Bird Sightings in the Macclesfield and Surrounding Areas

May 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

 

 

 

 

25th

(00:15)

Tawny Owl

Fairfield

Buxton

Sat on top of telegraph post, hooting and screeching

Andy Gregory

24th

(p.m.)

Peregrine Falcon*, Yellowhammer (p), Little Owl

Jodrell Bank

* on the radio telescope

 

David Tolliday

23rd

(a.m.)

Great Spotted Woodpecker (f)

Behind Morrisons

Buxton

Andy Gregory

14th

Pied Flycatcher

Marton Lane, Gawsworth

David Tolliday

11th

Common Sandpiper (2), Reed Warbler, Spotted Flycatcher

Redesmere

Robert Moss

9th

(a) Common Sandpiper (2)

 

(b) Mandarin Duck

(a) Tegg’s Nose Res.

 

(b) Trentabank Res.

Robert Moss

8th

(p.m.)

Sparrowhawk (f)

Over Pennington’s Lane

Gliding West to East

Gordon Howard

7th

(a) Wheatear (2m 1f), Cuckoo (H)

 

(b) Blackcap (s)

(a) Dane Bower Quarry

 

(b) Bridgemere Garden World

Andy Gregory & Janet Smith

6th

Great Spotted Woodpecker (2), Redstart (m), Cuckoo (H)

Goyt Valley

Andy Gregory & Janet Smith

6th (p.m.)

(a) Greylag Goose (4), Sedge Warbler, Tufted Duck (2), Little Grebe (2), Little Owl, Common Buzzard, Linnet (4), Skylark (2), Wheatear (f), Oystercatcher

 

(b) Pied Flycatcher (m), Spotted Flycatcher (2)

(a) Adlington G.C.

 

 

(b) Tegg’s Nose Wood

Nigel Troup

6th

(a.m.)

(a) Lesser Whitethroat,

Garden Warbler (2), Sedge Warbler

 

(b) Lesser Whitethroat (H)

 

(c) Stock Dove (4), Lapwing (2)

(a) Middlewood Way

 

(b) Hazel Grove SJ935871

 

(c) Platt Woods Nr Lyme Park boundary

Nigel Troup

5th

Swifts (~)

Over Ivy Farm estate Macclesfield

Graham Palmer

3rd

(20:00)

Swifts (4)

Over Northgate Ave.

Macclesfield

Tony Hayter

3rd

Swifts (7)

Cliff Rd.

Fairfield - Buxton

Andy Gregory

2nd

(p.m.)

Stonechat (m), Common Whitethroat (4), Willow Warbler, Skylark, Reed Bunting (2), Tawny Owl

Adswood Tip

Stockport

Nigel Troup

1st

Swifts (3)

Over Ivy Farm estate

(Macclesfield)

Jean Evans

1st

(a.m.)

(a) Swallow (8+), Swift, Oystercatcher (3), Redshank, Wheatear (2), Tufted Duck (4)

 

(b) Lesser Whitethroat (2s*), Garden Warbler(**) 

(a) Adlington G.C.

 

(b) Middlewood Way

 

(*) one at SJ946869

(**) SJ944857

 

Nigel Troup