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Bird Sightings in the Macclesfield and
Surrounding Areas |
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October 2010 |
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Legend (m) = male, (f) = female, (p)
= pair, (ps) = pairs, (s) singing, (H) = Heard
only |
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Date and Time |
Sighting |
Location and / or Map Reference |
Comments |
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31st |
Whooper
Swans (11) - (stayed ‘till
dusk) Green
Sandpiper (4) |
Lapwing Lane sand pit |
Peter Rolph |
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28th (a.m.) |
Fieldfare
(25+) Mistle
Thrush (3) Common
Buzzard Kestrel Great
Spotted Woodpecker Grey
Wagtail |
Bottom of |
All within the same meadow Dave Bancroft |
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25th (a.m.) |
Waxwings
(2) Goldfinch
(3) Kestrel |
Standing Stone car park ( |
Chris Eccleston |
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25th (a.m.) |
Waxwings
(2) – feeding on
Rowan berries Crossbills
(3) |
Standing Stone car park ( |
Peter Rolph |
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24th |
Slavonian
Grebe Whooper
Swans (2) |
Lapwing Hall Pool view (telescope) from bridle path
between |
Paul Flackett |
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23rd (15:00) |
Sparrowhawk
(f) |
House Roof Apex Thirlmere – Ivy Farm Estate |
Gordon Howard |
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23rd (12:00) |
Whooper
Swans (17) |
Skein over flying house in Poynton heading South |
Dave Bancroft |
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22nd |
Curlew
(18) Redshank
(11) Snipe
(5) Ruddy
Duck (m) – still in
eclipse Shelduck
(4) Teal
(100’s) Stonechat Reed
Bunting (5) Goldfinches
– several large
flocks Raven |
Frodsham Marsh |
David Collis |
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20th |
(a)
Sparrowhawk (p) (courting pair) Kestrel
(p) Long-tailed
Tits (15/20) Coal
Tits Siskin Goldfinch Fieldfares
(c100 - overflying) (b)
Redwing |
(a) Standing Stone and East side of
Macclesfield Forrest (b) Bollington (on Cotoneaster) |
Geoff Atkin |
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18th (11:30) |
Goosander
(3f) Goldcrest |
Redesmere |
David Collis |
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18th (09:35) |
Pink-footed
Geese (c200) (single skein) |
Flying West over Macclesfield / Gawsworth border) |
Gordon Howard |
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17th (16:00) |
Fieldfare
(50+) Redwing
(30+) |
: (Macclesfield) |
Chris Grime |
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17th |
Barnacle
Goose |
Redesmere |
single bird amongst the Chris Revett |
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16th (17:00) |
Fieldfare
(100+) |
Over flying (Macclesfield) |
Chris Grime |
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16th (10:00) |
Fieldfare
(50+) |
In field close to Lamaload Reservoir |
Chris Grime |
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16th (08:45) |
Pink-footed
Geese (300+) |
Flying South West over Turkshead Reservoir |
David Collis |
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16th (08:35) |
Pink-footed
Geese (500+) (8/10 grouped skeins) |
Calling and flying high - East over Macclesfield / Gawsworth border |
Wonderful to see Gordon Howard |
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14th |
Fieldfare with small flock of Redwing Swallow
* |
Lapwing Lane |
* single
bird flying N. David Collis |
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13th (9:00 to 11:00) |
Brambling
(4) – in with Chaffinches Redwing
(2) Goldcrest
(3) Long-tailed
Tits (large flock) Raven |
Standing Stone Car Park |
Dave Bancroft |
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12th (09:00) |
(a)
Brambling (f) Redwing
(15) Goldcrest
(2) Siskins
(sev.) – with large
flock of Goldfinch Pink-footed
Geese (c100) – skein
in flight (b)
Pochard (m) (c)
Fieldfare |
(a) Standing Stone Car Park (b) Ridgegate Reservoir (c) Leather’s Smithy P.H. |
Dave Bancroft |
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11th (a.m.) |
Fieldfare |
Rainow |
Single bird at the top of a tree Paul Flackett |
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11th |
Lapwing
(400+) Golden
Plover (8) Black-tailed
Godwit Snipe
(11) Green
Sandpiper (2) Common
Sandpiper Bullfinch
(p) Reed
Bunting (4) Shoveler
(50+) Teal
(100+) Wigeon
(f) Black
Swan (p) |
Neumann’s Flash & Haydn’s Pool |
David Collis |
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10th |
Redwing
(15+) |
Flying South over Bullocks Lane - Sutton |
David Collis |
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9th (a.m.) |
Redwing
(c20) |
Higher Hurdsfield (flying South) |
Mark Arnold |
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8th (11:00) |
(a)
Pochard (m) Little
Grebe (6) (b)
Crossbills (20+) |
(a) Ridgegate Reservoir (b) Standing Stone |
Crossbills probable but uncertain sighting due to height and poor
visibility Dave Bancroft |
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7th (11:00) |
Kingfisher |
River Bollin – by |
Alan Read |
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5th (18:00) |
Hen
Harrier (f) (ring tail) |
Below Shutlingsloe |
Chris Grime |
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5th |
Lapwings
(100+) Shoveler
(18) Teal
(4) Greater
Black-backed Gull
(2) Cormorant
(14) Kestrel |
Lapwing Lane Silt Ponds |
David Collis |
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4th (p.m.) |
Jackdaws
(40/50) |
Flocking and swirling round and in and out
of large Oak N.side of Pennington’s Lane |
Gordon Howard |
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1st |
Pink-footed
Geese (3 skeins) |
Flying West over Poynton |
Bernard Robinson |
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