January 15th

Great Moreton Hall Lake

Great White Egret

Astbury Mere 

Pintail  x 3 (1×drake)

Goldeneye fem

Shoveler  x 9

Pochard  x 11

Tufted Duck x 63

Little Grebe x 9

Bent Lane / Green Lane

Yellowhammer x 5

Skylark x 5

Rudyard Lake 

Goldeneye fem

Goosander  x 4

January 12th

Astbury Mere

Greylag over first thing

Lapwing by Sandbach Rd

Child's Lane

Buzzard

Congleton Park (River Dane)

Goosander fem

Dipper

Grey Wagtail

NEARBY

Redesmere

G W Egret x 2 but flew off south at 12.30

Acre Nook

G W Egret x 1

Black-Necked Grebe x 1

Oystercatcher x 2

Lapwing Hall Pool

Smew redhead x 2

 

January 10th

Astbury Mere

Goldeneye fem

Shoveler x 6

Little Grebe x 5

January 6th

Congleton Park / River Dane

Dipper x 2

Goosander fem

Mistle Thrush x 2

Sparrowhawk

Astbury Mere

Goldeneye fem

Pochard x 3

Shoveler x 5

Little Grebe x 6

Raven

January 4th

Astbury Mere

Shoveler x 6

Pochard x 2

Congleton Park (River Dane)

Dipper

Goosander

Grey Wagtail.

Biddulph CP 

Goosander x 5

Chatterley Whitfield 

Barn Owl @16-30

OUT OF AREA

Lapwing Hall Pool Chelford 

Redhead Smew x 2

Acre Nook

Mandarin  x 4

Redesmere 

G W Egret

Goldeneye x 5

January 3rd

Biddulph CP 

Goosander  x 3

Astbury Mere 

Goldeneye fem 

Common Gull adult

Little Grebe x 9

Shoveler x 6

Raven x 3

Siskin

G S Woodpecker 

Grey Wagtail 

Lesser Redpoll 

January 1st

Astbury Mere

Shoveler x 14

G B B Gull x 3

Tawny Owl

Goldeneye fem

Pochard x 5

Little Grebe x 9

52 species recorded at Astbury today.

Congleton Park 

Dipper

Merry Christmas

Astbury Mere 

Goldeneye fem 

Little Grebe x 8

December 24th

 Astbury Mere 

Goldeneye fem

Shoveler x 5

Congleton Park 

Goosander x 2

Dipper x 2

Grey Wagtail

Mistle Thrush x 3

American Mink.

NEARBY

Lapwing Hall Pool Chelford

Smew (Redhead)

Acre Nook

Black-Necked Grebe (elusive).

December 23rd

Astbury Mere 

Goldeneye fem

Pochard  x 3

Shoveler 

Wigeon

Little Grebe  x 5

Lesser Redpoll  x 10

December 21st

Mow Cop

Jack Snipe x 11

Common Snipe x 7

Woodcock x 2

Brambling 

December 22nd

Astbury Mere 

Pochard  x 3

Wigeon x 2

Teal x 5

Shoveler 

Kingfisher 

December 19th

Astbury Mere 

Gadwall x 3

December 17th

Astbury Mere 

Shoveler  x 7

Wigeon x 3

Pochard x 10

Little Grebe x 4

Gadwall x 1

Tufted Duck  x 100+

December 16th

Astbury Mere

Soveler x 5

Pochard x 15

NEARBY

Meramid Pool Leek 

Snow Bunting

December 15th

Congleton Town Centre

Cormorant x 32 over @ 7.50

Congleton Park area

Goosander x 3 (1 x drake)

Siskin x 2

Mistle Thrush x 3

Dipper by steamboat.

December 14th

Astbury Mere

Wigeon x 6

Shoveler x 2

December 11th

Astbury Mere 

Woodcock x 1

Teal x 7

Tawny Owl x 1

Tufted Duck x 173

December 6th

Astbury Mere 

Pochard x 19

Wigeon x 2

Gadwall x 2

December 3rd

Astbury Mere 

Gadwall x 1pair

November 30th

Astbury Mere 

Common Scoter fem still present. 

Pochard x 17

Shoveler x 3

Wigeon x 1 (drake)

Little Grebe  x 5 

Mow Cop

Little Egret x 2 flew S/W mid morning. 

November 29th

Astbury Mere 

Shoveler  x 9 

Common Scoter fem still present. 

November 28th

Astbury Mere 

Common Scoter fem still present. 

November 27th

Astbury Mere

Common Scoter  (fem) still.

Pochard x 14

Teal x 2

Tufted Duck x 150

Little Grebe x 6

Siskin x 9 f/o

Goosander x 2 drakes (afternoon). 

November 26th

Astbury Mere 

Common Scoter x 1 fem still present. 

Teal x 1

Pochard x 13

Tufted Duck x 175

November 21st

Astbury Mere

Common Scoter x 2 females still present. 

Goldeneye x 1 fem.

Pochard x 4

Tawny Owl

Kingfisher

Siskin

Biddulph CP 

Goosander x 17

Kingfisher .

November 18th

Astbury Mere

Common Scoter x 2

Little Egret fly over.

November 15th

Astbury Mere 

Mandarin x 2 (pairs)

Little Grebe x  3

Pochard  x 2

Tufted Duck x 172

November 14th

Mow Cop

Woodcock

Brambling 

November 13th

Astbury Mere 

Pink feet x 45

Tawny Owl

Tufted x 112 

November 12th

Astbury Mere

Little Egret over early morning

Peregrine

Kingfisher

Pochard (1 x pair)

 

November 8th

 Astbury Mere 

Tufted Duck x 116

Pochard x 2

Gt S Woodpecker  x 2

Treecreeper x 2

November 7th

Astbury Mere 

Crossbill over

Shelduck

Tawny Owl

Kingfisher

Shoveler x 3

Raven

Siskin

Astbury Mere November 6th

Brambling

Astbury November 5th

Shoveler x 2pair

Pochard x pair

Little Grebe x 5

Fieldfare x 12

Tufted Duck x 102

Astbury November 3rd

Pochard x 3 (2 x drakes)

Tufted Duck x 81

Little Grebe x 3

Kingfisher

Raven x 2

Lesser Redpoll

Siskin x 2

Astbury Mere November 1st

Pochard x pair.

 

Sept 30th

Astbury Mere 

Sandwich Tern two briefly mid afternoon. 

Sept 26th

Astbury Mere 

Reed Warbler 

Raven x 2

Little Grebe x 2

Mow Cop

Wheatear  x 2

September 23rd

 Astbury Mere 

29 x Pinkfeet flew over west at 17-05

September 13th

Congleton

Lapwing x 16 Childs Lane

Rudyard

Yellow Wagtail

Little Egret x 2

Teal x 34

Astbury 12th Sept

Raven x 3 over

Greylag Geese x 12 over

Meadow Pipit x 5

Little Grebe

Reed Warbler

September 7th

Rudyard Lake

Black-tailed Godwit x 7

Dunlin

Little Egret

Teal x 24

Lapwing x 44

September 5th

 Astbury Mere

Teal x 9

Wigeon x 5

Mow Cop

Tree Pipit

September 2 nd

Rudyard Lake

Snipe x 5

L R Plover x 3

Little Egret x 2

Congleton River Dane

Dipper

Grey Wagtail x 2

August 30th

Mow Cop

Wheatear x 2

Knypersley Res

Whinchat

August 29th

 Congleton Town Centre

Redshank over calling 6-00.

August 20th

Congleton River Dane

Dipper

Goosander

Grey Wagtail

Kingfisher

August 17th

 Rudyard Lake

Green Sandpiper

Ringed Plover x 7

Little Ringed Plover x 2

Common Sandpiper

Dunlin

Little Egret x 4

Kingfisher

Grey Wagtail

Gadwall

JUST OUT OF OUR AREA

Tittisworth Reservoir

Sandwich Tern x 3 on first island opposite car park

August 16th

 Rudyard Lake

Osprey over early morning (6-45) heading north

August 10th

Congleton Astbury A34 Bent Lane Hobby over early morning

August 9th

 Rudyard Lake

Greenshank

Ringed Plover x 3

Dunlin

Oystercatcher x 2

Little Egret

Gadwall fem

Astbury Mere

Osprey caught fish 9-00

Congleton A34

Childs Lane Junction

Barn Owl early morning

August 8th

 Rudyard Lake 

Black-tailed Godwit 

Greenshank x 2

Little Egret x 2

Oystercatcher x 3

Raven x 2

White Wagtail 

August 7th

 Rudyard Lake

Black-tailed Godwit

Little Egret

Congleton (River Dane)

Dipper

Kingfisher

Goosander adult fem + 8 Juv

American Mink 

August 5th

 Congleton Town Centre

Swift x 8 early morning

August 2nd

 Rudyard Lake

Green Sandpiper

Little Egret x 2

L R Plover 

Oystercatcher x 2

Knypersley Res

L R Plover

Common Sandpiper

Mandarin

Congleton (River Dane)

Mandarin

Dipper

Kingfisher

Grey Wagtail

Little Egret Rudyard .

   

August 1st

 Knypersley Res 

Green Sandpiper x 2

Common Sandpiper 

Dunlin x 2

Little Egret x 2

Congleton (River Dane)

Goosander x 8 Immature

July 30th

 Congleton River Dane

Mandarin x 3 juveniles

Kingfisher x 2

Dipper immature

July 27th

 Congleton River Dane

Grey Wagtail  several

Kingfisher

July 25th

 Rudyard Lake

Green Sandpiper

Little Egret x 3

Common Tern

Common Sandpiper

Little Ringed Plover x 2

Oystercatcher

July 20th

 Knypersley Res

Cuckoo calling early morning.

July 18th

 Astbury Mere

Common Sandpiper

Knypersley Res

Common Tern x 2

L R Plover x 2

Little Egret x 2

July 15th

 Astbury Mere

Common Scoter x 5( 3 x drake, 2 x fem )

Raven x 2

Little Grebe x 3 juveniles (possibly first breeding record for the site.)

July 14th

 Rudyard Lake 

Little Egret

Common Sandpiper x 3

Common Tern 

Oystercatcher 

L R Plover x 2

July 13th

 Rudyard Lake

Greenshank

L R Plover

Common Scoter x 3 drakes

Common Tern x 2

Common Sandpiper x 3

Redstart x 3

Congleton River Dane

Mandarin x 5 juvs

Grey Wagtail

Goosander x 4 juvs

Dipper

Kingfisher

July 7th

 Congleton Park

Spotted Flycatcher x 2

Dipper....River Dane

Goosander fem + juvs...River Dane

Congleton Town Centre

Hobby over early morning.

Mow Cop

Raven x 4

JUST OUTSIDE OUR AREA

Westport Lake

3 x Common Terns

July 6th

 JUST OUT OF OUR AREA

3 x Common Scoter Westport Lake

July 5th

 Astbury Mere

Common Tern early morning .

Congleton Park

Spotted Flycatcher x 2

Dipper

Knypersley Res

Pied Flycatcher

Dipper

Grey Wagtail

Rudyard Lake 

Common Tern x 2 

Common Sandpiper x 3

Little Ringed Plover x 2

Oystercatcher x 1

Redstart x 3

JUST OUT OF OUR AREA

Green Sandpiper  Tittisworth.

July 4th

 Bent Lane

Oystercatcher at Sand Quarry

Yellowhammer

Yellow Wagtail

Reed Bunting.

Congleton Park

Blackcap male

Kingfisher + 2 juviniles

Spotted Flycatcher x 2

Grey Wagtail

Goosander fem + 4 juveniles

July 3rd

 Astbury Mere 

Common Tern early morning. 

July 1st

 Congleton Park

Spotted Flycatcher pair showing well mid-morning.

June 30th

 Congleton Park

Spotted Flycatcher x 2 early morning

Dipper

Stock Dove

Nuthatch

Treecreeper

Oystercatcher over town centre @ 7-00

June 29th

 Congleton Park

Goldcrest

Chiffchaff

Blackcap male

Kingfisher

Grey Wagtail fem + juv

Goosander fem with 4 young

Spotted Flycatcher

Congleton Park

Spotted Flycatcher

Dipper

Goosander fem + 4 juv

Grey Wagtail

Kingfisher

June 27th

 Knypersley Res 

Spotted Flycatcher 

Tawny Owl x 2 juveniles 

Congleton Park

Spotted Flycatcher

Stock Dove X 2

Grey Wagtail

Goosander female + 4 juvenile

Mandarin female +3 juvenile

Kingfisher

Dipper.

Rudyard Lake

Same as yesterday + Green Woodpecker

All photos below by Tracey Stubbs. 

Goosander with juveniles by Tracey Stubbs. 

Mandarin by Tracey Stubbs. 

Spotted Flycatcher by Tracey Stubbs. 

June 26th

 Rudyard Lake

Common Sandpiper

Little Ringed Plover x 4

Oystercatcher

Redstart  x 6

Garden Warbler

Sedge Warbler

Kingfisher x 2

Spotted Flycatcher

Willow Tit

Brereton CP

Garden Warbler

June 24th

 The Cloud

Tree Pipit

Siskin

Rudyard Lake 

Common Scoter x 33

8 x flew north at 17-40 leaving 25 still there at 18-10.

June 22nd

Knypersley Res 

Cuckoo  early morning 

Spotted Flycatcher x 2

Tawny Owl juveniles 

Dipper x 4 on waterfall

 Mow Cop 

Tree Pipit 

Grasshopper Warbler 

Rudyard Lake 

Common Tern 

Redstart x 4

Spotted Flycatcher 

Little Ringed Plover 

Ringed Plover 

Common Sandpiper.

The Cloud

Tree Pipit  x 2

Raven

Siskin

June 20th

 Astbury Mere 

Common Tern briefly 

Reed Warbler  x 2

Linnet x 2

Little Grebe

Raven x 2 

June 19th

 The Cloud

Tawny Owl

Tree Pipit

Redstart

Congleton River Dane

Dipper X 2

Grey Wagtail X 2

Child's Lane

Yellow Wagtail X 3

Yellowhammer X2

Rudyard Lake

Redstart X 6

Common Sandpiper

Ringed Plover X 2

Little Ringed Plover X 2

Oystercatcher X 3

Redstart.

June 18th

 Bent Lane / Childs Lane

Yellow Wagtail

Yellowhammer

June 16th

 Astbury Mere

Butterflies....

Red Admiral

Speckled Wood

Common Blue

Meadow Brown

Also

Reed Warbler x 2

Willow Warbler x 2

 Blackcap x 2

Swift x 18

House Martin

Swallow 

Nuthatch

Goldcrest

Coal Tit

Bullfinch x 2 

June 14th

 Astbury Mere

Kingfisher

Willow Warbler

Reed Warbler x 2

Common Blue Butterfly.

Congleton Park

Dipper

Grey Wagtail

Spotted Flycatcher

Glebe Farm 

Yellow Wagtail

A34 Astbury Garden Centre

Yellowhammer x 2

Whitethroat

Bent Lane

Yellowhammer x 2

Childs Lane

Yellowhammer

The Cloud

Linnet x 2

Swift x 5

Siskin

June 12th

 Mow Cop

Tree Pipit showing well from layby with Trig Point in it. Also Red Kite over.

Tree Pipit.

Rudyard Lake 

Spotted Flycatcher x 2

Redstart  x 3

Oystercatcher  x 3

Common Sandpiper 

Kingfisher

Green Woodpecker 

Mandarin drake 

Knypersley Res

Pied Flycatcher  x 2

Spotted Flycatcher x 1

Mandarin fem with one youngster.

June 11th

 Mow Cop

Tree Pipit still view from layby along top road.

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June 9th

 Congleton Park 

Dipper

Grey Wagtail x 5

Mow Cop

Tree Pipit 

Rudyard Lake 

Redstart x 4

Oystercatcher x 3

Common Sandpiper 

LR Plover

Common Tern briefly 

Kingfisher 

SpottedFlycatcher x 1

June 8th

 Rudyard Lake 

Spotted Flycatcher 

Redstart x 4

Common Sandpiper 

Oystercatcher 

Little Ringed Plover 

Oystercatcher. 

June 7th

 Congleton Park

Spotted Flycatcher x 2

Mandarin drake x 2 females 

Dipper adult 

June 6th

 Knypersley Res 

Hobby 

June 5th

 Mow Cop

Tree Pipit

Astbury Mere 

Swift x 12

Reed Warbler  x 2

Rudyard Lake 

Redstart x 4

Spotted Flycatcher x 2

Tawny Owl x 1

Garden Warbler  x 2

Oystercatcher  x 3

Common Sandpiper  x 1

Greylag Goose  x 2

Congleton Park (River Dane)

Dipper

Grey Wagtail x 3

Mandarin drake

June 4th

 Congleton River Dane

Dipper adult and 2 Juv

Grey Wagtail x 5

Mow Cop

Tree Pipit 

June 3rd

 Astbury Childs Lane

Red Kite

Yellow Wagtail 

Astbury Mere 

Reed Warbler  x 2

June 2nd

 Astbury Mere 

Common  Tern x  5 briefly early morning. 

June 1st

 Mow Cop

Tree Pipit x 1

Grasshopper Warbler  (possible ).

Bent Lane

Spotted Flycatcher x 2

Yellowhammer 

May 31st

 Knypersley Res 

Kingfisher x 5

Green Woodpecker x 1

Pied Flycatcher x 1

Spotted Flycatcher x 1

Dipper x 1

Mandarin female 

Grey Wagtail

Nuthatch several 

Congleton Park

Spotted Flycatcher x 1

Dipper feeding juvenile 

Mandarin drake x 1

May 30th

 Rudyard Lake 

Redstart x 2

Spotted Flycatcher x  2

GardenWarbler x 3

Raven x 2

Oystercatcher  x 5

Little Ringed Plover x 2

WillowTit x 1

Spotted Flycatcher.

Redstart.

May 29th

 Astbury Mere 

Reed Warbler

Rudyard Lake 

Little Ringed Plover x 2

Ringed Plover x 1

Oystercatcher x 3

Spotted Flycatcher x 1

Sedge Warbler x 1

Garden Warbler x 2

Willow Tit x 1

Raven x 1

May 28th

 Mow Cop

Tree Pipit x 2

possible Grasshopper Warbler.

May 27th

 Rudyard Lake 16-30 

Little Ringed Plover x 3

Ringed Plover x 1

Oystercatcher x 1

Common Sandpiper x 1

Curlew x 1

Mandarin x 2 drakes

Spotted Flycatcher x 1

Redstart x 1

Garden Warbler x 2

Sedge Warbler x 1

Willow Tit x 1

Raven x 1

Garden Warbler.

 27th May Knypersley

Cuckoo @ 7-15 by lake 

Pied Flycatcher x 2

Spotted Flycatcher x 2

25th May Rudyard Lake

Redstart x 1

Little Ringed Plover x 3

Common Sandpiper x 1

Mandarin by bridge north end.

23rd May Rudyard Lake

Osprey

Spotted Flycatcher

Garden Warbler x 2

Mandarin

Willow Tit

23rd May The Cloud

Tree Pipit x 2

22nd May Rudyard Lake

Osprey north end.

Osprey

15th May Knypersley

Barn Owl

Redstart

Spotted Flycatcher x 2

8th May Knypersley

Willow Tit

Dipper

Little Egret

Water Rail x 2

Mandarin

7th May Knypersley

Redstart

Mandarin x 2

6th May Rudyard Lake

Common Tern x 2

5th May Chatterley Whitfield

Little Egret x 2

Willow Tit

2nd May Knypersley

Pied Flycatcher

Common Sandpiper

Redstart

Water Rail.

 The Blog is now changing by adding two further sites into its area. We are extending to the east by a couple of miles to include Rudyard Lake , which has extra habitat that our local areas do not have . This will include wading birds to our list. Also Knypersley Reservoir and Marshes Hill a couple of miles to the south . This increases our chances of recording more birds than before and brings the areas total to a very impressive 205 species. We will still record news from Mow Cop , The Cloud and of course Astbury Mere from where this blog all started some five years ago. We have had some quiet times of late from these sites, so by adding Rudyard and Knypersley into our area we should be reporting on a more regular basis. Thank you all for staying with us and lets get out there and find something good. Rudyard has a very impressive list on its own which stands at 179 species. Such good birds include Caspian Tern , Temminck's Stint , White Rumped Sandpiper , Pectoral Sandpiper ,  Green Winged Teal , Eider , Red Throated Diver and many many more. It is also a very under watched site ,  and only a short drive from Congleton why not give it a go.

May 12th

 May 12th Astbury Mere

Oystercatcher over

Swift x 12

May 11th The Cloud

Redstart south of plantation

Astbury Mere

Sand Martin x 140

Black Cap x 6

Chiffchaff x 5

Little Grebe

Song Thrush x 5pair.

Newsbank Pool

Shelduck pair in flooded field.

May 10th Congleton

Lesser Whitethroat by Treatment works

Swift x 10 same area.

May 1st

 Little Morton Hall A34

Osprey seen flying towards Little Morton Hall  @13-15 then 10 mins later again over A50 Brereton area love over at tree top hight.

April 29th

 Astbury Mere

Sedge Warbler (scarce at this site)

Sparrowhawk x 2

House Martin

Swallow x 4

April 24th

Newsbank Pool

Mandarine (drake)

Oystercatcher

Green Lane

Common Whitethroat

Lesser Whitethroat.

April 20th

 Mow Cop

Little Owl

Common Whitethroat 

Tree Pipit

Green Hairstreak's x 2

Clarke's Mining Bee 

Tawny Mining Bee

Ashy Mining Bee 

Astbury Mere 

Swallow x 2

Raven x 2

Apri 18th

 The Cloud

Tawny owl ( calling ) 

 Redstart  male top wood 

Crossbill 6 flew top wood 

Brambling 5 + in top wood inc least 3 males 

Redpoll 3 

Siskin 2 ( also top wood ) 

Linnet pair on Heath 

Raven 

Willow warbler 4

April 11th

 Astbury Mere

Willow Warbler x 5

Blackcap x 8

Chiffchaff x 10