Bird Sightings in the Macclesfield and Surrounding Areas

 March 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

31st

House Martins (2) - nesting

Off Shrigley Road

Bollington

Geoff Atkin

31st

Waxwings (5)

Garden trees sighting
Sutherland Drive - Macclesfield

Sally Clipsham
(via Chris Revett)

31st

(a) Crossbills (6)


(b) Cormorants (7) - nesting

(a) (09:45) & (11:45)
in spruce tops - Standing Stone car park
(b) Trentabank Reservoir

Steve McCoskery

31st

(11:00)

Swallows (8)

Redesmere

Siddington

David Collis

30th

Chiffchaff

Curlew – overflying

Tawny Owl (3+) - calling

Sutton

Tina Hanak

29th

Swallows (2)

Meerbrook

Chris N Grime

29th

Corn Bunting (H)

Siddington

Heard, quite clearly, the "jangling keys" song – have not heard one in the area for some years

Ray & Margaret Perry

29th

Mealy Redpoll (2)

Jay

Garden Sighting – Buxton Old Road - Macclesfield

feeding on Niger – driven off by Jay

Damien Healey

29th

(am)

Willow Warbler (s)

Redesmere

Siddington

Steve & Gill
Barber

28th

Barnacle Goose (35), Oystercatcher (2),

Lapwing (4),

Chiffchaff (6)

Reed Bunting (1f).

Carsington Water

Ray & Margaret
Perry

28th

(09:30)

Brambling

Garden sighting

Sutton

Chris N Grime

27th

Waxwings

The Whitfields

Macclesfield

Brian Ryalls

27th

Wheatear

Danebower

David Collis

27th

(08:15)

Wheatear

Below the Shining Tor Café

Mark Arnold

26th

(pm)

Sand Martins (c30)

Sutton (Turkshead) Reservoir

Mike Bebbington

26th

(13:00)

Black Redstart
(uncorroborated*)

Lapwing Lane silt ponds

(feeding on grassy bank less than 20 ft. away))

David Collis & Daniel Bailey

(* County recorder advised)

26th

(am)

Swallows (2)

Sand Martins (c20)

Redesmere

Siddington

Steve and Gill Barber

26th

(11:11)

(a) Red Kite

 

(b) Sand Martins (12+)

(a) Over flew Parvey Lane

Sutton – Macclesfield

(b) Sutton (Turkshead) Reservoir

(a) Less than 100ft high – Heading East

David Collis

26th

(09:00)

Sand Martins (c15)

House Martin (1)

Bottoms Reservoir

Langley

Steve Wright

26th

(07:45)

Waxwings (30+)

The Whitfields

Macclesfield

Brian Ryalls

25th

(16:30)

Waxwings (4)

The Whitfields

Macclesfield

Brian Ryalls

23rd

(pm)

Red Grouse

Cat and Fiddle area

David Tolliday

23rd

(pm)

Mandarin (p)

Common Buzzard (p)

Goosander (4f)

Grey Heron (20+)

Cormorant (15+)

Great Crested Grebe (1)

Trentabank Reservoir

Chris Eccleston

23rd

Merlin

Half a mile down the road from Derbyshire Bridge car park

Steve Wright

23rd

Of interest - freshly dead

Pine Marten

Main road between Poynton and Woodford

Probable road kill – Escapee??

Richard Arnold

22nd

(pm)

(a) Peregrine Falcon


(b) Chiffchaff (2H)


(c) Raven (3)


(d) Lapwing

Red Grouse

Curlew

Golden Plover

(a) Hen Cloud

(b) Rushton Spencer

(c) Danebower

(d) Top of Cumberland Clough

Chris N Grime

22nd

(am)

Great Crested Grebe (2p)

Canada Geese

Grey Wagtail
Whimbrel – over flew calling

Blue Tits

Great tits

Knypersley Reservoir & Serpentine Pool

(Biddulph)

Gordon Howard
&
David Taylor

21st

(08:30)

Chiffchaffs (2)

Ashbrook Drive

Prestbury

Steve McCoskery

20th

Little Owl (p)

Bullocks Lane

Macclesfield

Three consecutive sightings early evening in same tree

David Collis

20th

(a) Crossbills (1m, 2f)

 

(b) Raven

Red Grouse

Golden Plover (H)

Curlew

Lapwing

(a) 08:45 & 16:30 – Standing Stone

Macclesfield Forest

 

(b) Cut Thorn Hill – Three Shire’s Head

Chris N Grime

20th

(12:45)

Waxwings (30+)

Tytherington Estate

Amanda

19th (pm)

Pink-footed Goose (1)

Curlew (9)

Teal (4m, 4f)

Reed Bunting (2m)

Lapwing

Pochard

Greylag Goose (1)

Grey Wagtail

Tittesworth Reservoir

Chris N Grime

19th

Grey Wagtail (m)

Blue Tit (ps)

Nuthatch (m)

Chaffinch (m)

Dunnock (p)

RSPB

Coombes Valley

Lisa Merrill

19th

Common Buzzard (4)

Peregrine (f)

Sparrowhawk (1)

Raven (1)

Goosander (2f)

Trentabank Reservoir

Langley

Andy Gregory
&
Janet Smith

19th

(08:45)

Grey wagtail

Ashbrook Drive

Prestbury

Steve McCoskery

19th

(07:05)

Great Spotted Woodpecker

In trees on Highfield Road, off Prestbury Road

Derek & Daryll Bailey

19th

Chiffchaff

Mute Swan

Bottoms Reservoir

Langley

Steve Wright

18th

(14:25)

Grey Herons (2)

Redesmere

Siddington

Derek & Daryll Bailey

18th

(a) Grey Heron

G. C. Grebes

Moorhen

Coots

Goosander (m)

Wren

Tufted Ducks

Mallards

Blue, Great & Coal Tits

 

(b) Grey Heron

G.C.Grebes

Cormorants

Black Swan

Tufted Ducks

Nuthatch

Treecreeper

Jay

 

(c) Redshank

Oystercatcher

Shelduck

Kestrel

(a) Shakerley Mere

 

(b) Marbury C.P.
(Budworth mere and woodlands)

(c) Marbury C.P.

(Haydn’s Pool)

 

Gordon Howard
&
David Taylor

18th

Mistle Thrush (p)

Siskin (1)

Goldcrest (p)

Lesser Redpoll (2)

Grey Wagtail (1)

Coppice Wood

Poynton

Vivienne Arnold

15th

(pm)

(a) Red-legged Partridge

(b) Fieldfare (10)

Redwing (10)

(c) Oystercatcher (p)

(a) Marton

(b) Lower Withington

(c) Redesmere

Chris N Grime

15th

(11:30)

(a) Waxwings (10)

 

(b) Chiffchaff

(a) Middlewood Way at Higher Poynton close to Jackson's Brickworks path
(b) Jackson's Brickworks Higher Poynton

Christine Hilton

14th

Waxwings (15+)

Garden sighting

Higher Sutton

Howard Self via
David Tolliday

12th

Golden Plover (15-20)

Pigford moor, Shutlingsloe. 

Also heard on Axe Edge. 

Matt Lawton

12th

Pink-footed Goose

 – in with Canada Geese

Curlew (35+)

Oystercatcher (p)

Pochard (15)

Meadow Pipit (5)

Golden Plover (p)

Dipper

Teal (p)

Raven (6)

Tittesworth

David Collis
&
Daniel Bailey

11th

(09:00)

Of interest
Brown Hares (3)
(prob. 2m, 1f)

Fields behind Thirlmere
Ivy Farm Estate
(N. side of Pennington’s Lane)



Gordon Howard

10th

(15:00)

Mandarin Duck (m)

Redesmere

Macclesfield



Derek & Daryll Bailey

9th

Merlin (f)

Flying over field on North side of Clay Lane - Handforth.

Derek Hatton

8th

Mandarin Duck (m)

Redesmere

Macclesfield




Derek Hatton

7th

Wigeon (many)

Teal (many)

Lapwing (many)

Ruff (2)

Pintail (3)

Curlew (35)

Redshank

Sandbach Flash

David Collis
&
Rob Hutchins

7th

(am & pm)

(a) Cormorant (2) – feeding

(b) Great Crested Grebe (2)
- feeding

(c) Coal Tit (3)

(d) Dipper (2)

(e) Red Grouse (H)

(f) Red Grouse (4) – seen flying

(a) Teggsnose Res.

(b) Bottoms Res.
(c) Standing Stone car park

(d) R. Dane - Clough House Farm

(e) Derbyshire Bridge

(f) Axe Edge

No sign of Crossbills at Standing Stone

Gordon Howard

6th

(09:30)

Raven (2)

Flying SSW over Thirlmere
(Ivy Farm estate)

Gordon Howard

5th

(a) Mandarin (m)

Goldeneye (2m,6f)

Pochard (2m,1f)

Goldcrest

Treecreeper

 

(b) Lapwing (many)

Shelduck (6)

Teal (10)

Goosander (2)

Gadwall (2)

Sparrowhawk

(a) Redesmere

 

(b) Lapwing Lane silt ponds

David Collis
&
Daniel Bailey

4th

(18:00)

Short-eared Owl (2)

Red Grouse (few)

Derbyshire Bridge area

behind Cat and Fiddle Pub

Steve Wright
& Matt Draper

4th

(14:30)

Crossbills (3m, 3+f/juv.)

Standing Stone car park

Macclesfield forest

Very vocal and showing well
Christine Hilton

3rd

Mealy Redpoll

Reed Bunting

Poynton garden



Mealy redpoll has now shown for 80 consecutive days

Dave Bancroft

3rd

Whooper Swans (23)

Ridgegate Reservoir

Rick Gaskell via
Ray Perry

3rd

(pm)

(a) Whooper Swans (23)

(b) Great Crested Grebes (p)

(a) Ridgegate Reservoir
(b) Bottoms Reservoir


David Tolliday

3rd

(pm)

(a) Whooper Swans (23)

 

(b) Goosander (1m,2f)

Wigeon (2m,1f)

Also seen Red Deer (4)

 

(c) Red Grouse (1m,2f)

(a) 16:15 - 18:00 Ridgegate Res.

(b) 17:45 Trentabank Res.

(c) 17:00 Below Shutlinsloe

Chris N Grime

3rd

(17:23)

Bullfinch (2 +1)

Middlewood way

2 near Miners Arms Adlington, a third one near the pub

Vivienne & Richard Arnold

3rd

(c12:00)

(a) Long-tailed Tits (many)

 

(b) Raven (H)

 

(c) Whooper Swans (23)

(a) Macclesfield Forest

(b) Standing Stone

(c) Ridgegate Res.

Jill Gordon

3rd

(12:00)

Whooper Swans (23)

Ridgegate Reservoir
Macclesfield Forest

Steve Barber

3rd

(10:30)

(a) Whooper Swans (23)

(b) Wigeon (2m,1f)

Goosander (1m, 3f)

Macclesfield Forest

(a) Ridgegate Res.

(b) Trentabank Res.

David Collis

3rd

(10:09)

Whooper Swans (22)

Ridgegate Reservoir
Macclesfield Forest

Jill Gordon

3rd

(09:30)

Whooper Swans (24)

Flying over Langley

Macclesfield

Mathew Lawton

2nd

(pm)

Crossbill

Standing Stone car park

Macclesfield Forest


Steve Wright

1st

Brambling (f)

Garden sighting

Higher Poynton

first garden record for Christine

Christine Hilton