| BIRD SIGHTINGS IN THE MACCLESFIELD AREA | |
| March 2003 | |
| 5th Wilmslow | Brambling
in a flock of chaffinches in trees outside Wilmslow Leisure Centre (on approach road). (MA) |
| 6th Tittesworth |
82 curlew, 11 goosander, 1 buzzard, 1 tawny owl, 4 reed buntings (PK) |
| 6th Rushton Spencer | Buzzard (PK) |
| 8th Ridgegate
Reservoir |
Smew with several goldeneyes (DB) |
| 9th Riverside
Park Macclesfield |
1 Brambling (Male),
6 Bullfinch (4 Male), 2 Nuthatch all at bird feeding station |
| 10th Redesmere | European-race white-fronted goose with the greylags, either on the mere or in the fields behind the parking area. There are also 13 Goldeneye and a goosander. (GP) |
| 11th Cat and Fiddle |
Macclesfield to Buxton
Road (DT) |
| 17th Riverside Park Macclesfield | Lesser spotted woodpeckers (PK) |
| 19th Riverside Park | 2 bramblings on feeder and 2 chiffchaff (JB) |
| 19th Riverside Park Macclesfield | 2 Chiffchaffs (PK) |
| 20th Gawsworth Road Macclesfield | Parakeet |
| 22nd Macclesfield | Buzzard flew over Thornton Square area being harried by a crow (GH) |
| 24th Ridgegate Reservoir | Smew and two pairs of goldeneye |
| 25th Alderley Woods | Tawny Owl (PK) |
| 25th Redesmere | Chiffchaff (PK) |
| 26th Sandbach Flashes | 4 black tailed godwits, 500 wigeon, 300 teal (PK) |
| 26th Brereton heath (PK) | Curlew (PK) |
| 31st Riverside Park | Willow warbler near feeding station (JB) |