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January
2006 |
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Best
Wishes to all for the New Year and “Good Birding” from your Local
Group Committee |
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Date and Time |
Sighting |
Location and Map Reference |
Comments |
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31st |
Blackcap |
Front garden, Thirlmere |
Ray and Margaret Perry |
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29th |
Ravens (3), Goshawk, Buzzard,
Siskin, Fieldfare, Red Grouse, Pheasant, |
Near |
Andy Gregory |
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28th |
Fieldfares (14) |
In trees near top of |
Andy Gregory |
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28th |
Green Woodpeckers (3) |
Below Cracken Edge, Chinley |
Andy Gregory |
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26th |
Mixed flock of Redwings and
Fieldfares (approx 100) |
Dark Lane, Gawsworth. |
Ray and Margaret Perry |
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26th |
Common Buzzard |
Very close to the Rising Sun Inn, |
Ray and Margaret Perry |
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25th |
Barn Owl |
Flying
low over the field next to the empty Army Barracks near the
Tittesworth/Meerbrook turning on the A53 from Buxton to Leek roadat 8.00am |
Andy Gregory |
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25th |
Black-necked Grebe (2) |
Carsington Water |
Ray & Margaret Perry (plus Log
Book) |
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24th |
Barnacle Goose (47) |
Carsington Water |
Ray Perry (from Log Book) |
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23rd |
Redpoll (14), Raven (2) Teal (70+), Wigeon (42) |
Tittesworth |
Ray Perry (from Log Book) |
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22nd |
Pintail (Pair) |
Carsington Water |
Ray Perry (from Log Book) |
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22nd |
Mandarin Duck (a pair) Raven (8), Peregrine, |
Tittesworth |
Ray Perry (from Log Book) |
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21st |
Little Grebe, Hawfinch (9) |
Cromford Derbyshire |
Mark Buxton |
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21st |
Common Snipe (20), Jack Snipe (2),
Green Woodpecker |
Flooded
field by M/Cr Airport |
Tricia Thompson & Tom Gibbons |
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20th |
Hawfinch |
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Ray Perry (from Log Book) |
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19th |
Peregrine, Goldeneye (12) Caspian Gull (2) |
Carsington Water |
Ray Perry (from Log Book) |
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17th (17:00) |
Tawny Owl (2) |
Strawberry
Lane Wilmslow |
(garden
sighting) Tom Gibbons |
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17th (Midday) |
(a) Goldeneye (2m) (b) Goosander (2m) |
(a)
Ridgegate Reservoir (b)
Bottoms Reservoir |
Graham Palmer |
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9th |
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Walk
around Fernilee Reservoir |
* Three low-flying skeins (also saw Stoat) Gordon & Rita Howard |
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8th |
Water Rail, Bramblings (2), Bullfinch ^ |
Pennington’s
Flash (Bunting
Hide) |
^ several Mike Atkinson |
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7th (dusk) |
Teal (4), Shoveler (1m, 2f), Fieldfare (11), Little Owl |
Adlington
Golf Centre |
Nigel Troup |
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7th (14:00) |
Grey Heron (2), Goosander (3prs), Wigeon (c20), Tufted Duck (c10),
Pochard (c15), Cormorant |
North
Rode |
Peter Hurst |
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7th |
Blackcap (m)* |
Bollington (garden
sighting) |
* taking peanuts Geoff Atkin |
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7th |
Redwing (20+), Goldfinch (c12) |
In
Oak Tree, fields north side of Pennington’s Lane |
Gordon Howard |
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6th |
Black-necked Grebe, Teal |
Carsington
Water |
Mark Buxton |
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6th |
(a) Goldeneye(1m,4f), Scaup (f), Little
Grebe (4), Cormorant (2) (b) Goosander (f) (c) Little Owl |
Redesmere
area (a)
Main lake (b)
(c)
Field nr. car park (Eastern end) |
Michael Batty |
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5th |
Redwing^ |
Victoria
Park Macclesfield |
^ Several Peter Hurst |
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3rd |
Hen Harrier (f) |
Golf
Club |
Robert Minsull via David Tolliday |
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2nd |
(a) Black-necked Grebe, Gadwall, Ruddy Duck^, Little Grebe, Great
Crested Grebe (b) Wigeon^^, Teal^^, Coot^^ (c) Redshank (d) Red-necked Grebe, Goosander (2m,7f), Goldeneye (f), (e) Bullfinch (3m,3f), Goldcrest^ |
Carsington
Water (a)
Paul Stanley Hide (b)
Sheepwash Hide (c)
Lane End Hide (d)
Millfields (e)
Feeders & Bushes |
^ Several ^^ Hundreds Andy Gregory & Janet Smith |
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1st |
(a) Goldeneye (m), Little Grebe (2) (b) Goosander (2m, 1f), Little Grebe |
(a)
Ridgegate Reservoir (b)
Bottoms Reservoir |
Nigel Troup |
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1st |
Black-necked Grebe (2) Red-necked Grebe |
Carsington
Water |
Ray & Margaret Perry |
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