May 2009 Sightings
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WILDFOWL AT EHF/PHF |
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WADERS AT EHF/PHF |
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Mallard |
regular 212 on 25th |
Black tailed Godwit |
a single on 11th |
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Teal |
a single on 18th |
Common Sandpiper |
a single on 6th |
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Shoveler |
singles regular |
Dunlin |
regular max 4 on 15th |
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Gadwall |
2 on 25th |
Little Ringed Plover |
regular max 3 on 9th |
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Goosander |
singles on 6th,16th & 20th |
Oystercatcher |
regular max 2 on 18th |
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Barnacle Goose |
Singles on 6th & 9th & 5 to 16th |
Ringed Plover |
regular max 2 on 14th |
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Shelduck |
total of 25 juvs |
Greenshank |
a single on 11th |
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Tufted Duck |
6 on 25th & 2 on 27th |
Sanderling |
a single on 13th |
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Greylag Goose |
3 on 9th & 3 on 11th |
Whimbrel |
a single on 20th |
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Garganey |
a single on 13th |
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RAPTORS AND OWLS |
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Buzzard |
a bird with a broken wing found at Basford was taken to Stapeley RSPCA |
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Hobby |
records from MGT and EHF where two were seen hunting over the salt pan |
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Red Kite |
one over Sandbach on the 23rd, one over PHF on the 30th and over Stowford on the 31st |
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Peregrine |
just a single record of an immature bird at EHF on the 6th |
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GULLS |
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Common Tern |
a single at PHF on the 6th |
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Black Tern |
a single at EHF on the 13th |
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Glaucous Gulll |
the 1st Summer bird almost daily at EHF/PHF until the 26th |
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Caspian Gull |
a single at EHF on the 9th |
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Iceland Gull |
a single at PHF on the 12th on 14th |
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Y L Gull |
a single at EHF on the 9th |
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OTHER SIGHTINGS |
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20 Swifts were over WLF on the 3rd ~ Yellow Wagtails were at EHF on the 4th and 27th ~ Wheatears were at EHF on the 4th and MGT on the 13th and 20th ~ Whinchats were at PHF on the 9th and MGT on the 13th ~ Garden Warbler regular at MGT ~ Willow Tit still regular at FF ~ a White Wagtail was at EHF on the 7th and a Kingfisher on the 24th ~ 9 Sedge Warblers, 8 Reed Warblers, 12 Reed Buntings, 5 Skylarks, 3 Whitethroats, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, a Willow Warbler and a Chiff Chaff were at MGT on the 24th and a Common Crane was over Stowford on the 31st
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11:53 AM, Saturday, May 2, 2009 . Publisehd by Bill Fox & John Thompson
Adult seen close to nest box 4 & owl box 5 – NW corner of Quakers Coppice, 10:00 am this morning, while we were doing the nest box survey. It could have been ‘checking out’ Box 5 which has recently been fitted with a new base.7:51 PM, Saturday, May 2, 2009 . Publisehd by Anonymous
Gasshopper Warbler reeling early today in an overgrown area at the old quarry. Problem is though, they seem to be levelling off the whole area, even the scrubby overgrown bits. Also a Sand Martin inspecting a sandy area and a Grenn Woodpecker.Jason Mossman
9:16 PM, Saturday, May 2, 2009 . Publisehd by Anonymous
Green woodpecker and a tawny owl being mobbed by blackbirds at Quakers Coppice 2000hrs tonight.3:43 PM, Sunday, May 10, 2009 . Publisehd by Jason Mossman
Treecreeper, Nuthatch, GSW all busy checking out holes/crevices but none carrying food.Green Woodpecker heard.
A nice patch of woodland that i had completely forgotten about.
Jason Mossman
7:38 PM, Saturday, May 16, 2009 . Publisehd by Brian Plowright
Extremely tame serin - I stood less than a metre from it and got photos from 2 metres - with a white tail in my garden adjoining Alsager golf course on 15th May around noonComment from SECOS
are you able to email a picture to me ... see contacts page on Web Site ... that may be included on the web site gallery page?
Regards
Peter
Comment from SECOS
It is now regarded that this was not a Serin but a wild Canary Serinus canaria
Edited by SECOS on Thursday, May 28, 2009 at 4:31 PM
4:29 PM, Sunday, May 31, 2009 . Publisehd by John Thompson
10:25 this morningSeen briefly high over Radway Green, heading towards M6 Motorway