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Bird Sightings in the Macclesfield and Surrounding Areas

 June 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

Blackbird (Leucistic Juv.)

Garden sighting - Macclesfield

 

Richard Gamwell

29th

Grasshopper Warbler

Grey Wagtail

Kestrel

Stonechat

Common Buzzard

Goyt Valley – between Derbyshire Bridge and Reservoirs

Geoff Atkin

28th

(15:00)

Quail (H)

Lower Withington – Welltrough Farm fields

Peter and Gill Brierley

27th

(10:00)

Quail (H)

Lower Withington - In field behind Black Swan

Peter and Gill Brierley

27th

Cormorant 4 (including one juv)

Oystercatcher 3

Little Ringed Plover 1

Lapwing 6.

Redshank 2.

Sand Martin 1

Whitethroat 2.

Reed Bunting 1

Carsington Water

info – 48 species of plants identified

 

Ray & Margaret Perry

20th

Lapwing (60+)

Buxton Road near Setter Dog

Matt Lawton

20th

Grey Partridge (2)

Siddington

Matt Lawton

17th
3.00pm

Short-eared Owl (2)
Hobby (3)
Curlew (2)
Golden Plover (2H)

Derbyshire Bridge

David Tolliday

15th

Wood Warbler
Pied Flycatcher (f)

Goyt Valley

David Collis

15th

Short-eared Owl (2)

Derbyshire Bridge

David Collis

15th

Wheatear (sev.)
Raven (4)

Danebower

David Collis

14th

Hobby

Over Cat and Fiddle

Scott Lamont

14th

Little Owl (2)

Flash

Chris Grime

14th

Linnet (many)

Longnor/Hollinsclough area

Chris Grime

14th

Barn Owl
Woodcock
Pied Flycatcher

Swythamley nr Winkle

Steve Wright
and
Matt Lawton

13th

Polecat

Congleton Lane 300 mtrs in from Holmes Chapel Road A535.
Prey in mouth crossing lane towards pits.

Michael Grimditch

9th
5.00pm to 7.15pm)

Short-eared Owl (3) flying
Golden Plover (4)
inc. 2 young
Curlew (sev.)
in flight including young)

Derbyshire Bridge, between old road and Buxton main road.

Jean Alston

8th

Spotted Flycatcher

Redesmere Lane  
Near the newly dug pond

David Collis & Daniel Bailey

7th

(13:30)

Dipper (juv.)

Under bridge over the R. Bollin by Sutton Close

Scott Lamont

6th

Sacred Ibis (2)

Gawsworth / North Rode

boundary area

 

David Taylor

5th

(19:00)

Peregrine

Hen Cloud - Roaches

 

David Taylor

5th

Spotted Flycatcher (2)

Kingfisher

Treecreeper

Brereton Heath

(Nr. Congleton)

David Tolliday

4th

Mandarin (f)

Redesmere

Siddington

 

David Taylor

3rd

Garganey (f)

Whitethroat (sev.)

Garden Warbler

Blackcap

Common Sandpiper

Haydn’s Pool
Northwich

David Collis

&

Daniel Bailey

1st

Grey Partridge (2ps)

Oak Farm

Marton

 

David Taylor

1st

Hobby

Nr. Standing Stones car park

Steve Wright &

Matt Lawton

1st

Hobby

Canal – near Fool’s Nook

David Collis &

Daniel Bailey