Bird Sightings in the Macclesfield and Surrounding Areas

August 2006
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Legend

(m) = male, (f) = female, (p) = pair, (ps) = pairs, (^) = several, (~) = few

(s) singing, (H) = Heard only

Date and Time

Sighting

Location and Map Reference

Comments

 

 

 

 

31st

Lesser Spotted Woodpecker

(Garden sighting)

Henbury

Henbury Rise

Regular (twice daily) visitor over the last week

John & Claire Mortin

30th

Kingfisher

West Park Pool

Robert Moss

30th

Common Gull

Ridgegate Reservoir

Tony & Margaret Hayter

27th

Little Grebe (2ps)

Tegg’s Nose & Bottom’s Reservoirs

Robert Moss

26th

Stock Dove (p)

Riverside Park

Robert Moss

25th

(evening)

Common Buzzard

Chelford Road

Marthall

Perched on telegraph pole

(see July)

Robert Moss

24th

(midnight)

Tawny Owl

Westminster Rd

(near King’s)

Robert Moss

22nd

(12:00 noon)

Green Sandpiper

Bottoms Reservoir

(Macc. forest end)

Peter Hurst

22nd

(12:00 noon)

Buzzard (8)

Pennington’s Lane

(Gawsworth)

 

Drifting towards Broken Cross

Family party – adults + juvs.

Continuous contact calls

Seen separately by:

Mike Bebbington

Jean Evans

Gordon Howard

21st

Kingfisher

West Park Pool

Robert Moss

21st

(17:45)

Goshawk (?)

Prestbury Garden

(Legh Road)

 

Bird landed and perched on garden chair back before flying off

Bird larger than female Sparrowhawk. Cross barring on breast, large head. (Peregrine & Buzzard eliminated)

George Eccleston

(via Ray Evans)

20th

(a) Mute Swan (6*)

(b) Kestrel (4**)

(a) Bosley Reservoir

(b) Cleulow Cross (Field next to junction)

* unusual number for this location

** hunting

Tony & Margaret Hayter

19th

(a) Common Sandpiper

(b) Swift (4+)

Langley

(a) Bottoms Reservoir

(b) Ridgegate Res.

Tony & Margaret Hayter

17th

Swift (12)

Ullswater

(Thornton Sq. area)

Circling over house

Jean Evans

16th

(18:00)

Barn Owl, Red-legged Partridge (100+)

Whirley Lane area

David & Jenny Tolliday

16th

Shoveler (3f), Black Tern (*)

Rudyard Lake

(North end)

* probably juv.

Tony & Margaret Hayter

12th

Curlew (6)

Rudyard Lake

(North end)

Tony & Margaret Hayter

11th

(p.m.)

Spotted Flycatcher (3)

Dunham Massey

(NT)

Graham & Dorothy Palmer

9th

Tree Pipit

Coombes Valley

Reserve

Robert Moss

6th

Hobby*

Purple Heron**

Moat Hall Farm

Oak Lane

Kerridge

* 15+ mins, chasing swallows and house martins

**probable sighting,  flying North West 16:00

Peter Dowse and Paul Hughes (MBC rangers)

5th

Oystercatcher, Sandwich Tern

Rudyard Lake

Mark Buxton

4th

(midday)

Green Woodpecker

Field adj. Pennington’s Lane, (Nr Bailey Riddings Farm)

Ant hunting

Graham Palmer