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Bird Sightings in the Macclesfield and Surrounding
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October 2005 |
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Date and Time |
Species |
Location and Map Reference |
Comments |
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31st |
(a) Goldeneye (f), Gadwall (7),
Wigeon (50+), Ruddy Duck (3) (b) Coot (400+), Greylag (60+),
Shoveler (6) |
(a) Catchpenny Pool (b) Redesmere |
Not much at Acre Nook, but several
Lapwing Paul Flackett |
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31st (14:45) |
(a) Woodcock* (b) Snipe |
(a)
Overflying King’s School playing fields (b)
Marton (East of Chapel Brook) |
*
seemed to come from John
Percival |
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31st (p.m.) |
Redwing (2), Fieldfare |
Tytherington |
David
Tolliday |
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27th |
Ring Ouzel (m) |
House
garden Wilmslow |
WGBG
member, via Tom Gibbons |
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27th (11:00) |
Red-legged Partridge (juv) |
House
garden Chelford |
Mrs.
Whitehouse, via Ray Evans |
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26th |
Chiff-chaff* |
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*
singing Phil
Oddy |
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24th |
(a) Snipe (18), Stonechat (m),
Skylark (15), Golden Plover (115), Lapwing (200) (b) Tufted Duck (28), Goosander
(f), Wigeon (f), Cormorant, Grey Wagtail, Heron |
(a)
Adlington G.C. (b)
Styperson Pool |
Nigel
Troup |
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23rd |
Tree Sparrow (20), Teal (3) |
Adlington
G.C. |
Nigel
Troup |
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23rd |
Fieldfare (30) |
Higher
Hurdsfield Macclesfield |
In
garden tree tops Mark
Arnold |
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22nd |
Redwing (24), Song Thrush |
Higher
Hurdsfield Macclesfield |
In
garden cotoneaster & tree tops Mark
Arnold |
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20th (08:45) |
Pink-footed Geese (300) |
Poynton |
Heading
East Bernard
Robinson |
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17th (p.m.) |
Green Sandpiper, Snipe (18),
Gadwall (3), Wigeon (8), Pochard (2), Siskin (2*), |
Tittesworth |
* male still in Summer plumage Paul Flackett |
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17th |
(a) Teal (44), Snipe (39),
Gadwall (3), Goldeneye (2) (b) Mute Swan (2*), Whooper Swan
(4) |
Tittesworth |
(a)
Log book entry (b)
sightings (*)
effectively rare at Tittesworth Ray
& Margaret Perry |
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17th
(11:50) |
Redwing |
Macclesfield Gardens
– rear of Thirlmere |
Gordon
Howard |
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16th |
Redwing (70+), Fieldfare, |
Tittesworth |
Log
book entry Ray
& Margaret Perry |
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16th
(10:45 to 11:30) |
Redwing (c50) |
Macclesfield |
Repeated
sightings – birds did not settle Maurice
Peall |
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16th
(a.m.) |
Redwing (2 + 60) |
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2
perched on garden conifers c60
flying South Nigel
Troup |
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15th (17:30) |
Redwing (6) |
Higher Hurdsfield |
Over flying garden Mark Arnold |
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15th |
Mandarin (m), Green Sandpiper |
Tittesworth |
Log
book entry Ray
& Margaret Perry |
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14th |
Redwing, Meadow Pipit (35), Goosander (f), Swallow (2) |
Tittesworth |
Log
book entry Ray
& Margaret Perry |
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14th |
Gadwall (f) |
Poynton
Pool ( |
Flew
North Phil
Oddy |
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13th |
Red-breasted Merganser |
Tittesworth |
Log
book entry Ray
& Margaret Perry |
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13th
(09:08) |
Redshank* |
Poynton
Pool (alongside
North gardens) |
*
2nd record only for this site Phil
Oddy |
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13th
(08:45) |
Pink-footed Geese (c1400) |
Poynton
Pool (over
flying East) |
largest
movement record for this site Phil
Oddy |
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13th
(08:45) |
Pink-footed Geese (c300*) |
Poynton |
*
Several Skeins heading East Bernard
Robinson |
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10th |
Swallow (2) |
Tree
Tops Nursery Knutsford |
Ray
& Margaret Perry |
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8th |
Swallow (12*) |
Gawsworth |
*mainly
juveniles Ray
Perry |
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4th
(18:15) |
Short-eared Owl, Raven |
Below
Shutlingsloe “right
to roam” area |
Excellent
views of the Owl Chris
Grime |
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1st
(p.m.) |
Kingfisher, Tufted Duck (2),
Little Grebe (3), Wigeon (3), Buzzard (2^), Sparrowhawk^, Grey Wagtail (2), Heron,
Mandarin Duck (f), Little Grebe, Swallows & House Martins (sev.*) |
Ethereow
C.P. (Compstall
/ Marple) |
^
over Ernocroft Wood *Hirundines
passing through Nigel
Troup |
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