March 31st

Astbury Mere 

Sand Martin x 19

Goldeneye fem 

Bent Lane / Childs Lane 

R L Partridge x 1

Yellowhammer x 2

Acre Nook SQ Chelford 

R N Duck fem 

March 30th

Congleton Park 

Little Egret x 2 River Dane by Rood Hill bridge.

Sandbach Flashes 

Sand Martin x 2 (WLF)

Swallow x 1 (WLF)

G W Egret x 1 (PHF)

Ruff  x 2 (PHF)

Redshank x 1 (EHF)

March 29th

Sandbach Flashes 

Green Sandpiper x 2 (PHF)

Black-tailed Godwit x 15 (EHF)

Acre Nook SQ Chelford 

R N Duck fem still present.

Wildboarclough 

Red Kite over 11-25.

Hen Harrier male

Congleton Park 

Willow Warbler x 1 singing by the weir (First back ).

Astbury Mere 

Common Gull adult x 2

Sand Martin x 2

March 28th

Sandbach Flashes

Black-tailed Godwit x 16 (EHF)

L R Plover x 2 (PHF)

Dunlin x 1 (Hancock's)

G W Egret (PHF)

Danebower

Ring Ouzel x 2 reported yesterday but no sign this morning.

Acre Nook SQ Chelford 

R N Duck fem late afternoon. 

March 27th

Sandbach Flashes

Black-tailed Godwit x 17 (EHF)

Redshank (EHF)

Great White Egret over

Little Ringed Plover x 6 (PHF)

Yellow-legged Gull adult (EHF)

The Cloud

Stonechat x 2

Rudyard Lake

Oystercatcher x 5

Little Ringed Plover x 1

Raven x 2

Goosander x 1 fem

Red Deer x 2 young stags

Astbury Mere

Sand Martin x 5

Blackcap 

March 26th

Rudyard Lake

L R Plover x 1

Oystercatcher x 3

Shelduck x 2

Teal x 2

Kingfisher

Willow Tit x 2

Astbury Mere

Blackcap x 3 (first back 2022)

Mediterranean Gull adult briefly this afternoon. 

Common Gull x 1  adult 

Knypersley Res 

Blackcap

Chiffchaff  x 22

Mandarin x 4

Tawny Owl x 4

March 25th

Astbury Mere 

No sign of Black-necked Grebe this morning. 

Egyptian Goose flew through.

Egyptian Goose Astbury.

Sandbach Flashes 

L R Plover on PHF

Rudyard Lake 

L R Plover x 1 

Oystercatcher  x 3

Danebower 

Wheatear x 1

Red Kite over 

Congleton Park (River Dane)

Mandarin x 1

Kingfisher x 1

Grey Wagtail x 2

Dipper x 1

Goosander x 1

March 24th

Astbury Mere 

Black-necked Grebe still present 

Brambling male

Goldeneye fem 

Sandbach Flashes 

Avocet x 2 still on EHF.

Rudyard Lake 

Little Ringed Plover  (first back)

Oystercatcher x 3

Chiffchaff x 24 singing.

March 23rd

Sandbach Flashes

Avocet x 2 (EHF)

Astbury Mere

Black-necked Grebe still present 

Teal x 4 

Common Gull x 6

Scholar Green

Blackcap x 1 pair ( nr Lawton Lake )

Acre Nook SQ Chelford

Little Ringed Plover x 7

Dunlin x 1

Curlew x 2 (flyover)

Wigeon

Gadwall

Biddulph Moor

Ring Ouzel east of Marshes Hill in horse paddocks.

Rudyard Lake  (evening)

Egyptian Geese x 3

Chiffchaff  x 7 (north end)

March 22nd

photo by Dave Kelsall. 

Astbury Mere

Black-Necked Grebe ( first since 2015 )

Sand Martin x 6

Goldeneye fem

Shoveler x 3

Little Grebe x 4

Acre Nook SQ Chelford

Black-tailed Godwit x 1

March 16th

Acre Nook SQ 

L R Plover x 2

Redshank 

March 15th

Astbury Mere

Sand Martin x 3

Goldeneye fem

Rudyard Lake 

Sand Martin x 1

Goldeneye fem 

Chiffchaff x several different locations singing.

March 14th

Acre Nook SQ

Little Ringed Plover x 1

Dunlin x 3 

March 13th

Astbury Mere 

Sand Martin x 2 (first back 2022)

Oystercatcher 

Goldeneye fem 

Shoveler drake

Siskin x 15

Chiffchaff x 4

Knypersley Res 

Chiffchaff  x 2

Goosander x 3

Red Kite over N/W @ 11-15

Rudyard Lake 

Chiffchaff  x 7

Curlew

Oystercatcher  x 5

Water Rail (Heron Marsh)

Bent Lane

Little Egret 

Linnet x 70+

Acre Nook SQ Chelford 

Black-neckedGrebe 

March 12th

Astbury Mere 

Goldeneye fem

Chiffchaff  x 4

Congleton / Sommerford A54

Red Kite x 2

Rudyard Lake 

Chiffchaff  x 4

Oystercatcher x 4

Common Gull x 3

Rode Heath

Little Egret x 4 ( Townsend Lane )

Brambling  x 2

Oystercatcher  x 2

Yellowhammer  x 100+ ( Knutsford Old Rd)

March 11th

Rode Heath 

Egyptian Geese x 2 near Townsend Lane.

Oystercatcher x 2

Astbury Mere 

Chiffchaff x 4

Rudyard Lake 

Oystercatcher  x 8

Teal x 7

Cormorant x 21

March 7th

Congleton By Pass

Shelduck x  2 on balancing pond Barn Rd.

March 6th

Dane in Shaw

Dipper (river dane)

Raven

Astbury Mere 

Curlew over calling.

Common Gull adult 

Goldeneye fem 

Lesser Redpoll x 3

Common Gull adult photo by Tracey Stubbs. 

March 4th

Bent Lane 

Shelduck x 27

Chiffchaff  singing

Astbury Mere 

Goldeneye fem 

March 3rd

Astbury Mere 

Chiffchaff 

Goldeneye fem 

March 2nd

Astbury Mere 

Chiffchaff (1st back)

Lesser Redpoll x 3

Siskin x 20

March 1st

Scholar Green 

Red Kite x 2 over A34 @ 13.20

Astbury Mere

Goldeneye fem

Tufted Duck x 59

Shoveler x 4

Little Grebe x 4

Buzzard

Bent Lane SQ

Shelduck x 7

Oystercatcher x 2