News archive
April 2016
Friday, 29 April 2016
April 2016 - Wildlife Sightings
birdrecords@macclesfieldrspb.org.uk
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28th (19:00)
Goosander (m+f)
Bottoms Reservoir - Langley
Roy Mullings
27th
Peregrine Falcon (Juvenile)
The Roaches
Les Gradwell
23rd
OSPREY
Sat on white grassy slope - back of Macc. Recycling Centre
(on far edge of N.R.)
Slowly took off heading toward Tegg's Nose
Paul Wrenn
21st (am)
Treecreeper
Great spotted woodpecker
Blackcap (m
Chiffchaff (4)
Dipper
Kingfisher
Kestrel ( pair )
Reed bunting (m)
Buzzard ( pair)
Grey wagtail (pair )
House martin (3)
Bollin Valley Way past Prestbury sewage works
direction from Prestbury village:
Steve McCoskery
19th (11:00)
Pied Flycatcher (m)
Teggsnose Wood - Nr. Bottom car park
Tom Gibbons
19th (am)
Lapwing (c6) - displaying
Golden Plover (c250) - pitched on ridge
Reed Bunting (m)
Swallow
Derbyshire Bridge area
U3A Bird Watching Group
Macclesfield
19th
Marbury C.P. area:
Common Sandpiper
Dunlin
Yellow Wagtail
Lapwing
Oystercatcher
Shelduck
Budworth Mere
Garganey (pair)
Red Warbler (sev.)
Haydn Pool
Whitethroat (2)
Reed Bunting (sev.)
all above reported by
Paul Flackett
17th
Ring Ouzel
Cut Thorn Hill - Wildboarclough
Paul Flackett
17th
Pintail Duck (m)
Turks Head Reservoir (Sutton)
Chris Grime
16th & 17th
Stock Dove
Garden sighting
Sutton (Macclesfield)
Chris Grime
16th
Red Kite
Long dale - Hartington (White Peak)
Chris Grime
16th
Redstart (pair)
Winterside Farm
Rainow (Nr. Macclesfield)
Paul Flackett
16th
Swallow (several)
Poynton Pool
Poynton
Jane Nunn
14th
RED KITE
Over flying Handforth (Seen from Willow Drive)
Heading towards woodland near River Dean
Jane Nunn
13th
White Blackbird (Leucistic)
Sagars Road - Handforth
Susan Evans
13th
Barnacle Goose (6)
Tittesworth
also seen:
Pied Flycatcher (m)
Redstart
Wheatear (pair) in adjacent field
RSPB Coombes Valley
Paul Flackett
12th (pm)
Teal (2)
Swallow (2)
Kerridge area (Macclesfield)
Also seen
HARRIS HAWK (escapee)
Perched in bush - flushed and mobbed by Crow
Flew off towards Higher Hurdsfield
Steve Fry
12th
CETTI'S WARBLER (heard, and seen briefly)
Marbury CP
on Witton Brook between Haydn Pool and Carden's Bridge
Also seen:
YELLOW WAGTAIL (2)
on the far shore of Budworth Mere
Paul Flackett
9th
Mandarin Duck (pair)
Tegg's Nose Reservoir
Langley (Macc.)
Christine Auer
9th (am)
Great spotted woodpecker (4)
Chiffchaff (2 + 2 heard)
Grey wagtail
Pied wagtail
Goosander (1m+1f)
Treecreeper
Bullfinch (f)
Swallow (3) ( over filtration beds )
Lapwing
Buzzard (pair) - both on last year's nest site
Cormorant ( overflying )
Reed bunting (pair )
Along Bollin Valley Way (past Prestbury Sewage Works)
Steve McCoskery
8th
Wheatear (few)
Meadow pipits (few)
RED KITE (with prey)
being mobbed by:-
Lapwing (2)
Raven
RING OUZEL (2)
Danebower (Nr, Macclesfield)
Then seen later:-
PEREGRINE FALCON
Unsuccessfully chasing:-
Lapwing
Nr. Congleton
Mike Atkinson
7th (17:45)
Sparrowhawk (m)
Garden sighting (perched)
rear of Thirlmere (Ivy Farm est.)
Gordon Howard
6th
Green Sandpiper
Flooded field adjacent to
Withington Village Hall
Peter Brierley
6th
Brambling (m)
Garden sighting
Lower Withington (Nr. Black Swan)
Peter Brierley
5th
Lesser Redpoll
Sparrowhawk (fly through)
Garden sighting
Lower Withington (Nr. Black Swan)
Peter Brierley
5th (pm)
WILLOW WARBLER
House Martin (3)
Blackcap (3)
Chiffchaff (7)
Sparrowhawk (f)
Astbury Mere (Congleton)
Steve Seal
5th
BLACK REDSTART (m)
RING OUSEL (5)
Stonechat (2 pairs)
Reed Bunting
Raven (sev.)
Cut Thorn Hill (Nr. Three Shires Head)
Paul Flackett
3rd
Sparrowhawk (f) with prey
Garden sighting
rear of Thirlmere (Ivy Farm est.)
Macclesfield
Mike & Marge Green
3rd
BLACKCAP (3) Singing
Chiffchaff (7)
Astbury Mere (Congleton)
Steve Seal
3rd (am)
WHEATEAR (2m + 1f)
Lapwing (12)
Curlew (4)
Raven (3)
Sparrowhawk
Buzzard
Peregrine falcon
Kestrel
Red grouse
Danebower Chimney (Nr. Macclesfield)
Steve McCoskery
2nd
WHEATEAR
Snipe House Farm
Rainow (Nr Macclesfield)
Paul Flackett
1st
BLACKCAP (m) - (Behind Sailing Club)
House Martin - (Hawking Insects)
along with:
Sand Martin (3)
Swallow (2)
Astbury Mere (Congleton)
Steve Seal
1st
WHEATEAR
Lamaload Reservoir (Nr. Macclesfield Chesh.)
Matt Lawton
Friday, 22 April 2016
