Members Sightings in the Macclesfield Area
October 2003
Date and Time |
Sighting |
Location and Map Reference |
Comments |
| 1st | Swallows (x2) | Eaton, Nr Congleton | Quite late leaving (Peter Kirk) |
| 1st | Green Sandpiper(x2), Ruff (x7), Lapwing (400/500) Shoveller, Wigeon (x50), Teal, Lesser B.B Gulls, Black Headed Gulls | Elton Hall Flash, Sandbach | (Peter Kirk) |
| 1st (13:00) | Hobby | Between Gawsworth and Fool's Nook | Flying South (John Bird) |
| 3rd | Heron, Pied Wagtail | Tittesworth | Conservation area
is virtually dried out! (Peter Kirk) |
| 3rd (16:30) | Pectoral Sandpiper, Snipe (x37) | Rudyard Lake, (North End) | 190 in the country
at present! (Peter Kirk) |
| 5th | Dipper | Riverside Park | On the weir (Peter Kirk) |
| 7th | Little grebe (x2), Pochard (x9), Tufted Duck (x3), Coot (40+) | Ridgegate Reservoir | (Peter Kirk) |
| 9th (09:00) | Mute Swan | Overflying Thornton Square area | Heading North West (Gordon Howard) |
| 10th (a.m.) | Kingfisher | Riverside Park | (Peter Kirk) |
| 11th | Teal (40+), Lapwing (40+) | Rudyard Lake (Staffs) |
North end (Tony & Margaret Hayter) |
| 11th (p.m.) | Redshank (x3), Curlew, Little Grebe (x4), Shoveller (x2), Teal, Mute Swan (x6), Pied Wagtail, Black-tailed Godwits (few) | RSPB Reserve Conwy |
(Peter Kirk) |
| 12th (a.m.) | Dipper | Riverside Park | On the Weir (Peter Kirk) |
| 13th | Peregrine Falcon! Ruff (x9), Shoveller (x4), Lapwings (400+), Teal, Wigeon, Black-headed Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull | Sandbach Flashes | (Peter Kirk) |
| 13th | Fieldfare (15 off) | Overflying Shrigley Hall | First Report of
winter thrushes! (Dave Tolliday) |
| 15th | Wigeon
& Pintail (group of 7) (*) Teal (x10) (#) |
Ridgegate Reservoir (Langley) |
(*) All either
female or immature, confirmation requested. (#) East end of res'v'r. Female or immature birds. (Tony & Margaret Hayter) |
| 15th | Great-crested
Grebe (x15), Pochard (x12) (*) Shoveller (x2), Little Grebe and general wildfowl. (#) |
Tatton mere | (*) Main mere (#) Small mere |
| 15th (p.m.) | Dipper | River Dane (SJ961648) |
Below trout farm (Gordon Howard) |
| 16th | Green Sandpiper (x2) | Bottoms Reservoir (Langley) |
Birds flew off, (no
sign of Pintail, Teal or Wigeon) (Tony & Margaret Hayter) |
| 16th | Buzzard | Over-flying Broken Cross | Heading for town? (John Bird) |
| 16th (p.m.) | Dipper (x2), Grey Wagtail (x2) | River Dove (Dovedale) |
Just above Illam
Rock (Gordon Howard) |
| 17th | Green
Sandpiper (x2) (*) Little Grebe (x8), Pochard (x15) (#) |
(*) Bottom's
Reservoir (Langley) (#)Ridgegate Reservoir (Langley) |
Sadly no Pintail (Tony & Margaret Hayter) |
| 18th (17:00) | Green Sandpiper, Pied Wagtail, Heron, Mallard | Bottoms R's'v'r (Langley) | (Graham Palmer) |
| 19th | Kingfisher | Riverside Park | (Peter Kirk) |
| 21st (a.m.) | Dipper | Riverside Park | (Peter Kirk) |
| 21st (16:45) | Short-eared Owl, Red Grouse (x20) | Derbyshire Bridge (Goyt Valley) | Great sighting! (Peter Kirk) |
| 21st (a.m.) | Field Fare
(x3), Mistle Thrush (*) Dipper (#) |
(*)Cumberland
Clough (#) River Dane, Three Shire Heads |
(*) Clough House
end (Ray Evans & Gordon Howard) |
| 21st (p.m.) | Pochard (x8), Little Grebe (x3), Tufted Ducks, Coots, Mallard | Ridgegate Reservoir (Langley) |
(Ray Evans, Graham Palmer and Gordon Howard) |
| 21st (p.m.) | Green Sandpiper, Kingfisher, Pied Wagtail, Meadow Pipits | Bottom's Reservoir (Langley) |
(Ray Evans, Graham Palmer & Gordon Howard) |
| 22nd (15:00) | Curlew | Holmes Chapel | Near Cottage
Restuarant (Peter Kirk) |
| 23rd (a.m.) | Little grebe (x2), Field Fare & Redwing (*), Meadow Pipits (x30), Mute Swans (x6), Gen. wildfowl | Pickmere | (*) Mixed flock (Peter Kirk) |
| 23rd (p.m.) | Green Sandpiper, Black-tailed Godwit, Snipe (x2), Wigeon (x50), Teal and gen. wildfowl | Haydn's Pool Anderton C.P. |
(Peter Kirk) |
| 25th | Dipper | Riverside Park | (Peter Kirk) |
| 26th | Kingfisher | Riverside Park | Perched on a branch
for a good half hour (Peter Kirk) |
| 27th | Kingfisher (x2) | Riverside Park | Opposite ends of
park Possibly 2 seperate winter territories (Peter Kirk) |
| 27th (12:30) | Pink-footed Geese | Tytherington | Two large skeins in
flight, heading west (Tony & Margaret Hayter) |
| 29th | Kingfisher | Riverside Park | (Peter Kirk) |
| 29th (a.m.) | Redwing (x17), Fieldfare (x7), Little Owl, Tree Sparrow (x6), Goldfinch (few) | Shellow farm fields, Pexal Lane | Ray Evans and Graham Palmer) |
| 30th (a.m.) | Short-eared
Owls (x3)*, Snipe. Buzzard(#), Kestrel (x2) |
Shutlingsloe, North
and South of the peak. Standing Stones Car park |
(*) 2 hunting Mount
Pleasant area. (#) Being mobbed by the Kestrels and Crows. (David and Fabienne) Haydock, (French visitors!), via the Hayters. |
| 30th | Kingfisher | Riverside Park | (Peter Kirk) |
| 31st (a.m.) | Pochard (x16),
Little Grebe (x4), Tufted Duck (x8), Coot (40+) Goldcrest (20+), Treecreeper |
Ridgegate Reservoir
(Langley) Macclesfield Forest Path |
(Peter Kirk) |