Bird Sightings in the Macclesfield and Surrounding Areas
January 2005 (Please click on photos or any underlined comment for larger images and/or more information)
Best Wishes to all for the New Year and Good Birding from your Local Group Committee
Date and Time	Sighting	Location and Map Reference	Comments
30^th	Lesser Spotted Woodpecker	Near Car Park Rudyard Reservoir North End	Tony & Margaret Hayter
30^th (13:45)	Redwing (12), Starling (150+)	Trees / Field North side of Pennington’s Lane Gawsworth	Gordon Howard
30^th	Grey Heron (1), Great Spotted Woodpecker (2), Lapwing (1)	Goostrey Farm Gawsworth	Ray & Margaret Perry
30^th (am)	Fieldfare (c10)	Trees / Field North side of Pennington’s Lane Gawsworth	Ray & Margaret Perry
29^th (14:35)	Redwing (c60), Starling (30+)	Trees North side of Pennington’s Lane Gawsworth	Flock wheeling round, landing in large Oak No Fieldfare! Gordon Howard
29^th	Kingfisher, Goldcrest	West Park Macclesfield	David Tolliday & Howard Rowley
29^th(09:30)	Redwing (10-12), Starling (30+)	Trees North side of Pennington’s Lane Gawsworth	Dropping into field with Starling flock Gordon Howard
28^th (15:30)	Redwing (8)	Trees North side of Pennington’s Lane Gawsworth	Gordon Howard
28^th	Snipe (49) !!	Tittesworth (Conservation area)	Ray Perry
27^th (a.m.)	Grey Heron, Common Kestrel, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Grey Wagtail, Pied Wagtail, Redwing, European Nuthatch, Long-tailed Tit, Jay, Siskin, Northern Bullfinch	Riverside Park Macclesfield (Showing Birds to People)	RSPB / Bollin Valley Partnership Event (Highlights Only, 30 species seen)
23^rd (11:00 to 14:00)	(a) Goldcrest, Treecreeper, Nuthatch, Jay (b) Tufted Duck (12), Pochard (4) (c) Common Buzzard (2), Starlings (240+), Fieldfare (120+), Redwing (40+), Solitary Hare	(a) Gawsworth (b) North Rode Pool (c) Open fields North Rode to Gawsworth	Circular Walk Alan Brereton
23^rd (08:30)	Waxwings (14)	Bridge St. / Paradise St. Gardens SJ914733	Brief visit but denied berries by resident Mistle Alan Brereton
22^nd	Tree Sparrows, Black-necked Grebe, Great Grey Shrike Barnacle Geese, Goosander (3), Oystercatcher, Lapwings, Redshank, Little Owl, Redwings, Common Treecreeper, Brambling	Carsington Water (Local Group Outing)	Highlights only (52 species seen, See separate report
22^nd	Waxwings (x3), Mistle Thrush	Tytherington Macclesfield	David Tolliday
22^nd	Waxwings (x4)	Nr. Mercedes Garage	Ray Evans
21^st	Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, Treecreeper, Common Buzzard (x2)	Allostock SJ 75 71 (Nr. Lower Peover)	Tony Nish
16^th	(a) Great Grey Shrike, Common Kestrel (b) Tree Sparrow (c20) (c) Black-necked Grebe	Carsington Water (a) Nr. Brick Tower (b) Screen Hide (c) Sheepwash Hide	Highlights only (30 species seen, inc. Titmice, Finches & Wildfowl) Gordon & Rita Howard
15^th (Dusk)	Bittern, Goldeneye (m), Sparrowhawk (2), Starlings(*)	Budworth Mere	(*) Flock of several hundred coming in to roost in reed bed – pursued by the sparrowhawks Paul Flackett
13^th	(a) Black-necked Grebe, (b) Barnacle Goose (36) (c) Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (d) Great Grey Shrike	Carsington Water (a) Shiningford Creek (b) Shiningford Farm Fields (c) Lane End Hide (d) Nr. Brick Tower	Ray & Margaret Perry
13^th (14:00)	Waxwings (12)	South Park Macclesfield (West side)	Maurice Peall
13^th (08:30)	Waxwings (c200), Mistle Thrush	Bridge St. / Paradise St. Gardens SJ914733	Mistle still defending Jane Bradley
12^th (15:00)	Waxwings (200+)	Bridge St. / Paradise St. Gardens SJ914733	Gathered for final feed of the day, flew off towards Langley Alan Brereton
12^th	(a) Waxwings (c100) (b) Chaffinch (large flock) with Brambling (6+)	(a) Roe St (Macc) rear of Fearnley’s solicitors (b) Alderley Edge Woods	(b) feeding on beechmast Margaret Robinson
12^th (am) & (15:30)	(a) Waxwings (c40) (b) Waxwings (c100)	(a) (am) Queens Ave Hurdsfield (b) (15:30) Lower end of Nicholson Ave	(a) Feeding on Hawthorn (b) Feeding on Rowan Mark Arnold
10^th (13:00 to 13:20)	Waxwings (c150), Mistle Thrush	Bridge St. / Paradise St. Gardens SJ914733	Mistle beating off Waxwings Alan Brereton
10^th (09:30)	Waxwings (70+)	Over Churchill Way (Macc) between rear of market hall and Shell garage	Possibly flying between Whalley Hayes C.P. and well-berried Rowan Jean Evans
9^th	Waxwings (c20), Mistle Thrush	Bridge St. / Paradise St. Gardens SJ914733	Mistle still defending remaining berries Alan Brereton
8^th (12:30)	Waxwings (c70)	Whalley Hayes Car Park Macclesfield	Ray & Jean Evans
8^th	(a) Long-tailed Duck (f), Mallard, Wigeon, Ruddy Duck, Tufted Duck, Pochard, Goldeneye, Coot, Canada Goose, Mute Swan (b) Cormorant, Goosander, Mallard, Wigeon, Teal, Ruddy Duck, Pochard, Shoveler, Shelduck, Canada Goose, Coot, G.C.Grebe, Lapwing, Buzzard, Grey Heron, B.H.Gull, Herring Gull, L.B.B.Gull, G.B.B.Gull	(a) Catchpenny Pool (SJ813714) (b) Chelford Sand Quarries - from Southern part of Lapwing Lane (SJ824719)	Graham Palmer & John Bird
6^th (08:30)	Waxwings (200+), Mistle Thrush	Crossall St and Bridge St. / Paradise St. Gardens SJ914733	Early feeding attempt ousted by Mistle Thrush Alan Brereton
5^th	Waxwings* (200+), Mistle Thrush	Bridge St. / Paradise St. Gardens SJ914733 and B & Q car park	* Resting in B & Q trees between feeds Alan Brereton
4^th (11:15)	Waxwings (c100)	Avonside Way Macclesfield SK11 8BY	Feeding on yellow berried bushes. Graham Palmer
3^rd (a.m.)	Redwing (19), Mistle Thrush, Greenfinch (c20)	Trees North side of Penningtons Lane Gawsworth	Gordon Howard
2^nd (15:00)	Raven	The Cloud (Bosley)	Alan Brereton
2^nd	Ferruginous Duck Iceland Gull	Carsington Water	Paul Flackett
2^nd (10:00)	Waxwings (25-30)	Whaley Bridge (Tesco Car Park)	Geoff Simpson
2^nd (a.m.)	(a) Goosander (2m,1f), Great Crested Grebe (2) (b) Goldeneye (pair), Pochard (2), Little Grebe (c) Goosander (pair), Goldeneye (f), Pochard, Tufted Duck (1m, 3f)	(a) Bottoms Reservoir (b) Ridgegate (c) Trentabank	Graham Palmer
1^st	(a) Goosander (pair), Goldeneye (m) (b) Goosander (pair)	(a) Ridgegate (b) Trentabank	David Haydock (Christmas visitor)
1^st	Great Grey Shrike	Carsington Water (showing near old brick lookout tower)	Photos by Paul Flackett
1^st (13:00)	Waxwings (200) Mistle Thrush	Bridge St. / Paradise St. Gardens SJ914733	Berry supply now depleted- Mistles defending Alan Brereton
1^st	Goosander (3 pairs)	Biddulph C.P. (Fish Pool)	Barbara Hubbard
1^st	Waxwings (c100)	James St, Nr Harvest Printers	Philip Widdows