Bird Sightings in the Macclesfield and Surrounding Areas
April 2005
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Date and Time	Sighting	Location and Map Reference	Comments
30th (a.m.)	Swallow, Pied Flycatcher (c3m), Redstart (m), Dipper, Grey Wagtail,), Tawny Owl (*), Greater Spotted Woodpecker, Garden Warbler, Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff, Raven (2)	Coombes Valley Reserve (RSPB)	Group outing (Highlights only) (*) Heard only
30th (06:00 to 08:00))	Pied Flycatcher, Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Redstart, Green Woodpecker, Kingfisher, Little Owl	Lower Tegg’s Nose Wood Bottoms Reservoir	Wildlife Explorers dawn chorus event (Highlights only) David Tolliday et al
29th	Buzzard	Danes Moss Wood	Ray Perry
29th	Swift (4)	Over rear of Ullswater (Thornton Sq. area)	Jean Evans
29th (09:00)	Swift	Over Coniston Way (Thornton Sq. area)	Ray Perry
28th (p.m.)	Swift (6)	Bottoms Reservoir Langley	Howard Rowley
28th (p.m.)	House Martin (2)	Jenny Lane Bramhall	Nigel Troup
28th (07:30)	Waxwing (c12)	South Park (West side)	Feeding on Cotoneaster? Maurice Peall
27th (20:30)	(a) Kingfisher, Grey Wagtail (3) (b) Pied Wagtail (100+)*	Macclesfield (a) R. Bollin Park Green (b) Silk Rd / Buxton Rd. junction	(*) preparing to roost? Alan Brereton
27th	Grey Wagtail (pair), Dipper	R. Dean - Ingersley Vale Bollington	Ann & Jon Eden
26th (17:30)	Swallow (2), Cuckoo (*)	Mobberley Golf Club	(*) heard only Howard Rowley
25th (p.m.)	Redstart (m)	Lower Tegg’s Nose Wood	Mike Bebbington
25th	Pied Flycatcher (3m), Blackcap, Willow Warbler, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Buzzard (Tree pipit*, Redstart*)	Coombes Valley (RSPB Reserve)	(*) Logbook record only – not seen Paul Flackett
25th (09:00)	Waxwing (13)	Junction of Oxford Rd. / Brooklands Ave.	Chris Sennitt
24th	(a) Curlew (2), Little Owl (2*) (b) Goldcrest (2) (c) Willow Warbler (2), Lesser Spotted Woodpecker	Gawsworth (a) Mount Farm (b) Mount Farm Ponds (CWT reserve) (c) Cowbrook Lane	(*) both calling Ray Perry
24th	Waxwing (25)	Junction of Oxford Rd. / Brooklands Ave.	Chris Sennitt
24th (14:30	Little Owl	Redesmere SJ851716	David Mort
24th	Willow Warbler(*)	Derbyshire Bridge	(*) Heard only Maurice Peall
23rd	(a) Stonechat (m), White Wagtail (b) Short-eared Owl*	(a) Derbyshire Bridge (b) Shining Tor Cafe	(*) perched on fence - flew off toward Shutlingsloe Ann & Jon Eden
22nd (06:30)	Waxwing (20)	Kenilworth Rd / Appleby Close (Ivy Farm Estate)	Via Mike Bebbington (local postman)
21st	Blackcap (4), Willow Warbler (30+), Reed Bunting (4)	Tittesworth Area	Ray & Margaret Perry
20th	Grey Wagtail (pair), Dipper	R. Dean - Ingersley Vale Bollington	Ann & Jon Eden
20th	Swallow (c300)	Tittesworth (Conservation Pool)	Ray & Margaret Perry
19th (16:45)	Waxwing (10)	Kenilworth Rd / Appleby Close (Ivy Farm Estate)	Chris Grime
19th (13:00)	Buzzard	Broken Cross Macclesfield	Jean Evans
18th	Brambling (2m), Siskin (18)	St James’ Church Sutton	Chris Grime
18th (p.m.)	Brambling, Peregrine Falcon	Tegg’s Nose	Geoff Atkin
18th (a.m.)	Waxwing (40+)	Kenilworth Rd / Appleby Close (Ivy Farm Estate)	Mike Bebbington (local postman)
17th	Great Grey Shrike, White Wagtail(^)	Tittesworth Area (Logbook)	(^) M.a.alba Via Ray Perry
17th (15:00)	Swallow (2), Buzzard (2)	Danes Moss	Diane Sutcliffe
17th (p.m.)	(a) Buzzard, Teal (3m), Linnet (c200), Curlew (3), White Wagtail (3^), Pied Wagtail (2^^), Swallow (15), Snipe (3), Stock Dove, Skylark (5), Pheasant, Meadow Pipit (20) (b) Tree Sparrow (2)	(a) Adlington Golf Centre (b) Church Lane, Woodford	(^) M. a. alba (^^) M. a. yarrellii Nigel Troup
17th (a.m.)	(a) Redstart, Pied Flycatcher, Green Woodpecker(*) (b) Swallow (8)	Langley (a) Tegg’s Nose Woods (b) Bottoms Reservoir	Nigel Troup
11th (07:45 to 08:30)	Waxwing (100+)	Victoria Road area (Nr Cricket Ground)	Feeding on Oak buds, but restless Brian Ryalls
10th (09:45)	Waxwing (15)	Victoria Road area (Nr Cricket Ground)	Brian Ryalls
9th	(a) Curlew (2) (b) Sparrowhawk (*) (c) Willow Warbler	(a) Field South of Bonis Hall (b) Gawsworth (c) Marton	(*) flying along Marton Lane (clocked at 22mph) David Tolliday
9th (p.m.)	(a) Greylag Goose (2) Canada Goose (sev.) (b) Wheatear (m&f), Swallow, Linnet (24), Pied Wagtail (2), Meadow Pipit, Skylark (2*), Reed Bunting (m), Snipe	(a) Poynton Pool (b) Adlington Golf Centre	(*) singing Nigel Troup
8th (p.m.)	Sand Martin (200+), Swallow (2), House Martin, Wheatear (m), Goldeneye (8)	Audenshaw Reservoir	Nigel Troup
5th (18:00)	Waxwings (15)	Tytherington High School Macclesfield	Tony & Margaret Hayter
5th (14:00)	Waxwings (13+)	Mallard Crescent Poynton	(also try Nr. Pochard Drive) Phil Oddy
4th	Ring Ouzel (3), Wheatear (sev.), Red Grouse, Curlew (*)	Cut-thorn Hill	(*) Displaying Paul Flackett
4th (08:15)	Waxwings (c30)	Bollington (Nr. Late Shop)	Richard Kilbride
3rd	Heron (24 pair), Cormorant (20+), Sparrowhawk, Buzzard (2), Mandarin Duck (2), Little Grebe (4), Tufted Duck (2m 1f), Mallard (3m), Canada Goose (4), Great Spotted Woodpecker, Grey Wagtail (2), Kingfisher, Goldfinch, Chaffinch, Nuthatch (*)	Showing Birds to People with Cheshire Wildlife Trust Trentabank Reservoir	(*) Heard only Ray Evans and Gordon Howard
3rd (a.m.)	(a) Swallow (2), Sand Martin (6), Buzzard (6*), Goosander (3), Pochard (6), Ruddy Duck (7), Shoveler, Shelduck (2), Cormorant (b) Willow Warbler (3), Blackcaps (4), Chiffchaff (5), Swallow (4), Sand Martin (6)	(a) Chelford Sand Quarry (b) Astbury C.P. Congleton	(*) in the air together Nigel Troup
3rd (09:20)	Waxwings (25)	Swan Close (Poynton)	Phil Oddy
2nd (p.m.)	(a) Ring Ouzel (2) (b) Peregrine Falcon, Wheatear (2), Raven, Curlew	(a) Between Cut-thorn & Danebower (b) Danebower	Nigel Troup
2nd	(a) Golden Plover (2) (b) Raven) (c) Swallow (m), Great Crested Grebe (pair*)	(a) Nr. Cat & Fiddle (b) Macclesfield Forest (c) Bottoms Reservoir	(*) displaying Chris Grime
1st	(a) Dipper (8), Grey Wagtail, Skylark, Grey Partridge (2), (b) Little Grebe	Peak District (a) Lathkill Dale (b) Bradford Dale	Also seen: Water Vole (2) Chris Grime