Apri 28th

Sandbach Flashes 

Bar-tailedGodwit x 1 (EHF)

Greenshank x 1 (EHF)

April 27th

Sandbach Flashes 

Common Tern (EHF)

Macclesfield Forest 

Cuckoo clear fell area behind Leather Smithy pub.

April 26th

Congleton 

Hobby over town centre @6-40

Red Kite over Buglawton towards Macclesfield @7-50

Sandbach Flashes 

Wheatear x 1 (MGT)

Acre Nook SQ Chelford 

Ring-necked Duck x pair still 

April 25th

Sandbach Flashes 

Ringed Plover x 3 (EHF)

April 24th

The Cloud

Redstart

Tree Pipit 

Sandbach Flashes 

Arctic Tern x 3 @6-50 (EHF)

Greenshank x 1 (PHF)

Astbury Mere 

Common Sandpiper 

Mow Cop

Tree Pipit x 2

Wheatear x 1 in ploughed field.

Acre Nook SQ Chelford 

Arctic Tern x 2

Marsh Harrier through this evening 

Scholar Green 

Yellowhammer x 11 by brick house Farm. 

Wildboarclough 

Red Kite over @ 9-45

April 23rd

Acre Nook SQ Chelford 

Arctic Tern x 1

Little Gull x 4

R N Duck x 1pair 

Sandbach Flashes 

Whimbrel x 1 (EHF)

Greenshank x 1 (PHF)

April 22nd

Sandbach Flashes 

Greenshank x 1 (PHF)

Acre Nook SQ Chelford 

R N Duck x 2 still present. 

Rudyard Lake 

Redstart x 1 male

Oystercatcher x 2

Church Lawton

Hobby over church

Lesser Whitethroat 

April 21st

Astbury Mere 

Common Sandpiper  (first for 2022)

Sandbach Flashes 

Black Kite over N/W @17-10

Greenshank  (EHF)

April 20th

Acres Nook SQ Chelford

R N Duck x 2 still present. 

Rudyard Lake 

Common Sandpiper x 1 late evening. 
 

April 19th

Sandbach Flashes 

Black-tailed Godwit x 7 (EHF)

Common Sandpiper x 3 (EHF)

L R Plover x 4 (EHF)

April 17th

Mow Cop

Grasshopper Warbler reeling early morning from layby on Mow Lane.

Sandbach Flashes 

G W Egret x 2 (PHF)

Blackwit x 4 (PHF)

Red Kite over (PHF)

Reed Warbler (WLF)

Common Sandpiper  (EHF)

L R Plover x 4 (EHF)

Blackwit x 2 (EHF)

Black-necked Grebe  (RF)

April 16th

Scholar Green 

Red Kite over @9-00

Sandbach Flashes 

Whitethroat x 2 (MGT)

Acre Nook SQ Chelford 

Ring-necked Duck  x pair still

White Wagtail x 3

Astbury Mere 

Shelduck 

Mow Cop

Pied Flycatcher  male (Ackers Wood)

Grasshopper Warbler reeling this evening  from layby along Mow Lane. 

April 15th

Mow Cop

Tree Pipit x 2

Acre Nook SQ Chelford 

R N Duck x 1pair 

Whimbrel x 1

Great White Egret x 1

Oystercatcher  x 17

Danebower 

Pied Flycatcher x 1

April 13th

Acre Nook SQ Chelford 

R  N  Duck fem still present 

White Wagtail x 7

Yellow Wagtail x 2

April 12th

Congleton 

Great White Egret  balancing pool end of Barn Road then flew in direction of Redesmere 7-45.

Shelduck x 1 on balancing pool Holmes Chapel Rd  (by pass).

Dipper by the weir 

Scholar Green 

Wheatear nr Brickhouse Farm

Little Egret flooded field Stone Chair Lane.

Danebower 

Ring Ouzel x 3

Wheatear x 8

Dane in Shaw

Dipper by bridge. (River Dane)

Acre Nook SQ Chelford 

Little Gull x 4

L R Plover x 4

Yellow Wagtail x 3

Wheatear x 1 

Astbury Mere 

Willow Warbler x 8

Mow Cop

Wheatear x 5

Redstart x 1

April 11th

Sandbach Flashes 

Common Sandpiper x 2 (EHF)

Wheatear  x 2 (HF)

Yellow Wagtail  (EHF)

Black-tailed Godwit x 12 (EHF)

Acre Nook SQ Chelford 

Common Sandpiper x 1

Yellow Wagtail x 1

R N Duck fem still present 

L R Plover x 4

Ringed Plover  x 1

Willow Warbler x 1

White Wagtail x 1

Biddulph Moor

Wheatear x 3

Church Lawton 

Red Kite @11-50 south east.

Congleton Park 

Dipper  (by old boat)

Grey Wagtail 

Mandarin 

Knypersley Res 

Swallow  x 3

Sand Martin  x 5

Mandarin x 2

East Hills Cheshire

Ring Ouzels x 3

April 10th

Danebower Chimney / Quarry

Ring Ouzel x 5

Osprey north @10-05

Sandbach Flashes 

Green Sandpiper  x 2 (HF)

Great White Egret  (PF)

Black-tailed Godwit x 14 (PF)

Acre Nook SQ Chelford 

R N Duck fem still present 

Yellow Wagtail 

April 6th

Astbury Mere 

No sign of Common Scoter 

Sandwich Tern ( patch MEGA) 

Shelduck x 4 briefly early morning 

Willow Warbler x 2

Swallow x 2

Sand Martin x 30

Sandwich Tern photo by Tracey Stubbs. 

April 5th

Congleton

Dipper (Bath Vale River Dane)

Congleton (New By Pass)

Shelduck pair (Balancing pool end Barn Rd)

Goosander drake over new by pass

Astbury Mere 

Common Scoter drake 

Sand Martin x 13

House Martin (first back 2022)

Willow Warbler 

Swallow x 2 (first back 2022)

Acre Nook SQ Chelford 

R N Duck still present 

G W Egret

White Wagtail 

April 4th

Astbury Mere 

Willow Warbler x 1 (first back 2022)

Brambling 

Sand Martin x 19

Acre Nook SQ Chelford 

R N Duck fem 

Congleton Park / River Dane

Dipper

Goosander 

Grey Wagtail x 2

Mandarin 

Mistle Thrush

Sparrowhawk 

April 2nd

Acre Nook SQ Chelford 

R N Duck fem