Bird Sightings in the Macclesfield and Surrounding Areas
November 2011
Legend (m) = male, (f) = female, (p) = pair, (ps) = pairs, (s) singing, (H) = Heard only
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Date and Time	Sighting	Location and / or Map Reference	Comments
30th	Kingfisher	Feeding from island South Park – (Macclesfield)	Maurice Peall
30th (pm)	Dipper	Norbury Brook Hazel Grove (SJ935855)	Chris Hilton
30th	(a) Common Buzzard - landed in Oak – chased off by Crows (b) Common Pheasant (m) – walking (yes walking) up on the pavement	(a) 13:45 - Fields North side Pennington Lane 14:15 - Thirlmere (Ivy Farm estate)	Just been down to the shops perhaps ?? Gordon Howard
30th	(a) Brambling (4) (b) Goosander (10) Black-tailed Godwit (4) Snipe (6) Tree Sparrow (7) Redshank (3)	(a) Parvey Lane (Sutton) (b) Elworth Flash (Sandbach)	David Collis & Daniel Bailey
27th	Brambling (10+) – feeding on beech mast with Chaffinches also Fieldfare Mistle Thrush Great Spotted Woodpecker	Ridge Hill Sutton	Chris N. Grime
26th	Lesser Redpoll (6)	Poynton garden sighting	Dave Bancroft
26th	(a) Goldeneye (4m, 4f) Goosander ((1m, 5f) (b) Lapwing (100’s) Shoveler (8) Goosander (23) Teal (2) Curlew (50+)	(a) Redesmere (Siddington) (b) Lapwing Lane silt ponds	David Collis & Daniel Bailey
24th (09:15)	Pink-footed Goose (46)	Flying West over Prestbury main car park	Steve McCoskery
23rd (pm)	Shoveler (2m) Mute Swan (2) Starling (40+)	South Park	Chris Eccleston
23rd	White-fronted Goose (p)	Elworth Flash	David Collis
21st (pm)	Goosander (4+)	Redesmere (Siddington)	Richard Spence
21st (09:15)	Mandarin (m) - Shoveler (2) still present	South Park Lake (Macclesfield)	Maurice Peall
20th (15:30)	Grey Partridge	School Lane (Marton / Gawsworth border)	Gordon Howard
20th (pm)	Snow Bunting	Gritstone Trail path Sponds Hill above Lyme Park	Christine Hilton (see Nov 24th 2010)
20th (13:00)	Common Crossbills (10)	Macclesfield Forest	Chris.N.Grime
20th (Midday)	Goosander (2f)	Redesmere (Siddington)	Richard Spence
20th (am)	Goosander (2) Mandarin (2p) Tufted Duck (10) Teal (m)	Styperson Pool SJ9379	Rob McEwen
19th (am)	Kingfisher	River Dean Adlington	Rob McEwen
19th (11:00)	Wigeon (p)	Astbury Mere (Congleton)	Mike Atkinson
18th (10:00)	Brambling (m)	Sutton (Macclesfield)	Chris.N.Grime
15th (09:00)	Shoveler (2m) (One in eclipse ??) Click icon 23rd Chris Eccleston above	South Park Lake (Macclesfield)	Gillian & Maurice Peall
14th (11:00)	Goosander (3m, 9f) Goldeneye (2f) Common Gull	Redesmere Siddington	David Collis
13th (15:00)	Goosander (f)	Astbury Mere (Congleton)	Mike Atkinson
12th	(a) Mandarin (p) (b) Tree Sparrow (c12)	(a) Styperson Pool (b) Old Hall Lane (Nr. Woodford Airfield)	Rob McEwen
10th	(a) Goldeneye (f) (b) Bullfinch (m) Great Spotted Woodpecker Common Crossbill (7) - (in flight)	(a) 10:30 – Ridgegate Reservoir (b) 11:00 Standing Stone car park	Steve McCoskery
10th (11:00)	Water Rail (H)	Elworth Flash	(calling in nearby undergrowth) David Collis
9th (12:45)	Kingfisher	River Bollin Riverside Park	David Tolliday
9th (11:00)	Golden Plover (single bird)	Pastureland above Hollins Clough – approach to Chrome Hill	Steve McCoskery & Tony Bianchi
8th (10:45)	Lesser Redpoll (p)	Garden sighting Ashbrook Drive	Steve McCoskery
7th (am)	(a) Pink-footed Goose (100+) (b) Redwing (many) Fieldfare (many)	(a) Over flying Marton (b) Pikelow Farm (Marton)	David Taylor
7th (am)	Lapwing (200+) Shoveler (12) Shelduck Teal (23) Goldeneye (2f) Pochard (7) Barnacle Goose Canada Goose (many) Goldcrest Tree Sparrow (3) Kingfisher	Lapwing Lane silt ponds	David Collis
6th	(a) Lesser Redpoll (8) Jay (12) (b) Mandarin (2p) Grey Wagtail	(a) Tegg’s Nose Wood (b) Holehouse Pool (Holehouse Lane)	Dave Bancroft
6th	Blackcap (m)	Garden sighting Higher Sutton	Tina Hanak
5th	Red Kite	Springbank Road Adlington	Richard & Vivienne Arnold
5th	Swan Goose – aka Chinese Goose (escapee)	Tittesworth Reservoir	Jill Gordon
5th (09:00)	Pink-footed Goose (c50)	Overflying Adlington	Rob McEwen
5th (08:30/09:00)	Pink-footed Goose (400+) 4 Skeins x 100+ each	Overflying Sutton – heading ENE.	David Collis
4th	Lesser Redpoll (many) Raven Peregrine (2)	Jodrell Bank Arboretum	Tina Hanak
2nd (p.m.)	Great Crested Grebe	Redesmere Siddington	R Spence
1st	Sparrowhawk (m) – with Greenfinch	Garden Sighting Bullocks Lane	David Collis
1st	(a) Kingfisher Muscovy Duck (white) (3) Canada Geese (300+) Great Crested Grebe (11) (b) Common Crossbill (m+f) (18+) Reed Bunting Raven (2) Coal Tit (4)	(a) a.m. - Redesmere Siddington (b) p.m. - Standing Stone car park	Chris Eccleston
1st	Brambling (2m,4f)	Knypersley Reservoir	David Collis
1st	Sparrowhawk	Over flying Thirlmere Ivy Farm Estate	Gordon Howard