Details of the latest sightings compiled from the Sandbach Flashes log book and other records.
For details of abbreviations see the Monthly Sightings page.
Sandbach Flashes:
EHF/PHF/MGT/RF: Canada Goose, Greylag Goose, Pink-footed Goose, Mute Swan, Egyptian Goose, Shelduck, Shoveler, Gadwall, Wigeon, Mallard, Teal, Tufted Duck, Goosander, Stock Dove, Woodpigeon, Moorhen, Coot, Great Crested Grebe, Oystercatcher, Avocet, Golden Plover, Little Ringed Plover, Lapwing, Whimbrel, Curlew, Bar-tailed Godwit, Black-tailed Godwit, Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, Dunlin, Black-headed Gull, Common Gull, Herring Gull, Yellow-legged Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Cormorant, Little Egret, Great White Egret, Grey Heron, Buzzard, Kingfisher, Magpie, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, Coal Tit, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Sand Martin, Swallow, House Martin, Cetti's Warbler, Long-tailed Tit, Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff, Sedge Warbler, Reed Warbler, Blackcap, Lesser Whitethroat, Whitethroat, Wren, Starling, Song Thrush, Blackbird, Robin, Redstart, Stonechat, Wheatear, House Sparrow, Dunnock, Yellow Wagtail, Pied Wagtail, Pied/White Wagtail, Chaffinch, Greenfinch, Linnet, Redpoll, Goldfinch, Reed Bunting
CF: Tufted Duck, Wheatear, Yellow Wagtail
FFF: Canada Goose, Greylag Goose, Mallard, Pheasant, Stock Dove, Woodpigeon, Moorhen, Coot, Grey Heron, Buzzard, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Kestrel, Magpie, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Wren, Blackbird, Robin, House Sparrow, Dunnock, Pied Wagtail, Chaffinch, Greenfinch, Goldfinch, Reed Bunting
TLF: Great White Egret
WF: Kingfisher
WLF: Sedge Warbler, Blackcap
Alsager: Mallard, Woodpigeon, Osprey, Magpie, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Whitethroat, Wren, Song Thrush, Blackbird, Robin, Dunnock, Chaffinch, Greenfinch, Goldfinch, Yellowhammer
Alsager - Alsager Mill: Buzzard, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Jay, Long-tailed Tit, Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Wheatear, Linnet
Alsager - Borrow Pit Meadows: Whitethroat
Alsager - Day Green: Swallow
Alsager - Fanny's Croft: Red Kite, Lesser Whitethroat, Wheatear, Yellow Wagtail, Yellowhammer
Alsager - Mosshouse: Herring Gull, Wheatear, Yellow Wagtail, Linnet, Yellowhammer
Alsager - Service Res. and environs: Woodpigeon, Buzzard
Alsager - Treatment Works: Swift, Woodpigeon, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Grey Heron, Buzzard, Magpie, Rook, Carrion Crow, Raven, Blue Tit, House Martin, Blackbird, Grey Wagtail, Pied Wagtail
Arclid Area SQs: Common Sandpiper
Astbury - Astbury Mere CP: Mute Swan, Shelduck, Mallard, Tufted Duck, Goosander, Woodpigeon, Moorhen, Coot, Great Crested Grebe, Black-headed Gull, Jay, Magpie, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Sand Martin, Swallow, Long-tailed Tit, Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Wren, Song Thrush, Blackbird, Robin, Dunnock, Pied Wagtail
Barthomley: Canada Goose, Greylag Goose, Mallard, Pheasant, Stock Dove, Woodpigeon, Buzzard, Magpie, Jackdaw, Rook, Carrion Crow, Coal Tit, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Skylark, Long-tailed Tit, Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Wren, Nuthatch, Song Thrush, Blackbird, Robin, Dunnock, Chaffinch, Greenfinch, Goldfinch
Barthomley - Shavington Bypass: Greylag Goose, Shelduck, Woodpigeon, Lapwing, Magpie, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, Chiffchaff
Blakenhall, S of Crewe: Yellow Wagtail
Brereton Heath - Brereton Heath LNR: Canada Goose, Mute Swan, Mallard, Woodpigeon, Coot, Great Crested Grebe, Black-headed Gull, Grey Heron, Buzzard, Green Woodpecker, Magpie, Carrion Crow, Coal Tit, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Long-tailed Tit, Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Goldcrest, Wren, Song Thrush, Blackbird, Robin, Dunnock, Chaffinch, Goldfinch
Bridgemere: Greenfinch
Bridgemere - Bridgemere Farm: Canada Goose, Mallard, Pheasant, Stock Dove, Lapwing, Buzzard, Magpie, Jackdaw, Rook, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Skylark, Swallow, Long-tailed Tit, Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Whitethroat, Wren, Song Thrush, Blackbird, Robin, House Sparrow, Dunnock, Pied/White Wagtail, Meadow Pipit, Goldfinch
Bridgemere - Bridgemere Garden Centre: Blackcap
Chorlton: Carrion Crow
Congleton: Woodpigeon, Collared Dove, Buzzard, Magpie, Jackdaw, Rook, Coal Tit, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Blackcap, Blackbird, Robin, House Sparrow, Dunnock, Goldfinch
Congleton - Congleton Link Road West: Red-legged Partridge, Fieldfare, Wheatear
Congleton - Mossley: Mallard, Pheasant, Woodpigeon, Jack Snipe, Buzzard, Jay, Magpie, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Swallow, Long-tailed Tit, Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Wren, Nuthatch, Song Thrush, Blackbird, Robin, Dunnock, Goldfinch
Congleton - Newsbank, Acre Dell Pools: Egyptian Goose
Congleton - River Dane: Mallard, Goosander, Feral Pigeon, Stock Dove, Woodpigeon, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Sparrowhawk, Kingfisher, Magpie, Carrion Crow, Raven, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Long-tailed Tit, Chiffchaff, Goldcrest, Wren, Nuthatch, Treecreeper, Song Thrush, Blackbird, Robin, Dipper, House Sparrow, Dunnock, Grey Wagtail, Goldfinch
Congleton - Treatment Works: Mallard, Woodpigeon, Herring Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Buzzard, Magpie, Carrion Crow, Blue Tit, Blackbird, Grey Wagtail
Congleton/Sandbach A534: Pheasant, Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow
Cranage: Canada Goose, Mallard, Tufted Duck, Pheasant, Stock Dove, Woodpigeon, Collared Dove, Lapwing, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Magpie, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Swallow, Long-tailed Tit, Chiffchaff, Wren, Starling, Song Thrush, Blackbird, Robin, House Sparrow, Dunnock, Chaffinch, Goldfinch
Crewe: Swift, Feral Pigeon, Woodpigeon, Jay, Grey Wagtail
Crewe - Macon Meadows: Wheatear
Crewe - Train Station: Pheasant, Woodpigeon, Pied/White Wagtail
Crewe - Wychwood Park, Weston: Osprey
Dane Valley - Hillmoor Farm to Colley Mill: Pheasant, Buzzard
Doddington - Doddington Park: Barn Owl
Doddington - Doddington Pool: Canada Goose, Greylag Goose, Mute Swan, Shelduck, Mandarin Duck, Shoveler, Wigeon, Mallard, Tufted Duck, Pheasant, Red-legged Partridge, Swift, Stock Dove, Woodpigeon, Moorhen, Coot, Little Grebe, Great Crested Grebe, Oystercatcher, Lapwing, Common Sandpiper, Black-headed Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Cormorant, Grey Heron, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Magpie, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, Raven, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Sand Martin, Swallow, House Martin, Chiffchaff, Reed Warbler, Blackcap, Whitethroat, Wren, Blackbird, Robin, Dunnock, Chaffinch
Ettiley Heath, W of Sandbach: Swift
Gawsworth - Gawsworth Hall: Canada Goose, Mallard, Tufted Duck, Goosander, Woodpigeon, Moorhen, Coot, Buzzard, Kestrel, Magpie, Jackdaw, Rook, Carrion Crow, Swallow, Starling, Blackbird, Robin, House Sparrow, Chaffinch
Goostrey - Train Station: Woodpigeon, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, Blue Tit
Gorsty Service Res. and environs, SE of Crewe: Canada Goose, Shelduck, Mallard, Pheasant, Stock Dove, Woodpigeon, Little Ringed Plover, Buzzard, Magpie, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, Great Tit, Swallow, Wren, Blackbird, Robin, Pied Wagtail, Goldfinch
Hassall Green, SE of Sandbach: Lapwing
Hollinsgreen, SE of Middlewich: Yellowhammer
Holmes Chapel: Woodpigeon, Collared Dove, Jackdaw, Great Tit, Robin, House Sparrow, Chaffinch
Holmes Chapel - River Dane: Kingfisher, Goldcrest, Grey Wagtail
Mow Cop: Pheasant, Swift, Stock Dove, Woodpigeon, Lapwing, Buzzard, Magpie, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, Coal Tit, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Skylark, Shore Lark, Swallow, Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff, Whitethroat, Wren, Starling, Blackbird, Ring Ouzel, Robin, Wheatear, House Sparrow, Dunnock, Meadow Pipit, Greenfinch, Goldfinch, Reed Bunting
Nantwich: Greenfinch
Rode Heath: Ruddy Shelduck
Rode Heath - Rode Hall: Canada Goose, Greylag Goose, Mute Swan, Mallard, Coot, Magpie, Jackdaw, Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Wren, Blackbird, Robin
Rode Heath - Rode Pool: Canada Goose, Greylag Goose, Mute Swan, Egyptian Goose, Mandarin Duck, Mallard, Tufted Duck, Moorhen, Coot, Great Crested Grebe, Herring Gull, Cormorant, Grey Heron
Sandbach - Malkins Bank: Wheatear
Smallwood: Mallard, Buzzard, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Jackdaw, Rook, Blue Tit, Long-tailed Tit, Chiffchaff, Song Thrush, Blackbird, Robin
Swettenham - The Quinta: Woodpigeon, Buzzard, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, Blue Tit, Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Goldcrest, Wren, Nuthatch, Blackbird, Fieldfare, Robin, Chaffinch
Tremlow - Tremlow Viaduct: Jackdaw, Carrion Crow
Twemlow Green: Woodpigeon
Walgherton - Lea Forge: Canada Goose, Greylag Goose, Mallard, Pheasant, Woodpigeon, Cormorant, Jackdaw, Rook, Carrion Crow, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Skylark, Swallow, Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Lesser Whitethroat, Whitethroat, Wren, Song Thrush, Blackbird, Robin, Dunnock, Chaffinch, Goldfinch
Wheelock - Forge Fields: Mandarin Duck, Mallard, Woodpigeon, Moorhen, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Magpie, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Swallow, Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Wren, Starling, Song Thrush, Blackbird, Robin, House Sparrow, Dunnock, Chaffinch, Bullfinch, Greenfinch, Goldfinch
Wybunbury - Wrinehill Road: Canada Goose, Greylag Goose, Shelduck, Mandarin Duck, Mallard, Teal, Goosander, Pheasant, Red-legged Partridge, Stock Dove, Woodpigeon, Oystercatcher, Lapwing, Herring Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Cormorant, Sparrowhawk, Red Kite, Buzzard, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Kestrel, Magpie, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, Raven, Willow Tit, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Skylark, Swallow, House Martin, Long-tailed Tit, Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Whitethroat, Goldcrest, Wren, Mistle Thrush, Blackbird, Robin, House Sparrow, Dunnock, Pied Wagtail, Chaffinch, Goldfinch
Bar-tailed Godwit, Blackcap and Whimbrel
by Dennis Swaby
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