Bird Sightings in the Macclesfield and Surrounding Areas

January 2008
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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

 

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30th
Pink-footed geese (3)
Feeding in a field to the left of Redesmere
Chris Revett
30th

Grey Heron (15 near heronry)
Cormorant
Goosander (5)
Little Grebe (2)
Buzzard
Crossbill (5)
Siskin (200+)
Bullfinch(6)
Macclesfield Forest and Trentabank
Geoff Atkin

 28th

Barnacle Geese (2) with Canada Geese (20)

 South Park, Macclesfield

 Maurice Peall

27th

(14:00-15:00)

Pochard (12+), Wigeon (24+), Great Crested Grebe (c14), Goldeneye (2m), Tufted Duck (6m), Cormorant, Lesser Black-backed Gull (2)

Chelford Sand Quarries

Gordon Howard

22nd

Goldeneye (2m2f)
Little grebe
Great crested grebe

Bottoms Reservoir

Graham Palmer

22nd

Goldeneye (m)
Little grebe (4)
Pochard (15)

Ridgegate Reservoir

Graham Palmer

22nd

Little grebe (3)
Grey heron (4)
Cormorant (2)
Buzzard

Trentabank Reservoir

Graham Palmer

22nd

Flying over the playing fields at 9.00am - a flock of 80 Lapwings.

Feeding on the playing fields a mixed flock of 23 Fieldfares and 28 Redwings

Cheadle Hulme

Big Schools Birdwatch
Tina Hanak

22nd

(08:30)

Mute Swan (6)

Ivy Farm Estate

(South)

Flying S.E.

Possibly en route to Bosley or Tittesworth?

Gordon Howard

 19th

Tree Sparrow (2) 

Siddington 

Steve Wright  

14th

Tawny Owl, Water Rail Kingfisher (2), Siskin (30) Great Spotted Woodpecker(3),

Marbury Country Park

Tom Gibbons

13th

(a) Barn Owl, Little Owl, Yellow Hammer (2)

 

(b) Common Snipe ^,
Jack Snipe (6)

(a) Sugar Brook Farm

Ashley

 

(b) V. boggy field adjacent to MIA runway

Highlights from group outing

Gordon Howard
Full report

12th

Cormorant (3)

Errwood Reservoir

Andy Gregory and Janet Smith

12th

Reed bunting (p)

In trees by the small reservoir at the top of Bunsal incline

Andy Gregory

9th

(12:30)

Lapwing (80-100)

Fields - East side Congleton Rd.

Not far from Rising Sun

Seemingly disturbed, dense flock lifted off and wheeled round for 1 - 2 minutes

 

Gordon Howard

6th

(12:00 – 16:00)

Grey Heron, Com. Shelduck (6), Gadwall (c12), Teal ^, N Shoveler (6+), Com. Buzzard*, Lapwing (40+), Long-tailed Tit (c12), Great Spotted Woodpecker, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (f**), Redwing (1only), Jay, Siskin (1only)

A walk around Neumann’s Flash, Haydn’s Pool and surrounds

Highlights only, 34 species seen

(*) In flight and perched

(**) Open clear view c 25 Mtrs, (2 / 3 minutes), foraging in leafless tree top

 

Gordon Howard, Ray & Jean Evans

2nd and 3rd

(5pm - 6.30pm)

50 - 100 Pied Wagtails
roosting in a single tree

JJB car park
Macclesfield

Steve Glossop

2nd

Barnacle Goose (~50)
Goldeneye (f)
Peregrine
Lapwing (over 200)
Redshank

Carsington Water

Ray and Margaret Perry