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Highlights from this morning at Scout Road:

675 Meadow Pipit S

133 Redwing SW in 12 small flocks

89 Chaffinch, 49 Greenfinch, 167 Linnet, 173 Goldfinch, 91 Lesser Redpoll, 29 Siskin and 3 Crossbill south

2 Tree Sparrow S

118 Swallow and 63 House Martin S

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This mornings's highlights from Scout Rod included:

845 Pink-footed Geese ESE in 9 skeins and 39 NW

Merlin perched in conifers at Gale Brook

Hobby S

Grey Plover NW

3 Redwing S

26 Swallow and 2 House Martin N

2 Brambling S

52 Lesser Redpoll S

4 Crossbill S

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This morning's highlights included:

 

 

546 Pink-footed Geese, with 300 SE in 7 skeins, 242 E in 3 skeins and 4 NW with 3 Greylags

206 Meadow Pipit S

5 House Martin and 6 Swallow S

11 Redwing SW

 

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This morning's highlights included:

1732 Pink-footed Goose with 1554 SE in 16 skeins, 27 NW in 1 skein and 151 E in 2 skeins

3 Hen Harrier; 2 ringtails and 1 adult male

1 Merlin S

23 House Martin and 35 Swallow S

1 Wheatear

103 Redwing in 7 mainly NW apart from the largest flock of 42 SW

115 Siskin S

178 Linnet

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Yesterday morning's highlights included:

8 Redwing in flocks of 5 and 3

218 Pink-footed Geese in 3 skeins NW, 77 ESE in 2 skeins and 60 SW in 1 skein

20 House Martin and 6 Swallow S

 

This morning's highlights included:

1802 Pink-footed Geese with 1633 SE in 23 skeins, 89 E in 3 skeins and 80 NW in 1 skein

3 ringtail Hen Harriers

1 immature female Marsh Harrier

2 Merlins

16 Golden Plover SW

99 House Martin and 90 Swallow S

79 Linner S

14 Siskin S

1 Wheatear

10 Redwing SW in 3 flocks

 

Info thanks to Andy Makin

 



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13.00-16.30

Georges Lane : 9 Swallows (Flying NW), 7 Stonechats, 1f Kestrel and 4 Ravens.

Burnt Edge area : 4 Linnets, 1 Red Grouse, a charm of 120+ Goldfinches, 1 Stonechat and 3 Kestrels.

One of the Kestrels, a female, was seen to make an attack on the Goldfinches, but not seen to catch one.

Meadow Pipits were seen in small groups throughout.

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Highlights from yesterday morning:

379 Pink-footed Geese SE in 8 skeins and 58 NW in a single skein

23 Swallow and 24 House Martin S

112 Meadow Pipit S

114 Linnet S

Info thanks to Andy Makin

 



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Today's highlights, spanning pretty much the whole day, included:

Red Kite over Scout Road at 3:30pm, headed off S/SE

239 Pink-footed Geese in four skeins SE

24 Buzzard S

721 Swallow and 68 House Martin S

224 Meadow Pipit S

15 Wheatear

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Yesterday morning to mid-afternoon:

800+ Pink-footed Geese heading east in 5 skeins

38 Stonechat around the whole moors

5 Wheatear

Whinchat

638 Swallow and 52 House Martin south

 

This morning:

 

95+ Pink-footed Geese SE

496 Meadow Pipit S

394 Swallow S

14 Siskin S

 

Info thank to Andy Makin

 

 



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10.30-15.30

Georges Lane : 11 Stonechats, a flock of 7 Snipe flew South past the kennels, 2 Ravens,

2 Kestrels and a charm of around 80 Goldfinches.

Burnt Edge area: 1 Spotted Flycatcher, 4 Chiffchaffs, 2 Ravens, 4 Linnets, 1 Buzzard, 4 Kestrels,

3 Reed Buntings, 1 Sparrowhawk and a charm of 30+ Goldfinches. Small groups of Meadow Pipits seen throughout.

Red Grouse heard calling near the plantation on top of Burnt Edge.

The flycatcher was seen carrying out numerous aerial sorties from the rowan on Burnt Edge bank, near overhead power line.

4 Chiffchaffs used the same tree to carry out a few aerial sorties too, but nowhere near as frequently as the flycatcher.

12+ Stonechats frequented the area too, but when I last looked for the flycatcher a male Sparrowhawk was sat at the very spot

where the little migrant had last been seen. I'm sure I glimpsed the flycatcher escaping and heading towards Holdens Farm.

The hawk did not appear to catch anything, he just sat in the rowan for several minutes being boldly mobbed by a Chiffchaff.




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Osprey headed SW from Belmont towards the mast on Winter Hill at 1pm

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This morning, 70 Pink-footed Geese flew SE and a further 19 directly E. Also present were 35 swallow S, 1 Wheatear, 19 Chiffchaff and a Spotted Flycatcher by Holdens Plantation.

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Late news for yesterday morning:

2648 Pink-footed Geese in 38 skeins moved SE

330 Swallow and 140 House Martin

1-2 Merlin chasing the hirundines

1 Wheatear 

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Hole Bottom 1600 - 16:35 overhead: two yellow wagtails, 4 kestrels, 84 pink-footed geese. Winter Hill 16:35 - 16:55 overhead: single house martin, 76 pink-footed geese. Hole Bottom to Burnt Edge 17:00 - 17:25, single snipe, six swallows, 50+ goldfinches. Burnt Edge: spotted flycatcher in small walled plantation.

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Today's highlights this morning from Scout Road included:

2479 Pink-footed Geese in 32 skeins SE and 38 in one skein NW

Osprey south at 08:45

247 Swallow and 130 House Martin S

1 Wheatear

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Today's highlights 07:30 - 13:00

1657 Pink-footed Geese SE in 15 skeins and 65 NW in 1skein

2 Merlin hunting pipits

189 Swallow and 507 House Martin S

219 Meadow Pipit S

1 Spotted Flycatcher briefly at Scout Road then flew off south

320 Goldfinch in two flocks of 120 on Smithills Moor and 200+ at Walker Fold

5 Wheatear 

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Today’s moors highlights 07:20 - 09:30 included:

120 Pink-footed Geese E at 07:20

125 Swallow and 154 House Martin S

11 Wheatear

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Late news from yesterday's bumper migration day, with observation made from 07:30am to 4:30pm.

56 Buzzard S, some extremely high

1 Merlin SW

4 Sparrowhawk S

16 raven N in several high flocks

13 Wheatear

242 Meadow Pipit SE

1 Yellow Wagtail S

5766 Swallow S

15282 House Martin S

2 Sand Martin S

3 Spotted Flycatcher in pines above Walker Fold

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Couple of hours mid afternoon - Georges Lane & Higher Meadows

Jay x 2,  Cronking Raven x 2,  Kestrel,  Goldcrest x 5,  Willow Warbler x 2,  Stonechat x 5,  Goldfinch  -  Unusually quiet. 



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Dark morph Honey Buzzard, probably a bird seen near here a couple of days ago, again over Charters Moss just over the border in Lancashire at around 9:30 this morning. Then seen again later in the morning circling high over the same area being mobbed by a Buzzard. Also 6 Common Buzzards.

Also two separate Ospreys though south.

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An Osprey drifted slowly south from Belmont, past the mast low over the moor and then out quite high over Lomax Wifes Plantation at 3.50pm today, also c2500 Swallow and 135 Sand Martin south in 3 hours. With Phil Rhodes and Partly Dave Broome.

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News for yesterday:

7 Wheatear

Hobby hunting craneflys over Smithills Moor

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Late news for yesterday:

On the top of Winter Hill, a Grasshopper Warbler, Merlin, 12 Wheatear and 1 Whinchat.

On the lower slopes, 4 Whinchat, 1 Tree Pipit, male Redstart, 3 Spotted Flycatcher, 9 Chiffchaff and 1 Willow Warbler.

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This morning around the Burnt Edge circuit , 38 Chiffchaff, 3 Willow Warbler, 2 Spotted Flycatcher, a single Tree Pipit and 5 Whinchat. On Winter Hill, 12 Wheatear and a brief Merlin.  

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Late news for yesterday included highlights of:

42 Wheatear

5 Whinchat

A Merlin which caught a Wheatear along Mast Road

12 Spotted Flycatcher in the pines above Walker Fold 

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2pm to 5pm - Walker Fold incl. Brownstones Quarry, Gilligants Farm, Roscow's Wood, then a brief visit to Walker Fold Car Park area.

Brownstones Quarry - Female Sparrowhawk flushed & about 50 Swallows mobbing a Kestrel overhead.

Gilligants Farm area - M & F Pheasant, Goldfinch, Linnet, Common Whitethroat, Tree Pipit calling, Juvenile Stonechat.

Roscow's Wood - 2 Buzzards & about 20 Mistle Thrush mainly juvenile in nearby field.

Walker Fold Car Park area - Kestrel hunting very low down just to the rear of the car park with 2 juveniles chasing each other nearby.

Also 2 Spotted Flycatchers in the copse 100 yds to the north of the car park & 3 Juvenile Stonechat on a nearby wall.

 



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Typical big clearcut overnight. Today's highlights included:

1 Spotted Flycatcher in the mast compounds on Winter Hill

8 Chiffchaff

41 Wheatear

7 Whinchat

11 Raven together

Single Grey Partridge

194 Goldfinch in two flocks around the Burnt Edge/Holdens 

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Todays highlights for large area of moors lower slopes:

52 Spotted Flycatchers, including groups of 14, 10 and 8 together in the Walker Fold Pines, Brownstones Quarry and Wilderswood clearing respectively.

2 Redstart

2 Whinchat

20 Willow Warbler

46 Chiffchaff

9 Wheatear 

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Originally posted today by Bob and Joyce Calder:

Circular walk from main car park >  Sugar Loaf Plantation, > Burnt Edge, >  Holdens, Sugar Loaf Plantation, > car park, 8.30 to 10.45. Weather warm, increasingly sunny and very little breeze.

 

Sugar Loaf Plantation, bottom corner of Burnt Edge. Pied Flycatcher (1), Spotted Flycatcher (min 5), Willow Warbler (min 4), Blackcap (1), Common Whitethroat (2), Stonechat (min 6), Wren, Blackbird, Robin, Reed Bunting, Bullfinch (1 f, 1 juv).

Along Burnt Edge, lower path. Swallow (min 40), Stonechat (min 6), Whinchat (2/3), Goldfinch (min 6).

 

Holdens area, generally quiet but birds seen in singular and small numbers included:-

House Sparrow, Meadow Pipit, Linnet, Goldfinch, Pied Wagtail.

 

Also seen in the general area 3 Ravens and 1 Kestrel.



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Red Kite circling over Rivington Barn heading toward Wintwr Hill @ 12:10

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Other highlights from yesterday included:

14 Raven

37 Spotted Flycatchers across the whole area

1 Pied Flycatcher at Sugar Loaf Plantation

11 Tree Pipit

5 Redstart

36 Wheatear

6 Whinchat

30 Chiffchaff

35 Willow Warbler

7 Whitethroat

5 Blackcap

650 House Martin and 1950 Swallow south

10 Swift 

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Osprey south at height over Coal Pit Lane at 16:30 

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This morning around Higher Meadows:

5 Redstart

8 Spotted Flycatcher

4 Whinchat

13 Willow Warbler

Red-legged Partridge

3 Tree Pipit

2 Wheatear

1 Whitethroat

On Winter Hill within Greater Manchester:

2 Redstart

1 Whitethroat

140 Meadow Pipit

18 Wheatear

9 Swift south

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A busy day on the moors today...

Pied Flycatcher on the top on Winter Hill actually just within Lancashire

18 Spotted Flycatchers and 7 Redstarts across the site

106 Willow Warblers included 48 on the top of Winter Hill, along with 6 Whitethroat

12 Whinchat

Juvenile Cuckoo at Heather Hall

36 Wheatear i

47 Swift south and 250 Swallow 

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This afternoon on Winter Hill with Greater Manchester:

1 juvenile Cuckoo (photo on the website galleries)

1000 Swallow, 200 House Martin and 25 Swift south

13 Raven

200+ Meadow Pipit down

2 Whinchat and 2 Wheatear in the pony field at the bottom of Mast Road

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Late news for yesterday:

3 Spotted Flycatchers in the pines above Walker Fold

Whinchat with 14 Stonechat in Burnt Edge

14 Willow Warbler and 3 Chiffchaff in Sugar Loaf Plantation

Georges Lane held a feeding flock in the dell including 2+ Spotted Flycatcher, Tree Pipit, Nuthatch, 7 Chiffchaff, 23 Willow Warbler and 10 Coal Tit 

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Circuit this morning from Walker Fold Car Park up to Winter Hill back down via Coal Pit Rd

First time from Walker Fold for me so locations might be a bit off

2 x Spotted Flycatcher + single Tree Pipit + willow warbler in the pines above Walker Fold - great start
Kestrels out hunting in more than 1 place

2 x Wheatear (m), single tree pipit plus pied wagtails and meadow pipits at the mast compound

Chiffchaff still in song below Coal Pit Rd

Enjoyable 3 hours or so

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This morning 2 Tree Pipit in the pines above Walker Fold, 2 Spotted Flycatcher at Holdens and 4 at Higher Meadows, 3 Whinchat at Higher Meadows and 2 on Winter Hill just within Lancs. 52 Wheatear and 41 Willow Warbler across the site.

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This morning on the Burnt Edge/Holdens circuit:

3 Tree Pipit

4 Spotted Flycatcher in the pines above Walker Fold

Redstart at Holdens

Juvenile Cuckoo at Adams Hill

47 Willow Warbler

6 Whitethroat

2 Tree Sparrow

400 House Martin flock

6 Swift

7 Wheatear

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Yesterday morning:

30 Spotted Flycatchers across the moors which included 18 together in th small pines above Walker Fold

8 Tree Pipit

1 Whinchat at Burnt Edge

57 Willow Warbler

20 Wheatear

1 Merlin through

13 Swift

500+ House Martin feeding on emerging flying Ants

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A quick look around Burnt Edge this evening produced at least 4 Spotted Flycatchers, multiple Stonechat, Snipe, Raven, Sparrowhawk and what I think were 2 Tree Pipits in one of the small pine plantations.

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Today's highlights included:

 

Female Redstart at Holdens Farm along with a Garden Warbler

60 Willow warbler on the Holdens/Burnt Edge circuit

1 Whinchat at the top of Mast Rd

15 Wheatear on the tops

2 Tree Pipit by Newfields and 4 in the pines above Walker Fold

Pied Flycatcher also around the pines above Walker Fold

Juvenile Black Redstart around the rocket mast and pool area within Lancashire on the top of Winter Hill

350 House Martin, 300 Swallow, 150 Swift and 20+ Sand Martin 

 

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6 or 7 Red Grouse at the end of Burnt Edge Lane near the corner plantation 



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Andy Makin had 40 Willow Warblers on the Burnt Edge/Holdens circuit this morning.



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Highlights from Walker Fold, the east side of Burnt Edge/Sugar Loaf to along Coal Pit Lane this morning included a ringtail Hen Harrier hunting Smithills Moor (probably the same juvenile Andy Makin had on the 1st), 2 Spotted Flycatchers (one juvenile/1st winter north end of Walker Fold Woods and one Green Nook Farm), 4 Chiffchaff, 22 Willow Warbler, the large flock of Goldfinch (250+ with 14 Greenfinch amongst them) still around Walker Fold, 9 Lesser Redpoll around Brownstones Quarry with a further 2 or 3 around Holdens Farm and a Grasshopper Warbler still reeling at the bottom of Burnt Edge. 



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This morning the trees at the bottom of Burnt Edge and Sugar Loaf Plantation area held a Pied Flycatcher, Spotted Flycatcher, juvenile Redstart, a Tree Pipit, 33 Willow Warbler and 26 mainly juvenile Stonechat.

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Highlights of this morning around Walker Fold and Burnt Edge:

3 reeling Grasshopper Warblers (1 Walker Fold, 2 Burnt Edge)

23 Willow Warbler

1 Siskin Walker Fold

2 Lesser Redpoll

1 Raven

7 Kestrel hunting Burnt Edge



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20th July 2022 - 1.30pm to 4pm - Matchmoor Lane & Burnt Edge/Holden's Farm circuit.

2 Kestrel hunting over Matchmoor Lane with a further one over Holden's Farm.

About 40 juvenile Mistle Thrush scurrying through what's left of the pine plantation on Burnt Edge Lane - the same birds later seen in trees to the rear of Holden's Farm.

Good numbers of Juvenile Stonechat & Meadow Pipit also along Burnt Edge Lane.

Holden's Farm area - Plenty of Goldfinch, a few Linnet, Swallows & singles of Grey Wagtail, Willow Warbler & male Pheasant.



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10.30-14.30

Georges Lane (Wilderswood-Lancs border) : 1m Lesser Redpoll, 2 Lapwings, 2 Stonechats, 2 Grey Wagtails and a

family of 5 Willow Warblers.

Burnt Edge area : : 2 Kestrels, 4 Ravens, 1 Lesser Redpoll, 4 Linnets and 4 Stonechats.




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10.30-14.30

Georges Lane (Wilderswood-Lancs border) :

1 Green Woodpecker, a family of 4 Stonechats, 1 pair of Common Whitethroats, 3 Ravens, 1 Oystercatcher and 4 Lapwings.

Burnt Edge area :

2 Skylarks, 1m Kestrel, a pair of Willow Warblers (1 carrying small green caterpillars), 8 Linnets, 5 Stonechats and 1 Lesser Redpoll.

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