Bird Sightings in the Macclesfield and Surrounding Areas
March 2005
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Date and Time	Sighting	Location and Map Reference	Comments
31st	(a) Tree Sparrow (6), Redshank (8), Ruddy Duck, Oystercatcher, Wigeon (6), Teal (4), Little Grebe, Great Crested Grebe, Barnacle Goose (8), Willow Warbler (2), Chiffchaff (10+), (b) Mandarin Duck (m&f)	(a) Carsington Water (b) Ridgegate Reservoir	Chris Grime
29th (15:00)	Swallow, Sand Martin (2), Cormorant (14), Pied Wagtail (2), Grey Wagtail (2), Willow Warbler (3*), Chiffchaff (6+**)	Tittesworth Reservoir	(*) 1 seen, 2 heard (**) all singing Chris Grime
28th	(a) Buzzard (2) (b) Buzzard (c) Red-legged Partridge (d) Skylark(*)	(a) Redesmere (b) Pexhill Lane Siddington (c) Dark Lane Gawsworth (d) Mount Farm Gawsworth	(*) in song flight Ray & Margaret Perry
28th	Ring Ouzel (2), Wheatear (4), Stonechat (pair), Curlew (2), Peregrine Falcon	Cut-thorn Hill (Nr Three Shire Heads) (SK002681)	Paul Flackett
28th (09:10)	(a) Waxwing (19), (b) Willow Warbler	Poynton (a) Spinner’s Lane (b) Poynton Pool (*)	(*) earliest record for this location Phil Oddy
27th	Wheatears	Hollinsclough	1st report this year Geoff Atkin
27th	Waxwing(s)	Poynton Pool	Heard over flying. Phil Oddy
27th	Sand Martin (25+)	Tatton Park	Nigel Troup
27th	Reed Bunting (a) Peregrine Falcon (*)	Rainow area (a) Billinge Quarry	(*) seen in stoop onto Woodpigeon Paul & Anne Flackett
26th (p.m.)	(a) Heron, Little Grebe (2), Teal (m), Lapwing (60+), Curlew, Oystercatcher (3), Buzzard, Stock Dove (5), Fieldfare (5), Meadow Pipit (50+), Pied Wagtail (15+), Reed Bunting (m), Skylark (6+) (b) Tufted Duck (2m), Cormorant, Mute Swan (6), Great Crested Grebe (3)	(a) Adlington Golf Centre (b) Poynton Pool	Nigel Troup
26th	Buzzard (14 !), Redshank (2), Swallow (*)	Acre Nook Sand Quarry	(*) flew off to East Paul Flackett
25th	Little Grebe (2)*	Tittesworth Conservation Pool	(*) Rare sighting for this location Ray & Margaret Perry
25th	Dipper (4 prs.), Grey Wagtail, Skylark (*), Chiffchaff (^)	Lathkill Dale	(*) several singing (^) heard only Paul & Anne Flackett
24th	Fieldfare (40), Chiffchaff, Reed Bunting, Skylark, Redpoll, Curlew	Tittesworth Reservoir	Geoff Atkin
23rd	Chiffchaff, Grey Wagtail, Redwing, Goldcrest, Buzzards	Bosley Reservoir	Geoff Atkin
21st (p.m.)	Goldeneye (f)	Redesmere	Nigel Troup
21st	(a) Chiffchaff (b) Skylark (*)	Gawsworth area (a) Nr. Gawsworth House (b) Mount Farm	(*) in song flight Ray Perry
20th	(a) Great Grey Shrike (*) (b) Fieldfare (c50)	(a) Carsington Water (b) Big Moss Farm, Gawsworth	(*) still present after 110 days Ray & Margaret Perry
20th (a.m.)	(a) Chiffchaff (2*), Great Crested Grebe (2), Cormorant, Grey Wagtail, Nuthatch (4) (b) Goosander (5m 2f), Wigeon (6), Teal (4), Redshank (2), Cormorant, Shelduck, Lapwing (10+), Buzzard, Stock Dove (2)	(a) (a.m.) Etherow C.P. Compstall (b) (p.m.) Chelford Sand Quarry	(*) singing Nigel Troup
20th (a.m.)	Goosander (2 prs.) Chiffchaff *	Bosley Reservoir	(*) Heard calling – first of the year for: Tony & Margaret Hayter
20th (09:00)	Chiffchaff (*)	Chelford (Boot fair field)	(*) singing Maurice Peall
19th (11:45)	Buzzard (7)	Alderley Edge	Julia Thornburn
19^th	(a) Fieldfare (c80) (b) Fieldfare (c40), Meadow Pipit (2)	Gawsworth (a) Middle Moss Farm (b) Mount Farm	Ray Perry
18th	(a) Curlew (65), (b) Raven (c) Reed Bunting (2)	Tittesworth area (a) Conservation area (b) Foster’s Wood (c) Churnet bay	Ray & Margaret Perry
13^th (p.m.)	Redwing (c1000)	Mere Nr. Knutsford	Ray & Margaret Perry
13^th (15:00 to 15:45)	Lapwing (c50), Skylark (7), Meadow Pipit (4), Pied Wagtail, Teal (6), Oystercatcher (2), Fieldfare (8) (a) Curlew (b) Golden Plover (9), (c) Snipe (d) Greylag Geese (2)	Adlington Area (a) by the runway (b) flushed from fields on G. C. side onto the airfield side (c) just beyond the perimeter fence (d) on field by the pond	Nigel Troup
13^th (a.m.)	Fieldfare (c10)	New Hall Farm Gawsworth	Ray Perry
13^ththth	Tufted Duck (32) Mute Swans (2) Goosander (1m + 3f)	Styperson Pool	Nigel Troup
12^th (16:00)	Redwing (c50)	Field – Rear of Thirlmere, Thornton Sq. area	Grazing the field Gordon Howard
9^th	Great Grey Shrike	Stones Island Carsington Water	Good close views Ray & Margaret Perry
8^th	Raven	Middlewood Way Adlington	Being mobbed by 2 Carrion Crows Paul Hughes
8^th (noon)	Redwing, Fieldfare, (30+birds)	Field – Rear of Thirlmere, Thornton Sq. area	90/10 Redwing/Fieldfare Gordon Howard
7^th	Mandarin (pair)	Styperson Pool	Paul Hughes
6^th (16:00)	Lapwing (70+), Fieldfare (50+), Curlew (2), Stonechat (2), Snipe (2)	Fields to right of Adlington Driving Range	John Donovan
6^th (15:00)	Fieldfare (c30), Grey Wagtail, Mistle Thrush (2), Long-tailed Tit (6), Buzzard	Woodhouse End Rd., Fool’s Nook, Macclesfield Canal & Danes Moss	Gordon & Rita Howard
6^th (p.m.)	Stonechat (m), Fieldfare (3), Lapwing (40), Skylark (2)*, Meadow Pipit (3), Canada Goose (2), Mallard (10), Coot, Moorhen (6), Curlew**	Adlington Driving Range	(*) singing (**) heard calling Nigel Troup
6^th Late a.m.	Curlew (6), Teal (10), Tree Sparrows (several), Stonechat (4m), Snipe (20), Jack Snipe (2), Reed Bunting (10+), Buzzard (5)	Adlington Driving Range and surrounds	Phil Oddy
6^th	Buzzard	Over Lindow Common	Paul Hughes
6^th (a.m.)	Little Owl (2)*, Raven (2), Buzzard (2), Grey Wagtail	Rainow / Bollington area (*) SJ955773	Paul Flackett
6^th (a.m.)	Curlew	Bosley Reservoir	Early bird? Tony & Margaret Hayter
3^rd	Lapwing (70+)	Field – South side of Pennington’s Lane Gawsworth	Graham & Dorothy Palmer
3^rd (15:30)	Waxwing	South Park Macclesfield	Single bird on cotoneaster Maurice Peall
3^rd	Fieldfare & Redwing (c500 birds)	Middle Moss Farm, Woodhouse End Rd. – Gawsworth	Mixed flock, mainly Fieldfare Ray Perry
3^rd	Golden Plover (c260), Teal (16), Skylark (110+)!, Oystercatcher (2), Stonechat (2-3), Buzzard	Adlington Driving Range and surrounds	(!) recently up to 200 Phil Oddy
2^nd	Green Sandpiper, Buzzard (2)	Poynton Pool	Phil Oddy
2^nd	Brambling (7), Chaffinch (c30)	South Park Macclesfield	Flocking together Maurice Peall
1^st	Yellowhammer (m)	Dark Lane Gawsworth	Ray Perry