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| Bird
Sightings in the Macclesfield and Surrounding Areas |
| April 2004 |
Date
and Time
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Sighting
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Location and
Map Reference
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Comments
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| Lost!! |
African
Grey Parrot |
Moss
Lane Area
(Macclesfield) |
Answers
to "Macy", If seen please contact 07754 712 299 |
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| 1st |
(i) Willow
Warbler
(ii) Goldeneye (3m),
(iii) Little Grebe, Mandarin (2m 1f)),
(iv) Curlew (2)
(v) Lapwing (50), Oystercatcher |
(i) Hollins, Macc.
(ii) Ridgegate Res.
(iii) Trentabank Res.
(iv) High Forest / Wildboarclough
(v) Adlington / Woodford |
(Peter Kirk) |
| 1st |
Wigeon (m+f) |
Ridgegate Res. |
(Tony &
Margaret Hayter) |
| 2nd (09:10) |
Gadwall (m) |
Poynton Pool |
First record here
for several years
(Phil Oddy) |
| 2nd |
Chiffchaff,
Kingfisher, Buzzard (2), Curlew (2) |
Bollin Valley
Sewage Works |
(Peter Kirk) |
| 2nd |
Buzzard (2) |
Gawsworth Rd |
(Jean & Ray
Evans) |
| 2nd |
Peregrine*,
Buzzards |
Redesmere |
* appearing from
Capesthorne, flew E.
(Steve & Gill Barber) |
| 3rd |
Dipper |
Riverside Park |
(Peter Kirk) |
| 3rd |
Willow
Warbler (2) |
Rudyard Lake (north
end) |
heard only
(Tony & Margaret Hayter) |
| 3rd (p.m.) |
(i) Wigeon
(7), Pochard (3), Teal (50+), Ruddy Duck (12)
(ii) Avocet
(6), Redshank
(4), Shoveller (6), Gadwall (m+f), Little Ringed Plover, Little Stint* (11)
(iii) Sand Martin (c300), Swallow (2), Brambling, Lesser
Spotted Woodpecker (2) |
(i) Frodsham Marsh
(ii) Weaver Bend
(iii) Marbury C.P. |
* mobile flock
(Nigel Troup)
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| 4th (p.m.) |
Kingfisher |
Sewage Works,
Bollin Valley |
(Peter Kirk) |
| 4th (p.m.) |
(i) Tree Sparrow
(ii) Wheatear (m+f) |
(i) Church Lane
Woodford
(ii) Danebower Quarry |
(Nigel troup) |
| 5th (a.m.) |
Swallow*,
Lapwing (c12), Buzzard |
Plumley |
* single bird over
farm land
(Gordon Howard & Ray Evans) |
| 5th |
House
Martins |
Sewage Works Bollin
Valley |
first
record for this year
(David Tolliday) |
| 5th |
(i)
Goldeneye (3), Little Grebe
(ii) Redpoll |
(i) Ridgegate Resvr.
(ii) Bollin Valley Sewage Works |
(Peter Kirk) |
| 6th (15:00) |
Swallow (3) |
Bottoms Resvr. |
(Tony &
Margaret Hayter) |
| 7th |
(i) Swallow
(12)
(ii) Swallow (4), Willow Warbler (3) |
(i) Redesmere
(ii) Bottoms Resvr. |
(Peter Kirk) |
| 7th |
Blackcap
* |
Woodsmoor Stn.
Stockport |
*
singing, first record for this year
(Nigel Troup) |
| 7th |
Willow
Warbler (12) |
Tittesworth Resvr. |
(Ray & Margaret
Perry) |
| 8th |
(i)
Kingfisher, Buzzard (5), Oystercatcher (2)
(ii)Curlew (2), Swallows + Sand Martins |
(i) Riverside Park
(ii) Sewage Works Bollin Valley |
(Peter Kirk) |
| 8th |
Curlew (2) |
Woodhouse End Rd.
Gawsworth |
(Ray & Margaret
Perry) |
| 9th |
(i) Buzzard
(3), Sand Martin (2)
(ii) Chiffchaff
(iii) Oystercatcher (2), Little Owl
(iv) Redpoll (12), Buzzard (2), Chiffchaff |
(i) Riverside Park
(ii) Prestbury
(iii) Adlington / Woodford
(iv) Sewage Works Bollin Valley |
(Peter Kirk) |
| 9th |
(i) Swallow
(6), Sand Martin, Willow Warbler, Fieldfare (46)*
(ii) Goldeneye (2m)
(iii) Goldeneye (pair)
(iv) Swallow (30), Sand Martin (2)
(v) Blackcap (pair), Chiffchaff (5) |
(i) Bottoms Resvr.
(ii) Ridgegate Resvr.
(iii) Trentabank Res.
(iv) Redesmere
(v) Woodsmoor Stn. Stockport |
* overflying
(Nigel Troup)
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| 10th |
Lapwing,
Brambling (2) |
Riverside Park |
(Roger Brereton) |
| 10th |
Short-eared
Owl (2) |
Cut Thorn Hill,
Three Shire Heads |
(Paul Flackett) |
| 11th |
(i) Red-legged
Partridge
(ii)Kingfisher, Sand Martin (4) |
(i) Riverside Park
(ii) Sewage Works Bollin Valley |
(Peter Kirk) |
| 11th |
Sparrowhawk
(f), Curlew, Skylark (3) |
Woodhouse End Rd
Gawsworth |
(Ray & Margaret
Perry) |
| 12th |
Kingfisher,
Redpoll (12), Chiffchaff |
Sewage Works Bollin
Valley |
(Peter Kirk) |
| 12th |
Buzzard (4),
Green Woodpecker, Greater Spotted Woodpecker,
Oystercatcher (5), Snipe, Shelduck (4), Sand Martins*,
Swallows, Lapwing |
Acre Nook Sand
Quarry |
* colony (Paul Flackett)
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| 12th |
Chiffchaff
(2) |
Cowbrook lane
Gawsworth |
(Ray & Margaret
Perry) |
| 13th |
WillowWarbler
(2) |
Hollins |
(Peter Kirk) |
| 14th |
(i)
Bullfinch (4), Brambling (3)
(ii) Chiffchaff, Goldeneye (5f), Buzzard |
(i) Riverside Park
Feeder Stn.
(ii) Tatton Park |
(Peter Kirk) |
| 15th |
(i)
Chiffchaffs*
(ii) Goldeneye (2) |
(i) Riverside Park
& Macc. Forest
(ii) Trentabank Res. |
*1st this year for
Riverside Park
(Peter Kirk) |
| 15th |
Brambling (f) |
Bollington (Garden) |
First garden
sighting for :-
(Kevin Lewis) |
| 15th (p.m.) |
(i)
Brambling (f), Lesser Spotted Woopecker (m), Sand Martin
(4), Ruddy Duck (4),
Sand Martin (300+), Swallows, House Martins, Brambling (2),
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (m*)
(iii) Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff (4) |
(i) Moore Nature
Reserve
(ii) Marbury C.P.
(iii) Mirlees (Stockport) |
* drumming (Nigel Troup)
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| 16th |
(i) Meadow
Pipit (c.300)
(ii) Swallow |
(i) Adlington
Driving Range
(ii) Poynton Pool |
(Peter Kirk) |
| 17th |
Wheatear (2),
Little Ringed Plover, Oystercatcher |
Adlington Driving
Range |
(Peter Kirk) |
| 17th |
(i) Grasshopper Warbler
(ii) Wheatear (16), Linnet (7), Sand Martins (100+),
Swallow (c6), Ringed Plover, Little Ringed Plover (3),
Dunlin (8), Common Sandpiper, Little Gull (2)*, B.H.Gulls, Red-necked Grebe (#), Goldeneye (c50), Common Scoter (5m), Goosander (4) |
(i) Adswood Tip (Stockport)
(ii) Audenshaw Resvrs.
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* second summer
(#) magnificent summer plumage (Nigel Troup)
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| 18th |
Red-legged
Partridge (2) |
Riverside Park |
(Peter Kirk) |
| 19th |
(i)
Wheatear (2), Oystercatcher, Kestrel, Greylag Goose (*)
(ii) Buzzard, Chiffchaff (6), Willow Warbler (2)
(iii) Goldeneye (3) |
(i) Adlington
Driving Range
(ii) Tegsnose area
(iii) Langley Resvrs. |
(*) feral visitor
(Peter Kirk) |
| 19th (18:00) onward |
(i) Green Sandpiper, Redshank (2), Oystercatcher,
Lapwing, Teal (3m, 4f), Linnet (c50), Meadow Pipit
(ii) Skylark
(2), Curlew,
Red-legged Partridge, Lapwing (4)
(iii) Fieldfare |
(i) Pool/Flooded
field N. of Marton
(ii) Tidnock (between Marton & Gawsworth)
(iii) Pikelow Farm |
(David Tolliday) |
| 20th (a.m.) |
Curlew |
Fields below
Peningtons Lane (Gawsworth) |
(Gordon Howard) |
| 20th |
Cuckoo |
Pickmere |
Ist
report
(Peter Kirk) |
| 21st |
(i)
Brambling
(ii) Oystercatcher
(iii) Kingfisher |
(i) Riverside Park
(ii) Adlington
(iii) Bollin Valley Sewage Works |
(Peter Kirk) |
| 22nd |
(i)
Goldeneye (1m,2f)
(ii) Ruddy Duck (5)
(iii) Buzzard |
Tatton Park
(i) large mere
(ii) small mere
(iii) Jodrell Bank |
(Peter Kirk) |
| 22nd |
Common
Sandpiper (3), Blackcap (3), Willow Warbler (20) |
Tittesworth
Reservoir |
(Ray Perry) |
| 23rd |
(i) Redpoll,
Crossbills (8), Reed Bunting (3), Blackcap (3m 1f),
Willow Warbler (12), Chiffchaff (8), Siskin*
(ii) Teal |
(i) Tittesworth (ii) N. Staffs Way (in flood meadows)
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* on feeding
station (Peter Kirk)
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| 23rd |
House
Martin (2) |
Woodsmoor,
Stockport |
(Nigel troup) |
| 23rd (15:00) |
Osprey |
Tittesworth Res. |
first of the season
(Ray Perry) |
| 24th |
(i) Red-legged
Partridge, Whitethroat*
(ii) Liitle Owl, Oystercatcher (2), Greylag Geese (4) |
(i) Riverside Park
(ii) Adlington Driving range |
* first report of
the year
(Peter Kirk) |
| 24th |
Garden
Warbler*,
Blackcaps, Willow Warblers, Chiffchaffs |
Middlewood Way,
Bollington |
* seen and heard -
first report for the year
(Andrew Foulkes) |
| 24th |
Osprey,
Little Owl (2) |
Tittesworth Resvr. |
(Ray Perry) |
| 25th |
(i)
Kingfisher, Red-legged Partridge (2), Whitethroat
(ii) Common Sandpiper (2) |
(i) Riverside Park
(ii) Poynton Pool |
(Peter Kirk) |
| 25th |
Tree Pipit
(3)*, Skylark (4), Housemartins, Swallows, Curlew (2),
Treecreeper, Willow Warblers & Chiffchaffs |
Forest Chapel /
Macc. Forest Edge |
* very vocal and
visible on telegraph poles and conifer tops
(Alan Brereton) |
| 25th |
Grasshopper
Warbler |
Adswood Tip |
still reeling
(Nigel Troup) |
| 25th |
Common
Sandpiper (6), Blackcap (12), Willow Warbler (40+),
Chiffchaff (20+), Redpoll (4), Meadow Pipit (3), Cuckoo |
Tittesworth Resvr. |
(Ray Perry) |
| 26th |
Red-legged
Partridge, Whitethroat |
Riverside Park |
(Peter Kirk) |
| 26th |
(i)
Redshank (pair), Common Sandpiper, Ruddy Duck (1m, 3f),
Shelduck (3), Cuckoo*
(ii) Cuckoo**, Wheatear, Golden Plover, Reed Bunting, Red
Grouse |
(i) Acre Nook S.Q. (ii) Knotbury area
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* heard only
** this time seen(Paul
Flackett)
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| 26th |
Greylag
Geese (2) |
Tittesworth Resvr. |
(Ray Perry) |
| 27th |
(i)
Blackcap, Red-legged Partridge
(ii) Linnet (6), Swift (c50)* |
(i) Riverside Park
(ii) Astbury |
* first report this
year
(Peter Kirk) |
| 27th |
Swifts (3) |
Alderley Park |
(Paul Flackett) |
| 27th |
Swifts |
Conservation Pool,
Tittesworth Res. |
(Ray Perry) |
| 28th |
Oystercatchers
(2) |
Adlington Driving
Range |
(Peter Kirk) |
| 28th |
(i) Swifts
(2),
(ii) Swift, Sand Martin, Swallows (50), G.C.Grebe (3) |
(i) Bramhall (ii) Poynton Pool
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(Nigel Troup) |
| 29th (12:00) |
Swifts (200+) |
Tittesworth resvr. |
(Ray Perry) |
| 29th |
Whitethroat |
Riverside Park |
(Peter Kirk) |
| 30th |
(i) Green
Woodpecker, Pied Flycatcher
(ii) Oystercatcher (2), Greylag Goose (2), Linnet (2),
Buzzard |
(i) Tegsnose C.P. (ii) Adlington Driving Range
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(Peter Kirk) |
| 30th |
Grasshopper
Warbler, Willow Warbler (3), Chiffchaff (2), Whitethroat
(2), Swift (6), House Martin, Reed Bunting, Skylark (2),
Meadow Pipit (3) |
Adswood Tip
(Stockport) |
(Nigel Troup) |
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