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: Canada Goose, Greylag Goose, Pink-footed Goose, Mute Swan, Shelduck, Shoveler, Gadwall, Wigeon, Mallard, Teal, Pochard, Tufted Duck, Goldeneye, Goosander, Pheasant, Feral Pigeon, Stock Dove, Woodpigeon, Collared Dove, Water Rail, Moorhen, Coot, Little Grebe, Great Crested Grebe, Oystercatcher, Lapwing, Golden Plover, Curlew, Black-tailed Godwit, Dunlin, Woodcock, Snipe, Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, Redshank, Black-headed Gull, Mediterranean Gull, Common Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, Herring Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Cormorant, Grey Heron, Great White Egret, Little Egret, Sparrowhawk, Buzzard, Red Kite, Barn Owl, Long-eared Owl, Short-eared Owl, Kingfisher, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Kestrel, Peregrine, Jay, Magpie, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, Raven, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Skylark, Cetti's Warbler, Long-tailed Tit, Chiffchaff, Goldcrest, Wren, Starling, Song Thrush, Mistle Thrush, Redwing, Blackbird, Fieldfare, Robin, Stonechat, House Sparrow, Dunnock, Grey Wagtail, Pied Wagtail, Meadow Pipit, Chaffinch, Bullfinch, Greenfinch, Linnet, Goldfinch, Siskin, Reed Bunting
FF: Goosander
FFF: Canada Goose, Greylag Goose, Mallard, Goosander, Pheasant, Feral Pigeon, Stock Dove, Woodpigeon, Collared Dove, Moorhen, Coot, Snipe, Black-headed Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Cormorant, Grey Heron, Sparrowhawk, Buzzard, Kingfisher, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Kestrel, Peregrine, Jay, Magpie, Jackdaw, Rook, Carrion Crow, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Long-tailed Tit, Wren, Starling, Song Thrush, Redwing, Blackbird, Fieldfare, Robin, House Sparrow, Dunnock, Pied/White Wagtail, Meadow Pipit, Chaffinch, Greenfinch, Lesser Redpoll, Goldfinch, Siskin, Yellowhammer, Reed Bunting
MGT/RF: Canada Goose, Greylag Goose, Mute Swan, Shelduck, Shoveler, Gadwall, Wigeon, Mallard, Teal, Pochard, Tufted Duck, Goldeneye, Pheasant, Stock Dove, Woodpigeon, Collared Dove, Water Rail, Moorhen, Coot, Great Crested Grebe, Oystercatcher, Lapwing, Golden Plover, Curlew, Black-tailed Godwit, Woodcock, Snipe, Redshank, Black-headed Gull, Common Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, Herring Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Cormorant, Grey Heron, Great White Egret, Sparrowhawk, Buzzard, Barn Owl, Short-eared Owl, Kingfisher, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Kestrel, Peregrine, Jay, Magpie, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, Raven, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Skylark, Cetti's Warbler, Long-tailed Tit, Chiffchaff, Goldcrest, Wren, Starling, Song Thrush, Redwing, Blackbird, Fieldfare, Robin, Stonechat, House Sparrow, Dunnock, Grey Wagtail, Pied Wagtail, Meadow Pipit, Chaffinch, Bullfinch, Greenfinch, Goldfinch, Reed Bunting
WLF: Great Crested Grebe, Oystercatcher, Great White Egret, Little Egret, Cetti's Warbler
Alsager: Black Swan, Common Redpoll (Mealy - flammea)
Alsager - Borrow Pit Meadows: Goosander, Goldcrest, Song Thrush, Siskin
Alsager - The Mere: Canada Goose, Mallard, Tufted Duck, Goosander, Moorhen, Coot, Great Crested Grebe, Black-headed Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Nuthatch, Robin, Goldfinch
Arclid Area SQs: Teal, Oystercatcher, Lapwing, Snipe, Kestrel, Raven, Linnet
Arclid Green: Canada Goose, Wigeon, Mallard, Tufted Duck, Woodpigeon, Collared Dove, Coot, Great Crested Grebe, Black-headed Gull, Buzzard, Kestrel, Magpie, Jackdaw, Rook, Carrion Crow, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Skylark, Long-tailed Tit, Wren, Starling, Song Thrush, Mistle Thrush, Blackbird, Fieldfare, Robin, House Sparrow, Dunnock, Pied Wagtail, Chaffinch, Greenfinch, Goldfinch
Astbury - Astbury Mere CP: Mute Swan, Mallard, Tufted Duck, Woodpigeon, Moorhen, Coot, Great Crested Grebe, Black-headed Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Cormorant, Magpie, Carrion Crow, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Long-tailed Tit, Goldcrest, Song Thrush, Blackbird, Robin, House Sparrow, Dunnock
Barthomley, SE of Crewe: Little Egret
Brereton Heath - Brereton Heath CP: Canada Goose, Mute Swan, Mallard, Tufted Duck, Pheasant, Stock Dove, Woodpigeon, Moorhen, Coot, Great Crested Grebe, Lapwing, Black-headed Gull, Cormorant, Buzzard, Magpie, Jackdaw, Rook, Carrion Crow, Coal Tit, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Long-tailed Tit, Goldcrest, Wren, Nuthatch, Starling, Song Thrush, Blackbird, Robin, House Sparrow, Dunnock, Pied Wagtail, Meadow Pipit, Chaffinch, Bullfinch, Goldfinch, Yellowhammer, Reed Bunting
Checkley: Red-legged Partridge, Chaffinch, Brambling, Bullfinch, Greenfinch, Lesser Redpoll, Reed Bunting
Church Lawton: Mandarin Duck, Goosander
Church Lawton - Lawton Hall: Mandarin Duck, Mallard, Tufted Duck, Goosander, Woodpigeon, Buzzard, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Magpie, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, Coal Tit, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Long-tailed Tit, Nuthatch, Starling, Blackbird, Robin, Dunnock, Goldfinch
Congleton: Song Thrush
Congleton - Buglawton: Pink-footed Goose
Congleton - Dane in Shaw: Woodpigeon, Buzzard, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Jay, Magpie, Jackdaw, Coal Tit, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Long-tailed Tit, Wren, Nuthatch, Song Thrush, Blackbird, Robin, Dunnock, Bullfinch, Goldfinch, Siskin
Congleton - Eaton: Mallard, Pheasant, Woodpigeon, Buzzard, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Jay, Magpie, Jackdaw, Raven, Coal Tit, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Long-tailed Tit, Goldcrest, Wren, Nuthatch, Song Thrush, Mistle Thrush, Blackbird, Robin, Chaffinch
Congleton - Mossley: Pheasant, Woodpigeon, Jack Snipe, Sparrowhawk, Buzzard, Barn Owl, Tawny Owl, Jay, Magpie, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, Coal Tit, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Wren, Song Thrush, Redwing, Blackbird, Robin, Dunnock, Chaffinch, Greenfinch, Goldfinch, Siskin
Congleton - Newsbank: Pink-footed Goose, Shelduck, Stock Dove, Oystercatcher, Mistle Thrush
Congleton - River Dane: Mandarin Duck, Goosander, Treecreeper, Mistle Thrush, Redwing, Dipper, Grey Wagtail
Congleton/Sandbach A534: Woodpigeon, Magpie, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, Blackbird
Crewe: Waxwing
Doddington - Doddington Pool: Canada Goose, Greylag Goose, Mute Swan, Shelduck, Shoveler, Mallard, Pochard, Tufted Duck, Goldeneye, Pheasant, Stock Dove, Woodpigeon, Moorhen, Coot, Little Grebe, Great Crested Grebe, Oystercatcher, Lapwing, Snipe, Black-headed Gull, Common Gull, Cormorant, Grey Heron, Sparrowhawk, Buzzard, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, Raven, Coal Tit, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Skylark, Wren, Nuthatch, Starling, Song Thrush, Redwing, Blackbird, Fieldfare, Robin, Stonechat, Dunnock, Pied Wagtail, Meadow Pipit, Chaffinch, Goldfinch, Reed Bunting
Doddington - Lemon Pool: Mallard, Tufted Duck, Coot, Little Grebe, Great Crested Grebe, Cormorant
Gawsworth - Gawsworth Hall: Mallard, Tufted Duck, Woodpigeon, Collared Dove, Moorhen, Coot, Magpie, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, Starling, Blackbird, Robin, House Sparrow
Haslington: Little Egret, Redwing, Fieldfare
Holmes Chapel: Waxwing
Middlewich: Green Sandpiper, Waxwing, Blackcap
Rode Heath - Rode Hall: Canada Goose, Egyptian Goose, Shoveler, Mallard, Goosander, Coot, Grey Heron, Little Egret, Buzzard, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, Raven, Great Tit, Robin, Pied/White Wagtail
Rode Heath - Rode Pool: Canada Goose, Greylag Goose, Egyptian Goose, Mandarin Duck, Shoveler, Wigeon, Mallard, Teal, Tufted Duck, Goosander, Moorhen, Coot, Great Crested Grebe, Cormorant, Grey Heron, Great White Egret, Little Egret, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Kestrel, Magpie, Jackdaw, Raven, Mistle Thrush, Siskin
Sandbach: Lesser Redpoll, Siskin
Sandbach - A534: Mallard, Woodpigeon, Collared Dove, Black-headed Gull, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, House Sparrow
Shavington: Waxwing
Smallwood: Mallard, Pheasant, Grey Heron, Carrion Crow, Blue Tit, Blackbird, Robin, Dunnock
Swettenham - Swettenham Meadows: Greylag Goose, Mallard, Pheasant, Woodpigeon, Collared Dove, Lapwing, Black-headed Gull, Tawny Owl, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Jay, Magpie, Jackdaw, Rook, Carrion Crow, Coal Tit, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Long-tailed Tit, Goldcrest, Wren, Nuthatch, Song Thrush, Blackbird, Fieldfare, Robin, House Sparrow, Dunnock, Chaffinch, Greenfinch, Goldfinch
Swettenham - The Quinta: Woodpigeon, Grey Heron, Buzzard, Kestrel, Jay, Magpie, Jackdaw, Rook, Carrion Crow, Coal Tit, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Long-tailed Tit, Goldcrest, Wren, Nuthatch, Blackbird, Robin, Grey Wagtail, Chaffinch
Walgherton - Lea Forge: Canada Goose, Mallard, Pheasant, Woodpigeon, Coot, Cormorant, Grey Heron, Jay, Magpie, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Long-tailed Tit, Wren, Starling, Song Thrush, Blackbird, Fieldfare, Robin, Dunnock, Pied Wagtail, Chaffinch, Goldfinch
Wheelock - Forge Fields: Mallard, Woodpigeon, Sparrowhawk, Tawny Owl, Long-tailed Tit, Song Thrush, Robin, House Sparrow
Winterley & Winterley Pool: Canada Goose, Mute Swan, Mallard, Teal, Tufted Duck, Goosander, Woodpigeon, Collared Dove, Moorhen, Coot, Great Crested Grebe, Black-headed Gull, Herring Gull, Buzzard, Magpie, Jackdaw, Rook, Carrion Crow, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Skylark, Starling, Blackbird, Fieldfare, Robin, House Sparrow, Dunnock, Pied Wagtail, Greenfinch, Goldfinch
Raven, Goldcrest and Water Rail by Dennis Swaby
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