Bird Sightings in the Macclesfield and Surrounding Areas

February 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
Daily
Tree Sparrows (20 to 25)
Trap Cottage
Trap Street
Lower Withington

Peter and Gill Brierley
Daily
Lesser Redpoll
Daily average 30
Friday 27th 40
Saturday 28th 63
Trap Cottage
Trap Street
Lower Withington

Peter and Gill Brierley
28
Curlew (100+)
Meerbrook
David Tolliday
27
Curlew (6)
Green woodpecker (H)
Langley
Steve Wright
26 & 27
Brambling (1m, 2f)
Feeding on sunflower seeds from the bird table or  perching in the beech trees in Ashbrook Drive, Prestbury
Steve McCoskery

25
(a.m.)

Raven, Common Buzzard

Overflying fields North side Pennington’s Lane

Raven calling, Buzzard flying behind and well below

Gordon Howard

22
(p.m.)

Coal Tit, Long-tailed Tit, Great Tit, Tree Creeper, Robin, Wren.

Danes Moss (CWT)

(near canal)

Gordon and Rita Howard
16
Wigeon (2m & 1f)
Tufted duck (2m & 4f) Kingfisher
Poynton Pool
Peter Dowse
16
Great Northern Diver (2)
Barnacle Goose (30)
Oystercatcher (1,
Lapwing (110)
Curlew (1)
Redshank (2)
Lesser Redpoll (4)
Carsington Water
Ray and Margaret Perry

5
4pm

Waxwing (15)

On an apple tree (which still has some apples on it!) in Melksham Close, Macclesfield

Chris Eccleston
4
Waxwing (40)
Lavenham Close, Macclesfield
Howard Rowley
3
Siskin
Daily with max 4 on 3rd
Trap Cottage
Trap Street
Lower Withington

Peter and Gill Brierley
3
Brambling (m)
Trap Cottage
Trap Street
Lower Withington
Peter and Gill Brierley
3
Teal (p)
Up to 6 birds in the past
Pool just off Cockhall lane,
Langley
.  Birds only seem to visit this site during the cold snaps.
Matt Lawton
2
 
Jackdaws (2,000 or maybe even twice that number)
 
Descending on Macclesfield tip in successive waves from all directions.
Paul Flackett
1
Goldeneye (p)
Bottoms Reservoir,
Macclesfield
Forest
. Male displaying frequently and calling to female with a loud squeak.
Scott Lamont