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: Blackbird, Blackcap, Blue Tit, Carrion Crow, Chaffinch, Chiffchaff, Collared Dove, Cormorant, Dunnock, Feral Pigeon, Goldfinch, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Great Tit, Greenfinch, House Martin, House Sparrow, Jackdaw, Jay, Long-tailed Tit, Magpie, Pied Wagtail, Robin, Rook, Sand Martin, Starling, Stock Dove, Swallow, Swift, Woodpigeon, Wren
FF: Barn Owl, Tawny Owl
MGT: Osprey
Alsager - Borrow Pit Meadows: Blackcap, Bullfinch, Chaffinch, Chiffchaff, Goldfinch, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Greenfinch, House Martin, Nuthatch, Song Thrush, Whitethroat
Alsager - Alsager Mere: Black-headed Gull, Canada Goose, Coot, Grey Heron, Greylag Goose, Mallard, Moorhen
Congleton: Cuckoo, Grasshopper Warbler
Congleton - Little Moreton Hall: Blackbird, Blue Tit, Carrion Crow, Chiffchaff, Coot, House Martin, Jackdaw, Mallard, Moorhen, Robin, Tufted Duck, Woodpigeon
Congleton-Sandbach A534: Blackbird, Carrion Crow, Kestrel, Mallard, Pied Wagtail, Swallow, Woodpigeon
Congleton - River Dane: Dipper, Goosander, Grey Wagtail, Kingfisher, Mandarin Duck
Congleton - Somerford: Cuckoo
Crewe: Swift
Doddington: Blackbird, Blackcap, Black-headed Gull, Blue Tit, Canada Goose, Carrion Crow, Chaffinch, Chiffchaff, Coal Tit, Common Buzzard, Common Sandpiper, Coot, Cormorant, Dunnock, Egyptian Goose, Goldcrest, Great Crested Grebe, Great Tit, Grey Heron, Greylag Goose, House Martin, Jackdaw, Jay, Kingfisher, Lapwing, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Little Egret, Little Grebe, Long-tailed Tit, Magpie, Mallard, Mistle Thrush, Moorhen, Mute Swan, Osprey, Oystercatcher, Pheasant, Pied Wagtail, Raven, Red-legged Partridge, Redshank, Reed Bunting, Reed Warbler, Robin, Sand Martin, Sedge Warbler, Shelduck, Skylark, Song Thrush, Stock Dove, Swallow, Swift, Tufted Duck, Woodpigeon, Wren
Middlewich: Yellowhammer
Middlewich - Limebeds: Green Sandpiper
Rode Heath - Rode Pool: Black-headed Gull, Canada Goose, Coot, Cormorant, Egyptian Goose, Great Crested Grebe, Grey Heron, Greylag Goose, Kingfisher, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Mallard, Mandarin Duck, Moorhen, Oystercatcher, Raven, Sparrowhawk, Swallow
Rudheath - Limebeds: Blackbird, Black-headed Gull, Blue Tit, Carrion Crow, Chaffinch, Chiffchaff, Coal Tit, Collared Dove, Cormorant, Curlew, Dunnock, Feral Pigeon, Goldfinch, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Great Tit, Greenfinch, Herring Gull, House Sparrow, Jackdaw, Jay, Kestrel, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Linnet, Long-tailed Tit, Magpie, Mallard, Moorhen, Oystercatcher, Peregrine, Raven, Robin, Rook, Skylark, Song Thrush, Sparrowhawk, Starling, Swift, Whimbrel, Whitethroat, WoodpigeonWren
Sandbach - Bradwall Green: Grasshopper Warbler, Quail, Yellowhammer
Scholar Green: Red Kite
Swettenham - Swettenham Meadows: Blackbird, Blackcap, Blue Tit, Carrion Crow, Chaffinch, Chiffchaff, Common Buzzard, Dunnock, Goldfinch, Great Tit, House Sparrow, Jay, Long-tailed Tit, Magpie, Nuthatch, Pheasant, Robin, Song Thrush, Stock Dove, Woodpigeon, Wren
Walgherton - Lea Forge: Blackbird, Blackcap, Blue Tit, Canada Goose, Carrion Crow, Chiffchaff, Common Buzzard, Coot, Dunnock, Goldcrest, Goldfinch, Great Tit, Jackdaw, Magpie, Mallard, Meadow Pipit, Moorhen, Nuthatch, Pied Wagtail, Robin, Stock Dove, Whitethroat, Woodpigeon, Wren
Winterley - Winterley Pool: Blackbird, Black-headed Gull, Blue Tit, Canada Goose, Carrion Crow, Collared Dove, Common Buzzard, Coot, Dunnock, Goldfinch, Great Crested Grebe, Greenfinch, House Sparrow, Jackdaw, Magpie, Mallard, Moorhen, Mute Swan, Robin, Rook, Stock Dove, Swallow, Woodpigeon
Wybunbury Moss: Blackbird, Canada Goose, Carrion Crow, Chiffchaff, Dunnock, Goldfinch, Greenfinch, House Sparrow, Jackdaw, Kingfisher, Mallard, Moorhen, Reed Warbler, Sedge Warbler, Song Thrush, Swallow, Whitethroat, Woodpigeon, Wren
Blackcap, Med Gull and Great Spotted Woodpecker
by Dennis Swaby
this medium doesn’t do justice to the natural history images that Dennis Swaby captures at Sandbach Flashes.
See all of his latest images at: - sandbachflashes.co.uk