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| Bird
Sightings in the Macclesfield and Surrounding Areas |
| June 2004 |
Date
and Time
|
Sighting
|
Location and
Map Reference
|
Comments
|
| 1st |
Whitethroat
|
Riverside Park |
(Peter Kirk) |
| 2nd |
Cuckoo,
Dipper, Grey Wagtails (pair) Wheatear (pair)
|
Danebower |
Highlights only, 19
species seen
Macclesfield Local Group evening walk |
| 2nd |
(i)
Whitethroats (3)
(ii) Curlew
(iii) Reed Bunting |
(i) Riverside Park
(ii) Adlington Driving Range
(III) Poynton Pool |
(Peter Kirk) |
| 3rd |
(i) Red-legged
Partridge (2), Whitethroat (2)
(ii) Oystercatcher (3)
(iii)Reed Bunting (2) |
(i) Riverside Park
(ii) Adlington Driving Range
(iii) Poynton Pool |
(Peter Kirk) |
| 4th |
(i) Linnet
(2),
(ii) Spotted Flycatcher
(iii) Reed Bunting, Tufted Duck (2) |
(1) Hollins (Macc.)
(ii) Ridgegate (Woods)
(iii) Poynton Pool |
(Peter Kirk) |
| 5th |
(i) Oystercatcher (with 2 chicks),
Little Ringed Plover (2 pairs), Gadwall (4 pairs), Ruddy
Ducks (2m 1f) Redshank, Shelduck, Reed Bunting (ii) Great Spotted
Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker (*), Tawny Owl (*),
Grasshopper Warbler (*)
Chiffchaff, Willlow Warbler, Whitethroat, Blackcap
|
Marbury Country Park (i) Haydn
Pool
(ii)
Dairyhouse Meadow Area
|
Also close views of
Fox Cubs (*) heard only
(Paul
Flackett)
|
| 5th and 6th |
Whitethroat
and Reed Bunting
Sedge Warbler on 6th |
Riverside Park
|
(Peter Kirk) |
| 6th |
Lesser
Whitethroat, Little Ringed Plover (4), Stock Dove, Tawny
Owl, Spotted Flycatcher (7), Cuckoo (H), Long-tailed Tit
(13), Treecreeper(*) |
Tittesworth
Reservoir |
(H) heard only
(*) feeding young(Ray and
Margaret Perry)
|
| 8th |
Canada
Goose (250+), Common Buzzard (2), Redstart (pair*), Grey
Wagtail (2 pairs), Sedge Warbler (3), Blackcap (m, 20+) |
Tittesworth,
Morridge and Churnet |
(*) feeding young (Ray and Margaret Perry)
|
| 9th |
(i)
Redstart (2*)
(ii) Canada Goose (45$) |
(i) Teggsnose Wood
(ii) Ridgegate Res. |
(*) feeding young
($) new population ?
(Peter Kirk) |
| 10th, 11th & 12th |
Reed
Bunting |
Poynton Pool |
(Peter Kirk) |
| 10th |
Curlew,
Oystercatcher, Skylark |
Gawsworth
Fields off Woodhouse End Lane |
(Ray and Margaret
Perry) |
| 11th |
Oystercatcher
(3), Linnet |
(i) Adlington D.R. |
(Peter Kirk) |
| 12th |
Reed
Bunting, Common Whitethroat |
Riverside Park |
(Peter Kirk) |
| 12th |
Spotted
Sandpiper* |
Elton Hall Flash |
(*) summer plumage,
stayed all day until dusk
(Phil Oddy) |
| 13th |
Common
Buzzard, Red-legged Partridge, Common Whitethroat (2) |
Riverside Park |
(Peter Kirk) |
| 14th |
Reed
Bunting, Red-legged Partridge, Blackcap, Common
Whitethroat (3), Spotted Flycatcher |
Riverside Park
|
Guided walk, 32
species
(Peter Kirk) |
| 15th - 17th (inc) |
(i)
Oystercatcher (3), Linnets (2)
(ii) Little Grebe (2)
(iii) Tufted duck (9)
(iv) Reed Bunting, Pheasant * |
(i) Adlington D.R (ii) Trentabank
(iii) Ridgegate
(iv) Riverside Park
|
* with chicks (Peter Kirk)
|
| 17th |
Yellow
Hammer, Common Whitethroat (2), Reed Bunting (4), Tawny
Owl, Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler (2), Kestrel |
Fairhaven Farm
Brereton |
"Fabulous Farm
Visit"
Highlights only, 25 species seen
(Peter Kirk) |
| 18th |
(i) Little
Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper (4), Reed Bunting (10),
Sedge Warbler (2), Blackcap (5*), Spotted Flycatcher (2),
Teal (6*), Lapwing (43), Canada Geese (273)
(ii) Reed Bunting (2), Green Woodpecker (2*) |
(i) Tittesworth (ii) North Staffs Way (Rudyard)
|
(*) with young (Peter Kirk)
|
| 19th |
(i)
Grasshopper Warbler, Reed Bunting, Buzzard, Comon
Whitethroat (2), Red-legged Partridge
(ii) Swifts (150), House martin (100), Ruddy Duck (5),
Greylag Goose, Buzzard, Coot (80) |
(i) Riverside Park (ii) Tatton
|
(*) with young (Peter Kirk)
|
| 19th |
Golden
Plover (2) |
NNW Shuttlingslow
SJ 974697 |
In breeding plumage,
possibly nesting
(Alec & Chris Johnston) |
| 20th |
Blackcap (2) |
Riverside park |
(Peter Kirk) |
| 20th |
Tree
Sparrows (3) |
Church Lane
Woodford |
established colony
(Nigel Troup) |
| 21st |
(i) Common
Whitethroat (2), Red-legged Partridge (2)
(ii) Common Whitethroat |
(i) Riverside Park (ii) Hollins Golf Course
|
(Peter Kirk) |
| 22nd |
(i) Buzzard,
Common Whitethroat
(ii) Red-legged Partridge |
(i) Riverside Park (ii) Birtles Road
|
(Peter Kirk) |
| 23rd |
(i) Reed
Bunting (3), Ruddy Duck (4), Coots (80), Mute Swan (22),
G.C.Grebes (17)
(ii) Oystercatcher |
(i) Tatton Park (ii) Adlington D.R.
|
(Peter Kirk) |
| 24th to 26th |
Red-legged
Partridge, Common Whitethroat (4), Blackcap (2),
Kingfisher, Reed Bunting, |
Riverside Park |
(Peter Kirk) |
| 26th |
Swifts (c150),
Sandmartin (c30), Buzzard (3) |
Tatton Park |
(Peter Kirk) |
| 26th |
(i) Lapwing
(110), Sand Martin *
(ii) Oystercatcher (2), Reed Bunting, Skylark, Buzzard
Stock Dove, Lesser Black-backed Gull |
(i) Woodford
Airfield (ii) Adlington D.R.
|
(*) established
colony, river Dean (Nigel
Troup)
|
| 27th / 28th |
(i) Reed
Bunting (2)
(ii) Kingfisher, Common Whitethroat (2) |
(i) Riverside Park
(ii) Poynton Pool |
(Peter Kirk) |
| 29th |
Green
Woodpecker |
Tatton Park |
(Peter Kirk) |
| 29th |
Lesser
Spotted Woodpecker |
Garden - rear of
Ullswater (Thornton Sq. area) |
in apple tree (Jean and Ray Evans)
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