Details of February sightings will appear on the Monthly Sightings page.
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Mike&Andy 26th February 2024
4 Brambling in with a flock of around 50 Chaffinch off Checkley Lane,Doddington this morning,also Bullfinches,Greenfinch,Reed Buntings and 5 Red-l Partridge.A brief scan of the pool gave us 12 Goldeneye(only half the total from recent years),2 Pochard,Shelduck,6 Oystercatcher and 2 Common Gull.
Darron Boulton 25th February 2024
Queens Park Crewe.
Little Owl in the Oak in between bowling Green and playground.
Glyn Jones 20th February 2024
Salt Line Way – 1115
30 Redwings in trees off SLW
Otherwise very quiet
Queen’s Park Crewe – 1330
Barnacle Goose with 50 Canada Geese,
Grey Wagtail, Common Gull, male Goosander
2 ads and 4 juvs Mute Swans+ 1 other juvenile Mute Swan
NIGEL HENDERSON 19th February 2024
Newsbank and environs
Mistle Thrush
Oystercatcher x 2
Stock Dove
Glyn Jones 15th February 2024
Queen’s Park, Crewe – 1130
2 ads & 4 juvs Mute Swans still, adults showing signs building a nest, also Coot building a nest, Common Buzzard over and Sparrowhawk through, pair Mandarin Ducks
Borrow Pit Meadows – 1430
6+ Siskins feeding in alder trees by bench by pool, no sign of Goosanders
Glyn Jones 12th February 2024
Borrow Pit Meadows – 1100
Song Thrush, Goldcrest, 2 M & 2 F Goosanders, about a dozen Siskins in trees by pool but mobile
Mike and Andy 12th February 2024
Wybunbury Moss this morning.
Goldcrest x 2
GS Woodpecker x 2
Treecreeper x 2
Redpoll & Siskin x 40
Goldfinch x 10
Redwing x 2
Song Thrush x 2
LT Tit x 14
Wren x 4
Reed Bunting x 1
Buzzard x 2
Blue Tit numbers good along with Blackbirds
Mike&Andy 10th February 2024
3 pairs of Oystercatcher around the main pool at Doddington this morning with a single around the Lemon pool.Stonechats still in situ also noted Tree Creeper,Reed Bunting,2 G.S.Woodpeckers,a few Meadow Pipits and winter Thrushes through all morning.On the pool,9 Goldeneye,4 Pochard and 1 Shoveler.A very disappointing season on the water.
Nigel Henderson 10th February 2024
Congleton – River Dane
Goosander ♂ and 2 ♀♀; Dipper ; Kingfisher; Grey Wagtail ; Mandarin Duck ; ♂ ♀
Glyn Jones 7th February 2024
Borrow Pit Meadows – 1100
2 M & 2 F Goosanders and Song Thrush
Nantwich Lake – 1445
10 LBBG, Herring Gull and 25 Black-headed Gulls, some coming into summer plumage, 12 Coots, 2 Song Thrushes and only one adult Mute Swan
Nigel Henderson 7th February 2024
Congleton Park
Redwing; Mistle Thrush; Siskin (Pam)
River Dane
Grey Wagtail; Goosander ♂ ♀; Treecreeper; Mandarin Duck ♂ ♀
Glyn Jones 6th February 2024
Queen’s Park Crewe – 1130
2 ads + 4 juveniles and single Mute Swans, M&F Mandarin Ducks, Grey Wagtail feeding in stream in Coronation Walk
Pam Henderson 4th February 2024
3rd February 2024
River Dane Congleton – Mistle Thrush, Dipper, Kingfisher
4 th February 2024
River Dane Congleton – Grey Wagtail, Dipper
Congleton Park – Nuthatch, Mistle Thrush x 2, Redwing (flock), Goosander (Male & Female)
Glyn Jones 4th February 2024
Queen’s Park Crewe – 1000
4 Juvenile Mute Swans+ single Juvenile Mute Swan ringed with a single metal ring, done in a quick and efficient way by the Staffordshire ringer, Cheshire ringer not available due to illness
Pair of Mandarin Ducks showing well on lake
NIGEL HENDERSON 3rd February 2024
Newsbank Pool: 6 x Pink-foot Goose, 2 x Shelduck, 3 x Oystercatcher
Glyn Jones 2nd February 2024
Queen’s Park Crewe – 1100
M&F Mandarin Ducks, 2ads & 4 grown up young Mute Swans, the 4 young ones are to be ringed Sunday morning at 0900, with single metal ring
Borrow Pit Meadows – 1400
2 M & 2 F Goosanders on pool
Alsager Road Haslington
80+ mixed flock of Fieldfares and Redwings in right field opposite Whitehall Farm
Colin 1st February 2024
At Doddington this morning, my best birds of the winter. Even though just 4 Lesser Redpoll they were low down and very close, and I watched them for several minutes as they fed on silver birch cones in the winter sunshine. Also good to watch the stonechat pair feeding in the sheep field. Not much on the water, mainly 39 tufted, 12 goldeneye and 3 shoveler.
26th February 2024
4 Brambling in with a flock of around 50 Chaffinch off Checkley Lane,Doddington this morning,also Bullfinches,Greenfinch,Reed Buntings and 5 Red-l Partridge.A brief scan of the pool gave us 12 Goldeneye(only half the total from recent years),2 Pochard,Shelduck,6 Oystercatcher and 2 Common Gull.
25th February 2024
Queens Park Crewe.
Little Owl in the Oak in between bowling Green and playground.
20th February 2024
Salt Line Way – 1115
30 Redwings in trees off SLW
Otherwise very quiet
Queen’s Park Crewe – 1330
Barnacle Goose with 50 Canada Geese,
Grey Wagtail, Common Gull, male Goosander
2 ads and 4 juvs Mute Swans+ 1 other juvenile Mute Swan
19th February 2024
Newsbank and environs
Mistle Thrush
Oystercatcher x 2
Stock Dove
15th February 2024
Queen’s Park, Crewe – 1130
2 ads & 4 juvs Mute Swans still, adults showing signs building a nest, also Coot building a nest, Common Buzzard over and Sparrowhawk through, pair Mandarin Ducks
Borrow Pit Meadows – 1430
6+ Siskins feeding in alder trees by bench by pool, no sign of Goosanders
12th February 2024
Borrow Pit Meadows – 1100
Song Thrush, Goldcrest, 2 M & 2 F Goosanders, about a dozen Siskins in trees by pool but mobile
12th February 2024
Wybunbury Moss this morning.
Goldcrest x 2
GS Woodpecker x 2
Treecreeper x 2
Redpoll & Siskin x 40
Goldfinch x 10
Redwing x 2
Song Thrush x 2
LT Tit x 14
Wren x 4
Reed Bunting x 1
Buzzard x 2
Blue Tit numbers good along with Blackbirds
10th February 2024
3 pairs of Oystercatcher around the main pool at Doddington this morning with a single around the Lemon pool.Stonechats still in situ also noted Tree Creeper,Reed Bunting,2 G.S.Woodpeckers,a few Meadow Pipits and winter Thrushes through all morning.On the pool,9 Goldeneye,4 Pochard and 1 Shoveler.A very disappointing season on the water.
10th February 2024
Congleton – River Dane
Goosander ♂ and 2 ♀♀; Dipper ; Kingfisher; Grey Wagtail ; Mandarin Duck ; ♂ ♀
7th February 2024
Borrow Pit Meadows – 1100
2 M & 2 F Goosanders and Song Thrush
Nantwich Lake – 1445
10 LBBG, Herring Gull and 25 Black-headed Gulls, some coming into summer plumage, 12 Coots, 2 Song Thrushes and only one adult Mute Swan
7th February 2024
Congleton Park
Redwing; Mistle Thrush; Siskin (Pam)
River Dane
Grey Wagtail; Goosander ♂ ♀; Treecreeper; Mandarin Duck ♂ ♀
6th February 2024
Queen’s Park Crewe – 1130
2 ads + 4 juveniles and single Mute Swans, M&F Mandarin Ducks, Grey Wagtail feeding in stream in Coronation Walk
4th February 2024
3rd February 2024
River Dane Congleton – Mistle Thrush, Dipper, Kingfisher
4 th February 2024
River Dane Congleton – Grey Wagtail, Dipper
Congleton Park – Nuthatch, Mistle Thrush x 2, Redwing (flock), Goosander (Male & Female)
4th February 2024
Queen’s Park Crewe – 1000
4 Juvenile Mute Swans+ single Juvenile Mute Swan ringed with a single metal ring, done in a quick and efficient way by the Staffordshire ringer, Cheshire ringer not available due to illness
Pair of Mandarin Ducks showing well on lake
3rd February 2024
Newsbank Pool: 6 x Pink-foot Goose, 2 x Shelduck, 3 x Oystercatcher
2nd February 2024
Queen’s Park Crewe – 1100
M&F Mandarin Ducks, 2ads & 4 grown up young Mute Swans, the 4 young ones are to be ringed Sunday morning at 0900, with single metal ring
Borrow Pit Meadows – 1400
2 M & 2 F Goosanders on pool
Alsager Road Haslington
80+ mixed flock of Fieldfares and Redwings in right field opposite Whitehall Farm
1st February 2024
At Doddington this morning, my best birds of the winter. Even though just 4 Lesser Redpoll they were low down and very close, and I watched them for several minutes as they fed on silver birch cones in the winter sunshine. Also good to watch the stonechat pair feeding in the sheep field. Not much on the water, mainly 39 tufted, 12 goldeneye and 3 shoveler.