News archive
September 2018
Wednesday, 26 September 2018
September 2018 Wildlife Sightings
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24 September 2018
On Monday I saw two re kitesites circling above Rudyard, not far from the lake.
Rob Barker
23 September 2018 - Ashbrook Drive Prestbury
Three overflying swallows.
Steve McCoskery
10 September am. Prestbury sewage works area on the River Bollin
Kestrel, two swallow, 40+ house martin, dipper, kingfisher, chiffchaff, mistle thrush, two mink.
Steve McCoskery
05 September am, Ashbrook Drive Prestbury
Blackcap (fem/juv ) feeding on yew berries.
Steve McCoskery
05 September
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker - male in a Higher Poynton garden.
Steve Hind
04 September, Astbury
Two drake common scoters.
Steve Seal.
01 September
Whinchat at Bennettshill, Wincle.
Steve Hind
Wednesday, 26 September 2018
Danes Moss Breeding Bird Survey 2018
This year's survey started on 19 March and continues at four weekly intervals until the end of July.
If interested in finding out more, download the pdf (link at bottom of this page) for details.
Please report your sightings directly to: birdrecords@macclesfieldrspb.org.uk
Or contact: Alan Brereton, aa.brereton@btinternet.com, T 01625 615628, M 07760 156153
Wildlife Sightings August 2018
blackbird, black-headed gull, blue tit, bullfinch (heard), buzzard, Canada goose, carrion crow, chiffchaff (heard), dunnock, feral pigeon, goldfinch, great tit, grey heron, jackdaw, jay, magpie, mallard, moorhen, reed bunting, robin, swallow, woodpigeon, wren
common lizard, grey squirrel, wood mouse
Wildlife Sightings July 2018
blackbird, blackcap, black-headed gull, blue tit, buzzard, Canada goose, carrion crow, chiffchaff, common whitethroat, dunnock, feral pigeon, goldfinch, great spotted woodpecker, great tit, herring gull, lapwing, jay, long-tailed tit, magpie, mallard, mistle thrush, moorhen, pheasant, reed bunting, robin, rook, song thrush, spotted flycatcher, swallow, teal, treecreeper, willow tit (heard), willow warbler, woodpigeon, wren.
Butterflies: speckled wood, small white, large white, meadow brown, gatekeeper,
peacock
Dragonflies: emperor, brown hawker, southern hawker, four-spotted chaser,
broad-bodied chaser, black darter
rabbit, wood mouse
Monday 02 July 2018 (7.00 am to 9.30 am) Danes Moss Cheshire Wildlife Trust Reserve
(Part of the Breeding Bird Survey carried out at the reserve)
30 species seen and/or heard - in particular: blackcap, buzzard, chiffchaff, common whitethroat, great spotted woodpecker, reed bunting, treecreeper, willow warbler.
Wildlife Sightings June 2018
Blackbird, blackcap, black-headed gull, blue tit, bullfinch, buzzard, Canada goose, carrion crow, chaffinch, chiffchaff, common whitethroat, dunnock, feral pigeon, garden warbler, goldfinch, grasshopper warbler (heard), great spotted woodpecker, great tit, house martin, jackdaw, jay, long-tailed tit, magpie, mallard, mistle thrush, moorhen, pied wagtail, reed bunting, robin, rook, song thrush, swallow, swift, treecreeper, willow warbler, woodpigeon, wren.
Butterflies: speckled wood, small white, painted lady, small heath, meadow brown, comma
stoat, common lizard
Alan Brereton
Monday 18 June 2018, Danes Moss Cheshire Wildlife Trust Reserve (06.30 am to 08.45 am)
(This was a walk I did alone and was not specifically part of the Breeding Bird Survey)
29 species seen and/or heard - in particular: blackcap, bullfinch, common whitethroat, garden warbler, grasshopper warbler (heard), house martin, jay, reed bunting, swallow, swift, willow warbler.
Alan Brereton
Monday 04 June 2018 (7.00 am to 9.15 am) Danes Moss Cheshire Wildlife Trust Reserve
(Part of the Breeding Bird Survey carried out at the reserve)
25 species seen and/or heard - in particular: blackcap, buzzard, chiffchaff, garden warbler, great spotted woodpecker, reed bunting, treecreeper, willow warbler.
Alan Brereton
Wildlife Sightings May 2018
blackbird, blackcap, black-headed gull, blue tit, buzzard, Canada goose, carrion crow, chaffinch, chiffchaff, common whitethroat, coot, dunnock, feral pigeon, garden warbler, goldfinch, great spotted woodpecker, great tit, house sparrow, jackdaw, jay, lapwing, long-tailed tit, magpie, mallard, moorhen, oystercatcher, pheasant, pied wagtail, reed bunting, robin, rook, song thrush, sparrowhawk, swallow, teal, treecreeper, willow warbler, woodpigeon, wren
Butterflies: orange-tip, brimstone, green-veined white, speckled wood, small white
Alan Brereton
Monday 7 May 2018 (7.00 am to 9.30 am) - Danes Moss Cheshire Wildlife Trust Reserve
(Part of the Breeding Bird Survey being carried out at the reserve)
33 species of birds seen and/or heard - in particular:
blackcap, chiffchaff, garden warbler, great spotted woodpecker (H), jay, lapwing, oystercatcher, reed bunting, swallow, treecreeper, whitethroat, willow warbler.
Butterflies seen:
orange tip, brimstone, green-veined white, speckled wood.
Alan Brereton
Wildlife Sightings April 2018
barnacle goose, blackbird, blackcap, black-headed gull, blue tit, bullfinch, buzzard, Canada goose, carrion crow, chaffinch, chiffchaff, coal tit, coot, dunnock, goldfinch, great spotted woodpecker, great tit, greylag goose, house sparrow, jackdaw, jay, kestrel, little grebe, long-tailed tit, magpie, mallard, mistle thrush, moorhen, nuthatch, oystercatcher, feral pigeon, pheasant, reed bunting, robin, rook, shoveler, song thrush, teal, treecreeper, wheatear, willow warbler, woodpigeon, wren.
Danes Moss 09/04/2018 (7.00 am to 9.30 am)
(Part of the Breeding Bird Survey being carried out at the reserve)
34 species seen or heard - in particular:
barnacle goose (pair seen on canal with Canada geese), bullfinch,, buzzard, chiffchaff, coal tit, great spotted woodpecker, jay, little grebe, nuthatch, oystercatcher, reed bunting, treecreeper, willow warbler.
Alan Brereton
Monday 19 March 2018 (7.00 am to 9.30 am)
Danes Moss Cheshire Wildlife Trust Nature Reserve
(The first of this year's Breeding Bird Surveys on the reserve)
26 species were seen and/or heard - in particular: buzzard, coal tit, great spotted woodpecker, lapwing, long-tailed tit, nuthatch, redwing, reed bunting, treecreeper.
Alan Brereton
Wildlife Sightings March 2018
Barnacle goose, blackbird, black-headed gull, blue tit, buzzard, Canada goose, carrion crow, chaffinch, coal tit, coot, curlew, dunnock, fieldfare, goldfinch, great spotted woodpecker, great tit, grey heron, house sparrow, jackdaw, jay, lapwing, long-tailed tit, magpie, mallard, moorhen, nuthatch, oystercatcher, feral pigeon, pheasant, redwing, reed bunting, robin, rook, song thrush, sparrowhawk, starling, stonechat, teal, treecreeper, woodpigeon, wren,
Wildlife Sightings February 2018
Barnacle goose, blackbird, black-headed gull, blue tit, bullfinch, buzzard, Canada goose, carrion crow, chaffinch, fieldfare, great spotted woodpecker, great tit, jackdaw, jay, lapwing, long-tailed tit, magpie, mallard, mistle thrush, pied wagtail, redwing, robin, rook, snipe, song thrush, sparrowhawk, starling, treecreeper, woodcock, woodpigeon, wren
Wildlife sightings January 2018
Blackbird, black-headed gull, blue tit, bullfinch, buzzard, Canada goose, carrion crow, chaffinch, fieldfare, great tit, herring gull, jackdaw, jay, long-tailed tit, magpie, mallard, mistle thrush, moorhen, redwing, reed bunting, robin, rook, treecreeper, woodcock, woodpigeon, wren
Other reported sightings:grey squirrel
Tuesday, 11 September 2018
