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Bird Sightings in the Macclesfield and
Surrounding Areas |
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March 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 |
30 9am |
Red kite drifting overhead |
Junction of A556 and A49 nr Sandiway |
Gordon Davenport |
25 |
Lapwing displaying and chasing off crows
Meadow Pipit (numerous)
Skylark (2 singing)
Wheatear (2)
Fieldfare (30+)
Curlew heard but not seen
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Green Fairfield |
Andy Gregory |
24 |
Swallow (2) |
Bailey's Farm, Higher Fence Road |
Peter Hurst |
24 |
Ring Ouzel (1m, 2f) |
Danebower |
Dave Bancroft |
23 |
Green Woodpecker (heard) Chiffchaff (3) Sand Martins (3) Oystercatcher (4) Snipe (20+) Redshank (heard) Gadwall (2) Shelduck (6) |
Budworth Mere |
Paul Flackett |
23 |
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Great Spotted Woodpecker (2) Sand Martins (100+) Chiffchaff (2) Goldcrest Tawny Owl at roost |
Budworth Mere |
Paul Flackett |
23 |
Golden plover (2) Red grouse (8) |
Axe Edge Moor |
Dave Bancroft |
23 |
Peregrine Wheatear (2) |
Danebower |
Dave Bancroft |
23 |
Mandarin (Pair) |
Ridgegate Reservoir |
Dave Bancroft |
23 |
Redwing (4) Starling (2) Fieldfare |
Bailey Ridding |
Chris Eccleston |
23 |
Reed Bunting Goldfinch Greenfinch (2) Buzzard Sparrowhawk Wood Pigeon (numerous) |
Penningtons Lane |
Chris Eccleston |
23 |
Chiffchaff (several singing) Redwings |
Knutsford Moor |
Brian Grieve |
23 |
Chiffchaff |
Higher Poynton - in scrub / birches field next to Anson Road tip |
Christine Hilton |
23 |
Swallow |
Lyme Park, Knott Car Park |
Christine Hilton |
23 |
Swallow |
Lapwing Lane |
David Collis |
23 |
Black Swan on nest |
Hatdn's Pool David Collis |
David Collis |
23 |
Chiffchaff (2) Willow Warbler (1) |
Neumans Flash |
David Collis |
22 |
Barnacle Goose (32) Oystercatcher (2) Lapwing (2) Snipe (3) Redshank (5) Bullfinch (pr) Reed Bunting (pr) |
Carsington Water |
Ray and Margaret Perry |
22 |
Bullfinch (pr) Common Buzzard (soaring overhead) |
Thirlmere |
Ray and Margaret Perry |
22 |
Dipper (pair) |
River Dane, Bollington |
Geoff Atkin |
19 |
Chiffchaff |
Marton |
David Taylor |
19 |
Red Grouse (12)
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Axe Edge Moor
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Dave Bancroft |
19 |
Wheatear (m)
Raven (3)
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Danebower
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Dave Bancroft
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18 |
Waxwing |
Tytherington Estate |
Amanda  |
17 |
Short-eared owl L little owl Raven Curlew Golden plover (4) Skylark Lapwings |
Wildboarclough area |
Steve Wright and Matthew Lawton  |
17 |
Goldeneye (4m, 4f in communal courtship display) |
Redesmere |
Chris Eccleston |
16 |
Red Kite |
Over Cumberland Clough (Wildboarclough), being mobbed by a buzzard and some crows. |
CAWOS report vis Graham Palmer |
15 |
Shelduck (4) Shoveler (6) Lapwing (40+) Oystercatcher (2) Wigeon (2) |
Lapwing Lane Quarries |
David Collis |
14 |
Common Buzzard
Sparrowhawk (m)
Goldeneye (pair) Great-crested Grebe (several pairs showing courtship display)
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Top end of Rudyard Lake
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Andy Gregory
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11 |
Little Owl |
Wildboarclough |
Geoff Atkin |
11 4pm |
Dipper (2)
Pheasant (18m + 31f)
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Wildboarclough
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Dave Bancroft |
11 4.15pm |
Goldeneye (m)
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Trentabank
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Dave Bancroft
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10 |
Pink-footed Goose (1) - with Canada geese,
Barnacle Goose (39),
Oystercatcher (4),
Dunlin (2),
Redshank (1),
Yellow-legged Gull (1),
Pied Wagtail (10),
Song Thrush (1),
Blackcap (1) - singing, and presumably over-wintering.
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Carsington Water
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Ray and Margaret Perry
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10 |
Golden Plover (6-9
many calling)
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Moorland south of Cat and Fiddle
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Geoff Atkin
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9 |
Dipper (5+)
Grey Heron
Grey Wagtail (2)
Wren
Green Woodpecker
Raven
Kestrel
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Topley Pike, Woo Dale area of Wye Dale near Buxton |
Andy Gregory |
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9 (10:10) |
“March” Hares (3) |
Cavorting in fields N. side of Pennington’s Lane - Gawsworth |
Gordon Howard |
8 |
Curlew calling
Raven Red grouse (20 -30), |
Moorland above Goyt Valley
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Geoff Atkin |
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4 |
Dipper (2 - 1 ringed) |
Wildboarclough |
Dave Bancroft |
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4 |
Red Grouse (2) |
Danebower |
Dave Bancroft |
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1 |
Barnacle Goose (46) Pheasant (1) - quite uncommon at
Carsington Oystercatcher (2) Lapwing (~120) Curlew (3) Redshank (1) Robin - many singing. |
Carsington Water |
Ray and Margaret Perry |
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1 |
Goosander (52) Wigeon (21) Pochard (10) Teal (106) Curlew (11) Lapwing (57) Redwing (9) Common Buzzard (3) Song Thrush (6) |
Tittesworth |
Ray and Margaret Perry |
