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Late news for yesterday:

2047 Redwings SW

1 Fieldfare

132 Goldfinches S

7 Swallows together S

1 House Martin S

78 Pink-footed Geese NW 

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Highlights over the east slope of Winter Hill this morning:

1412 Redwings S in 59 small flocks

A couple of Fieldfares

Male Ring Ouzel

35 Lesser Redpolls S

88 Siskin

28 Bullfinches S

11 Crossbills S

35 Reed Buntings S 

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This morning's highlights from Scout Road:

1178 Siskins over south in many flocks, the largest of 250+

27 Crossbill S

107 Goldfinch S

66 Lesser Redpoll S

2 Brambling S

35 greenfinch S

682 Woodpigeons S

364 Redwing S

2 Fieldfare S

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This morning‘s highlights from Scout Road:

 

520 Pink-footed Geese in 3 skeins NW

2 Little Egret low S

2627 Woodpigeons  mainly SW

111 Meadow Pipits S

1 Swallow S

5 Bramblings S

288 Siskins S

4 Crossbills S

20 Reed Buntings S

34 Redwings S

 

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Today's highlights included:

55+ Whooper Swans SE

178 Pink-footed Geese in 3 skeins with 40+ S, 60+ SE and 78 NW

16 Greylag Geese in 2 skeins of 8 each

173 Siskins with some dropping into the huge cone crop at Gale Brook

19 Crossbills

27 Lesser Redpolls

105 Redwings N

10 Goosanders S 

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Today's totals from Scout Road:

30 Pink-footed Geese SE

1 Goosander S

1 ringtail Hen Harrier W

7 Jays S

105 Redwing W/NW

1 Golden Plover

303 Siskins S

104 Lesser Redpolls S

1 Swallow S

8 Reed Buntings S

 

Yesterday's totals:

949 Pink-footed Geese SE

27 Whooper Swans SE in two flocks of 23 and 4

74 Siskins S

30 Lesser Redpolls S

14 Greylag Geese NE

2 Swallows S

7 Jays S 

 

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Attached photo of said showy Black Redstart from one of the compounds from this morning. aww



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This morning from Scout Road:

2400 Pink-footed Geese in 17 skeins SE

29 Greylag Geese N

320+ Woodpigeons S

38 Redwings N

 

And on the top of the moor:

200+ Goldfinches high S over Dean Ditch

2 Wheatears

11 Stonechats together

A very showy Black Redstart 

Ringtail Hen Harrier S

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Yesterday morning from Scout Road:

46 Meadow Pipits S

25 Siskins S

39 Linnets S

1 House Sparrow low S

10 Long-tailed Tits with a single Blue Tit flew in high from the N and continued until lost to view half a mile to the south

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Late news for yesterday morning from Scout Road;

133 Siskins S in 14 small flocks

29 Crossbills SW in 3 flocks

6 Brambling S

192 Redwing W/SW in 15 flocks and 33 N/NW in 2 flocks

71 Swallows S

4 single Jays extremely high S

314 Meadow Pipits S

10 Goosander S

337 Woodpigeons SW 

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This morning:

140+ Pink-footed Geese west

680 Redwings, with 600 S/SW in 22 small flocks 80 extremely high north in 6 small flocks

3 full male Ring Ouzels S/SE from Scout Road and later an immature male type went high north with Redwings

1 Brambling low N

28 Siskins, 45 Goldfinches, 17 Linnets south

33 Swallows south

313 Meadow Pipits south

Male type Merlin chasing the odd pipit and deviating to a couple Swallows as it raced south

Birds down included an immature type Black Redstart around the mast building on Winter Hill

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This morning, 15 Common Scoters south over Winter Hill, 9 Redwings south with 8 & 1, 100+ Pink-footed Geese SE, 59 Siskins south, 2 immature type Crossbill briefly down then flew off south, 22 House Martins and 33  Swallows south.

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Yesterday morning from Scout Road a juvenile Hobby flew low SE and was quickly followed by a female type Marsh Harrier which came in from the north and continued SE at 08:10 

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Four Wigeon and 17 Crossbills SE were the highlights this morning.

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Yesterday's birds from Scout Road included:

716 Meadow Pipits south

A Water Rail flushed from around Dean Ditch by a Sparrowhawk dropped back into the peat bog on Smithies Moor

9 Pink-footed Geese SE which turned back NW in an attempt to avoid a wall of mist

18 Jays E/SE, including a single high flock of 11

4 Snipe N

6 Greylag Geese SW

10 Linnets S

6 Swallow S

A male Marsh Harrier low south over Dean Ditch

 

Also, on Tuesday, 920 Pink-footed Geese SE in 5 

 

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Highlights from Higher Meadows this morning included:

62 Pink-footed Geese in 4 skein E/SE and 45 birds in 2 skeins SW

2850 House Martins S

222 Swallows S

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Yesterday saw a phenomenal movement of hirundines over the moors and almost 11 hours of constant movement saw 17,700 House Martins and 2660 Swallows go through.

Other birds included:

2 Whooper Swan south before flying back north

10 skeins of Pink-footed Geese SE totalling 1740+ birds

80 Meadow Pipits S

4 Jays 4 high SE

16 Buzzards S

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This morning's highlights:

1410 Pink-footed Geese in 9 skeins ESE and 1 skein of 40 SW

88 Meadow Pipits S

41 Swallows S

Female type Merlin S  

1 Wheatear dropped into one of mast compounds on Winter Hill for five minutes before flying of south

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Highlights for yesterday morning from Scout Road:

2 Whooper Swans NW (which briefly landed on Belmont Reservoir and apparently later went to Anglezarke Reservoir)

4 skeins of Pink-footed Geese SE numbering 584 birds

1 Yellow Wagtail S

3 Grey Wagtails S

5 Jays 5 high E

1 Chiffchaff S

1041 House Martins, 735 Swallows and 9 Sand Martins S

582 Meadow Pipits S

10 Snipe N

14 Golden Plovers N

73 Linnets S

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This morning:

A distant Osprey circling north

200 Meadow Pipit S

2 Siskin S

2 skeins of Pink-footed Geese SE involving 30 birds

10 Buzzard

2 Sparrowhawk

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Yesterday morning included:

522 Pink-footed Geese over E/SE in 12 skeins

1 immature Marsh Harrier low close to Mast Road then flew off south

324 Meadow Pipits S

68 Swallows S, 50 N and 60 feeing over the moors

17 Linnet S

2 Wheatear

20 Crossbill NW in a single flock 

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Yesterday morning saw 6 skeins of Pink-footed Geese over SE totalling 300+ birds, 2 Greylag Geese east, 1 Merlin high SW, 202 Meadows Pipits south plus another 250 down on the top of the moors and 1 Golden Plover down on the moor.

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Sightings for yesterday included:

A Black Redstart showing well on the county border wall east of the mast

16 Wheatear along Dean Ditch, 6 in the horse fields off the bottom of Mast Road and 10 along the Mast Road wall up to the mast.

2 Whinchat along Dean Ditch, 1 along Coal Pit Lane and another in the horse field off Mast Road

120+ Meadow Pipits on Smithills Moor and a further 40+ over south

2 Snipe over south

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This morning 2 Tree Pipits south, 4 Wheatears and a Whinchat on a muck pile on Lower Matchmoor Lane, a further 4 Wheatears on Fleet Moor and just 3 Sand Martins east.

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Late news for 3rd September, Scout Road/Coal Pit Lane/Smithills Moor:

19 Tree Pipits south

49 Meadow Pipits south and 74 down on Smithills Moor

14 along Dean Ditch

1 Golden Plover overhead

1 Spotted Flycatcher in Roscoes Tenement Clough

30 Swallows and 10 House Martins south

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Around burnt edge:

1 Dunlin over, 3 Wheatear, 2 Stonechat, 4 Red Grouse (2 Juv), 2 Kestrel, 1 Buzzard, 6 Raven



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Late news for yesterday when 26 Wheatears were around the moors with another 4 at High meadows and a single Spotted Flycatcher in Burnt Edge.



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An Osprey flew low SE over Brownstones Quarry this morning.



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This morning from the east side of Winter Hill:

24 Tree Pipits south, with a largest flock of 5 birds

570 Swallows, 745 House Martins and 8 Sand Martins S

2 Swifts SSE

1 Whiimbrel low S

Birds down in bracken near the watchpoint included 12 Chiffchaffs and a Willow Warbler

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Some highlights from this morning included 7 Tree Pipit south over Scout Road and also 1 at Holdens Farm, 300 House Martins and 110 Swallow south, also 21 Wheatear mainly on Dean Ditch and Smithills Moor.

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Other birds around the moors yesterday included:

9 Tree Pipits over south and a further 5 down around Walker Fold

1 Wheatear

730 Swallows S

425 House Martins S

10 Sand Martins S

9 Swifts

1 Hobby low W

16 Snipe W

2 Spotted Flycatchers in Walker Fold along with 11 Chiffchaffs and 6 Whitethroats

Crossbill flock heard in Gale Brook Plantation but not seen

12 Stonechats in Burnt Edge and a further 4 along Scout Road

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Osprey circling over Scout Road at 12:35 gaining height and drifting off SE

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Yesterday from Scout Road up to 9am:

360 Swallows S

143 House Martins S

8 Sand Martins S

10 Tree Pipits S and a single bird down

1 Green Sandpiper SW with 2 Dunlins

1 Yellow Wagtail S

20 Siskins S

8 Chiffchaffs down

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Late news for yesterday when a Yellow Wagtail was in the horse field on the north side of Brownstones Quarry.

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Burnt Edge - Sunday

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2 x Tree Pipit
2 x Raven
3 x Willow Warbler


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The Burnt Edge circuit this morning produced 13 Willow Warblers, 4 Chiffchaffs, 2 Spotted Flycatchers and 2 Tree Pipits.

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This morning around the moors:

12 Willow Warblers, 1 Chiffchaff, 6 Whitethroats and 2 Blackcaps around the Burnt Edge circuit

10 Tree Pipits in a flock dropped into the top of Beech trees briefly before flying of calling SW

260 Swifts, 255 Swallows, 105 House and 1 Sand Martin over Dean Ditch

4 Wheatears along Deans Ditch

Osprey SE over Scout Road at 9:20am

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Highlights from first thing this morning up to 10am included:

 

Walker Fold:

2 Tree Pipits, both separate with one flying fairly high (calling) into Burnt Edge and the other high south

9 Willow Warblers

3 Chiffchaffs

 

Burnt Edge Moor:

2 Red Grouse at the very southern end close to Walker Fold on the steep side of the moor, one chasing the other, calling loudly, and heading towards the northern end of Burnt Edge/Adam Hill. Can't recall the last time I saw them so far south down the valley

3+ Whitethroats

7 Willow Warblers

2 Chiffchaffs

1 Blackcap

 

Holdens Farm:

3 Willow Warblers

31 Lapwings flying over east in a flock

22 Goldfinch

 

Matchmoor Lane:

144+ Meadow Pipits in two flocks, the larger of 110+ at the very eastern end of Matchmoor Lane (close to and just north of the junction with Edge Lane) and the other of 34 along roadside telephone wires closer to the western end of Matchmoor Lane

 

Wilderswood/Wildersmoor:

Single Whinchat on the moor

1 Chiffchaff

130+ Swallows feeding over the moor around Two Lads Hill

 

Higher Meadows (northern end of Georges Lane):

2+ Tree Pipits seen/heard a couple of times from the road in the area south of the Cafe



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Osprey SE over Scout Road at 07:44 this morning. Whinchat and two Wheatear along Mast Road.

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This morning up to 9:30am:

53 Willow Warblers along Walker Fold and in Burnt Edge Valley

4+ Tree Pipits, with three together at the northern end of Walker Fold (near the very bottom of Burnt Edge) and 1+ at Holdens Farm

1 Siskin NW over Walker Fold

2 Whinchats near Adam Hill

3 Ravens

16 Stonechats

2+ Red Grouse on Adam Hill



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Highlights from this morning:

2 reeling Grasshopper Warblers in Burnt Edge

24 Sand Martins SW over Burnt Edge

6 Ravens, a pair in Burnt Edge and a separate four together on Smithills Moor

11+ Stonechats in Burnt Edge, at least three family parties involved 

2 Lesser Redpolls in Burnt Edge

2 Bullfinch in Walker Fold

17+ Willow Warblers along Walker Fold

4 Red Grouse together on Adam Hill (photo below)



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Osprey west over Smithills Moor at 09:05 this morning.

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Cuckoo still present this morning, first seen very early morning at Burnt Edge and then calling from Coal Pit Road side approximately an hour later.



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This morning, 24 Wheatears along Mast Road, 3 Whinchats at Montcliffe and a Cuckoo at Burnt Edge.

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Green Woodpecker again very vocal around a very cold Walker Fold carpark.

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Green Woodpecker pair flew up Walker Fold early this morning. Grasshopper Warbler reeling across the valley, Curlew and Siskin showing well.

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The Male Green Woodpecker in Wilderswood this morning.



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Male Green Woodpecker calling in top of trees to south of Georges Lane just past top of Factory Hill. 8.25am. Moved further down hillside by 9.30. 



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A male Ring Ouzel flew around Gale Brook at 07:10 then flew off nigh north into Lancashire.

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Late news for yesterday morning when 103 Whooper Swans flew over, with 73 east in 6 flocks and 30 flew west. Also, 3500 Pink-footed Geese SE, 80 NW and 246 Woodpigeon SW.

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