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Bird Sightings in the Macclesfield and Surrounding
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November 2004 |
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A request
has been submitted that I invert the sightings list so that the latest
sightings appear at the top of the page. Please
let me know if you are unhappy with the new layout. (Ed.) |
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Date and Time |
Sighting |
Location and Map Reference |
Comments |
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29th
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Lesser
Spotted Woodpecker
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Pexall
Road, Rodeheath (grid ref SJ 883674), in tree by field gate just east
of cottage.
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Graham
Palmer
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29th
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Snipe
(4); Curlew (9).
Great news! Harvest Mice found at several locations around the Conservation Pool |
Tittesworth
Reservoir
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Ray
and Margaret Perry
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29th
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Long-tailed
Duck (fem/imm)
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Catchpenny
Pool
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Paul
Flackett
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28th
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Golden
Plover (1) |
Tittesworth
Reservoir
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Ray
and Margaret Perry
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27th
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Pink-footed
Goose (40) - flew overhead
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Tittesworth
Reservoir
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Ray
and Margaret Perry
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26th
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Goosander
(7); Wigeon (43); Redpoll (20)
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Tittesworth
Reservoir
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Ray
and Margaret Perry
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22nd
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Kingfisher
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Tittesworth
Reservoir
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Ray
and Margaret Perry
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21st
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2
Waxwings
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Darley Road area,
on the border between |
Phil
Oddy
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21st
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Jack
Snipe, 8 Snipe,
Fieldfare, 3 Bullfinch, 15+ Meadow Pipits and a female Kestrel
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Adswood
Tip
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Nigel
Troup
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19th
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Tree
sparrow
(very rare at this site); 40 Redpoll |
Tittesworth
Reservoir
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Ray
and Margaret Perry
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18th
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200
Fieldfares
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Thirlmere,
nr Thornton Sq, Macclesfield
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Ray
and Margaret Perry
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16th
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Whooper
swans
(a pair) |
Tittesworth
Reservoir
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Ray
and Margaret Perry
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14th |
Dipper (1) Tawny Owl (1) |
Tittesworth
Reservoir |
Ray
and Margaret Perry |
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13th (am) |
Stonechat (m) |
Adlington D.
R. (between track,
runway and factory) |
Local rarity!! Phil Oddy |
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13th |
Tree Sparrow (9), Reed Bunting (8),
Linnet, Fieldfare & Redwing, (c20*) |
Off Gawsworth |
(*) mixed flock Ray Evans &
Graham Palmer |
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7th |
Goldeneye (2m,8f), Pochard, Great Crested
Grebe, Tufted Duck, Mallard, Mute Swan, Greylag
Geese, |
Redesmere |
Ray & Jean
Evans |
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7th |
Sparrowhawk (*) |
Tittesworth
Reservoir |
(*) attacked
by crow Ray & Margaret
Perry |
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5th |
Snipe (4), Meadow Pipit (8), Siskin
(15), Brambling (pair) |
Tittesworth
Reservoir |
Ray & Margaret
Perry |
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3rd |
Goosander (2) |
Tittesworth
Reservoir |
Ray & Margaret
Perry |
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2nd |
Common Scoter
(7), Goldeneye (m), Wigeon (65) |
Tittesworth
Reservoir |
Ray & Margaret
Perry |
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1st
(09:00) |
Pink-footed Geese (c200) |
Adlington |
2 skeins flying
NW Bernard Robinson |
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