News archive
January 2016
Sunday, 31 January 2016
January 2016 - Wildlife Sightings
birdrecords@macclesfieldrspb.org.uk
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23rd (5:00 pm)
Short-eared Owl
Axe Edge
Matt Lawton
19th
Pintail Duck
Tufted Duck (4m 3f)
Black-headed Gull (Summer Plumage)
Grey Wagtail
Goldcrest
South Park Lake (Macc.)
Derek & Daryll Bailey
17th
Pintail Duck
South Park Lake (Macc.)
Simon Oldfield
16th
Blackcap (m)
Garden sighting
Ryles Park Road (Macc.)
Maurice Peall
W/Ending 16th
2 Lesser Redpoll (f)
1 Siskin (f)
2 Reed Bunting (m)
1 Brambling (f)
Sparrow Hawk (m & f)
Tree Sparrows-up to 12
Bullfinch (m)
Garden sightings
Lower Withington
Peter & Gill Brierley
14th
PINTAIL DUCK (Over Wintering?)
South Park Lake (Macc.)
James Baggaley (Chesh. East)
11th
CETTI'S WARBLER
Marbury C.P. (Northwich)
Bird is quite vocal
Is currently in the area below Haydn Pool
Paul Flackett
4th (am)
Goosander (2m +1f)
Bottoms Reservoir (Langley)
Richard Spence
1st
Redwing (70)
Reed bunting
Siskin (25)
Lesser redpoll (5)
Raven
Goosander - 1m 2f
Snipe
Lapwing (30)
32 species in 2 hours
Steve McCoskery
Thursday, 14 January 2016
The Macclesfield Big Bird Box Build - aka MBBBB
(MBBBB) launches on January 12 with the support of a local nature conservation partnership that also includes The RSPB Macclesfield Local Group and Cheshire Wildlife Trust.
The group aim to raise £500 for bird box kit materials and tools to allow local children and young people to construct a wide selection of bird boxes at a public participation event at Lyme Green Business Park on Sunday 28 February 2016.
Different bird box designs will be created to cater for a range of bird species. The completed boxes will then be installed in local green spaces across the Macclesfield area including Cheshire Wildlife Trust's Danes Moss Nature Reserve on the outskirts of the town.
For full information go to the link below
Wednesday, 13 January 2016
