Bird Sightings in the Macclesfield and Surrounding Areas

February 2012
(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

28th

Starling (thousands)

Holmes Chapel
5.15pm to 6.00pm

David Tolliday

28th

Oystercatcher (2)

Big Lake, Church Lane, Woodford
at 11.30am

M & P Derbyshire

27th

Tufted Duck (5m, 2f)

South Park, Macclesfield
(Max 9 on 22 Feb)

Maurice Peall

27th

Red Kite

1) Bullocks Lane at 9.25am
heading North
2) Roewood Lane at 9.35am
drifting NNE

1) David Collis

2) Mark Arnold

26th

Red Kite

Over moors, further up than Fernilee reservoir, east towards Buxton

John Cutter

26th

Brambling (11)
Siskin (p)
Redpoll (3)

Garden Sighting, Bullocks Lane

Daniel Bailey

26th

Crossbill (10)

Nessit Hill, Macclesfield Forest

Chris Grimes

26th

Blackcap

Wilmslow garden, feeding on fat balls

Lesley Kelly

26th

Golden Plover (p)

Flying off Combs Moss towards the Long Hill road. They were heard calling from afield below Old Road a short time later.

Andy Gregory
& Janet Smith

25th

(a) Treecreeper (2)
(a) Oystercatcher (2)
(b) Little Egret

Redesmere
(a) Redesmere Lane
(b) Yachting Club

Richard Spence

22nd

Treecreeper

Redesmere

Richard Spence

20th

Dipper

Wildboarclough

Geoff Atkin

15th

Lesser Redpoll (7)

Garden sighting
Thirlmere - Ivy Farm

Gordon Howard

14th

Mandarin (6)
Goosander (9)

Bottoms Reservoir

Richard Spence

12th

Smew

Tatton Mere in Tatton Park seen with Tufted Ducks about two thirds of the way northwards on the west side

Celia and David Bailey

11th

(a) Siskin (2)

(b) Lapwing (c12)

(c) Fieldfare (many)

Redwing (many)


(d) Common Buzzard

Grey Heron

Fox

(a) Garden sighting

Adlington

(b) Fields – Adlington

 

(c) Adlington Driving Range

 

(d) Woodford Aerodrome



Rob McEwen

10th

Brambling (p)

Garden sighting

Thirlmere – Ivy Farm

Ray & Margaret Perry

9th

(Daily)

Fieldfare (c9)

Daily Garden Sighting

(Poynton)



Dave Bancroft

9th

(08:20)

Mistle Thrush (4)

Fieldfare (3)

Redwing (5)

Flying in and out of Rowan – rear of

Thirlmere – Ivy Farm

Gordon Howard

8th

Blackcap (4m, 1f)

Garden Sighting

(Ivy Farm Estate)

Graham Palmer

8th

Nuthatch

Willow Tit (3)
Chaffinch (f)

Tittesworth

(West Hide)

 

David Collis

8th
(am & pm)

Mistle Thrush

Fieldfare

Blackbird (2)

Redwing (3+)

Front garden  Holly & Rowan

Thirlmere – Ivy Farm Estate



All trying to feed and defend the berries.
The Mistle being dominant


Gordon Howard

8th

(08:45)

Common Buzzard – being harried by Carrion Crow

Over flying (high) heading North over

Ivy Farm Estate

Gordon Howard

7th

(c12:00)

Brambling (m)

Garden sighting

(Tytherington)

 

My first ever sighting

Amanda

7th

(08:30)

Woodcock

Sutton (Turkshead) Reservoir

Flushed from under my feet, not 6 feet away.

David Collis

7th

(08:30)

Brambling (f)

Siskin (m+f)

Garden sighting

Ivy Farm Estate

Gordon Howard

6th

(a) Brambling (p)

(b) Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (m)

(a) Garden sighting

(Poynton)

(b) Poynton



Dave Bancroft

6th

Red Admiral

Butterfly

In flight

Sutton

Chris Grime

5th

Blackcap (m)

Garden sighting

(Poynton)

Dave Bancroft

5th

(a) Nuthatch

Fieldfare (20)

Redwing

Brambling (3m, 2f)

Bullfinch (6)

Siskin

 

(b) Snipe

(a) Garden sightings

(Sutton)

 

(b) near Langley

(Macclesfield)

Chris Grime

5th

(pm)

Woodcock

Overflying Wilmslow Moss

Tom Gibbons

5th

Redwing (20)

Fieldfare (3)

Hurdsfield

(SK10)

Chris Revett

4th

Fieldfare

Brambling (m)

Hurdsfield

(SK10)

Chris Revett

3rd

Shoveler (2m, 3f, 1 eclipse)

Grey Heron (3)

Common Buzzard (3)

Lapwing (3)

Redesmere

(Siddington)

 

Chris Eccleston

2nd

Glossy Ibis

Iceland Gull

Snipe

Dunlin

Black-tailed Godwit

Pump House Flash

Salt Pan

Elton Hall flash

(Sandbach)

 

38 species seen in total

 

Chris Eccleston

1st

Glossy Ibis

Sandbach Flashes

 

David Collis

& Rob Hutchings