SECOS Sightings

  

WILDFOWL AT EHF/PHF	COUNT	WADERS AT EHF/PHF	COUNT
MALLARD	Regular max, 50 – 9th	BLACK TAILED GODWIT	Regular max , 9 - 6th
TEAL	Regular max, 415- 14th	LAPWING	Regular max, 2000 – 5th
PINTAIL	Regular max , 16 – 23rd	CURLEW	Regular max, 58 – 25th
SHOVELER	Regular max , 30 – 23rd	SNIPE	Regular max, 38 – 9th
WIGEON	Regular max, 850 – 16th	REDSHANK	Regular max, 4 – 30th
GOOSANDER	Regular max, 11 – 27th	RUFF	Regular max, 12– 26th
BARNACLE GOOSE	Single – 9th	GOLDEN PLOVER	10 – 26th
G C GREBE	Single – 11th
LITTLE GREBE	Regular max, 2 – 11th
SHELDUCK	Regular max, 34 – 23rd

Elsewhere 200 Pinkfeet were over Crewe on the 17^th and 14 Great Crested Grebe were at WF on the 15^th.  A Jacksnipe was at MGT on the 1^st.

   

RAPTORS AND OWLS	COUNT
SPARROWHAWK	Regular in the Flashes area.
KESTREL	Records from CBP, MGT, EHF, Wybunbury, Weston and Woolstanwood.
BUZZARD	Regular throughout the SECOS area
PEREGRINE	Regular in the Flashes area.  Elsewhere, records from Doddington and Basford.
TAWNY OWL	Records from CF, FF and CBP
LITTLE OWL	Recorded at both ends of Clay Lane.

GULLS	COUNT	GULLS	COUNT
GBB GULL	Regular max, 60 – 5th	COMMON GULL	Regular max, 15– 23rd
ICELAND GULL	1 1st winter – 4th, 12th, 13th & 23rd	RINGED BILL GULL	1 Adult winter 19th & 20th
BH GULL	Regular max, 1,900 – 23rd	HERRING GULL	Regular, 335 – 16th
MEDITERRANEAN GULL	1 Adult winter 14th & 17th and 1 3rd winter – 25th

 

The good run of interesting Gulls continued at EHF/PHF with a first winter Iceland Gull, 2 Med Gulls, a Ringed – Billed Gull and a YL   Gull.  

OTHER SIGHTINGS

Willow Tit – 2 regular at the FFF feeding station,  Tree Sparrow – up to 35 at the EHF feeding station.  Kingfishers were recorded at CBP, MGT, FF and FFF.  A Blackcap was in a Sandbach Garden.  A pair of Stonechat were on MGT.  Water Rails were recorded at EHF and FF.  92 Skylark, 32 Yellowhammers and 7 Reed Buntings were on stubble at Basford.  Up to 25 Brambling were amongst a mixed finch flock of around 600 at Doddington.  27 Siskin were at CBP, 30 Stockdove were at EHF and a possible Desert Wheatear was on private premises at Gresty.  The Starling roost near Crewe Railway Station continues to expand with an estimated 30,000 birds now using the roost.