Recent Sightings

Stocks Reservoir SD730560
13:10 - 15:15, 27 Cormorant, 205+ Canada Goose, 2 Barnacle Goose, 1 Pink-footed Goose, 14 Greylag Goose, 50+ Wigeon, 230+ Teal, 120+ Pintail, 137+ Mallard, 3 (1m 2f) Shoveler, 24+ Pochard, 11 Tufted Duck, 3 (1m 2f) Goldeneye, 3m Goosander, 1 Lapwing, 1 Moorhen, 8 Coot, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 2 Tree Creeper, 6 Long-tailed Tit (Tony Cooper)

17th December

Barrow Lower Lodge SD740381
09:00, 1m Tufted Duck, 2 Coot, 1 Moorhen (Mike Watson)

Cant Clough SD897308
10:30 – 14:00, 1 Cormorant, 1 Grey Heron, 1f Goldeneye, 2 Kestrel, 1 Peregrine >W, 1 Stock Dove, 5 Mistle Thrush, 1m Stonechat, 2 Raven, 3 Twite, 30+ Goldfinch, 1 Reed Bunting (Mike Watson)

Champion Moor SD750530
15:20 – 15:50, 1 Short-eared Owl, 1 Raven (Mike Watson)

Clough Bottom Reservoir SD8426
1 Cormorant, 2 Kestrel, 2 Redwing, 1 Jay, 1 Grey Wagtail (Kevin Lister per ROC)

Clowbridge Reservoir SD827282
c20 Mallard, 4 Goosander, 3 Goldeneye, 2 Great Crested Grebe, 1m Stonechat, 5 Lapwing >E (Bob Ives per ROC)

Gawthorpe SD807341
1pr Stonechat, 4 Meadow Pipit (Russel Carter)

Greenfield Pond NR SD876395
30+ Blackbird, 20 Redwing, 1f Blackcap. 50+ Pied Wagtail on sewage beds (Barry James)

Ightenhill footbridge SD817351
1 Oystercatcher (Russel Carter)

Sunnyhurst Woods SD6722
40+ Brambling emerged then >SW (Mavis Smith)

Wood End SD827352
Downstream at SD808346 - no sign all day of yesterday’s Yellowhammer (Russell Carter, Allen Holmes, John Metcalfe))

16th December

Birkett Fell SD6748
1m Hen Harrier - no wing tags, 4 Snipe, 1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel (Neil Mitchell)

Brockholes Quarry SD5830
18 Shoveler, 5 Teal, 6 Goosander, 2 Goldeneye, 50 Pochard, 8 Gadwall, 2 Common Snipe (Nick – Bamber Bridge). New feeding staion only:- 11 Siskin in two flocks ( 8 + 3 ), 3 Goldcrest, 2 Magpie, 4 Great Tit, 7 Blue Tit, 4 Goldfinch, 6 Chaffinch, 1 Wren, 2 Sparrow Hawk over, 1m Reed Bunting on reeds (Roy & Liam Lambert)

Champion Moor SD SD750530
14:50 – 16:20, 1 Cormorant >towards Stocks, 50+ Pink-footed Goose >W at c.15:15, 1 Kestrel, 2 Short-eared Owl - one of which caught a small mammal & was immediately harrassed by the Kestrel, 1 Raven, 1 Reed Bunting (Mike Watson)

Clitheroe Cemetery, R.Ribble and Brungerley Bridge SD7342
11:00 - 12:50, 30 species including:- 2 Cormorant, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Little Grebe, c100 Fieldfare, c50 Redwing, 12+ Blackbird, 2 Mistle Thrush, 1 Song Thrush, 2+ Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Nuthatch, 18 Rook in the single 'rookery tree' by Brungerley Bridge, 6 Goldfinch (Tony Cooper, Ernie Ormand)

Crown Point SD849288
15:50, possible female Hen Harrier (Sarfraz)

Dunsop Valley SD6550-52
1pr Great Spotted Woodpecker - near cafe, 1pr Bullfinch, 8+ Buzzard, 4 Kestrel, 1m Sparrowhawk, 2 Dipper, 6+ Wren, 1 Red Grouse heard (Jeff Butcher per LDBWS)

Knowlmere Manor SD679499
100s of Chaffinch in beech trees, no Brambling seen (Neil Mitchell)

Marl Hill SD683475
5 (1m 4f/imm) Reed Bunting, 5 Grey Partridge, 1pr Stonechat (Neil Mitchell)

Siddows SD7240
13:05 - 13:30, 2 Goosander (Tony Cooper, Ernie Ormand)

Stocks Reservoir SD730560
124 Pintail, 1m Goldeneye, 3 Red-breasted Merganser inc 1pr displaying, 17 Pochard, 26 Wigeon (Margaret Breaks)

Sunnyhurst Hey Res SD676220
8 (1m 7f) Goosander >SE, 1 Jack Snipe 1 flushed on field adjacent to res (Mavis Smith)

Waddington Fell SD719480
Dusk, 1 Short-eared Owl (Neil Mitchell)

Wood End SD827352
10:00, On R.Calder nearby 3prs Goosander, 5 (1m 4f) Goldeneye. Downriver at SD808346 1f Yellowhammer in Willow (Gary Patefield)

15th December

Clitheroe, Shawbridge SD746417
11:15, 1f Mandarin Duck with Mallards (Tony Cooper)

Earnsdale Reservoir SD670221
1f Scaup, 6 (5m 1f) Tufted Duck (Mavis Smith)

14th December

Fishmoor Reservoir SD697260
Ad Mediterranean Gull, 25+ Great Black-backed Gull roosted, 9 Goosander (Bill Aspin)

Sunnyhurst Hey Res SD676220
4 Snipe (Mavis Smith)

13th December

Cant Clough SD897308
Morning, 26+ Twite at feeding station (Stuart Meredith)

Clitheroe, Shawbridge SD746417
1f Mandarin Duck still with Mallards on Mearley Brook (Tony Cooper)

Darwen Moor edge SD6721
flock c40 Long-tailed Tit (Mavis Smith)

Fishmoor Reservoir SD697260
Ad Mediterranean Gull roosted (Bill Aspin)

Walverden Reservoir SD872365
1 Male Shoveler, 24 Tufted Duck, 6 Little Grebe, 1 Great Crested Grebe, 30+ Common Gull (Allen Holmes)

12th December

Darwen Moor edge SD6721
20+ Blackbird - mostly males, c25 Brambling, 4 Pink-footed Goose >E (Mavis Smith)

Fishmoor Reservoir SD697260
Ad Mediterranean Gull roosted. Also, 13 Goosander (Bill Aspin)

11th December

Barrow Lodges SD741382
13:30, 200+ mixed flock of Fieldfare, Redwing, some Starlings & Corvids over A59 with a Sparrowhawk among them creating panic (Neil Mitchell)

Bowland
2 (ad m & ad f) Hen Harrier (Tony Cooper, Ernie Ormand)

Brockholes Quarry SD5830
Feeding stations only:- 3 Tree sparrow, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, numerous Greenfinch (Bill Berry). 2f Pheasant, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Robin, Chaffinch, Goldfinch, 1m Bullfinch (Roy Lambert)

Darwen Moor edge SD6721
1f/imm Hen Harrier >S over Stepback (Mavis Smith)

Moor Lane, Billington SD716340
10:00 - 12:20, 1 Peregrine, 8 Snipe, 28 Meadow Pipit, 1 singing Nuthatch, 32 Redwing, 18 Fieldfare, 2 Goldcrest, Chaffinch & Brambling down to c40 (min 2 Brambling), 1 Bullfinch (Jonathan Fenton)

Rishton Reservoir SD715300
5 Great Crested Grebe, 7 Teal, 1 Cormorant, 24 Canada Goose (Bill Aspin)

Stephen Moor Crossroads SD749543
13:05, 1 Kestrel, 1f/imm Stonechat (Tony Cooper, Ernie Ormand)

Stocks Reservoir SD730560
13:15 - 14:05, 6 Wigeon, 164 Teal, 3 Pintail, 53 Mallard, 23 Pochard, 7 Tufted Duck, 2 Goldeneye, 17 Cormorant, 1 Grey Heron, 3 (2ad 1imm) Great Black-backed Gull, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 2 Coot, and at feeding station 8+ Greenfinch, 4+ Great Tit, several Blue & Coal Tits and a few Chaffinch (Tony Cooper, Ernie Ormand)

10th December

Lower Black Moss Reservoir SD824412
1f Goldeneye (Eileen Foxton)

Clough Bottom Reservoir SD8426
1 Cormorant (David Nuttall per ROC)

Clowbridge Reservoir SD827282
3 Great Crested Grebe, 6 Goosander, 2 Goldeneye (David Nuttall per ROC)

Sunnyhurst Hey Res SD676220
1 Little Grebe on pond adj. to res (Mavis Smith)

9th December

Angelzarke Res SD6116 & Upper Rivington Res SD6214-15
09:15 –13:15 pm, 1 Little Grebe, 1 Shelduck >over, Pochard, 1 Lapwing, several Teal, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Kestrel, several Brambling with Chaffinch flock E side of Angelzarke, 11 Siskin N end of Angelzarke, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker, 2 Bullfinch, 1 Grey Wagtail, 2 Pied Wagtail, 4 Fieldfare, c20 Redwing, 4 Mistle Thrush, several small flocks of mixed Tits. No sign of the Ring-necked Duck (Bob & Joyce Calder)

Cant Clough SD897308
c28 Twite & c10 Goldfinch at feeding station, 20-30 Canada Goose, 3 (2m 1f) Mallard,1m Stonechat, 1pr Grey Wagtail, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Blackbird (Nick Patel)

Champion Moor SD750530
p.m. 3 Short-eared Owl between the showers, 1 Little Owl at Shays Barn, also good numbers of Fieldfare & Redwing feeding on hawthorns throughout the area (Margaret Breaks)

Foulridge Lower Res SD8841
6m Pochard, 30+ Mallard, 40+ Canada Goose, 2 Great Crested Grebes, c8 Tufted Duck, 1 Cormorant, 1 Kestrel (Sarfraz)

Foulridge Upper Res SD8941
15:15, 3 Great Crested Grebe, 10+ Mallard, 50+ Lapwing (Sarfraz)

Hurstwood SD881313
10+ House Sparrow (heard), 1juv Moorhen, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker (heard), 1 Black-headed Gull on res (Nick Patel)

Pendle Hill SD805414
10+ Red Grouse, 1 Golden Plover >N past W side of trig point, 1m Stonechat, 2 Carrion Crow, 30+ Fieldfare, 3 Blackbird, 1 Dunnock, 2 Robin, c3 Chaffinch (Nick Patel)

Rowley Lake SD863327
5 Tufted Duck, 2 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Little Grebe, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Nuthatch, 10 Lesser Redpoll, and 3 Skylark & 3 Common Snipe on adj Rowley Tip (Russell Carter)

Shedden Clough SD8929
2pr Stonechat, 35+ Pink-footed Goose >over at 12:30 (Allen Holmes). 1 Meadow Pipit (heard), 100+ Fieldfare, 2m Pheasant (Nick Patel)

Shedden Wood SD894294
c15 Brambling with c50 Chaffinch, c2 Great Tit, 15-20 Blue Tit, c5 Coal Tit, 1 Kestrel (Nick Patel)

Stocks Reservoir SD730560
a.m. 94+ Pintail, 1 Goldeneye, 4 Tufted Duck, 17 Pochard; also Wigeon, Teal & Mallard in good numbers but very flighty due to pheasant shooting (Margaret Breaks)

Sunnyhurst Hey Res SD676220
2 Meadow Pipit (Mavis Smith)

West Bradford SD7444
Song Thrush singing in Southfield Drive (Bill Honeywell)

8th December

Barrow Lower Lodge SD740381
11:45, 11 (2m 9rh) Goosander, 3 Coot, 3 Moorhen, 40+ Mallard (equal sexes), 80+ Black headed Gull, 6 Carrion Crow, 2 Magpie, 2 (ad + juv) Pied Wagtail (Neil Mitchell)

Champion Moor SD750530
12:30, 1 Short-eared Owl hunting over moor, 1 Little Owl at Shays Barn (Neil Mitchell)

Chatburn Sewage Works area SD768447
12:05 - 13:25, 2 Buzzard drifted SSE, 1pr Kestrel together, 12 Lapwing flew over, lots of Black-headed & Common Gulls, many Fieldfare, several Redwing, 3+ Goldcrest, but few other small passerines (Tony Cooper, Ernie Ormand)

Clayton-le-Moors SD7531
12:50, 100 Pink-footed Goose >W over obs’ house (John Metcalfe)

Darwen Moor edge SD6721
2 Woodcock flushed (Mavis Smith)

Martholme Viaduct SD752339
14:30, 55 Pinkfeet >WNW (Steven Grimshaw)

Moor Lane, West Bradford SD731461
13:40 - 14:00, 1 Little Owl on barn roof, 4 Goldfinch feeding in alder (Tony Cooper, Ernie Ormand)

Rishton SD7230
12:30, 105 Pinkfeet >WNW over my house (Dave Bickerton)

Rowley Lake SD863327
2 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Little Grebe, 4 Tufted Duck. 50 Pink-footed Goose >W (Russell Carter)

Stocks Reservoir SD730560
13:00, 24 Cormorant, 4 Canada Goose, 8 Coot, 1ad Great Black-backed Gull - all birds on leeward side of island sheltering from wind & rain (Neil Mitchell)

7th December

Anglezarke Reservoir SD615166
08:00, 1m Ring-necked Duck again at N end of res, with c.15 Pochard (Neil Southworth)

Brockholes Quarry SD5830
Midday, 3 Black-tailed Godwit, 24 Shoveler, 5 Goosander (Bill Aspin)

Cant Clough Reservoir SD897308
10:00, 26 Twite (Linda Williams)

Darwen Moor edge SD6721
1 Short-eared Owl (Mavis Smith)

Dunkenhalgh SD7330
400+ thrushes (mainly Fieldfare) over the canal at the back (Dave Bickerton)

5th December

Clitheroe, West Bradford Rd SD746437
Dusk, on a windy, overcast wet day, 1 Song Thrush singing quite strongly in garden (Jim Ormerod)

Stocks Reservoir SD730560
14:00, Most birds taking shelter around the banks. 200+ Teal, 100+ Mallard, 5 Wigeon, 7 Pochard, 8 Tufted Duck, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Cormorant (Neil Mitchell)

Champion Moor SD739531
14:30, 3 Short-eared Owls, 1m Kestrel seen from layby near Anna Land End (Neil Mitchell)

Lower Underhand SD709482
15:00, 1m Hen Harrier seen from layby by cattle grid (Neil Mitchell)

Moor Lane SD716340
09:40 - 15:40, 9 Snipe, c200 Woodpigeon (inc. c80 heading S/W in Ribble Valley), 21 Meadow Pipit, 9 Blackbird in hawthorn with 4 Redwing, 9 Redwing more later, 1 singing Mistle Thrush, 1 Goldcrest, 2 Treecreeper, c60 Chaffinch with 2+ Brambling, 1m Bullfinch, feeding on hawthorn berries, 1f Reed Bunting (Jonathan Fenton)

Sunnyhurst Hey Reservoir SD676220
9 Cormorant >E, 7 Pink-footed Goose >E (Mavis Smith)

4th December

Anglezarke Reservoir SD615166
11:30, 1m Ring-necked Duck with Pochard (Pager report)

Brockholes Quarry SD5830
1 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Little Grebe, 36 Pochard, 30 Tufted, 11 Goldeneye, 56 Teal, 15 Gadwall, 14 Shoveler, 2 Wigeon, 160 Mallard, 65 Canada Geese, 210 Coot, 4 Mute Swan, 8 Cormorant, 100 Lapwing, 5 Curlew, 700 Black-headed Gull, 8 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 20 Long-tailed Tit, 35 Goldfinch (Bill Aspin)

Sunnyhurst Hey Reservoir SD676220
c1900 Woodpigeon left roost – 3x usual number, 2m Common Scoter >SE (Mavis Smith)

3rd December

Anglezarke Reservoir SD615166
14:20, 1m Ring-necked Duck was at N end of res with 8 Pochard, until all wildfowl in this area were flushed by fishermen; the RND & Pochard then flew to the area of the Res below Higher Bullough Reservoir, SD615170, and were still in this area at 14:50. Also, 20+ Teal, 5 Goosander (Bill Aspin)

Brockholes Quarry SD5830
1f Bullfinch, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1pr Goosander (Colin Bushell)

Cant Clough Reservoir SD897308
13:00, 30 Twite at feeding station (Linda Williams)

Fishmoor Reservoir SD697260
1ad Mediterranean Gull roosted among c.2000 Black-headed Gull (Bill Aspin)

Rishton Reservoir SD715300
4 Teal, 4 Great Crested Grebe (Bill Aspin)

Sunnyhurst Hey Reservoir SD676220
2 Whooper Swan >E (Mavis Smith)

2nd December

Barrow Lower Lodge SD740381
08:15, 18 (inc 2m) Goosander (Mike Watson, Mark Varley)

Champion Moor SD7452
09:30 – 11:30, 2 Short-eared Owl, 1 Kestrel (Simon Hawtin)

Green Gill SD727633 (N.Yorks)
15:35, 1m Hen Harrier flew across road in front of us (Jonathan Fenton)

Rowley Lake SD863327
2 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Little Grebe, 4 Tufted Duck. Skylark & Meadow Pipit on adj Rowley Tip (Russell Carter). 2 Lesser Redpoll, 1m Bullfinch (Craig Stracey)

Shedden Wood SD894294
Morning: 30+ Brambling, 10+ Goldfinch, Chaffinches, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 1 Woodcock (Mark Fanshawe)

Stocks Reservoir SD730560
10:15 - 11:45, 1 Pink-footed Goose, 18 Greylag Goose, 142 Canada Goose, 2 Barnacle Goose, 500+ Teal, 95 Wigeon, 90 Pintail, 216+ Mallard, 16 Pochard, 13 Tufted Duck, 1f Goldeneye, 15 Cormorant, 1 Grey Heron &, at top corner of car park, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Treecreeper, 7 Siskin & 30+ Lesser Redpoll, plus Chaffinch & tit numbers building up at feeding stations (Tony Cooper, Margaret & Brian Breaks)

Sunnyhurst Hey Reservoir SD676220
2 Greylag Goose >SE (Mavis Smith)

1st December

Champion Moor SD7452
4 (5?) Short-eared Owl, 1 Kestrel (Simon Hawtin)

Cross Hill Quarry & West Bradford Bridge SD7443
Lunchtime, c.10 Blackbirds together in one place, possibly continentals. A Song Thrush in sub-song. A Mistle Thrush in song (heard a couple of times this last week) & a Great Spotted Woodpecker calling. In fields bordering Ribble, c.200 gulls roughly 25% Commons, the rest Black-headeds. On river 6 Mallard & 6 Teal - sexes in equal numbers in both cases (Jim Ormerod)

Earnsdale Reservoir SD670221
1 adm Scaup, 3 Goosander (Mavis Smith)

Moor Lane SD716340
08:00 - 14:15, 3 sightings of presumably the same male Sparrowhawk through the day, 10 Snipe, 9 Woodpigeon - lowest daily number for weeks, 14 Meadow Pipit - put up by Sparrowhawk, 1 singing Mistle Thrush - for 10 days now, c60 Chaffinch & c14 Brambling - put up by Sparrowhawk (Jonathan Fenton)

Shedden Wood SD894294
30+ Brambling with Chaffinches in Shedden Wood. Also in area 3 Stonechats together.(Allen Holmes)

Winkley Hall SD707386
10:50 - 11:00, flock c.60 Woodpigeon, flock c25 Jackdaw. Not a lot else (Tony Cooper)

30th November

Allsprings SD734334
1m Blackcap feeding on Pyracantha berries in obs’ garden (Steven Grimshaw)

Champion Moor SD7452
2 Short-eared Owl, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Kestrel (Simon Hawtin)

Sunnyhurst Hey Reservoir SD676220
Song Thrush + Mistle Thrush singing; Redwing sub-song heard (Mavis Smith)

29th November

NO REPORTS RECEIVED

28th November

Champion Moor SD750530
11:25 - 11:55, Very quiet, apart from 7 Lapwing >WNW, just c500 Starling & 4 Carrion Crow. Nothing at the flood pool at all (Tony Cooper). 15:00, 1 Short-eared Owl in tree about 20’ from road on Slaidburn side of Black Moss Farm SD745526 (Jonathan Fenton)

Mellor SD6530
11:45, A Common Buzzard flew over Myre Ash & landed in field at side of Stanley House. This is the first time I have ever seen a Buzzard in Mellor (Anne Wilkinson)

Rishton Reservoir SD715300
11:00, 5 Shoveler, 6 Wigeon, 42 Mallard & 3 Great Crested Grebe. Great Tit in song down Cut Lane (Dave Bickerton)

Stocks Reservoir SD730560
12:05 - 13:45, 32 Wigeon, 285+ Teal, 20 Pintail, 425+ Mallard, 19 Pochard, 7 Tufted Duck, 1pr Red-brested Merganser, 1adf Goosander, 1 Great Crested Grebe, 18 Cormorant, 1 Kestrel, 1 Raven, 1 Jay heard, 1 Tawny Owl heard (Tony Cooper)

27th November

Barrow Lower Lodge SD741382
15:10 - 15:20, 66 Mallard (+ 3 white), 2 Moorhen, 4 Coot (Tony Cooper)

Barrow Upper Lodge SD743382
15:25 - 15:40, 3 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Mallard, 1 Grey Wagtail, c200 Jackdaw >SE at 15:35 (Tony Cooper)

Cant Clough Reservoir SD897308
27 Twite regular at feeding station, 1pr Stonechat (Linda Williams)

Champion Moor SD74-7552-53
14:50, Short-eared Owl near Black Moss. 14:50 - 15:00, 4 Teal, c20 Mallard, 1 Short-eared Owl, 4 Golden Plover at flood pool. 15:00 - 15:25, 1 Kestrel (f), 1 Great Black backed Gull (Jonathan Fenton)

Cliviger Fishponds SD880278
6 (4m 2f) Mandarin Duck, 1 Kingfisher. Min.5 Song Thrush inc 1 in song briefly attracted by the abundance of Yew berries. 30+ Redwing >E were my first locally for a while (Allen Holmes)

Easington SD7150
14:30 - 14:40, c1500 Starling, c300 Fieldfare, c50 Redwing, 5+ Blackbird (Jonathan Fenton)

Fishmoor Reservoir SD697260
11 Goosander, 1 Great Crested Grebe (Bill Aspin)

Stocks Res SD7356
15:30 - 15:35, 30 Cormorant, 9 Pintail, 2 Tawny Owl, 1 Kestrel, 1 Peregrine hunting unsuccessfully until 16:35 (chasing 6 Teal & later a Carrion Crow), c100 Jackdaw, 197 Carrion Crow into roost, 4000+ Black-headed Gull into roost (at least 2 groups of c1000 had Common Gulls amongst them, they were flying in fast, through treetops and skimming the water in response to the Peregrine), c135 Fieldfare, 18 Redwing, 19 single Blackbirds into roost, 1 Bullfinch (Jonathan Fenton)

Waddington Fell SD7147
14:10 - 14:25, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 (1m 1f) Kestrel (Jonathan Fenton)

Whalley SD7336
Mistle Thrush singing all the time in my garden, Collared Dove nest-building - morning. 13:00, 1 Sparrowhawk soaring over (Jonathan Fenton)

26th November

Barrow Lower Lodge SD741382
14:30, 2rh Goosander, flew off when someone started feeding the Mallards. Also 1m Tufted Duck, 2 Coot & 1 Moorhen (Mike Watson)

Champion Moor SD74-7553
15:15 – 16:30, 2 Cormorant >over towards Stocks, 1 Kestrel, 1pr Peregrine high over the moor >off towards Waddington Fell, 2-3 Short-eared Owl (Margaret & Brian Breaks had 5) & 2 Fieldfare (Mike Watson)

Cliviger Fishponds SD880278
10:15 - 11:00, 5 (4m 1f) Mandarin Duck, 1 Kingfisher (Bob Ashworth)

Hazelmere SD531338
1m Great Spotted Woodpecker, 30+ Blackbird, 5+ Robin, 5+ Dunnock, 10+ Chaffinch, 5+ Greenfinch, 5+ Woodpigeon, 10+ Carrion Crow, 5+ Lesser Black-backed Gull, 4+ Great Tit, c10 Blue Tit, plus on cricket pitch 1 Pied Wagtail, 1 Grey Wagtail (Nick Patel)

Pendle Hill SD79-8040
12:00 – 14:00, Walked from landslide to Big End then to Scout Cairn & back seeing only 4 Red Grouse, 1 Golden Plover, 2 Meadow Pipit, 2 Carrion Crow & 3 Raven >N towards Twiston Moor (Mike Watson)

Rishton Reservoir SD715300
09:50, 2 (f + imm) Red-breasted Merganser. Later in the day they moved to nearby Parsonage Res, SD700320, & were last seen flying towards Dean Clough Res, SD715330 at 15:35 (John Metcalfe)

Slipper Hill Reservoir SD874420
12:38, 25 Goosander (Barry James)

Stocks Reservoir SD730560
13:45 - 15:20, 21 Cormorant, 182+ Teal, 3 Wigeon, 10 Pintail, 244+ Mallard, 30 Pochard, 11 Tufted Duck, 1pr Red-breasted Merganser (male in full breeding plumage), 1 Little Grebe, 2 Tawny Owl heard, 1 Jay, 1 Raven flew over (Tony Cooper)

Whalley SD7336
1 Song Thrush in my garden singing at dawn and dusk every day now. Start of a possible early nesting attempt? (Jonathan Fenton)

25th November

Allsprings SD734334
09:30 1 Jack Snipe, 3 Common Snipe, 1 Woodcock, 12 Meadow Pipit, 3 Siskin, 300+ Fieldfare >SW (Steven Grimshaw)

Brockholes Quarry SD5830
3 Little Grebe, 1 Goosander, Sparrowhawk, 2 Fieldfare, 2 Goldeneye, 10+ Tufted Duck, Gadwall, Shoveller, Grey Wagtail plus good numbers Greenfinch, Chaffinch, Blue Tit, Great Tit & Long-tailed Tit at feeding stations; also Robin, Dunnock & Goldcrest (Roy & Liam Lambert)

Burnley,123 Woodgrove Road SD849317
Morning, 1f Blackcap in obs’ garden (Mark Fanshawe)

Close Brow SD7131
Morning, min 90 Carrion Crow & 40 Magpie in fields N of Leeds Liverpool Canal, plus few Fieldfare & flock 10 Long-tailed Tit (Dave Bickerton)

Clowbridge Reservoir SD827282
12:30 – 14:00, 40 Canada Goose, 2 Great Crested Grebe, 1f Goldeneye, 1 Great Black Backed Gull, 4 Mallard, 8 Lapwing over moor (Ian Brady per ROC).

Dunkenhalgh Estate SD740300
Flock c.200 Fieldfare for past week - tend to do a mass flyabout around midday, probably when the large female Sparrowhawk patrols the area (Dave Bickerton)

Rishton SD7230
Blackcap still in my garden (Dave Bickerton)

Rishton Reservoir SD715300
180+ Canada Goose (Dave Bickerton)

Sir Johns Wood Whalley SD742358
12:30, 1 Common Buzzard >NE, 2 Woodcock flushed. (Steven Grimshaw)

Stocks Reservoir SD730560
1 Dunlin on island briefly, 1 Pochard, 2 Tufted, 8 Wigeon & good numbers of Teal & Mallard, mainly sheltering around the banks (Margaret Breaks)

24th November

Brockholes Quarry SD5830
11:30 – 13:30, 262 Coot, 17 Tufted Duck, 6 Goldeneye, c20 Goldfinch, 6 Pochard, 1 Little Grebe, 1 Kingfisher, 23 Woodpigeon, 28 Curlew, 40+ Teal, min 11prs Gadwall (Bill Berry)

Moor Lane SD716340
08:15 - 11:50, c320 (c250,c70) Woodpigeon >S/W at 08:25, 190 Chaffinch with at least 6 Brambling >N/E over 5 minutes at 08:15, probably going to feed from roost. 105 Chaffinch with some Brambling >N/E at 11:45 (Jonathan Fenton)

Sunnyhurst Woods SD6722
08:00 – 09:40, 20+ Brambling, 30+ Long-tailed Tit, 1pr Nuthatch (Mavis Smith)

23rd November

Darwen Moor edge SD6721
08:00 – 09:45,1 Short-eared Owl (Mavis Smith)

Upper Rivington Reservoir SD621148
12:15, 1 ad m Ring-necked Duck, in loose association with 8 Pochard (Bill Aspin)

22nd November

Darwen SD6922
Lunchtime, Diver sp >S (Mavis Smith)

Dean Clough Reservoir SD715330
1f Scaup, 2 Tufted Duck, 3 Great Crested Grebe, 4 Cormorant, large flock of passerines in Wilpshire Wood including Chaffinch, Brambling, Goldfinch, Great Tit, Blue Tit & Mistle Thrush (Janet Davie)

Dunkenhalgh SD738295
13:00, 1 Buzzard over the Dunkenhalgh, seen from M65 (Ian Brady)

Shays Barn SD752537
09:30, 1 Little Owl, on its favourite window ledge (Tony Cooper)

Stocks Reservoir SD730560
09:40 - 10:30, 5 Canada Goose, 6 Wigeon, 200+ Teal, 11 Pintail, 120+ Mallard, 19 Pochard, 6 Tufted Duck, 15+ Cormorant, 4 Moorhen, 6 Coot, 1ad Great Black-backed Gull, 2 Raven in causeway/Bottoms Beck area, small number tits & finches at re-opened feeding stations (Tony Cooper)

21st November

Darwen Moor edge SD6721
07:15 – 08:15, 50+ Goldfinch, flock c200 Woodpigeon >S (Mavis Smith)

Woods Brow SD6131-32
Lunchtime, c.400 Fieldfare (Steve Jones)

20th November

Darwen Moor edge SD6721
08:00 – 09:30, 1 Buzzard, 30+ Brambling >S (Mavis Smith)

Rishton Reservoir SD715300
15:40, 2 Dunlin, 1 Wigeon (John Metcalfe)

Upper Rivington Reservoir SD621148
Morning, 1m Ring-necked Duck associating with 4 Pochard (Neil Southworth)

West Bradford Bridge SD745439
1 (imm?) Peregrine flying around a group of 8 or 9 Magpie in a tree; they were reluctant to take flight & remarkably quiet. However, 2 Black-headed Gulls were harassing the falcon quite noisily. On the river (swollen after yesterday's rain) 2 Grey Wagtail, c. 25 Mallard (Jim Ormerod)

19th November

Allsprings SD734334
1 Jack Snipe present since 13th Oct with 3 Common Snipe (Steven Grimshaw)

Barraclough SD740400
15:30, c250 Jackdaw either already in trees to E of A671 at SD739401 or feeding with sheep on opp. side of road. As I walked back into Clitheroe at least another 100 birds were flying in (Tony Cooper)

Brockholes Quarry SD5830
At new feeding station: c.14 Lesser Redpoll, 4 Siskin, 2 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 1 Robin, 3 (1m 2f) Chaffinch, 6 Goldfinch. Also, angler reports 2 Barn Owl near Quarry buildings 4 weeks ago (Roy & Liam Lambert)

Cant Clough SD894311
1m Stonechat (Bob Ashworth)

Cliviger Fish Ponds SD880279
09:30 – 11:00, 4 (3m 1f) Mandarin Duck, 18 Mallard,.mixed flock 50/60 Fieldfare & Redwing, 10+ Brambling ( Brian Stephenson)

Clough Bottom Reservoir SD8426
09:15 - 09:45. 1 Lapwing, (David Nuttall per ROC). 11:45, 1f Goldeneye, 1 Stock Dove, 2 Jay, 1 Pied Wagtail, 1 Fieldfare, 3 Redwing (Kevin Lister per ROC)

Clowbridge Reservoir SD827282
08:15 - 09:00, 4 Goldeneye, 2 Great Crested Grebe, 12 Black-headed Gull, 1pr Stonechat, 2 Meadow Pipit, 5 Reed Bunting (David Nuttall per ROC). 12:30, 2 Great Crested Grebe, 35 Canada Goose, 1 Kestrel, 1 Woodcock, 50 Black-headed Gull, 50 Starling, 1m Stonechat, 1 Mistle Thrush, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Lesser Redpoll (Kevin Lister per ROC)

Darwen Moor edge SD6721
08:00 – 09:25, c100 Redwing, c60 Fieldfare >E, 4+ Stonechat, 20+ Reed Bunting, 3 Lapwing >E (Mavis Smith)

Darwen Travelodge SD683242
22:45, 1 Woodcock on paved area between Macdonalds and services car park. Still there at 23:00 but gone next morning (John Gilligan)

Dunsop Valley SD6550-6552
2 Kestrel, 1 Dipper, 1juv Great Spotted Woodpecker, c2 Fieldfare, c24 Redwing, 2 Mistle Thrush, several Pied Wagtail (Jon Stagg per L&DBWS)

Lower Foulridge Reservoir SD8841
1f/imm Red-breasted Merganser present till 16:00 at least (Gary Waddington)

Hameldon Hill and New Laithe Farm SD810288
13:45, 1 Kestrel, 100 Wood Pigeon, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Raven >E (Kevin Lister per ROC)

Hurstwood Lane SD879317
1 Buzzard (Bob Ashworth)

Loftrans Lane SD8151
10:05, Dense flock 3,000+ Fieldfare, c500 Starling nearby. Is there a roost in this area? (Tony Cooper)

Pendle Summit SD805414
09:00 – 10:00, 4 Snow Bunting 200m SSW of trig point, also 80 Golden Plover 250m NW of trig point briefly at 11:45 (John Metcalfe)

Shays Barn SD752537
10:55, 1 Little Owl sunning itself (Tony Cooper)

Stocks Reservoir SD730560
11:05 - 12:30, 4 Greylag Goose, 145 Canada Goose, 31 Wigeon, min 131 Teal, 2m Pintail, min 211 Mallard, 35 Pochard, 7 Tufted Duck, 26 Cormorant, 6 Coot, 1 Herring Gull flew over (very unusual here), 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Raven heard. Reservoir now absolutely brim full, which may have led to the decrease in numbers of dabbling ducks (Tony Cooper)

Whalley Nab SD7234 - 7134
09:10 - 11:20, c70 Pink-footed Goose >S/E, 2 (1pr) Stonechat by barn on Moor Lane, 10 Blackbird squabbling in a Holly bush with c12 Redwing around, 3 Mistle Thrush - of which 2 were in song, a dark Song Thrush, c25 Goldfinch, 15 Brambling in a single species flock (Jonathan Fenton)

18th November

Champion Moor SD750530
15:15 – 16:45, 10 Mallard (on flood pool), 1f Merlin, 2 Kestrel, 4 Short-eared Owl, 2000+ Starling (Mike Watson, Mark Varley)

Cliviger Lower Fish Pond SD880278
08:30 – 09:10,6 (4m 2f) Mandarin, 2 Grey Heron, 34 Mallard (Brian Stephenson)

Darwen Moor edge SD6721
08:00 – 09:30, 10+ Bullfinch at roost site, 10+ Meadow Pipit (Mavis Smith)

Moor Piece SD6944
08:50 - 11:50, 1 Kestrel, 1 Nuthatch, 10 Goldcrest, a few Redwing, 4 Treecreeper, 2 Jay + other common woodland birds (Jonathan Fenton)

Stocks Reservoir SD730560
30+ Fieldfare, 20+ Redwing – at Stocks Fishery (Mike Watson, Mark Varley)

17th November

Earnsdale Reservoir SD670221
08.00 - 09.00, 1 Buzzard, 2+Crossbill in conifers nearby (Mavis Smith)

Fishmoor Reservoir SD697260
Ad Mediterranean Gull roosted (Bill Aspin)

Rowley Lake SD863327
5 Tufted Duck, 1 Goosander, 2 Little Grebe, 2 Great Crested Grebe, 50 Fieldfare (Russell Carter)

16th November

Blackburn SD6827
50+ Pied Wagtail joining roost in tree in Lords Square (Anne Wilkinson)

Cant Clough Res SD897308
1m Stonechat (Allen Holmes)

Coal Clough Windfarm SD89-9028
1pr Stonechat (Allen Holmes)

Clowbridge Reservoir SD825282
2 Woodcock in adjoining wood (Archie Jones per ROC)

Fishmoor Reservoir SD697260
Ad Mediterranean Gull roosted, 4 Goosander (Bill Aspin)

Shedden Clough SD8929
1m Stonechat (Allen Holmes)

15th November

Sunnyhurst woods SD6722
1 Green woodpecker (Mavis Smith)

14th November

Upper Foulridge Reservoir SD895413
Mid-day, 11 Pochard, 5 Goosander, 83 Mallard, 5 Great Crested Grebe, Teal, 350+ Lapwing, Goldeneye, Redshank (Gary Waddington)

Marl Hill SD683475
10:30 – 11:00, 2 large flocks >S comprising c.400 Fieldfare with 10+ Brambling (Derek Cook)

Moor Lane SD716340
07:50 - 15:00, 7 (5m 2f) Blackbird feeding in Hawthorn with 1 Redwing are probably migrants, c200 Chaffinch & 3+ Brambling flew past over 15 minutes, heading for Whittle Hall area, possibly a pre-roost gathering? (Jonathan Fenton)

Rishton SD7230
08:30 – 08:45, 2 flocks of 80 & 40 Fieldfare >W - very few Redwing with them. Mid-day, 1m Blackcap on Pyracantha. Previously only had one in winter but this is 2nd in two weeks (Dave Bickerton)

Shedden Clough SD8929
Max 1,000 Fieldfare came to roost, also 100-200 finches mainly Greenfinch but 6+ Brambling. Last year the Greenfinch roost built up to several hundred birds. (Allen Holmes)

Sunnyhurst Hey Reservoir SD676220
c40 Starling >E, c300 Fieldfare >SE, c30 Redwing >S (Mavis Smith)

13th November

Dean Clough SD715330
Morning, mixed flock c.50 Brambling & Chaffinch, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Treecreeper. No sign of Scaups (Janet Davie)

Earnsdale Reservoir SD670221
08:00 – 09:00, 8 Cormorant, 4m Teal, c200 Starling >E (Mavis Smith)

Holden Lane - top end SD7651
13:45, 200+ Fieldfare (Tony Cooper)

Rishton SD7230
Afternoon, 1 Raven >W over obs’ garden (Dave Bickerton)

Stocks Reservoir SD730560
14:00 - 15:15, 28 Canada Goose, 13 Wigeon, 526+ Teal, 8 Pintail, 248+ Mallard, 61 Pochard, 11 Tufted Duck, 8 Coot, 2ad Great Black-backed Gull, 5+ Lesser Black-backed Gull, c5 Black-headed Gull, 100+ Common Gull - increasing as afternoon progressed, 1m Kestrel, tight flock c100 Jackdaw >E (Tony Cooper)

12th November

Brockholes Quarry SD5830
11:50-15:00, 354 Coot, 37 Tufted Duck, 28 Pochard, 10f/imm Goldeneye, 13 Mute Swan, 1m ecl Wigeon, 1f Pintail, 55 Common Gull, 25 Canada Geese, 11 Lesser Black backed Gull, 2 Herring Gull, 9 Cormorant - inc. Dutch Ringed Bird, c250 Lapwing, 1ad Great Crested Grebe, 4+ Robin, 2 Tree Sparrow, 14 Redwing, c20 Greenfinch, c15 Blue Tit, 5 Blackbird, c25 Long-tailed Tit (Zac Hinchcliffe)

Darwen Moor edge SD6721
08:00 – 09:30, c240 Fieldfare >NE, c500 Woodpigeon >E (post-roosting), c150 Starling >E (Mavis Smith)

Dean Clough Reservoir SD715330
1 adf Greater Scaup & a 1Wf Scaup/possibly an Aythya hybrid (John Metcalfe)

Jumbles SD702378
14:52, 25 Cormorant >upriver in 3 minute period. Not known if they followed Ribble or Hodder; possibly travelling to Stocks to roost? (Jonathan Fenton)

Lee Green Reservoir SD880337
16 Tufted Duck, 2 Little Grebe, mixed flock 25+ Fieldfare & Mistle Thrush (Gary Waddington)

Pendle Hill SD803415
08:50, 2 Snow Bunting 25yds S of trig point (Martin Naylor)

Stocks Reservoir SD730560
5 f/imm Common Scoter, 70+ Pochard, 20 Tufted Duck, 9 Pintail, 12 Wigeon, lots Of Teal & Mallard, 2 Lapwing (Margaret Breaks)

11th November

Darwen Moor edge SD6721
08:00 – 09:30, c400 Starling >ESE, 1 Raven >N (Mavis Smith)

Pendle Hill SD803415
10:15, 2 Snow Bunting nr trig point (Martin Naylor)

Rishton Reservoir SD715300
Late afternoon,1 Wigeon, 2 Dunlin (John Metcalfe)

10th November

Champion Moor Flood SD749523
1 Jack Snipe flushed from adj field (Glenn Hodkinson)

Clowbridge Reservoir SD825282
Morning, 1 Bar-tailed Godwit - flushed from waters edge & >W (Peter Grice)

Darwen Moor edge SD6721
Morning, 1 Brambling with c25 Chaffinch - in Stepback Wood area, c200 Fieldfare below Higher Wenshead Farm (Bob & Joyce Calder)

Dunsop and Whitendale Valleys SD6650-55
09:00 – 13:00, 33 species including:- 3 Brambling with 20 Chaffinch, 4 (2pr) Stonechat, 1 Dipper singing, 4 Grey Partridge, 3 Red Grouse, 5 Kestrel, 1 Common Buzzard, skein c50 Pink-footed Goose >NW (D