Willow Warbler in willows below Burnt Edge this morning.

 

Info thanks to Andy Makin

 

 



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Totals from the moors this morning:

 

10 Black-tailed Godwit flew over SE

Single Whinchat, 6 Stonechat, 25 Willow Warbler, 2 Wheatear, Grasshopper Warbler, 3 Whitethroat, 6 Tree Pipit (4 'down'), 7 Spotted Flycatcher at Burnt Edge

 

Info thanks to Andy Makin



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This morning:

 

489 Swift

1 juvenile Whinchat, 1 male Crossbill, 2 Spotted Flycatcher and 3 Grasshopper Warbler in the Burnt Edge area

34 Willow Warbler

4 Whitethroat

1 Wheatear

280 Goldfinch in one flock along Matchmoor Lane

 

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This morning's sightings:

 

Burnt Edge:

 

Grasshopper Warbler

Tree Pipit

 

Scout Road Quarry:

 

2 Whinchat

8 juvenile Stonechat

3 Crossbill south

1 juvenile Redstart

 

1 juvenile Mediterranean Gull at Horrocks Fold

 

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Some sightings from today included:

1 Tree pipit

1 Spotted Flycatcher

3 Stonechat

5 Grasshopper Warbler Burnt edge

2 Crossbill 

21 Willow Warbler

2 Chiffchaff

10 Wheatear 

Info thanks to Andy Makin and Brian Fogg



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Late morning Walker Fold to Burnt Edge,

1 Tree Pipit
1 Hobby
1 Peregrine
4 Stonechat
no Whinchat

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Some sightings from the moors area today included:

180 Swift south

1 Crossbill and Siskin south

1 Wheatear

4 Whinchat 

15 Willow Warbler

Info thanks to Andy Makin

 



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Some sightings from this morning included 314 Swift south, 291 House Martin south,  3 juvenile Mediterranean Gull and 4 Wheatear.

 

Info thanks to Andy Makin



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Scout Road this morning included a young male Redstart by Scout Road Quarry, 6 Crossbill SE and 188 Swift south.

 

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 Over Scout Road this morning:

 

379 Swift

6 Sand Martin

315 House Martin

A Hobby chasing a martin

 

Also 2 juvenile Mediterranean Gull and 40 juvenile Black-headed Gull at Horrocks Fold and 250 mainly juvenile Rook in a field by Matchmoor Lane

 

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Birds from Scout Road this morning included:

 

240 House Martin  

308 Swift south

1 adult Mediterranean Gull  

7 Crossbill south

 

1 Willow Tit in The Dell off Georges Lane

 

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Some sightings from today:

1987 Swift south this morning from Scout Road

405 House Martin south

1 Crossbill at Gale Brook Plantation

1 Wheatear along Scout Road

3 juvenile Mediterranean Gull at Horrocks Fold

 

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Late news for yesterday:

5 Mediterranean Gulls at Horrocks Fold

3 juvenile Wheatear along Mast Road

Info thanks to Andy Makin

 

 



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This morning:

1087 Swift south over Scout Road

3 Raven high south

1 juvenile Mediterranean Gull at Horrocks Fold along with 60 juvenile Black-headed Gull

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1 Cuckoo yesterday

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This morning on moors:

 

232 Swift south

2 Golden Plover south

Green Woodpecker at Walker Fold

Juvenile Whinchat, Grasshopper Warbler, 3 juvenile Stonechat and 19 Willow Warbler among ferns half way up Burnt Edge

2 juvenile Mediterranean Gulls at Horrocks Fold 

 

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Some sightings from Horrocks Fold area today included:

 

2287 Swift moving S/SW from 06:45am until 13:30pm

19 Crossbill SW (In three flocks) and 2 NW

3 single Curlew W

8 Mediterranean Gull

 

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Horrocks Fold today:

 

4 Mediterranean Gulls (2 adult and 2 juveniles)

1 Siskin south

10 Crossbill south

1 Common Tern east

1 Oystercatcher

217 Swift SW

 

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Today at Horrocks Fold Farm:

 

8 Mediterranean Gulls (4 juveniles and 4 adults) with just 100 or so Black-headed Gulls. 

 

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24 Mediterranean Gulls present at Horrocks fold Farm this morning, with up to 600 Black-headed Gulls. 

 

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94 Swift south between 09:30-11:30 over Horrocks Fold this morning and 19 Mediterranean Gulls including 7 juveniles on the roof together with 2 first summers and 10 adults.

 

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