Details of May sightings will appear on the Monthly Sightings page.
In the meantime, if you spot anything of interest record it here by adding a comment.
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Mike&Andy 14th May 2022
Great views of a summer plumaged Spotted Sandpiper at Doddington this afternoon.Watched it for a few minutes before it flew across the pool and out of sight.
Nigel Henderson 14th May 2022
Congleton – Lady Warburton’s Walk
Swift 2 (our first sighting in Congleton)
Chiffchaff
Congleton park
Mistle Thrush 2 on Hankinsons field; also 2 on the rugby field
Dane – Steamboat car park
Kingfisher
Dane – weir
Blackcap Male and female
Dane riverside walk
Swift
Grey Wagtail many sightings
Dipper many sightings
Newsbank Pool
Stock Dove 2 flying; 2 on the ground
Oystercatcher 2
Mandarin Duck Male flew in
Colin 13th May 2022
At Doddington this evening on the floodwater; 3 lrp, 1 dunlin, 1 shelduck, 1 lapwing, 9 tufted. 49 mute swans on the main pool.
Colin 13th May 2022
re-reading my blog on Bryan’s records I guess it would have helped to say they were at Doddington.
Colin 12th May 2022
100 swifts, and 1 hobby amongst them, feeding over the water. Record from Bryan Perkins
Mike&Andy 11th May 2022
3 Dunlin were new at Doddington this evening and 100 Swifts over the pool.
Glyn Jones 11th May 2022
11th May 2022 – 1930
9 Swift over Badger Avenue crossroads with Frank Webb Avenue, 3 Swift over Selworthy Drive in Crewe.
Mike&Andy 9th May 2022
Our first Yellow Wagtail of the year for Doddington this morning and good to see breeding activity with a pair or the L.R.Plovers.Also,Com Sand,Oystercatchers,Red-l Partridge and Skylark.Around 30 Swifts over the pool and on it still the Wood Duck and a pair of Pochard.
Nigel Henderson 8th May 2022
Congleton
Congleton park
Blackcap ♂
Mistle Thrush 1
R. Dane
Goosander ♀ with 4 fluffy young; several sightings
Grey Wagtail several sightings including a juvenile
Mandarin Duck ♂ (we hope the female is sitting on eggs and will produce her young for us to look at)
Dipper several sightings; Feeding and flying
Kingfisher Perched then flying
Colin & Sylvia 6th May 2022
Not very often we beat you guys but we had 6 LRP on the floodwater this morning with 10 tufted; 4 house martins and 3 swallows collecting mud and just one shelduck – is the other one gone or nest sitting somewhere? Over the main pool were 15 swifts with a few house martins and swallows. One common sandpiper on the island and we finally got a good enough view of a strange duck to id it as a male wood duck.
Mike&Andy 5th May 2022
Still 4 L.R. Plovers at Doddington this evening as well as 2 Common Sandpipers around the pool also 6 Oystercatchers and 6 Lapwing.
Nigel Henderson 5th May 2022
Astbury Mere
Willow Warbler
Sand Martin
Chiffchaff
Blackcap ♂
Congleton park – playground
Mistle Thrush
River Dane – Dane Street riverside walk
Grey Wagtail including a juvenile
Mandarin Duck ♂
Dipper Perched below the road bridge feeding in the water; also downstream of the Steamboat flying upstream
River Dane – Congleton park – Park Road entrance bridge
Goosander ♀ and four young
Nigel Henderson 4th May 2022
At last I have the opportunity to put on something on the blog other than the usual suspects along the Dane.
What a dotterel is doing in Congleton I don’t know but there were nine other bird watchers looking at it when I was there (16:00), one of whom had come from York. After the North Norfolk trip it is my second dotterel of the year.
(The dotterel was in a ploughed field south of A54/A536 roundabout at 53.1685,-2.2588. Latest news, after I had gone, is that it flew across the A536 and landed in a ploughed field at 53.169,-2.257 – information from Bird Guides).
Nigel Henderson 3rd May 2022
Congleton park – field
Mistle Thrush 1
River Dane – Dane Street riverside walk
Mandarin Duck ♂
Kingfisher Flying upstream
Grey Wagtail x3; many sightings; ♂ ♀
Goosander ♂; ♀ with 4 fluffy young; ♀ with 5 fluffy young in the park
River Dane – Steamboat car park
Dipper Flying downstream and under the Steamboat; Perched and swimming below the weir.
Colin 2nd May 2022
On the 1st May.
At Congleton on the river Dane. Dipper; a pair carrying food into a probable nest site; best viewed from the small carpark by the old steamboat roundabout. Goosander; a female with six very small juvs and another female with four slightly larger but still small juvs; best viewed from the footbridge in the park. Thanks to Nigel and Pam for info.
Mike&Andy 2nd May 2022
4 L.R. Plovers at Doddington this morning and 2 Garden Warblers singing and showing infrequently at Lea Forge.
14th May 2022
Great views of a summer plumaged Spotted Sandpiper at Doddington this afternoon.Watched it for a few minutes before it flew across the pool and out of sight.
14th May 2022
Congleton – Lady Warburton’s Walk
Swift 2 (our first sighting in Congleton)
Chiffchaff
Congleton park
Mistle Thrush 2 on Hankinsons field; also 2 on the rugby field
Dane – Steamboat car park
Kingfisher
Dane – weir
Blackcap Male and female
Dane riverside walk
Swift
Grey Wagtail many sightings
Dipper many sightings
Newsbank Pool
Stock Dove 2 flying; 2 on the ground
Oystercatcher 2
Mandarin Duck Male flew in
13th May 2022
At Doddington this evening on the floodwater; 3 lrp, 1 dunlin, 1 shelduck, 1 lapwing, 9 tufted. 49 mute swans on the main pool.
13th May 2022
re-reading my blog on Bryan’s records I guess it would have helped to say they were at Doddington.
12th May 2022
100 swifts, and 1 hobby amongst them, feeding over the water. Record from Bryan Perkins
11th May 2022
3 Dunlin were new at Doddington this evening and 100 Swifts over the pool.
11th May 2022
11th May 2022 – 1930
9 Swift over Badger Avenue crossroads with Frank Webb Avenue, 3 Swift over Selworthy Drive in Crewe.
9th May 2022
Our first Yellow Wagtail of the year for Doddington this morning and good to see breeding activity with a pair or the L.R.Plovers.Also,Com Sand,Oystercatchers,Red-l Partridge and Skylark.Around 30 Swifts over the pool and on it still the Wood Duck and a pair of Pochard.
8th May 2022
Congleton
Congleton park
Blackcap ♂
Mistle Thrush 1
R. Dane
Goosander ♀ with 4 fluffy young; several sightings
Grey Wagtail several sightings including a juvenile
Mandarin Duck ♂ (we hope the female is sitting on eggs and will produce her young for us to look at)
Dipper several sightings; Feeding and flying
Kingfisher Perched then flying
6th May 2022
Not very often we beat you guys but we had 6 LRP on the floodwater this morning with 10 tufted; 4 house martins and 3 swallows collecting mud and just one shelduck – is the other one gone or nest sitting somewhere? Over the main pool were 15 swifts with a few house martins and swallows. One common sandpiper on the island and we finally got a good enough view of a strange duck to id it as a male wood duck.
5th May 2022
Still 4 L.R. Plovers at Doddington this evening as well as 2 Common Sandpipers around the pool also 6 Oystercatchers and 6 Lapwing.
5th May 2022
Astbury Mere
Willow Warbler
Sand Martin
Chiffchaff
Blackcap ♂
Congleton park – playground
Mistle Thrush
River Dane – Dane Street riverside walk
Grey Wagtail including a juvenile
Mandarin Duck ♂
Dipper Perched below the road bridge feeding in the water; also downstream of the Steamboat flying upstream
River Dane – Congleton park – Park Road entrance bridge
Goosander ♀ and four young
4th May 2022
At last I have the opportunity to put on something on the blog other than the usual suspects along the Dane.
What a dotterel is doing in Congleton I don’t know but there were nine other bird watchers looking at it when I was there (16:00), one of whom had come from York. After the North Norfolk trip it is my second dotterel of the year.
(The dotterel was in a ploughed field south of A54/A536 roundabout at 53.1685,-2.2588. Latest news, after I had gone, is that it flew across the A536 and landed in a ploughed field at 53.169,-2.257 – information from Bird Guides).
3rd May 2022
Congleton park – field
Mistle Thrush 1
River Dane – Dane Street riverside walk
Mandarin Duck ♂
Kingfisher Flying upstream
Grey Wagtail x3; many sightings; ♂ ♀
Goosander ♂; ♀ with 4 fluffy young; ♀ with 5 fluffy young in the park
River Dane – Steamboat car park
Dipper Flying downstream and under the Steamboat; Perched and swimming below the weir.
2nd May 2022
On the 1st May.
At Congleton on the river Dane. Dipper; a pair carrying food into a probable nest site; best viewed from the small carpark by the old steamboat roundabout. Goosander; a female with six very small juvs and another female with four slightly larger but still small juvs; best viewed from the footbridge in the park. Thanks to Nigel and Pam for info.
2nd May 2022
4 L.R. Plovers at Doddington this morning and 2 Garden Warblers singing and showing infrequently at Lea Forge.