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