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| Bird
Sightings in the Macclesfield and Surrounding Areas |
| August 2004 |
Date
and Time
|
Sighting
|
Location and
Map Reference
|
Comments
|
| 1st |
Kingfisher |
Riverside Park |
Peter Kirk |
| 1st |
Tufted Duck
(2f)*, Little Grebe, Woodpigeon** Lapwing ** |
Adlington D.R. |
(*) with young
(**) large flockNigel Troup
|
| 2nd to 6th |
Red-legged
Partridge, Kingfisher, Reed Bunting |
Riverside Park |
Peter Kirk |
| 7th |
(a) Peregrine Falcon, Raven (12), Buzzard, Wheatear*
(b) Green Woodpecker (H) |
(a) Dane Bower
Quarry (b) Three Shire Heads
|
(*) family party
(H) heard onlyDavid Haydock
(visitor from France)
|
| 7th |
(a) Black Tern, Hobby, Pochard (m)
(b) Black-tailed Godwit (14), Snipe (2), Common Sandpiper
(c)Green Sandpiper (8), Water Rail (juv.), Reed Warbler (2)
(d) Little
Egret, Dunlin,
Curlew (20+), Lapwing (200+) |
Marbury C.P. (a) Budworth Mere
(b) Haydn Pool
(c) Witton Brook
(d) Neumann's Flash
|
Note! Spotted Crake also reported by Paul Brewster mid-week Paul Flacket
|
| 8th |
(a) Yellow Hammer (b) Swallows + House Martins*
|
(a) Manor Farm,
Ollerton
(b) Prestbury Sewage Works |
(*) mixed flock (c200)
on t'phone wires David
Tolliday
|
| 8th |
(a) Mandarin (f),
(b) Turnstone*, Black-tailed Godwit
(c) Green Sandpiper (7) |
Marbury C.P.
(a) Main Mere - Spit
(b) No 1 Pool
(c) Witton Brook |
(*) summer plumage Nigel Troup
|
| 8th (11:45) |
Red
Kite |
Davenport Golf Club |
Overflew North West
Phil Oddy |
| 10th |
Swifts |
Mersey Way
Stockport |
David Haydock
(Visitor from France) |
| 12th |
Redstart (imm.
or f), Green Woodpecker (x2) |
Gritstone Trail
north from Bosley |
David Haydock
(Visitor from France) |
| 14th |
Ravens (H),
Wheatears, Spotted Flycatcher (family x2), Dipper,
Buzzard (x3), Sparrowhawk, Green Woodpecker (H) |
Long walk from
Macclesfield forest via Shuttlingsloe to Wildboarclough |
David Haydock
(Visitor from France)) |
| 14th |
(a) Common
Buzzard*
(b) Linnets (6), Common Redstart |
(a) Bosley
Crossroads
(b) Manor Farm, Gawsworth |
* Roosting in Tree Ray & Margaret Perry
|
| 15th |
Ravens (2),
Wheatear |
Nr. Cat and Fiddle |
David Haydock
(Visitor from France) |
| 20th |
Hobby |
Cranage
Nr. Holmes Chapel |
Margaret Perry |
| 21st (a.m.) |
Kingfisher
(x2) |
one at Bramall Hall
one at Chudleigh Close pond*
SJ 901871 |
*possible
dispersing juvenile
Nigel Troup |
| 21st |
Hobby*, Whitethroat (2 juv.) |
Tittesworth |
(*)over
Conservation Pool
Ray & Margaret Perry |
| 22nd |
Green
Woodpecker |
Tittesworth |
Uncommon today at
this site
Ray & Margaret Perry |
| 24th |
Stonechat (m),
Red-legged partridge (7), Redstart (m), Hobby, Wheatears (sev.) |
Gritstone trail
between Pott Shrigley and Lyme Park |
David Haydock
(Visitor from France) |
| 24th |
(a) Ruddy
Duck (m)*
(b) Linnet (14)**
(c) Nuthatch |
(a) Tittesworth
(b) Manor Farm Gawsworth
(c) Gawsworth Village |
(*) Rare visitor to
this site
(**) Good flock - Red listed species
Ray & Margaret Perry |
| 25th (p.m.) |
Swallows (12),
Pheasant, Stock Dove (2), Little Grebe |
Adlington D.R. |
Nigel Troup |
| 30th |
Hobby
(2) |
Thornton Sq area
Macclesfield |
Uncertain, birds
very high, thought to be feeding
Graham Palmer |
| 31st |
Hobby
(2) |
Higher Doles Farm
Addlington |
Passing eastward at
height, slightly panicking swallows.
Paul Hughes, (MBC Ranger) |
| 31st |
Spotted
Flycatcher* |
Ridgegate Reservoir |
(*) with young
Tony & Margaret Hayter |
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