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Tuesday, January 20, 2026

Rochdale Canal.

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Took a walk along the canal from Luddenden Foot towards Brearley this afternoon. 14 Siskin were feeding high up in canal-side alders along w...

Cold Edge

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Stonechat male 3 of 4 Stock Doves Pair of Rooks touching bills The 1941 Witherby handbook says that the male presenting food to the female i...
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Saturday, January 17, 2026

New Year

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Going into 2026, I still think some of the most satisfying birding comes from marking out a patch on a map, and then trying to build a lengt...

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Chinese Geese
Monday, January 12, 2026

Wainstalls

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2cy (1st winter) Common Gull
Saturday, January 10, 2026

Ryburn - 9 January

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2cy Cormorant. I was a bit thrown by the whiteness of the underparts, (and by the difficulty seeing the pale bill in this long shot). But th...
Friday, January 09, 2026

Ogden etc

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This morning around the res'r at Ogden was more about watching the floor rather than the sky ! The ice was still well in evidence around...
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Thursday, January 08, 2026

Shibden Valley

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Redwing Mistle Thrush
Tuesday, January 06, 2026

Shroggs Park - 6th Jan

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 Didn't venture far today but I did manage a check of the woodland in Shroggs Park this afternoon. 3 Lesser Redpoll feeding high up in ...
Saturday, January 03, 2026

Shroggs Park - 3rd Jan

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 Birch and Oak hillside opposite B & Q and Shroggs landfill site in the sunshine late morning. 7 Lesser Redpoll feeding in the top of t...
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Friday, January 02, 2026

Cold Edge - 2nd January

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Single Pink-footed Goose still with the geese - 72 Geylags and 70 Canadas this afternoon. 2 Kestrel and 2 very distant Buzzards , 1 x 3rd w...

Castle Carr Road - 1st January

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Bitterly cold wind along the road this afternoon. A pair of Stonechats running the fence line adjacent to the patch of heathland was a welc...