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Bird Sightings in the Macclesfield and Surrounding
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March 2007 |
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Legend (m) = male,
(f) = female, (p) = pair, (ps) = pairs, (^) =
several, (~) = few (s)
singing, (H) = Heard only |
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Date and Time |
Sighting |
Location and / or Map Reference |
Comments |
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31st |
Wheatear, (m+f), Little Gull*, Great Northern Diver**, Goldeneye (c20), Goosander (c15) |
Audenshaw Reservoir |
(*) adult (**) long staying
Nigel Troup |
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31st |
Sand Martin (10) |
Sand banks Mottram |
Martin James (MBC Ranger) |
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31st (late p.m.) |
Whooper Swans (19) |
Ridgegate Reservoir |
Reported by David and Celia
Bailey, Chris Grime
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31st |
Fieldfare (c300) |
Nr Gawsworth Hall |
Birds were quite
“skittish” Frequently taking off, calling and
landing again Ray Perry |
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31st |
Lapwing (20), Golden Plover, Red Grouse, Meadow Pipit, Wheatear (m), Common Buzzard, Merlin, Kestrel,
Carrion Crow, Wren, Blackbird, Chaffinch, Skylark |
Car & Fiddle, Danebower Knotbury |
Geoff Atkin |
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31st |
(a) Raven (p) (b) Chiffchaff^, Swallow |
(a) Axe Edge (b) Tittesworth area |
Also seen: Comma & Peacock butterfflies
Andy Gregory & Janet Smith |
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31st (a.m.) |
Great Spotted Woodpecker (2m,1f), Chiffchaff (H), Grey Wagtail (2),
Coal Tit, Skylark |
Styal Woods, |
Peter & Margaret Derbyshire |
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29th |
Goosander(2*), Skylark (2s), Golden Plover (H), Curlew** |
Between |
(*) in flight (**) overflying and calling) David Tolliday |
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27th (lunchtime) |
Swallow |
Over flew Town Centre Macclesfield |
(Our first record for this Summer) Phil Oddy |
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25th |
Fieldfare (c100) |
Overflying Marton |
Dave Tolliday |
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25th (07:00) |
Little Ringed Plover |
Pennington’s Flash (Nr. Wigan) |
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24th |
Red-legged Partridge (p) |
Macclesfield |
Phil Oddy |
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24th |
Kestrel (f), Common Buzzard, Great Spotted Woodpecker (m), Snipe (2),
Teal (m), Treecreeper, Nuthatch, Chiffchaff |
Rudyard Herons Marsh & Surrounds |
Also various finches and titmice Mark & Tina Sway |
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18th |
Green Woodpecker (H) |
Lindow Common |
Paul Hughes (MBC Ranger) |
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18th (a.m.) |
Chiffchaff (2) |
Mirlees Fields Woodsmoor |
Early birds for this site Nigel Troup |
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18th |
Lesser Redpoll (1m, 2f) |
Garden Sighting Poynton |
Bernard & Margaret Robinson |
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17th |
(a) Black-necked Grebe* (b) Great Crested Grebe |
(a) Radnor Mere (b) Redesmere |
(*) sighting reported to DM (unconfirmed) Dave Mort |
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17th |
Common Buzzard (3), Redwing, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Chiffchaff (2), Grey Wagtail, Reed Bunting (2m), |
Rudyard Herons Marsh & Surrounds |
Conditions mild, gusty wind and
overcast
Also sighted: Hare + Titmice and common woodland
birds Mark & Tina Sway |
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16th |
(a) Peregrine Falcon (p)*, Raven (p), Kestrel, Grey Wagtail, Meadow
Pipits^ (b) Dipper |
(a) Three Shire Heads (b) Wildboarclough |
(*) Close view of unsuccessful
Peregrine stoop onto pigeon. Mark Arnold |
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14th |
Chiffchaff (7), Blue Tit, Great
Tit, Robin, Blackbird, Great Crested Grebe, Tufted Duck, Coot, Mallard,
Chaffinch, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Bullfinch, Curlew, Nuthatch |
Bosley Reservoir |
Geoff Atkin |
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14th |
Lapwing (2ps*), Chiffchaff (2s), Meadow
Pipits (12+), Common Buzzard (2) |
Higher Doles Adlington |
Paul Hughes, Martin James, Peter
Dowse (MBC Rangers) |
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13th |
Chiffchaff (2s), Common Buzzard (2*) |
Higher Poynton |
(*) displaying – including
talon clasping Paul Hughes, Martin James, Peter
Dowse (MBC Rangers) |
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13th |
Chiffchaff, Redwing, Grey Wagtail, Pied
Wagtail, Meadow Pipit, Grey Heron, Great Tit, Blue Tit, Chaffinch, Mistle Thrush,
Carrion Crow, Magpie, Jackdaw, Wren, Robin, Blackbird, Dunnock |
Prestbury Sewage Works |
Geoff Atkin |
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12th |
(a) Meadow Pipits (c20), Curlew (6), Oystercatcher (4), Lapwing (c20),
Little Grebe, Skylark (c6s), Tree Sparrow (3), Little Owl, Teal (8), Tufted
Duck (6), Gadwall (m*), Peregrine Falcon (b) Oystercatcher (p) |
(a) Adlington (ponds, fields and hedges (b) Flooded fields, |
(*) first sighting at this
location for Nigel Nigel Troup |
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12th (15:00) |
Goosander (2m, 2f), Goldeneye (2m, 2f), Mandarin Duck (1m, 1f), Tufted
Duck (m), Great Spotted Woodpeckers (H), Tawny Owl (H) |
Ridgegate Reservoir |
Tony & Margaret Hayter |
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11th |
Stonechat (p) |
Below Jenkins Chapel |
Mark Arnold |
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10th (13:15) |
Mute Swan (2*) |
Ivy Farm Estate |
(*) overflying Thirlmere and
Pennington’s Lane heading S.S.E. Gordon Howard |
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10th |
Oystercatcher (2) |
Woodford |
In field by cricket ground Peter & Margaret Derbyshire |
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8th (midday) |
(a) Goosander c (5m, 8f), Great Crested Grebe, Little Grebe, Mallard
(~), Tufted Duck (~) Cormorant (^), Grey Heron (^) (b) Great Crested Grebe (2ps) |
(a) Trentabank Reservoir (b) Bottoms Reservoir |
Ridgegate seemed to be deserted Mike Calam |
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7th |
Common Buzzard (2) |
Biddulph |
Mick & Tina Sway |
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7th (13:15) |
Common Buzzard (3*) |
Low over Ivy Farm estate &
Pennington’s Lane |
(*) calling Gordon Howard |
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6th |
(a) Sparrowhawk (f) (b) Common Buzzard (4) |
Adlington (a) Miner’s Arms (b) |
Paul Hughes & Martin James (MBC Rangers) |
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4th (18:30) |
Woodcock |
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Chris N Grime |
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4th |
Goosander (6m, 3f), Greylag Goose |
Styperson Pool |
Paul Hughes & Martin James (MBC Rangers) |
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3rd |
Mandarin Duck (f), Curlew (140), Stock Dove (6) |
Tittesworth |
Log book record Ray & Margaret Perry |
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3rd |
(a) Skylark (2) (b) Great Spotted Woodpecker, Curlew (50), Snipe (6), Goldeneye*, Pochard
(^), Teal (^), Wigeon (^), Common Buzzard (2), Kestrel, Redpoll (10)**,
Goldfinch (^), Mistle Thrush (2), Redwing + Fieldfare*** |
(a) Biddulph Moor (Top road cross roads) (b) Tittesworth |
(*) eclipse plumage (**) in with Goldfinch flock nr.
visitor ctr. (***) mixed flock Mick & Tina Sway |
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2nd |
Skylark (3s) |
High over Windyway Nr. Tegg’s Nose CP |
Geoff Atkin |
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