Bird Sightings in the Macclesfield and Surrounding Areas
August 2009 (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
27	Yellow-legged Gull	Carsington Water	Ray and Margaret Perry
17 7.45 to 8.30pm	Kingfisher	Jacksons Brickworks, Poynton (far end of pool)	Dave Bancroft
13	Great Crested Grebe (20) Kingfisher	Budworth Mere (west end)	Graham Palmer
13	Lapwing (300+) Curlew (60)	Neumann's Flash	Graham Palmer
13	Lapwing (100-150) Green Sandpiper (4) Little Ringed Plover Dunlin (2)	Haydn's Pool	Graham Palmer
10	Green Woodpecker	Moss Houses, Lowes Lane, Gawsworth.	Ray Perry
4	Hobby chasing a swift	Near Nether Alderley	Scott Lamont