March 31st

Astbury Mere
Wigeon x 2 pair

March 30th

Astbury Mere
Little Gull adult all day apparently.


March 29th
Astbury Mere
Brambling male
Sand Martin x 35

March 27th

Astbury Mere
Sand Martin x 15

Dane in Shaw
Kingfisher
Grey Wagtail x 2

March 25th

Mow Cop
Peregrine adult f/o

March 24th

Astbury Mere
Chiffchaff x 6
Sand Martin x 3
Blackcap x 2

Late News

Late News
Saturday 21st March
Watery Lane Astbury
L R Plover in flooded field
S E Owl nearby
Brambling male.

March 22nd

Swetterton Hallgreen Road Curlew x120 plus Cloud Lesser Redpoll x 2 Chiffchaff Meadow Pipit G S Woodpecker Siskin Raven Treecreeper Goldcrest Mow Cop Skylark Meadow Pipit Lapwing Mistle Thrush

March 21st

Congleton River Dane
Dipper
Goosander x redheads
Grey Wagtail

Astbury Mere
Sand Martin x 2
Chiffchaff x 4
Little Grebe x 2
Reed Bunting x 2
Tufted Duck x 41
Coot x 32
Moorhen x 4
Great Crested Grebe x 4
Mallard  x 29
Buzzard x 2

Bent Lane
Sand Martin x 2 f/o
Red-legged Partridge
Yellowhammer x 2
Linnet x 2
Meadow Pipit x 30
Skylark x 3
Stock Dove
Redwing
Fieldfare x 16

March 19th

Astbury Mere

Mandarin pair briefly.

Mow Cop
Stonechat fem
Kestrel
Raven
Lesser Redpoll
Meadow Pipit x8

March 18th

Astbury Mere
Little Egret x 2 f/o
Goosander x pair f/o
Chiffchaff x 3
Goldcrest x 3
Kestrel
Reed Bunting x 2

March 16th

Mow Cop
Vis Mig
Meadow Pipit x 72
Pink Footed Geese x 26
Also
Kestrel
Buzzard x 12
Skylark
Stonechat

Astbury Mere
Sand Martin x 2 first one back
Common Gull adult.

March 15th

81 species recorded so far this year in Congleton area.

Astbury Mere
Chiffchaff x 3
Buzzard x 5
Mistle Thrush
Canada Geese x 9
Grey Heron

Bent Lane
Shelduck x 4
Grey Wagtail
Goosander f/o
Tree Sparrow s


March 14th
Astbury Mere
Chiffchaff
Little Grebe x 2
Kestrel

Bent Lane
Tree Sparrow x 2
Yellowhammer x 3
Skylark
Linnet x 3
Oystercatcher x 2
Shelduck x 3
Lapwing
Buzzard

March 13th
Mow Cop
Stonechat x 2
Kestrel
Raven x 2
Meadow Pipit
Skylark
Lapwing
Reed Bunting

March 11th
Astbury Mere
Raven f/o

Thirty plus frogs on conservation pond.

Photo taken by Brian Hicks.

March 9th

Hall Green Rd
Curlew x 180 in flooded field

Mow Cop
Lapwing
Buzzard
Kestrel

The Cloud
Raven
Lesser Redpoll
Buzzard
Skylark
Meadow Pipit
Kestrel
Goldcrest
Coal Tit

Astbury Mere
Grey Wagtail

Bent Lane
Peregrine
Yellowhammer x 2
Grey Wagtail
Skylark
Sparrowhawk
Shelduck x 2

Brereton CP
G C Grebe x 2
Coal Tit
Greenfinch
Buzzard
Lapwing

Buglawton
Goosander female f/o
Raven
Grey Wagtail

March 8th

Bent Lane
Stock Dove x 5
Tree Sparrow x 2
Yellowhammer x 5
Oystercatcher x 1
Skylarks
Meadow Pipits.

Astbury Mere
Pochard x 1drake

March 7th

Bent Lane
Skylark
Yellowhammer
Meadow Pipit
Reed Bunting

Astbury Mere
Chiffchaff in song by Water Sports Centre
Mistle Thrush
Redwing good numbers
Bullfinch x 2
Little Grebe x 2
Buzzard
Treecreeper

March 6th

Astbury Mere
Buff-tailed Bumblebee
Small Tortoiseshell
Little Grebe x 2


March 5th
Congleton Park
Buzzard x 2
Raven
Sparrowhawk

March 2nd

Astbury Mere
Common Gull adult.

March 1st

Astbury Mere
Goosander pair
Kestrel
Sparrowhawk
Cormorant x 8