Bird Sightings in the Macclesfield and Surrounding Areas
August 2011 (Please click on photos or any underlined comment for larger images and/or more information)
Legend (m) = male, (f) = female, (p) = pair, (ps) = pairs, (s) singing, (H) = Heard only
Date and Time	Sighting	Location and / or Map Reference	Comments
30th	Little Ringed Plover (3) Dunlin (2) Little Egret Goosander (6) Teal	Tittesworth Res.	Chris N. Grime
29th	Cormorant (3) Goosander (11)	Tittesworth Res.	David Collis
27th	Peregrine Falcon (p)	Jodrell Bank Resident on the Lovell Telescope	Stephen Davenport
22nd (a.m.)	Kingfisher Whitethroat	Bottom’s Reservoir Langley	Steve Wright
21st	Starling (4) Pochard (5) Cormorant (9) Greater Black-backed Gull (3) Curlew (21) Black-tailed Godwit (6) Redshank (3) Shoveler (f)	Lapwing Lane Silt Ponds	Daniel Bailey
21st (12:00)	Common Buzzard (3)	On thermals over Ivy Farm Estate	Gordon Howard
20th	Lapwings (200+) Hobby Teal (7) Pochard (4) Curlew (2)	Lapwing Lane Silt Ponds	David Collis
18th	Sparrowhawk	Garden kill – Thirlmere Ivy Farm Estate	Gordon Howard
18th	(a) Wheatear (6) Raven (12) Kestrel Common Buzzard (b) Little Grebe Mandarin	(a) Danebower (b) Trentabank	David Collis & Daniel Bailey
17th	Kingfisher	Bridge at junction Hall Lane / Jarman (Sutton)	David Collis
16th	Black-tailed Godwit (4) Teal (8) Black Swan Common Sandpiper (2) Whitethroat (5) Common Gull (5) Gadwall (3) Reed Warbler (2) Lapwing (300+)	Neumann’s Flash	David Collis & Daniel Bailey
12th (11:00)	Spotted Flycatcher – adult feeding min. 3 young Treecreeper Oystercatcher (4)	Tittesworth (rear of visitor centre)	David Collis
10th (10:00)	Common Sandpiper	Macclesfield Canal Nr. The Fool’s Nook	Skimming above the water, and under the wooden footbridge David Collis
9th (11:00)	Pochard (m) Teal (4)	Lapwing Lane silt ponds	David Collis
9th	Dippers (2) Green Woodpecker (H)	Wildboarclough & Gradbach	David Haydock
8th (16:50)	Swift	Junction of Park Lane / Ryles Park Rd.	David Haydock
6th	Grey wagtail (p)	South Park – along stream across pitch & put course	David Haydock
5th (11:30)	Yellowhammer Wigeon (f)	Lapwing Lane silt ponds	David Collis & Daniel Bailey
5th (08:00)	Goldcrest	Leek Old Road	David Collis
2nd	Swallows (50+)	Flock over Pikelow Farm - Marton	David Taylor