Bird Sightings in the Macclesfield and Surrounding Areas

October 2007
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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 / or Map Reference

Comments
       
30th
91 Snipe
190 Lapwings
72 Teal
1 Kingfisher
3 Meadow Pipits
Titteswoth
Data taken from the logbook

30th 

A roost of
24 Pied wagtails

On the roof of Aldi, Macclesfield  

David Haydock 

30th

(11:00)

Pheasant (13)

 

(see comments)

Farm Field rear of Thirlmere

(Ivy Farm Estate.)

 

The pheasants were being "rounded up” by a ginger cat on our back field.

Obviously the cat was stalking them, but the appearance was just like the Sutton Sheep Dog Trials. The pheasants were wary, but fairly laid back, moving only if the cat made a lunge.

 

Gordon Howard

29th

3 Stonechat
2 Brambling
2 Raven
4 Wigeon
1 Little Grebe

  Lamaload

 Paul Flackett

28th

Mandarin Duck
Snipe
Kingfisher

Tittesworth

David Beer

24th

(m) Blackcap
Plenty of Redwings
A few Fieldfares

Swettenham
part way between
Cross Lane and Chestnut Farms

Steve & Gill Barber

20th

130 Lapwings

Chelford Sand Quarry

David Tolliday

20th

1 male Pochard

Ridgegate Reservoir

Margaret Hayter

20th


100 Fieldfares and
a few Redwings

Ridgegate Reservoir right next to the Leather Smithy, very good view.

Margaret Hayter

19th

(p.m.)

(a) Goosander (f), Great Crested Grebe (6), Great Spotted Woodpecker (f)

(b) Little Grebe (3)

(a) Bosley Reservoir

 

(b) Ridgegate Reservoir

Gordon Howard

16th
1230hrs

250-300 Fieldfares

Valley from Lamaload Reservoir to Rainow

Tony Bianchi

16th
1130hrs

2 Pochards (f)

Trentabank Reservoir

Tony and Margaret Hayter

15th
1900hrs

Barn Owl

On A523 between Poynton and Macclesfield (near the MediCare clinic on the bends).

Steve Nunn

15th

Peregrine

Harrop
(between Rainow and Pott Shrigley)

Paul Flackett

14th
1125hrs

200 Pink-footed Geese

Flying south east in 'V' formation over Tytherington

David Tolliday

14th
0925hrs

5 Fieldfares
amongst Redwings

Tegg's Nose

Mark Arnold

13th

1 Little Stint
3 Dunlin
1 Ruff
1 Green Sandpiper
20+ Golden Plover
30+ Curlew
50+ Greylag Geese
100+ Lapwing
5 Black Swan

Neumann's Flash

Paul Flackett

13th
1500hrs

50+ Snipe
10 Teal

Tittesworth Reservoir

Chris Grime

10th

2 raven displaying

2 lapwing, mixed flock siskin and redpoll, approx 10-12 of each

small flock thrushes, probably redwing

mistle thrush

buzzard

sparrowhawk

3 jays, grey and pied wagtails, 4 grey heron

Bosley Reservoir

No sign of green sandpiper

 

 

Tony & Margaret Hayter

8th

raven (2*)

Ridgegate Reservoir

(*) Displaying

 

Tony & Margaret Hayter

8th

(p.m.)

(a) snipe, green sandpiper, great crested grebe^, tufted duck (p) mallard^, grey heron, moorhen, coot.

(b) mistle thrush (2)

(c) great crested grebe, little grebe, tufted duck(~)

(a) Bosley Reservoir

 

(b) Wildboarclough

 

(c) Ridgegate Res.

Gordon Howard

8th
1530hrs

Skein of c110
pink-footed geese

Flew west calling over Siddington

Steve Barber

6th 1530hrs

 2 Grey Partridge

West Gate area Lyme Park

Chris Grime

6th

70-80 lapwing

10 snipe

20-30 teal

2 kingfisher

mistle thrush

willow tit

great spotted woodpecker

Rudyard Reservoir

(North end)

Tony & Margaret Hayter

5th

(p.m.)

great crested grebe, cormorant, grey heron, mute swan, canada goose, mallard, tufted duck, common buzzard, moorhen, coot, lapwing, black-headed gull, wood pigeon, collared dove, grey wagtail, wren, robin, blackbird, goldcrest, coal tit, blue tit, great tit, long-tailed tit, jay, magpie, carrion crow, starling, chaffinch

Marbury C.P.

No hirundines over mere.

No sign of winter Thrushes

 

Gordon & Rita Howard