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: Garden Warbler, Swift, Wheatear, Kingfisher, Raven, Swift, Swallow, Blackbird, Blackcap, Blue Tit, Carrion Crow, Cetti's Warbler, Chaffinch, Chiffchaff, Collared Dove, Cormorant, Dunnock, Goldfinch, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Great Tit, Greenfinch, House Martin, House Sparrow, Jackdaw, Jay, Long-tailed Tit, Magpie, Mistle Thrush, Pheasant, Pied Wagtail, Reed Bunting, Reed Warbler, Robin, Rook, Sand Martin, Sedge Warbler, Song Thrush, Starling, Stock Dove, Swallow, Swift, Whitethroat, Willow Warbler, Woodpigeon, Wren
MGT: Cattle Egret, Grasshopper Warbler, Short-eared Owl, Whinchat, Red Kite, Reed Bunting, Whitethroat
RF: Common Sandpiper
WF: Hobby,
WLF: Blackbird, Blackcap, Blue Tit, Common Buzzard, Canada Goose, Carrion Crow, Chiffchaff, Dunnock, Garden Warbler, Goldfinch, Great Tit, Greenfinch, Grey Heron, House Sparrow, Jackdaw, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Magpie, Mallard, Mistle Thrush, Reed Warbler, Robin, Song Thrush, Starling, Swallow, Woodpigeon, Wren
Alsager - Fanny's Croft: Quail,
Alsager - Alsager Mere: Coot, Great Crested Grebe
Alsager - Borrow Pit Meadows: Common Buzzard, Canada Goose, Greylag Goose, House Sparrow, Kingfisher, Reed Bunting, Song Thrush, Swallow, Swift, Teal, Tufted Duck, Whitethroat
Alsager - Mosshouse Area: Blackbird, Blackcap, Blue Tit, Common Buzzard, Carrion Crow, Chaffinch, Chiffchaff, Dunnock, Goldfinch, Jackdaw, Lapwing, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Linnet, Magpie, Mistle Thrush, Pheasant, Robin, Skylark, SongThrush, Stock Dove, Whitethroat, Woodpigeon, Wren, Yellowhammer
Alsager - Oak Farm: Quail
Alsager - Wood Park: Willow Warbler,
Arclid Green: Blackbird, Blackcap, Blue Tit, Common Buzzard, Canada Goose, Carrion Crow, Chaffinch, Chiffchaff, Dunnock, Goldfinch, House Martin, House Sparrow, Jackdaw, Kestrel, Lapwing, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Magpie, Mallard, Moorhen, Oystercatcher, Pheasant, Robin, Rook, Song Thrush, Starling, Swallow, Tree Sparrow, Woodpigeon, Wren
Astbury - Country Park: Blackbird, Blue Tit, Carrion Crow, Chiffchaff, Coot, House Sparrow, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Mallard, Robin, Swallow, Tufted Duck, Woodpigeon
Byley: Red Kite,
Congleton: Spotted Flycatcher, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, Tree Sparrow, Blackbird, Blackcap, Blue Tit, Bullfinch, Canada Goose, Carrion Crow, Common Buzzard, Goldfinch, Great Tit, Grey Heron, House Sparrow, Jackdaw, Jay, Kestrel, Lapwing, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Magpie, Mallard, Mute Swan, Pheasant, Robin, Rook, Starling, Swallow, Swift, Woodpigeon
Congleton - Macclesfield Canal: Blackbird, Blackcap, Blue Tit, Chaffinch, Chiffchaff, House Sparrow, Mallard, Robin, Woodpigeon
Congleton - River Dane: Dipper, Goosander, Grey Wagtail, Kingfisher
Crewe - Basford: Red Kite
Crewe - Coppenhall: Peregrine
Crewe - Meremoor Moss: Common Buzzard, Cetti's Warbler, Greylag Goose, Sedge Warbler, Skylark, Whitethroat
Crewe - Weston: Skylark
Doddington: Hobby, Red Kite, Grey Partridge, Common Sandpiper, Mandarin Duck, Oystercatcher, Red-legged Partridge, Reed Bunting, Sedge Warbler, Shoveler, Sparrowhawk, Swift, Blackbird, Blackcap, Black-headed Gull, Blue Tit, Common Buzzard, Canada Goose, Carrion Crow, Chaffinch, Chiffchaff, Coal Tit, Collared Dove, Coot, Dunnock, Garden Warbler, Goldfinch, Great Crested Grebe, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Great Tit, Greenfinch, Grey Heron, Greylag Goose, House Martin, Jackdaw, Little Grebe, Long-tailed Tit, Magpie, Mallard, Mistle Thrush, Moorhen, Mute Swan, Nuthatch, Oystercatcher, Pheasant, Raven, Red-legged Partridge, Reed Bunting, Reed Warbler, Robin, Sand Martin, Sedge Warbler, Skylark, Song Thrush, Stock Dove, Swallow, Swift, Treecreeper, Tufted Duck, Woodpigeon, Wren
Gawsworth - Gawsworth Hall: Blackbird, Blue Tit, Common Buzzard, Canada Goose, Carrion Crow, Collared Dove, Coot, Dunnock, Great Tit, House Sparrow, Jackdaw, Jay, Lapwing, Magpie, Mallard, Moorhen, Robin, Rook, Song Thrush, Swallow, Tufted, Woodpigeon
Goostrey - Station: Blackbird, Goldfinch, Jackdaw, Robin, Woodpigeon
Haslington - Oakhanger: Red Kite
Holmes Chapel: Carrion Crow, Goldfinch, House Sparrow, Jackdaw, Woodpigeon
Mow Cop - Cheshire's Close: Garden Warbler, Grasshopper Warbler, Meadow Pipit
Mow Cop - Gritstone Trail: Blackbird, Blackcap, Blue Tit, Carrion Crow, Collared Dove, Dunnock, Great Tit, House Martin, House Sparrow, Lapwing, Meadow Pipit, Pheasant, Robin, Rook, Skylark, Song Thrush, Starling, Swallow, Whitethroat, Willow Warbler, Woodpigeon
Rode Heath - Rode Hall: Blackbird, Blackcap, Blue Tit, Canada Goose, Chaffinch, Chiffchaff, Dunnock, Egyptian Goose, Goldfinch, Great Tit, Greenfinch, Greylag Goose, Jackdaw, Mallard, Robin, Woodpigeon, Wren
Rode Heath - Rode Pool: Egyptian Goose, Mandarin Duck, Reed Warbler, Canada Goose, Coot, Great Crested Grebe, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Grey Heron, Greylag Goose, Jay, Kestrel, Kingfisher, Lapwing, Mallard, Mistle Thrush, Moorhen, Mute Swan, Pied Wagtail, Raven, Reed Bunting, Reed Warbler, Swallow
Sandbach - Bradwall: Carrion Crow, Jackdaw, Woodpigeon
Sandbach - Elworth: Carrion Crow, Magpie
Sandbach - Elworth - Springvale Industrial Park: Blackbird, Blue Tit, Carrion Crow, Dunnock, Goldfinch, House Martin, House Martin, House Sparrow, Magpie, Robin, Starling, Woodpigeon
Sandbach - Smallwood: Canada Goose, Grey Heron, Mallard, Swallow
Sandbach - Sproston Green: Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon
Sandbach - Station: Blackbird, Blue Tit, Carrion Crow, Chiffchaff, Dunnock, Goldfinch, Great Tit, Greenfinch, Grey Heron, House Sparrow, Jackdaw, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Magpie, Song Thrush, Starling, Woodpigeon, Wren
Scholar Green: Cuckoo, Green Woodpecker
Swettenham - Swettenham Meadows: Blackbird, Blackcap, Blue Tit, Carrion Crow, Chaffinch, Chiffchaff, Coal Tit, Collared Dove, Dunnock, Goldcrest, Goldfinch, Great Tit, Greenfinch, Grey Wagtail, House Sparrow, Jackdaw, Long-tailed Tit, Magpie, Mistle Thrush, Nuthatch, Pheasant, Pied Wagtail, Robin, Rook, Song Thrush, Swallow, Woodpigeon, Wren
Swettenham – The Quinta: Blackbird, Blackcap, Blue Tit, Carrion Crow, Chaffinch, Chiffchaff, Dunnock, Garden Warbler, Goldfinch, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Greenfinch, Jackdaw, Jay, Magpie, Pheasant, Robin, Song Thrush, Swallow, Woodpigeon, Wren
Twemlow Green: Carrion Crow, Magpie
Walgherton - Lea Forge: Blackbird, Blackcap, Blue Tit, Canada Goose, Carrion Crow, Chaffinch, Chiffchaff, Coot, Dunnock, Goldfinch, Great Tit, Green Woodpecker, Greylag Goose, Jackdaw, Long-tailed Tit, Magpie, Mallard, Pheasant, Robin, Skylark, Song Thrush, Stock Dove, Swallow, Whitethroat, Willow Warbler, Woodpigeon, Wren
Wheelock: House Martin, House Sparrow, Woodpigeon
Winterley - Winterley Pool: Blackbird, Blackcap, Blue Tit, Common Buzzard, Canada Goose, Carrion Crow, Chaffinch, Chiffchaff, Collared Dove, Coot, Cormorant, Dunnock, Goldfinch, Great Crested Grebe, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Greenfinch, House Sparrow, Jackdaw, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Magpie, Mallard, Meadow Pipit, Moorhen, Mute Swan, Pochard, Robin, Rook, Skylark, Song Thrush, Starling, Stock Dove, Swallow, Woodpigeon, Wren
Night Heron, Swift and Mandarin
by Dennis Swaby
Little Owl and Jay
by Glyn Jones
this medium doesn’t do justice to the natural history images that Dennis Swaby captures at Sandbach Flashes.
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