Church Lawton Kingfisher on canal bank with fish near lock 52
Dave Winnington 24th September 2021
Scholar green Male Stonechat from public path 3rd field from Brickhouse on clover field and hedge
Colin 22nd September 2021
I finally managed an hour at Doddington this afternoon. Good job I’m a quick counter since there were 880 coot, 450 Canada geese and 350 greylag. Also a few winter ducks appearing with 8 shoveler, 6 teal, 3 wigeon and 1 pochard. I was also pleased to see a flock of 65 lapwing moving around the area.
Mike&Andy 20th September 2021
First signs of Autumn at Doddington with 2 Snipe on the island and 2 Wigeon on the main pool this morning. We heard a Green Woodpecker at Lea Forge but failed to connect.
Garden Warbler,Blackcap,Chiffchaff,2x Sparrohawk and a Raven were the highlights from Lea Forge this morning.
John 17th September 2021
A lazy, late morning, walk around the inner circular path on Wybunbury Moss: a Hobby flying low over the ‘out-of-bounds’ clearing, possibly attracted to the area by the Swallows & House Martins and dragonflies? I could hear Raven on the other side of the moss plus a Sparrowhawk & a male GS Woodpecker. On the other side of the drain from the locked entrance to the clearing, I noted a male Bullfinch with a second bird. From the markings, it looked like an immature moulting into male plumage. While scanning the horse paddocks from the recently gravelled path, I saw a flock of c30 Lapwing fly in from over Cobbs Ln. I noted at least one Snipe amongst them. In the Yews in the churchyard were Goldcrest and Mistle Thrush.
On the way home I noted a Kestrel hovering above vegetation between the new warehouses on Jack Mills Way.
John 16th September 2021
An early-ish start this morning at Meremoor Moss and environs and relatively quiet: a Red-legged Partridge, a Sparrowhawk in the distance, a family of Buzzard, a male Kestrel, Jay, Swallows over the farm & horse paddocks, singing Chiffchaff the only warbler of note, a group of Mistle Thrush raiding a hawthorn bush, plus Grey Wagtail, Linnet & Reed Bunting.
On the fishing pools, a Muscovy Duck, 3 mallard-types, a ‘tufty’, Mallard – still 8 juvs & a Kingfisher.
With no sign of House Martins there, I thought I’d call in at the EoL hospice at Hassall to see if any there. Two Kestrels perched up on route: one at the bottom of Slaughter Hill in Haslington and one on the approach to the units at Hassall. The House Martins are still there and feeding young at the nest.
John 13th September 2021
6 – 12 Sept
EHF/PHF: Curlew, Bl-t Godwit, Snipe, Common & Green Sandpiper, Mediterranean, GB-b & Y-l Gull, Bittern, GW & L Egret, Barn Owl, Peregrine, Kingfisher, Hobby
MGT/RF: Whinchat
WLF: Kingfisher
Alsager: Hobby, Whinchat, Wheatear,
Astbury Mere: L Grebe, Reed Warbler
Congleton: Goosander, Kingfisher, Dipper, Grey Wagtail
Haslington: Hobby
Lea Forge: Spotted Flycatcher
Sandbach/M6: Hobby
Shutlingsloe: Black Redstart
Mick Ball 10th September 2021
10th September
An early Siskin on my feeders today.
Dave Winnington 6th September 2021
Fanny’s Croft 2 Whinchats on Cheshire border hedge to left coming from sprink wood public path also 3 Wheatear towards foxley on maze field path
John 6th September 2021
30 Aug – 5 Sept
EHF/PHF: Ruddy Shelduck, Pintail, L Grebe, Curlew, Bl-t Godwit, Snipe, Green Sandpiper, Common, GBb & Y-l Gull, GW Egret, Marsh Harrier, Red Kite, Kingfisher, Hobby, Spotted Flycatcher, Grey Wagtail
MGT/RF: Wigeon, Goosander, L Grebe, Snipe, Green Sandpiper, GW Egret, Raven, Skylark, Cetti’s Warbler, L Whitethroat, Whinchat, Wheatear, Tree Sparrow, Grey Wagtail, Meadow Pipit
WF: Snipe, Green Sandpiper, Tawny Owl, Kingfisher, Peregrine, Raven, Grey Wagtail
Alsager: Green Woodpecker
Cloud: Kestrel, Raven, Meadow Pipit
Congleton: Kingfisher, Dipper, Grey Wagtail
Doddington: L Owl
Elworth: L Redpoll
Lea Forge: Kestrel, Peregrine
Middlewich: Whinchat
Mow Cop: Willow Warbler, Wheatear, Meadow & Tree Pipit, Siskin
Rode Pool: Egyptian Goose
Salt Line: Hobby
Winterley Pool: Black Tern
Nigel Henderson 6th September 2021
The goosanders have re-appeared.
Congleton – River Dane – Grey Wagtail; Dipper; Kingfisher and 3 immature Goosander (last seen on this stretch of the Dane on 25/08/21)
Mike&Andy 5th September 2021
A Peregrine and 2 Kestrels were the best birds at Lea Forge this morning.
Nigel Henderson 5th September 2021
Congleton
River Dane – Dane Street riverside walk
Kingfisher Flying downstream; also another seen flying downstream from the weir
Dipper 2; also seen below the weir
River Dane – weir
Grey Wagtail
The goosanders have disappeared however.
Nigel Henderson 4th September 2021
Congleton – River Dane – Grey Wagtail; Dipper (Pam Henderson)
Mike&Andy 3rd September 2021
Our first sighting of the Little Owl for 10 weeks at Doddington this morning.
Colin 2nd September 2021
black tern on winterley pool today. Seen by Reg Crawford this morning and still there at 15-20 this afternoon.
27th September 2021
20 – 26 Sept
EHF/PHF: Barnacle Goose, Mandarin, Gadwall, L Grebe, Curlew, Ruff, Snipe, Green Sandpiper, GB-b & Y-l Gull, GW & L Egret, Sparrowhawk, Kingfisher, Raven
MGT/RF: GW Egret, Raven, Skylark, Swallow, Cetti’s Warbler, Stonechat, Tree Sparrow, Meadow Pipit, Linnet, Reed Bunting
Astbury Mere: L Grebe, Raven, Reed Warbler
Basford: Red Kite
Bosley Res: GW Egret
Brindley Green: Harrier sp.
Church Lawton: Kingfisher
Doddington: Shoveler, Wigeon, Teal, Pochard, L Grebe, Snipe
Lea Forge: Green Woodpecker, Jay, Mistle Thrush, Grey Wagtail, Linnet
Mow Cop: Wheatear, Meadow Pipit
Sandbach: Cetti’s Warbler
Scholar Green: Stonechat
26th September 2021
Church Lawton Kingfisher on canal bank with fish near lock 52
24th September 2021
Scholar green Male Stonechat from public path 3rd field from Brickhouse on clover field and hedge
22nd September 2021
I finally managed an hour at Doddington this afternoon. Good job I’m a quick counter since there were 880 coot, 450 Canada geese and 350 greylag. Also a few winter ducks appearing with 8 shoveler, 6 teal, 3 wigeon and 1 pochard. I was also pleased to see a flock of 65 lapwing moving around the area.
20th September 2021
First signs of Autumn at Doddington with 2 Snipe on the island and 2 Wigeon on the main pool this morning. We heard a Green Woodpecker at Lea Forge but failed to connect.
20th September 2021
13 – 19 Sept
EHF/PHF: Barnacle Goose, Mandarin, Pintail, L Grebe, Curlew, Bl-t Godwit, Dunlin, Snipe, Green Sandpiper, Y-l Gull, GW Egret, Hobby, Peregrine, Raven, Whinchat, Yellow Wagtail
Bosley Res: GW Egret, Y-l Gull
Crewe Alex: Raven
Lea Forge: Sparrowhawk, Raven, Garden Warbler
Shutlingsloe: Whinchat
19th September 2021
Garden Warbler,Blackcap,Chiffchaff,2x Sparrohawk and a Raven were the highlights from Lea Forge this morning.
17th September 2021
A lazy, late morning, walk around the inner circular path on Wybunbury Moss: a Hobby flying low over the ‘out-of-bounds’ clearing, possibly attracted to the area by the Swallows & House Martins and dragonflies? I could hear Raven on the other side of the moss plus a Sparrowhawk & a male GS Woodpecker. On the other side of the drain from the locked entrance to the clearing, I noted a male Bullfinch with a second bird. From the markings, it looked like an immature moulting into male plumage. While scanning the horse paddocks from the recently gravelled path, I saw a flock of c30 Lapwing fly in from over Cobbs Ln. I noted at least one Snipe amongst them. In the Yews in the churchyard were Goldcrest and Mistle Thrush.
On the way home I noted a Kestrel hovering above vegetation between the new warehouses on Jack Mills Way.
16th September 2021
An early-ish start this morning at Meremoor Moss and environs and relatively quiet: a Red-legged Partridge, a Sparrowhawk in the distance, a family of Buzzard, a male Kestrel, Jay, Swallows over the farm & horse paddocks, singing Chiffchaff the only warbler of note, a group of Mistle Thrush raiding a hawthorn bush, plus Grey Wagtail, Linnet & Reed Bunting.
On the fishing pools, a Muscovy Duck, 3 mallard-types, a ‘tufty’, Mallard – still 8 juvs & a Kingfisher.
With no sign of House Martins there, I thought I’d call in at the EoL hospice at Hassall to see if any there. Two Kestrels perched up on route: one at the bottom of Slaughter Hill in Haslington and one on the approach to the units at Hassall. The House Martins are still there and feeding young at the nest.
13th September 2021
6 – 12 Sept
EHF/PHF: Curlew, Bl-t Godwit, Snipe, Common & Green Sandpiper, Mediterranean, GB-b & Y-l Gull, Bittern, GW & L Egret, Barn Owl, Peregrine, Kingfisher, Hobby
MGT/RF: Whinchat
WLF: Kingfisher
Alsager: Hobby, Whinchat, Wheatear,
Astbury Mere: L Grebe, Reed Warbler
Congleton: Goosander, Kingfisher, Dipper, Grey Wagtail
Haslington: Hobby
Lea Forge: Spotted Flycatcher
Sandbach/M6: Hobby
Shutlingsloe: Black Redstart
10th September 2021
10th September
An early Siskin on my feeders today.
6th September 2021
Fanny’s Croft 2 Whinchats on Cheshire border hedge to left coming from sprink wood public path also 3 Wheatear towards foxley on maze field path
6th September 2021
30 Aug – 5 Sept
EHF/PHF: Ruddy Shelduck, Pintail, L Grebe, Curlew, Bl-t Godwit, Snipe, Green Sandpiper, Common, GBb & Y-l Gull, GW Egret, Marsh Harrier, Red Kite, Kingfisher, Hobby, Spotted Flycatcher, Grey Wagtail
MGT/RF: Wigeon, Goosander, L Grebe, Snipe, Green Sandpiper, GW Egret, Raven, Skylark, Cetti’s Warbler, L Whitethroat, Whinchat, Wheatear, Tree Sparrow, Grey Wagtail, Meadow Pipit
WF: Snipe, Green Sandpiper, Tawny Owl, Kingfisher, Peregrine, Raven, Grey Wagtail
Alsager: Green Woodpecker
Cloud: Kestrel, Raven, Meadow Pipit
Congleton: Kingfisher, Dipper, Grey Wagtail
Doddington: L Owl
Elworth: L Redpoll
Lea Forge: Kestrel, Peregrine
Middlewich: Whinchat
Mow Cop: Willow Warbler, Wheatear, Meadow & Tree Pipit, Siskin
Rode Pool: Egyptian Goose
Salt Line: Hobby
Winterley Pool: Black Tern
6th September 2021
The goosanders have re-appeared.
Congleton – River Dane – Grey Wagtail; Dipper; Kingfisher and 3 immature Goosander (last seen on this stretch of the Dane on 25/08/21)
5th September 2021
A Peregrine and 2 Kestrels were the best birds at Lea Forge this morning.
5th September 2021
Congleton
River Dane – Dane Street riverside walk
Kingfisher Flying downstream; also another seen flying downstream from the weir
Dipper 2; also seen below the weir
River Dane – weir
Grey Wagtail
The goosanders have disappeared however.
4th September 2021
Congleton – River Dane – Grey Wagtail; Dipper (Pam Henderson)
3rd September 2021
Our first sighting of the Little Owl for 10 weeks at Doddington this morning.
2nd September 2021
black tern on winterley pool today. Seen by Reg Crawford this morning and still there at 15-20 this afternoon.