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Bird Sightings in the Macclesfield and Surrounding Areas |
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October 2004 |
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Date and Time |
Sighting |
Location and Map Reference |
Comments |
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1st |
Pochard (4m, 1f) |
Ridgegate Reservoir |
Tony & Margaret Hayter |
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2nd |
Swallows (16) |
Poynton Pool |
Phil Oddy |
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2nd |
(a) House Martins (2) |
all Stockport Area (a)
Bredbury Green |
Nigel Troup |
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6th (a.m.) |
Red-legged Partridge |
On House Roof!!! |
Early morning |
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9th (13:30) |
Redwing (c20) |
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1st Winter Thrush report, |
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9th |
(a) Snipe (15), Gadwall (33), Lapwing (33) |
Marbury C.P. (a)
Haydn's Pool |
Nigel Troup |
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9th |
Fieldfare (50) |
Walker Barn, Macclesfield |
1st Fieldfare report |
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10th |
(a) Great Crested Grebe (c20), Little Grebe (3),
Cormorant (c30), Mallard (c30), Gadwall (3), Tufted Duck (c40), Coot (c60),
Black-headed Gull (c100) |
Marbury C.P. (a) Budworth Mere (b) Haydn's Hide |
Gordon & Rita Howard |
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11th |
Redwing (30) |
Overflying |
Nigel Troup |
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11th (noon) |
(a)
Chaffinch*, Brambling |
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(*) Large flock with Bramblings
present. |
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12th (11:30) |
Fieldfare (c30), Redwing (c12) |
Fields / Trees north side of Pennington's lane |
Gordon Howard |
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16th |
(a) Curlew Sandpiper, Little Stint, Dunlin
(1000+!), Golden Plover (100+), Redshank (2), Peregrine*, Lapwings, Shoveler
(50+), Ruddy Duck (6), Shelduck (2) |
Frodsham Marsh (a) No 6 Tank (b)
Weaver |
(*) on ground being dive-bombed by Lapwings Paul Flackett |
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21st (a.m.) |
(a) Golden Plover (6), Lapwings (flock), Snipe,
Pied Wagtail (2), Meadow Pipit (4), Teal (17*), Lesser Black-backed Gull,
Buzzard, Kestrel, Canada Geese (30+) |
(a) Adlington Golf Centre (b) Woodford, (Stubble fields between airfield and R. Dean (c) Airfield Runway |
(*) on large pond alongside road to G.C. car park Nigel Troupe |
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27th |
(a) Northern Wheatear (juv.) |
(a) Sponds Hill |
Bernard Robinson |
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30th noon |
Goldeneye (m) |
Ridgegate Res. |
Tony & Margaret Hayter |
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30th (15:00) |
Pink-footed
Geese (c250) |
Woodsmoor ( |
3 skeins heading WNW |
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