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Legend (m) =
male, (f) = female, (p) = pair, (ps) = pairs, (^) = several, (~) = few (s) =
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Date and Time |
Sighting |
Location and Map Reference |
Comments |
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30th |
Goshawk |
Henbury
Hall Macclesfield |
Rec’d
via David
Tolliday |
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29th (12:00) |
Red-legged Partridge (2) |
Gawsworth |
Gordon
Howard & Ray Evans |
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28th (13:00) |
Common Buzzard (3*) |
Circling
over Gawsworth |
*
dropped into field South side of lane Gordon
Howard |
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30th |
Little Ringed Plover |
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Mark
Buxton |
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29th |
(a) Cuckoo (b) Redstart |
(a)
Swallow Moss (b)
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Mark
Buxton |
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24th (p.m.) |
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker(*),
Red-legged Partridge (2), Oystercatcher (2) |
Redesmere |
*
Trees adjacent to clubhouse Mike
Bebbington |
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24th (11:30) |
(a) Goshawk (f*), (b) Mandarin Duck (5m, 1f),
Little Grebe (p), Cormorant (**) |
(a)
(b)
Trentabank Reservoir |
(*)
soaring (**)
app. 4 nests occupied Mike
Bebbington |
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24th (08:30) |
(a) Common Buzzard (3), Merlin (m*), (b) Pied
Flycatcher (2m), Blackcap, |
(a)
Tegg’s Nose (top and quarry) (b)
Tegg’s Nose Wood |
Mike
Bebbington |
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22nd |
(a) Cuckoo (H) (b) Short-eared Owl*, Kestrel |
(a)
– (a.m.) Fernilee
Res. (near Dam Wall) (b)
– 18:00hrs. below
Shutlingsloe |
*
being harried by Kestrel Chris
Grime |
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22nd (08:15) |
Wheatear (f) |
On
house roof ridge! Wayside
Rd. off Barrack’s lane |
Remained
for 1 hour+ presumed returning migrant
- resting Peter
Hurst |
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21st (08:00) |
Cuckoo (H), Yellow Hammer (2*) |
Pikelow
Farm Marton |
*
on feeder David
Taylor |
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20th (p.m.) |
(a) Yellow Wagtails (2), Common
Whitethroat, Grasshopper Warbler (b) Common Sandpiper |
Frodsham (a)
No 6 Tank (b)
Weaver |
No
hirundines seen Nigel
Troup |
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20th |
Oystercatcher (4), Knot, Little
Ringed Plover (2), Redshank (2), Yellow Wagtail (17*), White Wagtail (6) |
Carsington
Water |
(*)
inc. a “Blue-headed”, (M.f.flava) Ray
& Margaret Perry |
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20th |
(a) Golden Plover (3m), Red
Grouse (p), Curlew (b) Raven (c) Grey Wagtail |
(a.m.) (a)
Bridleway opp. Cat & Fiddle (p.m.) (b)
(c)
Ridgegate Reservoir |
Chris
Grime |
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19th (p.m.) |
Redstart, Wheatear, Chiffchaff
(3), |
Adswood
Tip ( |
Nigel
Troup |
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19th (p.m.) |
(a) Red Grouse, Lapwing,
Curlew, Skylark (b) Dipper, Kestrel (c) Ring
Ouzel (8)!, Curlew (p) |
(a)
(b)
Three Shire Heads (c)
Cut Thorn Hill |
Chris
Grime |
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17th |
Redstart (m), |
Titteswoth
Res. |
Nigel
Troup |
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17th |
(a) Redstart
(2), Pied Flycatcher (m), (b) Little Owl (2), Red Grouse,
Golden Plover* |
(a)
Bttm Tegg’s Nose Wood – Holehouse Lane (b)
Between Reeve Edge and Three Shire Heads |
*
overflying Tom
Gibbons |
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17th (a.m.) |
Golden Plover (2*) |
Adlington
G.C. |
*
Summer plumage Nigel
Troup |
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16th |
(a) Great Spotted Woodpecker,
Green Woodpecker, Blackcap (s), Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler (H), Ruddy Duck,
Reed Bunting (~), Common Buzzard, Kestrel, Treecreeper, Shelduck (4*) (b) Great Spotted Woodpecker, Treecreeper,
Nuthatch, Kingfisher, Swallow, House Martin |
(a)
(b)
Marbury C. P. |
*
overflying Highlights
of the day Andy
Gregory & Janet Smith |
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16th |
(a) Swallow, Blackcap, (b) Redpoll, Bullfinch, Siskin,
House Martin |
(a)
(b)
Bollington |
Geoff
Atkin |
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16th |
(a) Golden Plover(3*) (b) Raven (2) |
(a)
(b)
Axe Edge |
*
breeding plumage Jean
& Ray Evans |
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15th (18:00) |
Short-eared Owl (p), Wheatear
(m), Raven, Skylark (3s) |
Shulingsloe
area |
Chris
Grimes |
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15th |
Oystercatcher (2), Lapwing
(30), Snipe (2), Curlew, Redshank (3), Skylark (6), Swallow, Yellow Wagtail (2*), Pied Wagtail (6**), Song
Thrush, Mistle Thrush, Tree Sparrow (5) |
Adlington
G.C. |
Highlights
only c32 species seen *
M. f. flavissima **
M. a. yarrellii. Nigel
Troup |
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15th |
Short-eared Owl (2), Curlew,
Red Grouse (^) |
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David
Tolliday |
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15th (a.m.) |
Alpine Swift,
Grasshopper Warbler (H) |
Wirral |
Trish
Thompson & Tom Gibbons |
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14th (evening) |
(a) Raven, Swallow, Sparrow
Hawk (2), Red Grouse (2), Pheasant (2m*), Skylark (2), Meadow Pipit (^), Lapwing
(^), Golden Plover (p), Wheatear (m+f), Short-eared Owl (p), Kestrel, Tawny
Owl (m+f)(H), (b) Woodcock |
(a)
Standing Stone / Shutlingsloe (b)
Light Wood Nr.Buxton |
*
fighting Andy
Gregory & Janet Smith |
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14th (19:15) |
Linnet (p), Raven, Lapwing
(2ps), Golden Plover (p), Skylark (3s), Wheatear (m) |
Shutlingsloe
area |
Also
seen, Chris
Grime |
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14th |
(a) Meadow Pipits (^), (b) Curlew |
(a)
(b)
Shining Tor |
Ravens
mobbing HH Mike
Bebbington |
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14th |
Whooper Swan (2) |
Between
Peover and Ollerton |
Ann
Storey (via
Julia Thornburn) |
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14th |
House Martin |
Bollington |
Geoff
Atkin |
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14th |
House Martin |
Arley
Hall |
Nigel
Troup |
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14th |
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker,
Greater Spotted Woodpecker, (f), |
Marbury
C P |
Jean
& Ray Evans |
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14th |
Hen Harrier (m+f) |
Peak
Area (Nr.
Macclesfield) |
Rob
Hutchings (via
Dave Tolliday) |
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10th (20:50) |
Woodcock* |
Light
Wood Nr.Buxton |
*
roding flight Andy
Gregory |
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10th (evening) |
Goshawk Partly decomposed carcase, death likely to be due to natural causes |
Between
Shutlingsloe & Standing Stone car park |
Ringed bird (HW 87465) – later identified as 1st year bird
– ringed May 2005 in Derbyshire |
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10th
(evening) |
(a) Swallow (10) (b) Wheatear (m) (c) Short-eared Owl |
(a)
Bottoms Res. (b)
Below Shutlingsloe (c)
Nr Standing Stone |
Also
seen – Fox Chris
Grime |
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10th |
Golden Plover, Skylark, Meadow
Pipit, Curlew, Wheatear, Stonechat, Lapwing, Mistle Thrush, Pied Wagtail,
Dipper, Raven, Red Grouse, Heron, Kestrel |
Cat
& Fiddle, Dane Bower, Three Shire Heads & Knotbury |
Geoff
Atkin |
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10th (a.m.) |
Swallow |
The
Hough Alderley
Edge |
Julia
Thornburn |
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10th (a.m.) |
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Lindow
Common |
Tom
Gibbons |
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9th (18:00) |
Sparrowhawk*, Carrion Crow (2) |
Fields
north of Pennington’s Lane |
*
Hawk being chased away from the crows nest site. Gordon
Howard |
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9th (p.m.) |
Wheatear (3 ps), Curlew, Grey
Heron, Red Grouse (2), Wren |
Danebower
Quarry |
Gordon
Howard, Ray and Jean Evans |
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9th |
(a) Green Sandpiper (b) Swallow (2), Red-legged Partridges
^ |
(a)
Gawsworth - flooded fields to North of Marton Lane (b)
Henbury – Whirley Lane |
David
Tolliday |
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8th |
Wheatear (m+f), Stonechat (f),
Curlew (2), Red Grouse (2) Heron, Meadow Pipit |
Danebower
Quarry |
Andy
Gregory & Janet Smith |
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7th (a.m.) |
Sparrowhawk, Common Buzzard,
Kestrel, Great Spotted Woodpecker (H), Grey Wagtail (2), Dipper, Song Thrush, Nuthatch, Long-tailed
Tit, Jay (2) |
Walk
around Rainow |
Highlights
only, 25 species seen. Gordon
Howard, Alec Johnston, Howard Rowley |
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7th (11:30) |
Ring Ouzel (f) |
Danebower (below
chimney) |
Tom
Gibbons & Trish Thompson |
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5th |
Sand Martin (c20), Swallow (~),
House Martin (~), Chiffchaff, Kingfisher, Peregrine Falcon*, Raven (2) |
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Highlights
only, 57 species seen *
harassing the ravens Graham
Palmer |
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5th (a.m.) |
(a) Curlew (b) Green Woodpecker (c) Dipper |
(a)
Taxal Moor (b)
Madscar Farm area (c)
R. Goyt nr. Park Wood |
Gordon
Howard & Ray Evans |
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4th (22:20) |
Barn Owl |
A
537 East
of Chelford |
David
Tolliday |
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4th |
(a) Goldeneye (m) (b)Goldeneye (m+f) |
(a)
Trentabank Res. (b)
Ridgegate Res |
Peter
Hurst |
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3rd |
Ring Ouzel (m+f)*, Stonechat
(m+f), Wheatear (m+f), Meadow Pipit^, Pied Wagtail (2), Mallard (m+f), Carrion
Crow (3), Curlew (2**), Common Buzzard (3), Wren |
Danebower
Quarry |
*
seen feeding for 1 hr+ ^
many **chasing
crow off territory Andy
Gregory |
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2nd (16:15) |
Swallow (5), Sand Martin |
Poynton
Pool |
Nigel
Troup |
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2nd (11:00) |
Curlew, Wheatear, Meadow Pipit,
Raven, Heron, Mallard, Carrion Crow, Golden Plover (H), Skylark (H), Pied
Wagtail (2) |
Danebower (from
the layby) |
(H)
heard only Andy
Gregory & Janet Smith |
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2nd |
Blackcap (2) |
Garden
Sighting Tytherington |
Carolyn
Allot |
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1st |
Lesser Redpoll |
Garden
sighting Thornton
Sq area |
Graham
Palmer |
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1st |
(a) Little Grebe (3),
Oystercatcher (4), Curlew (2), Tufted Duck (3), Teal (6), Skylark (4s),
Meadow Pipit (22), Common Buzzard (2), Snipe (32*) (b) Cormorant (3), Common
Buzzard(**) |
(a)
Adlington G.C. (b)
Poynton Pool |
*
flushed from marshy area beyond cultivated land **
Being mobbed by crows Nigel
Troup |
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