WILDFOWL AT EHF/PHF ~~ MALLARD regular max 210 on 22nd ~ TEAL regular max 20 on 30th ~ SHOVELER singles 15th and 19th ~ WIGEON singles regular ~ GOOSANDER 6 on 15th & 30th ~ SHELDUCK regular max 23 on 4th ~ MANDARIN 2 on 22nd
WADERS AT EHF/PHF ~~ BLACK TAILED GODWIT regular max 38 on 5th ~ LAPWING regular max 658 on 30th ~ COMMON SANDPIPER regular throughout the month ~ DUNLIN regular max 3 on 16th ~ GREEN SANDPIPER regular max 7 on 30th ~ CURLEW regular max 56 – 20th ~ SNIPE regular max 10 on 26th ~ REDSHANK regular max 3 on 16th ~ LITTLE RINGED PLOVER regular max 17 on 3rd ~ WOOD SANDPIPER a single on 29th ~ RUFF regular max 2 on 27th ~ OYSTERCATCHER regular max 6 on 2nd ~ GREENSHANK a single on 8th and 2 on 22nd
elsewhere 7 Goosander were at Byley on the 5th ~ 2 Great Crested Grebe were at WLF on the 10th and a single on GF on the 19th ~ 2 Cape Shelduck were at Winterley Pool on the 22nd
RAPTORS AND OWLS ~~ SPARROWHAWK a pair fledged 2 young from a site in Crewe Town Centre ~ KESTREL a pair were feeding young in a box sited on MGT ~ BUZZARD regular sightings at EHF, Rode Pool and Doddington ~ HOBBY regular sightings at EHF ~ PEREGRINE one at EHF on the 4th ~ LITTLE OWL one regular in Clay Lane ~ BARN OWL one in Groby Road, Maw Green, Crewe on the 4th
GULLS AND TERNS ~~ B H GULL 140 at EHF on the 4th ~ MEDITERRANEAN GULL an adult at PHF on the 18th and a juv at EHF on the 29th ~ Y L GULL regular at EHF/PHF, 6 on the 11th ~ LITTLE GULL one at EHF on the 4th ~ LBB GULL 125 at EHF on the 18th ~ COMMON TERN a single at EHF on the 14th, 2 on the 15th
OTHER SIGHTINGS ~~ Kingfishers were recorded at Rode Pool, Byley, CF and EHF ~ Spotted Flycatchers bred at Wistaston (Joey the Swan) and Warmingham ~ a Wheatear was at EHF on the 4th and a Grey Wagtail on the 9th ~ 2 Willow Tits were regular at the FF feeding station ~ a pair of Blackcap were feeding 2 juvs at EHF on the 19th ~ Common and Lesser Whitethroats were regular at EHF ~ Reed and Sedge Warblers were singing at PHF throughout the month ~ at EHF/PHF Chiff Chaffs and Willow Warblers were moving around with the Long-tailed Tit flock and 60 Tree Sparrows were counted on the 31st
