Bird Sightings in the Macclesfield and Surrounding Areas
May 2007 (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
31st	Curlew	Gawsworth	Bird flew along main road (A536) at height of c6ft for c50 yds before peeling off over field Graham & Dorothy Palmer
29th	Teal (p), Mandarin Duck (f), Curlew	Tittesworth Res.	(Log Book entries) Ray & Margaret Perry
26th	Shoveler (p), Dunlin (2), Osprey*, Cuckoo (H)	Tittesworth Res.	(*) Over conservation pool (Log Book entries) Ray & Margaret Perry
26th	(a) Garden Warbler (3), Blackcap (3), Willow Warbler^, Chiffchaff^, Common Whitethroat (b) Reed Bunting (m) (c) Mandarin Duck (p), Little Grebe (2)	(a) Tegg’s Nose Wood (b) Bottoms Res. (c) Ridgegate Res	Stephen J Wright
22nd	Red Kite*, Cuckoo, Redstart	Dane Bower / Three Shire Heads	(*) Kite seemed to be hunting Robert Moss
21st	Barnacle Goose (4), Gadwall (m), Oystercatcher (4), Little Ringed Plover (2),	Carsington Water	Ray & Margaret Perry
20th	(a) Common Buzzard, Sparrowhawk (b) Little Owl (p), Raven, Kestrel, Ring Ouzel (p), Short-eared Owl, Canada Goose (p), Curlew (2), Pheasant (m+f), House Martin^, Swallow ^, Lapwing	(a) Over New Mills (b) Castle Nave (above Combs)	Andy Gregory & Janet Smith
19th	Dunlin (22), Whimbrel	Carsington Water	(Log Book entries) Ray & Margaret Perry
18th	Garganey (m), Great Northern Diver, Common Tern (2)	Carsington Water	(Log Book entries) Ray & Margaret Perry
17th	Spotted Flycatcher, Pied Flycatcher (f), Linnet (2)	Tittesworth Water	Ray & Margaret Perry
15th (17:00)	Redstart (~H), Common Buzzard, Bullfinch (2)	Tegg’s Nose (circuit from C.P. to Bottom’s Res. & return)	Also seen: Carrion Crow nest & several Rabbits David Haydock (visitor from France)
14th (p.m.)	(a) Golden Plover (2m,3f), Lapwing^, Curlew^, Dipper*, Swifts^, Canada Goose (b) Ring Ouzel (m), Curlew (2)	(a) Derbyshire Bridge (b) Dane Bower (Chimney)	(*) in stream by car park
14th	Northern Wheatear (m)	High Edge (Nr Buxton)	Ray & Margaret Perry
12th	Garden Warbler^, Bullfinch (3), Common Sandpiper (3), Little Ringed Plover, Redstart (H),	Rudyard Lake (North End)	David Haydock (visitor from France)
12th (11:00)	Swift (2)	Over fields behind Thirlmere (Thornton Sq. area)	Gordon Howard
11th (09:00-10:00)	Garden Warbler, Lesser Redpoll (3), Redstart (H), Pied Flycatcher	Tegg’s Nose Wood	David Haydock (visitor from France)
10th (14:45)	Swift	Over fields behind Thirlmere (Thornton Sq. area)	Single bird – feeding Gordon Howard
10th (a.m.)	(a) Ring Ouzel (2), Curlew, Wheatear, Swift (b) Curlew (3) (c) Dipper, Curlew (2) (d) Garden Warbler, Common Sandpiper	(a) (09:45) Dane Bower “Chimney” (b) (10:15) Robins Clough (c) (11:00) Wildboarclough (d) (11:30) Trentabank	David Haydock (visitor from France)
7th	Wood Warbler (H)	Macclesfield Forest	Stephen J Wright
4th	Swift (2)	Over Churchill Way Macclesfield	Chris Revett & Joan Wilson
2nd	Great Northern Diver*, Shelduck (4), Little Ringed Plover (2), Common Tern, Garden Warbler (2)	Carsington Water	(*) Long staying bird Ray & Margaret Perry
1st	Reed Warbler	River Bollin Middlewood Way	Singing from dogwood shrub near Tesco footbridge (probable passage bird) Peter Dowse (MBC Ranger)