Details of the latest sightings compiled by from the Sandbach Flashes log book and other records.
For details of abbreviations see the Monthly Sightings page.
Sandbach Flashes:
EHF/PHF: Cuckoo, Blackbird, Blackcap, Black-tailed Godwit, Blue Tit, Carrion Crow, Cetti's Warbler, Chaffinch, Chiffchaff, Collared Dove, Cormorant, Goldfinch, Great Tit, Greenfinch, House Sparrow, Jackdaw, Jay, Long-tailed Tit, Magpie, Pied Wagtail, Reed Bunting, Reed Warbler, Robin, Song Thrush, Starling, Stock Dove, Swallow, Willow Warbler, Woodpigeon, Wren
WLF: Blackbird, Blackcap, Black-headed Gull, Blue Tit, Canada Goose, Common Buzzard, Carrion Crow, Cetti's Warbler, Chaffinch, Chiffchaff, Collared Dove, Coot, Cormorant, Curlew, Dunnock, Feral Pigeon, Gadwall, Goldeneye, Goldfinch, Great Black-backed Gull, Great Crested Grebe, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Great Tit, Green Sandpiper, Grey Heron, Greylag Goose, Herring Gull, House Martin, Jackdaw, Jay, Lapwing, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Little Ringed Plover, Magpie, Mallard, Mistle Thrush, Moorhen, Mute Swan, Oystercatcher, Pied Wagtail, Redshank, Reed Bunting, Reed Warbler, Robin, Shelduck, Shoveler, Song Thrush, Sparrowhawk, Starling, Stock Dove, Swallow, Swift, Teal, Tufted Duck, Wigeon, Woodpigeon, Wren
Alsager - Borrow Pit Meadows: Bullfinch, Common Buzzard, Kestrel, Reed Bunting, Swift
Arclid: White Stork
Congleton – Mossley: Red Kite
Congleton - River Dane: Dipper, Goosander, Grey Wagtail
Crewe - Chorlton: Blackcap, Black-headed Gull, Chiffchaff, Cormorant, Dunnock, Goldfinch, Kestrel, Mallard, Reed Bunting, Reed Warbler, Sedge Warbler, Starling, Stock Dove, Tufted Duck, Willow Warbler
Crewe - Quakers Coppice: Spotted Flycatcher
Doddington: Red Kite, Blackbird, Blue Tit, Canada Goose, Carrion Crow, Chaffinch, Common Buzzard, Coot, Dunnock, Garden Warbler, Goldfinch, Great Crested Grebe, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Great Tit, Grey Heron, Greylag Goose, Jackdaw, Lapwing, Little Grebe, Mallard, Mistle Thrush, Moorhen, Mute Swan, Oystercatcher, Pied Wagtail, Raven, Reed Bunting, Reed Warbler, Robin, Skylark, Song Thrush, Stock Dove, Swallow, Swift, Teal, Treecreeper, Tufted Duck, Woodpigeon, Wren, Yellow Wagtail
Gawsworth - Gawsworth Hall: Blackbird, Coot, House Sparrow, Mallard, Moorhen, Swallow
Haslington: Swift
Rode Heath - Rode Pool: Egyptian Goose, Black-headed Gull, Canada Goose, Coot , Great Crested Grebe, Grey Heron, Greylag Goose, House Martin, Long-tailed Tit, Mallard, Mandarin Duck, Mistle Thrush, Moorhen, Pied Wagtail, Reed Warbler, Sand Martin, Swallow, Tufted Duck
Sandbach - Bradwall, Fields Farm: Barnacle Goose, Kingfisher, Little Owl, Yellow Wagtail, Blackbird, Blackcap, Black-headed Gull, Blue Tit, Canada Goose, Carrion Crow, Chaffinch, Chiffchaff, Collared Dove, Common Buzzard, Coot, Dunnock, Feral Pigeon, Goldfinch, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Great Tit, Greenfinch, Grey Heron, Greylag Goose, House Martin, House Sparrow, Jackdaw, Kingfisher, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Little Owl, Long-tailed Tit, Magpie, Mallard, Moorhen, Oystercatcher, Pied Wagtail, Reed Bunting, Robin, Sedge Warbler, Song Thrush, Sparrowhawk, Starling, Stock Dove, Swallow, Swift, Woodpigeon, Wren, Yellow Wagtail
Sandbach- Bradwall Green: Quail, Skylark, Yellowhammer
Sandbach - Elworth: Little Ringed Plover
Sandbach - Sandbach Park: Redstart, Blackcap
Swettenham - Swettenham Meadows: Blackbird, Blackcap, Blue Tit, Carrion Crow, Chaffinch, Chiffchaff, Collared Dove, Common Buzzard, Common Whitethroat, Dunnock, Goldcrest, Goldfinch, Great Tit, Greenfinch, Grey Wagtail, House Sparrow, Jackdaw, Kestrel, Mistle Thrush, Nuthatch, Pheasant, Pied Wagtail, Red-legged Partridge, Robin, Skylark, Song Thrush, Stock Dove, Swallow, Woodpigeon, Wren
Swettenham – The Quinta: Blackbird, Blackcap, Blue Tit, Carrion Crow, Chaffinch, Chiffchaff, Coal Tit, Common Buzzard, Dunnock, Goldcrest, Goldfinch, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Greenfinch, Grey Wagtail, Jackdaw, Long-tailed Tit, Magpie, Nuthatch, Pheasant, Robin, Song Thrush, Treecreeper, Woodpigeon, Wren
Walgherton - Lea Forge: Blackbird, Blackcap, Blue Tit, Canada Goose, Carrion Crow, Cetti's Warbler, Chaffinch, Chiffchaff, Common Whitethroat, Coot, Dunnock, Garden Warbler, Goldfinch, Great Tit, Jackdaw, Magpie, Mallard, Moorhen, Mute Swan, Nuthatch, Pheasant, Pied Wagtail, Robin, Rook, Skylark, Song Thrush, Swallow, Woodpigeon, Wren
Winterley - Winterley Pool: Yellowhammer, Blackbird, Blackcap, Blue Tit, Canada Goose, Carrion Crow, Chiffchaff, Collared Dove, Common Buzzard, Coot, Dunnock, Goldfinch, Great Crested Grebe, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Great Tit, Greenfinch, Grey Heron, Greylag Goose, House Martin, House Sparrow, Jackdaw, Magpie, Mallard, Moorhen, Oystercatcher, Robin, Rook, Skylark, Song Thrush, Starling, Swallow, Woodpigeon, Wren
Avocet, Little-ringed Plover and Reed Warbler
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