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Bird Sightings in the Macclesfield and
Surrounding Areas |
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April 2010 |
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Legend (m) = male, (f) = female, (p) = pair, (ps) = pairs, (^)
= several, (~) = few (s) singing, (H) = Heard only |
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Date and Time |
Sighting |
Location and / or Map Reference |
Comments |
29 11.45am |
Cuckoo calling (not seen) |
Kerridge |
Anne and Alan Read |
29 |
Common Sandpiper House Martin Swallows (20+) |
Bottoms Reservoir, Macclesfield Forest |
Chris Grime |
27 |
Grasshopper Warbler (2) (heard) Reed Warblers (several) Sedge Warbler Little Ringed Plover (3) Common Sandpiper |
Marbury Country Park |
Paul Flackett |
27 |
Redstart |
Teggs Nose Wood |
David Collis and |
27 |
Garden Warbler (2) |
Turkshead reservoir |
David Collis |
26 |
Whinchat
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Yearns Low, Rainow |
Paul Flackett |
26 |
35 species including:
Barnacle Goose (14) Gadwall (2 prs)
Common Scaup (one female)
Oystercatcher (4)
Lapwing (3)
Redshank (2)
Blackcap (1)
Willow Warbler (4)
Chiffchaff (3)
19 plant species in bloom |
Carsington Water |
Ray and Margaret Perry |
25 |
Swift (2) |
Long Hill, Buxton |
David Collis |
25 |
Common Sandpiper |
Turkshead Reservoir |
David Collis |
25 |
Pied Flycatcher Cormorant (3) Goldcrest Treecreeper (25 species in total) |
Alderley Edge Woods |
Wildlife Explorers Dawn Chorus |
24 |
Willow Tit |
Danes Moss, Macclesfield |
Chris Eccleston  |
22 7.30pm |
Pied flycatcher (3) |
Just below the trout farm on the River Dane, Wincle |
Stephen Machin |
21 |
Wheatear (5)
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Gradbach
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Peter Rhodes |
21 |
Raven
Redstart Grey wagtail (pr) |
Three Shires Head
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Peter Rhodes |
21 |
House Martin
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Wincle
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Peter Rhodes |
21 |
Mandarins (6m, 1f one pair mating)
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Ridgegate Reservoir
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Dave Bancroft |
19 |
Common Sandpiper Kingfisher Little Owl |
Tittesworth |
David Collis |
19 |
Swallow |
Blakelow Road, Macclesfield |
Tina Hanak |
18 |
Mallard still with 13 ducklings (well done mum!) |
Macclesfield Canal between Higher Fence & Hurdsfield Road Bridges |
Clair and Hebe Arnold |
16 |
Mallard and 13 ducklings |
Macclesfield Canal between Higher Fence & Hurdsfield Road Bridges |
Peter Hurst |
13 |
Shelduck (10) Shoveler (28) Redshank (3) Little Ringed Plover Black Swan (2) Gadwall (2) |
Haydn's Pool |
David Collis  |
12 |
Male redstart singing
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Near Harrop Wood
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Peter Dowse |
11 |
Crossbill (8) |
Macclesfield Forest Standing Stone car park |
Peter Atherton |
11 |
Pied Flycatcher (singing) |
Macclesfield Forest behind the visitor centre at Trentabank Reservoir |
Peter Atherton |
10 |
Pied Flycather |
RSPB Coombes Valley |
Jarrod Sneyd Click here |
10 |
Sand Martin (8) |
Road to Bollington Tip |
David Tolliday |
9 |
Oystercatcher (p) Blackcap (p) Willow Warbler |
Tittesworth |
David Collis |
7 |
Barnacle Goose (29)
Oystercatcher (4)
Bar-tailed Godwit
Curlew
Redshank (4)
Chiffchaff (3)
Willow Warbler (2)
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Carsington Water |
Ray and Margaret Perry
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6 |
Greylag Goose
Kestrel (2)
Oystercatcher (2) - mating observed.
Swallow (~20)
Chiffchaff (2)
Willow Warbler (2)
Nuthatch (4)
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Tittesworth Water |
Ray and Margaret Perry |
6 7.00pm |
Swallow |
Fairfield, Buxton
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Andy Gregory |
6 |
Chiffchaff
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Nelsons Pit Visitors Centre
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Dave Bancroft
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6 4.00pm |
Swallow
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Over Poynton Marina
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Dave Bancroft
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6 11.00am |
Red Kite |
Lyme Green Car Sales, London Road, Macclesfield, being mobbed by crows, flying towards tip |
Pete Sutcliffe
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4 |
Barn Owl |
Thatch Inn, Faddiley nr Nantwich. Bird seen quartering the field adjacent to car park at rear of pub at approx 8pm.....dusk
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Steve Morris |
4 |
Tree Sparrows (pair) |
Fanshawe Lane |
David Collis |
4 |
Grey heron Grey wagtail Dipper (observed for 10 minutes feeding in and under water, then flew off downstream) |
Windmill Street bridge, Macclesfield |
Michael Calam |
3 |
Swallow |
Marton |
David Taylor |
3 7.15pm |
Meadow Pipits (25+) |
Field adjacent to Bullocks Lane |
David Collis |
1 |
Wigeon (2m 5f) |
Turkshead Reservoir |
David Collis |
