Members Sightings in the Macclesfield Area
September 2003
Date and Time |
Sighting |
Location and Map Reference |
Comments |
| 1st | Kingfisher | Riverside Park | Perched
on branch, eating fish (Peter Kirk) |
| 3rd | Kingfisher | Riverside Park | (Peter Kirk) |
| 3rd | Little Grebe | Ridgegate Reservoir | (Peter Kirk) |
| 4th (a.m.) |
Kingfisher, G.C.Grebe (with young), Grey Heron, Tufted Duck, Cormorant, Mallard, Mute Swan, Coot Moorhen, B.H Gull, Lesser B.B.Gull | Marbury C.P. | From
screen over mere (Gordon Howard) |
| 4th (p.m.) |
Nuthatch, Coal Tit, Wren, Robin, Blackbird | Marbury C.P. | Woodland walk (Gordon Howard) |
| 5th | Kingfisher | Riverside Park | (Peter Kirk) |
| 7th | Buzzard | Adlington | Flying
over A523 (DaveTolliday) |
| 11th | Buzzard | Over Broken Cross | (John Bird) |
| 11th | Goldfinch (500++) | Riverside Park | Remarkable numbers (Peter Kirk) |
| 12th | Buzzards (x6) !! | Over Marton Village | Circling (DaveTolliday) |
| 13th | Raven Buzzards (x2) |
Standing Stone (Macclesfield Forest) |
(John Bird) |
| 13th | Buzzard | Lindow Common Wilmslow |
(Peter Kirk) |
| 14th | Pectoral Sandpiper, Little Gull, Black Tern, Ruff, Little Stint | Pennington's Flash | (DaveTolliday) |
| 15th | Hobby | Marton Heath Trout Pools | Seen chasing
swallows (David Taylor) |
| 15th | Greenshank | Banks Road, Heswall (Wirral) SJ252816 |
(Graham Palmer + John Bird) |
| 15th | Little Stint, Golden Plover (x9), Snipe (x5) | Inner Marsh Farm (Wirral) |
(Graham Palmer + John Bird) |
| 18th (am) | Wood Sandpiper (x3) | Haydn's Pool Anderton C.P. (Marbury) |
(Peter Kirk) |
| 18th (am) | Kingfisher, Little Grebe | Pickmere | (Pete Kirk) |
| 19th (p.m.) |
Buzzard House Martins (*) |
Alderley Wood | (*) Large Nos,
Clearly Migrating (Peter Kirk) |
| 20th | Kingfisher | Riverside Park | (Pete Kirk) |
| 21st (p.m.) |
Garganey (*), Green Sandpiper, Ruff (x3), Stock Dove, Snipe (15+), Curlew (50+), Lapwing (500+), General Wildfowl, Tree Sparrows (#) | Elton Flash Sandbach |
(*) eclipsed (#)on roadside verge (Ray & Jean Evans + Gordon Howard) |
| 23rd (p.m.) |
Little Owls
(x2*), Buzzards (x3**), Jay, Sparrowhawk, Goldfinch Flock |
Pexal Road Rodeheath (SK88*67*) |
(*) Perched, (**) Soaring (Ray Evans, Gordon Howard, Graham Palmer) |
| 28th (p.m.) | Dipper(*), Sparrowhawk, Goldfinch flock, (100+) | Riverside Park | (*) Occasional
winter visitor to Riverside Park (Peter Kirk) |
| 29th | Lapwing (x95) | Swynnerton, Staffs (SJ845363) |
Observed on a field
of bare earth (Graham Palmer) |
| 30th (a.m.) | Buzzard |
Riverside Park | Rare over Riverside
Park (Peter Kirk) |