Wednesday 24 June 2020

June 24th

Mow Cop
Tree Pipit
Meadow Pipit x 3
Spotted Flycatcher
Willow Warbler x 3
Swift x 2
Sand Martins x 13
Raven
Kestrel

June 23rd

Astbury Mere
Mandarin on grass by water sports centre early morning.

Childs Lane
Tree Sparrow x 4
Yellow Wagtail
Skylarks
Sand Martins
Stock Dove.

Watery Lane
Yellowhammer x 2
Yellow Wagtail.

Wednesday 17 June 2020

June 17th

Butterfly News
Timbersbrook Meadow
Ringlet x 9
Meadow Brown good numbers.

Astbury Mere
Ringlet x 2

Tuesday 16 June 2020

June 16th

Childs Lane
Yellow Wagtail

Timbersbrook Meadow
Garden Warbler x 2

River Dane Congleton
Goosander female x 1 young
Goosander female x 3 young
Goosander female x 7 young.

Astbury Mere
G C Grebe x 6
Tufted Duck x 20

Buglawton
Hobby

Monday 15 June 2020

June 15th

Astbury Mere
Common Tern single bird mid-morning.

Friday 12 June 2020

June 12th

Astbury Mere
Gadwall drake good record scarce at this site.

Thursday 11 June 2020

June 11th

A34 Astbury.
Barn Owl just outside our area by Little Morton Hall on A34

Wednesday 10 June 2020

June 10th

Childs Lane Astbury
Quail x 2 birds calling mid-day...……...Directions previous page.
Yellow Wagtail

Bent Lane / Sand Quarry area
Hobby
Yellow Wagtail x 2
Yellowhammer
Linnet
Oystercatcher x f/o
Sand Martin 40 +
Lesser Whitethroat
Tree Sparrow's (yesterday)

The Cloud
Tree Pipit
Meadow Pipit x 3
Kestrel

Tuesday 9 June 2020

June 9th

Astbury A34
Quail calling again this morning in Childs Lane from layby.

Two Quail calling this evening in Childs Lane near Astbury.
Also two Yellow Wagtails around same field.

Directions
Leave Congleton on the A34 past Astbury CP on your left and past the Church on your left then past Astbury Garden Centre on your right. Turn right after garden centre into Childs Lane after about 200yds there is an obvious layby on your left parking for about three cars. The birds are calling in the barley field, one close to the road the other back to the left. Under no circumstances enter the field .


Monday 8 June 2020

June 8th

Astbury A34
Quail calling at 4-45 this morning in barley  field in Childs Lane  pull into lay by to listen .

Saturday 6 June 2020

June 6th

Bent Lane
Yellow Wagtail
Yellowhammer x 6
Lesser Whitethroat
Skylark.
Linnet
Stock Dove.

Astbury Mere
Sand Martin x 20
Swallow x 2
Willow Warbler
Grey Wagtail


River Dane Congleton
June 5th
Two female Goosander both with young
Juvenile Dipper
Grey Wagtails adults and young.

Thursday 4 June 2020

June 3rd

Astbury Mere
Oystercatcher f/o
Reed Warbler

May 30th

Mow Cop
Red Kite x 2
Crossbill x 6 f/o

May 31st
Bent Lane
Hobby chasing Sand Martins.

May 29th

Bent Lane
Tawny Owl eraly morning.

Mow Cop
Cuckoo x 2 f/o