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1f Wheatear at Holts Fold


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Last Drop area this morning. Birds included :-

1 Pheasant
1 Blackcap
1 Willow Warbler
2 Linnets


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2 Common Terns flew over Birtenshaw this morning.
They came from Astley Bridge direction, so probably Doffcocker birds, and headed off to Jumbles.


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A few Swallows & a Kestrel at Holts Fold this morning


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Oystercatchers & a hovering Kestrel at Birtenshaw


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Holts Fold this morning :-

Mediterranean Gull with Black-headed Gulls
1 Lapwing
2 Meadow Pipits
1 Willow Warbler
2 Lesser Redpolls + a few Goldfinches


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Pair of Oystercatchers on the roof of Birtenshaw School.

Birds betweeb Birtenshaw & Oaks Farm included :
1 Grey Heron, a drumming Great Spotted Woodpecker, Song Thrushes, Blackcaps, Chiffchaffs, Nuthatches, & Bullfinches.


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Pair of Oystercatchers at Eagley Junior School this morning


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Holts Fold this morning :-
1 Oystercatcher
1 Meadow Pipit
1 Pied Wagtail
1 Reed Bunting


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Pair of Oystercatchers at Turton High School before 8am.

Late morning around the Birtenshaw fields I was surprised to hear a Reed Bunting calling from a pond.



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Oystercatcher at Holts Fold this morning


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Turton High School / Eagley Junior School playing fields (8.20am)

2 Oystercatchers
1 Mediterranean Gull
A few Black-headed Gulls
1 Pied Wagtail
A Jay flew across


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Pair of Oystercatchers at Turton High School playing fields (8am)


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Pair of Oystercatchers at Turton High School (8am)


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This morning's sightings from around the village included :-

Holts Fold :-
1 Skylark, 2 Pied Wagtails, 40+ Black-headed Gulls
Pair of Canada Geese flew through heading for Jumbles, followed a few minutes later by a Greylag

Turton High School/Eagley Junior School :-
2 Oystercatchers, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gulls, pair of Nuthatches, (12 Redwings yesterday)

Woodcock flushed in Tong Clough.
No Siskins heard in the clough today, but I did get the odd ones flying over my garden coming up from here


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This morning at Last Drop Village I found a Kestrel, a Pied Wagtail, & a Midtle Thrush.

From the Last Drop fields I saw Buzzards over Cox Green Quarry, over Turton Golf Course, and around Turton Tower area.
Yesterday a Buzzard was at Birtenshaw School.


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30+ Redwings in Tong Clough this morning.

A Nuthatch in the copse at the top of Hospital Road.

Just a couple of Mistle Thrushes at Holts Fold.

I wandered across the Last Drop fields to see what was upsetting all the Magpies on Cox Green meadow. It was a Kestrel perched just below them.
Dozens of finches here were mainly Goldfinches, with some Lesser Redpolls, one of the latter standing out with it's full red breast.


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Kestrel at Holts Fold this morning, 6 Mistle Thrushes this afternoon.

50+ Jackdaws around the village this afternoon.


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Raven flew low over Flag Inn this morning

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A Fieldfare with 7 Mistle Thrushes & 20+ Starlings at Holts Fold this morning


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I left my house at 8am and immediately heard Pink-footed Geese. A skein of about 80 birds flew over heading NW.

(8.10am)
A few Common Gulls with 200+ Black-headed Gulls on school playing fields.

(Mid-morning)
Grey Wagtail on a wall by Chapeltown Road near King William pub (Lancs)
Snipe flushed from a boggy field as I headed up to Holts Fold Farm
70+ Redwings on the same fields and in trees near Chapeltown Road
Meadow Pipit on fields between Holts Fold & Last Drop. Kestrel on a telegraph pole
3 Redwings in trees by Conningsby Close


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Holts Fold at lunchtime :-

2 Lapwings
1 Redwing
1 Nuthatch
2 Rooks


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A couple of hours this morning checking the birds around the village.

1 Lapwing at Holts Fold Farm.

School playing fields (Turton High, Eagley Juniors, & Eagley Infants)
20+ Black-headed Gulls, 4 Common Gulls, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 2 Redwings, 2 Nuthatches, 2 Bullfinches, & rather surprisingly a Grey Wagtail wandering around with a Pied Wagtail.

Other Pied Wagtails were seen at Holts Fold Farm, Lord's Stile Lane, Birtenshaw Farm, & along Darwen Road.


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Birds around Holts Fold this morning included :-

1m Stonechat
1 Meadow Pipit
3 Pied Wagtails
1 Kestrel
2 Linnets
8 Goldfinches
1 Chaffinch
1 Siskin


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9.50am to 11.10am around Holts Fold. Birds included :-
1 Kestrel
3 Meadow Pipits
2 Pied Wagtails
1 Skylark flew over
6 Linnets
30+ Goldfinches
1 Greenfinch
5 Chaffinches
c70 Starlings

After Holts Fold I checked the conifers by the golf course behind Last Drop, finding a mixed flock of Coal Tits & Goldcrests.
From here I heard Crossbills flying across the golf course, but with trees in the way I could not see them. Competition Day on the course so I could not go onto the course to try and see where they landed. Pretty sure they stayed on the course, which means they stayed just over the boundary in Lancs.


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9am at Holts Fold.

A Sparrowhawk low over Hazelhurst Wood (Lancs) putting up 200+ Woodpigeons. Some of them flew over towards Bromley Cross, with some others heading down to Jumbles.

30+ Redwings flew over the farm heading towards Jumbles. They disappeared behind the farm buildings before I could finish counting them for an exact count.

Just one Meadow Pipit this morning


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2 Linnets at Holts Fold Farm late morning


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Morning wander around Turton High School/Eagley Junior School, and then up to Holts Fold.

Schools :-
1 Greylag with 2 Canada Geese
50+ Black-headed Gulls
3 Lesser Black-backed Gulls
1 Common Gull
4 Pied Wagtails
12 Redwings by Eagley Junior School flew towards High Meadows, so 4 seen there later were possibly from the dozen.
3 Mistle Thrushes along Chapeltown Road
2 Jays in a tree at front of Turton High School by Bromley Cross Road
+ the usual resident species

Holts Fold :-
Only 3 Meadow Pipits this morning.
A Cormorant flew over.


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Eagley Junior School (8.15am)
1 Common Gull with 40+ Black-headed Gulls on football pitch. Nuthatch calling from inside the school grounds.

Holts Fold (mid morning)
1f Wheatear
c30 Meadow Pipits
4 Pied Wagtails
1 Mistle Thrush


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120+ Meadow Pipits at Holts Fold this morning.
Also had half a dozen Swallows flying through.


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4 Snipe flew up from a field by Holts Fold Farm this morning. About 10 minutes later 2 of them flew across the field between the farm & Last Drop Village.
Other birds around the farm included a Kestrel & 20 Swallows.


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2 Swifts over Last Drop this morning at 8.15am.

2 House Martins with the Swallows at Holts Fold


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Holts Fold this morning

70+ Goldfinches around thistles in horse field + more around thistles by the farmyard
Also 20+ Swallows
A couple of Willow Warblers calling from the edge of the golf course


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Raven flew into Tong Clough at lunchtime. Spent a few minutes in the tree tops before it had enough of Magpies & Carrion Crows harassing it.
Maybe the same bird I saw flying low over my garden on Saturday morning heading towards the clough.


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A good start to my day at 7am.

A Raven flew up from the path by Last Drop Village and landed on the nearby stone wall. It refused to budge when a Crow mobbed it and even allowed me close up photos. Still on the wall as I checked Holts Fold, where birds included :-
1 Kestrel
8 Swallows
1 House Martin
1 Skylark
1 Mistle Thrush



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Last Drop/Holts Fold this morning :-

1 Kestrel hunting around the fields. Whilst chatting to a mate we had the pleasure of it landing on the wires at the farm, only a few yards away. It spent a few minutes staring at the ground unconcerned about our close presence.
Swallows at the farm were not impressed with the Kestrel when it flew off through the farmyard.
2 Swifts flew through. Others seen around the village and very high above the village.
Flock of 7 Mistle Thrushes
1 Pied Wagtail
Lots of House Sparrows behind Last Drop included juveniles
3 Goldfinches
1 Lesser Redpoll
+ other regular common species


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8 Swifts around the village at rooftop height this morning joined by a couple of others which flew in from Sharples direction.

c20 House Martins around the bottom end of Queen's Avenue. Good to see a pair nesting again near the top end of Queen's Avenue now that people have stopped hanging supermarket plastic bags out of their upstairs windows.

All reports I have had about the Oystercatchers at Birtenshaw School from when I was away have been the same. No sign of any juveniles but lots of Magpies on the roof.


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11 Swifts passed over at 8.30am.

The usual odd Swift still around the village this evening.


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Lunchtime wander.

Kestrel hovering low at Last Drop Village.

Holts Fold birds included :-
6 Swallows
4 Pied Wagtails
Family of 6 Mistle Thrushes

Turton High School :-
1 Mediterranean Gull
48 Black-headed Gulls
2 Lesser Black-backed Gulls



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Turton High School / Eagley Junior School (9.50am)
2 Mediterranean Gulls
40+ Black-headed Gulls
1 Lesser Black-backed Gull

At 11.05am 3 Common Terns flew over the village, heading towards Astley Bridge, and then presumably they would continue towards Doffcocker Lodge.


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Kestrel & a Meadow Pipit at Holts Fold this morning with the usual Swallows & Pied Wagtails.
32 Black-headed Gulls. I checked them all but could not find anything unusual.

Whitethroats behind Last Drop Village.


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Decent start to the day around Last Drop around 7am.
2 Whitethroats, 1 Willow Warbler, 1 Nuthatch, 1 Linnet, a couple of Lesser Redpolls, and of course the nesting House Sparrows.

Good finish to today's birding as well. The female Sparrowhawk near home from a couple of days ago was flying around my cul-de-sac when I got to my front door.





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A pair of Linnets landed by Holts Fold Farm at lunchtime.
Also a pair of Swallows & a couple of Pied Wagtails here.

A good finish to today's sightings when I had the company of a female Sparrowhawk checking out gardens around Boonfields & Elm Grove.


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A tour of most of the village this morning in the drizzle to update this year's records.

Holts Fold/Last Drop/top of Hospital Road :-
No sign of the Wheatear or the Reed Bunting from yesterday but a Lapwing is not a bad record at the farm.
A Greylag flying over Bromley Cross heading for Egerton was joined by another one which flew across the golf course after hearing the noisy first bird.
1 Pied Wagtail at the farm, 1 Willow Warbler by the golf course, 1 Nuthatch along Windy Harbour Lane, 3 Lesser Redpolls.

Eagley Junior School/Turton High School :-
Pair of Canada Geese, 16 Black-headed Gulls, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Blackcap, 2 Willow Warblers, 2 Goldcrests, 1 Nuthatch.

Birtenshaw :-
1 Grey Heron on the field behing the farm, Oystercatcher on the new school roof, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Swallow, 4 Song Thrushes, 2 Goldcrests, 2 Nuthatches.

Eagley Lodges :-
5 Mallards, Moorhens nesting, 4 Lesser Black-backed Gulls flying over, 1 Blackcap, 2 Chiffchaffs, 1 Willow Warbler.

Tong Clough :-
1 Goldcrest, 2 Nuthatches, pair of Bullfinches.

Other species seen this morning :-
Feral Pigeons, Woodpigeons, Collared Doves, Wrens, Dunnocks, Robins, Blackbirds, Long-tailed Tits, Coal Tits, Great Tits, Blue Tits, Magpies, Jackdaws, Carrion Crows, Starlings, House Sparrows, Chaffinches, Greenfinches, Goldfinches.


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1f Wheatear + 1m Reed Bunting at Holts Fold around 11am.


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Whitethroat back on territory this morning between Last Drop & golf course.

Oystercatcher on the golf course at 7.45am. It had moved over to the footpath from Last Drop to Holts Fold at 12.30pm. This now seems to be a daily occurence, covering golf course & farm fields.


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Female Wheatear at Holts Fold (10.30am)


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Holts Fold. Early visit at 7.15am, + late morning around 11.45am.

An Oystercatcher flew from a golf course fairway to the nearby field on my early visit. The bird was on the same field on my later visit, but as I crossed the footpath heading for Last Drop it flew off heading down into Bromley Cross.

Other birds here today included 2 Pied Wagtails, 1 Willow Warbler, 50+ Starlings, 2 Chaffinches, 4 Greenfinches, 3 Goldfinches, & 2 Linnets.


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My first House Martin of the year. It flew across the front of me & then under the eaves of a house at the top end of Bromley Cross Road as I headed home from Jumbles.

Before my Jumbles trip I had a Linnet At Holts Fold around 9am.


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Morning wander around the village this morning.

Birtenshaw :-
I went to check if Swallows were back at the farm. None seen but Andy the farmer said they had been back since about 3 or 4 days ago
Pair of Oystercatchers at the school.

Turton School/Eagley Junior School :-
Numerous Black-headed Gulls & an immature Lesser Black-backed Gull.
Mistle Thrush & a Nuthatch among the usual stuff.

Holts Fold :-
A strong biting wind meant no small birds showing & not many larger ones either.

Tong Clough & Eagley Lodges :-
Pair of Canada Geese, 4 Mallards, 3 Moorhens.
Female Sparrowhawk very noisy as it soared around,
Woodpigeons, Collared Doves, Wrens, Dunnocks, Robins, Blackbirds,
1 Blackcap, 3 Chiffchaffs,
Long-tailed Tits, Coal Tits, Great Tits, Blue Tits, pair of Nuthatches,
Magpies, Jackdaws, Carrion Crows, Starlings, House Sparrows,
Chaffinches, Greenfinches, Goldfinches, Siskins, Bullfinches.


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