Bird Sightings in the Macclesfield and Surrounding Areas

September 2006
(Please click on photos or any underlined comment for larger images and/or more information)

Legend

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

(s) singing, (H) = Heard only

Date and Time

Sighting

Location and / or Map Reference

Comments

 

 

 

 

30th

Wigeon (13), Lapwing (200), Kingfisher, Willow Tit (~), Chiffchaff

Rudyard Lake

(North end)

Tony & Margaret Hayter

28th

(17:30

Short-eared Owl

Standing Stone

Car Park

(Macc. Forest)

Regular sighting (since 21st), 17:30 to 18:45 quartering field south of car park

Chris Grime

25th

(16:00)

Green Sandpiper

Ridgegate Reservoir

Tony & Margaret Hayter

23rd

Kingfisher

West Park pool

Robert Moss

20th

Black Swan

Astbury Mere

Congleton

Un-ringed bird

Mike Atkinson

17th

Kingfisher

West Park pool

Robert Moss

17th

Teal (38), Pochard (3m), Shoveler, Wigeon (25), Common Tern, Common Buzzard (11), Snipe (13), Ringed Plover, Willow Warbler, Reed Bunting (4)

Tittesworth Reservoir

Log Book entry

Via Ray Perry

15th

Kingfisher

West Park pool

Robert Moss

16th

Pintail (f), Common Sandpiper, Whitethroat (2), Chiffchaff (3) Linnet (2)

Tittesworth Reservoir

Log Book entry

Via Ray Perry

15th

Osprey

Tittesworth Reservoir

Bird heading South

Log Book entry

Via Ray Perry

12th

(14:30)

Ruff

Bottoms Reservoir

(Stream inlet Eastern end)

Probably same bird seen earlier?

 

Peter Hurst

12th

(12:00)

Ruff,

Wigeon (f), Pochard (m)

Ridgegate Reservoir

Tony & Margaret Hayter

11th

(15:00)

Wigeon (f), Pochard (m), Grey Wagtail (m)

Ridgegate Reservoir

Tony & Margaret Hayter

10th

Little Owl*, Wheatear, Tufted Duck (2), Teal, Buzzard, Kestrel (2), Chiffchaff, Lapwing (50+)

Adlington Golf  Club

* in hollow tree beyond main pond

 

Nigel Troup

9th

(18:00)

Raven, Short-eared Owl

Moorland between Standing Stone and Shutlingsloe

(Macc. Forest)

Chris Grime

9th

Teal (6)

Ridgegate Reservoir

Tony & Margaret Hayter

8th

Kingfisher

West Park pool

Robert Moss

4th

Hobby*

Smallwood

Congleton

* Distressed Bird

3rd

Goshawk (juv.)

Tittesworth Reservoir

Mike Bebbington

1st

Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (m)

 

Henbury

Henbury Rise

(Garden sighting)

 

Still showing regularly twice daily (see Aug.)

 

John & Claire Mortin