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42 species this morning along the north edge of Tandle Hill, mainly along Thornham Old Rd-Thornham Lane, included:
Adult Hobby chasing Swallows near the Tandle Hill Tavern
3 Tree Pipit dropped in to an Oak-Hazel copse below the stubble field with manure piles
2 Skylark in the stubble
1 Ring-necked Parakeet mobile around the east end of Thornham Old Road
3 Rook, two adults with a juvenile
1 Jay
2 Stock Dove feeding
1 Grey Wagtail
7 Chiffchaff, inc three feeding around the barns at Tandle Hill Farm
2 Willow Warbler
1 Whitethroat
2 Reed Bunting
80+ Swallow in two concentrations
6 House Martin among one of the Swallow flocks
92 Starling
29 House Sparrow feeding by Tandle Hill Farm
1 Buzzard
1 Kestrel
1 Sparrowhawk


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Originally posted today by Dave Philips:

Red Kite just flew over our house in Royton. Heading towards Crompton Moor.



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c20 Fieldfares over Crompton and Royton golf course

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Peregrine over Crompton and Royton golf course 4:10pm

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5 Teal on Three Gates Farm pool

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Singing Chiffchaff Royton Linear Park

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Singing Chiffchaff enjoying the sunshine in the ginnel trees on Shaw Road, Royton this morning

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Monday 19th September 2022

c100 hirundines on Hough Farm, mainly Swallows, also small numbers of House Martins and Sand Martins

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Hough Farm

c70 Swallows
1 Buzzard
5 Meadow Pipits
10 Pied Wagtail

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Hough Farm

30 Swallows
20 House Martins

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Thursday 2nd June 2022 Hough Farm

2 Oystercatcher
8 Lapwing
1 Buzzard
3 Swift
c20 House Martin
c10 Swallow 16th May 2022 Pair of Teal - Hough Farm

-- Edited by James Walsh on Friday 3rd of June 2022 08:31:17 AM

-- Edited by James Walsh on Friday 3rd of June 2022 08:31:38 AM

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Hough Farm

1 Oystercatcher
c10 Swift
c20 House Martin
c10 Swallow

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Friday 6th May 2022

Male Reed Bunting Hough Farm on the hedgerow on Hough Lane just west of the farm

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Singing Grasshopper Warbler in juncus field on Oozewood Road opposite the first Tandle Hill Country Park entrance

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Hough Farm

1 Swallow
1 Sand Martin
Singing male Linnet
Drake Teal
2 Lapwing


Three Gates Farm

1 Lapwing

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Raven NW/ over Higginshaw / Salmon Fields at 3:15pm calling and heading towards Royton

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Thornham Old Road

1 singing Skylark
1 Sand Martin
5 Lapwings


Hough Farm

1 Sand Martin
2 Oystercatchers
8 Lapwings

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3 Lapwings on Hough Farm

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Hough Farm

1 Little Grebe
3 Lapwing
3 Teal (2 drakes)


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A pair of Teal on Thornham Old Road ponds, also 5 Lapwings on fields along Thornham Old Road

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1 singing Chiffchaff - Tandle Hill Country Park

1 displaying Lapwing - Hough Farm

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1 singing Chiffchaff along the old railway line footpath between Royton and Salmon Fields

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30 Redwings on Hough Farm, also 1 Buzzard

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Tandle Hill Country Park

1 singing Chiffchaff
3 drumming Great Spotted Woodpeckers


Hough Farm

1 Little Grebe
8 Lapwings


Thornham Old Road

3 singing Skylark
2 Lapwings
10 singing male Chaffinches

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Salmon Fields

1 Nuthatch
1 Coot
6 Moorhen
4 Mallard
2 Canada Geese


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2 Oystercatchers and 2 Fieldfares on Hough Farm

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2 Oystercatchers and a big flock of Fieldfares, Redwings, Starlings and Mistle Thrushes on Hough Farm

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c30 Fieldfare, c100 Redwing and 2 Mistle Thrush showing well on the fields and trees on Hough Farm before a Sparrowhawk flushed the flock

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Wednesday 2nd February 2022 - World Wetlands Day

Hough Farm

4 Wigeon


Three Gates Farm

Drake Teal


Also 2 Snipe flew over Tandle Hill calling at 5:20pm

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27th December 2021

15 Pink-footed Geese in fields between Hough Farm and Tandle Hill

16 Teal on Three Lanes Farm

Information thanks to Richard Hart

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2 Lapwings on Hough Farm

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11 Siskin briefly in trees along the footpath between Shaw Road and Higginshaw Lane (near Salmon Fields road junction)

Also 2 Goldcrest in with a Long-tailed Tit flock

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1 Buzzard on Hough Farm

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Friday 30th July 2021

Hough Farm

1 adult Lapwing with 2 juveniles

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Sunday 11th July 2021

Hough Farm, Tandle Hill

c50 Swallows
c10 Sand Martins

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Hough Farm

1 singing Skylark
30 Lapwings

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Hough Farm

40 Lapwing
10 Swift
4 Oystercatcher


Three Gates Farm

1 singing Skylark

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1 Sand Martin and 10 Lapwings on Hough Farm

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Hough Farm

1 singing Skylark


Thursday 20th May

1 singing Skylark in fields around the Fair View Inn

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2 Lapwings on fields around the Fair View Inn

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Three Gates Farm

3 Oystercatchers

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Hough Farm

7 Linnets
1 Little Grebe
1 Lapwing
2 Swift
20 Sand Martin
2 House Martin
20 Swallow
1 Whitethroat
1 Reed Bunting


Three Gates Farm

1 Lapwing

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Hough Farm

1 Swift
30+ Swallows
2 Little Grebes
3 Lapwing


Three Gates Farm

1 Oystercatcher
1 Lapwing

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Hough Farm

1 singing male Whitethroat
2 Little Grebe
1 Lapwing
5 Sand Martin


Three Gates Farm

2 singing male Blackcap
1 Oystercatcher
2 Lapwing

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Three Gates Farm

2 Oystercatcher
2 Lapwing

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Hough Farm

Drake Shoveler
4 Lapwing
2 Little Grebe
30+ Sand Martin
10+ Swallow

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Thornham Old Road

4 Skylark, including 3 in song flight
2 Lapwing
10 Sand Martin
2 Reed Buntings


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Hough Farm Pool

2 Little Grebes


Three Gates Farm

1 Oystercatcher

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Hough Farm Pool

1 Little Ringed Plover
3 Lapwings
1 Little Grebe

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Three Gates Farm

Pair of Lapwings with 3 chicks


Hough Farm

2 Little Grebe
2 Lapwing
2 Buzzard
1 Sparrowhawk

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