Bird Sightings in the Macclesfield and Surrounding Areas
October 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
31st	(a) Little Grebe (7) Pochard (m) (b) Mandarin (p) Little Grebe (3) (c) Fieldfare (150+)	(a) Ridgegate Reservoir (b) Trentabank Reservoir (c) Meadows below Standing Stone	Dave Bancroft
28th	Teal (c40+) Lapwing (many)	Rudyard Lake	Low water levels David Haydock
26th	Goldcrest (6) Nuthatch Treecreeper	Turkshead (Sutton) Reservoir	David Collis & Daniel Bailey
26th	Wren	Danes Moss	Les Gradwell
25th	Blue Tit Chaffinch	Danes Moss	Les Gradwell
25th	Bullfinch Wigeon (2) Little Grebe (4) Crossbill (10+)	Trentabank Reservoir (Langley)	Daniel Bailey
25th	Fieldfare (200+) Shelduck (12) Shoveler (10) Wigeon (400+) Teal (300+) Snipe (2) Black-tailed Godwit (3) Ruff (2)	Elworth Flash (Sandbach)	David Collis & Daniel Bailey
24th	Mandarin Duck (8m, 8f) Fieldfare (many)	Tegg’s Nose Reservoir	David Haydock
23rd	House Martin (3)	Bullocks Lane	Daniel Bailey
19th (15:00)	Whooper Swan (7)	Ridgegate Reservoir	Steve Wright
19th (11:00 to 13:00)	Whooper Swan (7) (4 ad. + 3 Juv.)	Ridgegate Reservoir	Steve Fry
18th	Pochard Common Gull Goldcrest Tree Creeper	Turkshead (Sutton) Reservoir	David Collis
17th	Sparrowhawk (m)	Garden sighting Bramhall	Mary Impy
16th	Fieldfare (3) Sparrowhawk – being mobbed by a Rook Parrot ?? (escapee)	Hay Dale Nr Buxton	Andy Gregory & Janet Smith
15th	Redwing (2)	Garden sighting – Ashbrook Drive - Prestbury	Steve McCoskery
14th	(a) Woodcock (b) Fieldfare (60+)	(a) 15:30 - Garden sighting Poynton (b) 16:0 – Overflying Poynton	(a) Very unusual for non-rural garden Dave Bancroft
13th	Redwing (80)	Tegg’s Nose	Steve McCoskery & Tony Bianchi
13th (09:00)	Fieldfare (3)	Over flew Turkshead (Sutton) Reservoir	David Collis
12 (15:20)	Sparrowhawk (f)	Flap / Glide over Ivy Farm Estate	Gordon Howard
12th	Goldcrest Sparrowhawk – regular attacks	Garden sighting Poynton	Dave Bancroft
12th	Redwing (c20)	Flying over Redesmere	Derek Hatton
9th	Redwing (31)	Bullocks Lane (Sutton)	Daniel Bailey
7th	Kingfisher (m)	Bramhall Park	Derek Hatton
5th	Crossbill (2m, 3f, 2juv.) Siskin (9)	Standing Stone car park (Macclesfield Forest)	David Collis
2nd (15:30)	Kingfisher	Flying upstream River Bollin – Pool Street	Louise Cunningham
1st	Spotted Flycatcher Hobby	Fitton Town Farm	David Collis