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.