Bird Sightings in the Macclesfield Area
August 2003
Date and Time |
Sighting |
Location and Map Reference |
Comments |
1st |
Spotted Flycatcher | Saddle of Kerridge Ridge SJ942765 |
(Gordon) |
4th (16:40) |
Peregrine Falcon | Circling over Broken Cross |
(John Bird) |
15th (11:00) |
Gr't
Crested Grebes (x2) Little Grebes (x2) Pochards (x2) Tufted Ducks (x12) Mallards (x6) Coots (x12) |
Ridgegate Reservoir (Macclesfield Forest) |
(Tony Hayter) |
15th |
Kingfisher | Riverside Park |
(Peter Kirk) |
17th |
Greenshanks (x2) | Bosely Reservoir |
(Tony Hayter) |
18th |
Kingfisher | Riverside Park |
(Peter Kirk) |
20th |
Greenshank Little Ringed Plover |
Rudyard Lake (Staffs) |
North End of Lake (Tony Hayter) |
20th |
Raven | Lyme Park |
In flight and Calling (Peter Kirk) |
21st |
Green
Sandpiper Black-tailed Godwit Dunlin (x3) Snipe Lapwing (40 –50) |
Tittesworth Reservoir (Staffs) |
Peter Kirk) |
22nd (15:30) |
Black-tailed Godwit Common Sandpiper Dunlin (Juvenile) |
Tittesworth Reservoir (Staffs) |
From East Hide (Gordon) |
| 23rd | Kingfisher | Riverside Park | On
wooden bridge to Prestbury with small fish (Peter Kirk) |
| 29th | Kingfisher | Riverside Park | (Peter Kirk) |