Macclesfield RSPB Wildlife Explorers set their alarm clocks much earlier than usual on Sunday morning.
At six o’clock they joined an impressive gathering of sixty enthusiasts at the National Trust property at
Alderley Edge to listen to the Dawn Chorus of early morning birdsong.

A walk through the woods in glorious spring sunshine provided wonderful conditions
to hear and spot a wide variety of woodland birds.

We heard a whole range of woodland birds including nuthatches, long-tailed tits,
blackcaps and even drumming woodpeckers.

Here's what we'll be doing in the Bollington Carnival!

Everyone worked up an appetite and Leaders rustled up a much welcomed barbecue breakfast
to round off the event.

Blackbird

Great spotted Woodpecker

Robin

Blackcap

Great tit

Rook

Blue Tit

Heron

Song Thrush

Chaffinch

Kestrel

Tawny Owl

Chiffchaff

Long-tailed Tit

Treecreeper

Collared Dove

Nuthatch

Wood Pigeon

Crow

Pheasant

Wren

Feral Pigeon