| BIRD SIGHTINGS IN THE MACCLESFIELD AREA | |
| December 2002 | |
| 2nd Tytherington Wood |
Bramblings in a flock with chaffinches (PK) |
| 7th Ridgegate Reservoir | 14 Pochard, 1 little grebe (DT) |
| 7th Macclesfield
Forest |
40 Crossbills (DT) |
| 7th Styperson Pool Bollington | 3 Goosanders and 35 tufted ducks (PK) |
| 8th Rudyard Reservoir | Pair of goldeneye at the north end of the reservoir (AH) |
| 8th Rudyard | 2 Marsh tits and 20 wigeon on flooded fields on Staffordshire Way from Rudyard towards Leek (PK) |
| 11th Carsington Water | Great Northern Diver (juvenile) from the Sheepwash Hide (DT) |
| 11th Broken Cross | Two redpolls in a garden |
| 11th Scotsman's Flash Wigan | Bittern
seen in flight in the afternoon |
| 17th Ridgegate | 5
mute swans (2 adult 3 imm) (A&MH) 8 goosander (3 male 5 female) 4 goldeneye (1 male 3 female) |
| 17th Various gardens in Tytherington | Male and female blackcaps (DT) |
| 19th Redsmere |
Goldeneye 2m, 4f (JB) Goosander 1m, 4f Pink footed goose 2 Also a Buzzard at Henbury Hall, on the ground. |
| 22nd Redesmere | Black necked grebe, five male and five female goosanders, 2 female goldeneye, kingfisher, 60+ lapwings overhead (JB) |
| 24th Ridgegate Reservoir | Buzzard, goldeneyes, pochard, tufted duck, common gull (DH) |
| 25th Trentabank | Crossbills by the car park (DH) |
| 30th Stypherson Pool | Goosander (1 male and 5 females), 15 tufted duck, 50 mallards (DH) |
| 31st Broken Cross | Redwing (JB) |