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, Black Swan, Mute Swan, Shelduck, Garganey, Shoveler, Gadwall, Wigeon, Mallard, Teal, Tufted Duck, Goosander, Swift, Feral Pigeon, Stock Dove, Woodpigeon, Collared Dove, Water Rail, Moorhen, Coot, Great Crested Grebe, Oystercatcher, Ringed Plover, Little Ringed Plover, Lapwing, Snipe, Common Sandpiper, Sanderling, Dunlin, Common Tern, Black-headed Gull, Common Gull, Herring Gull, Yellow-legged Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Cormorant, Little Egret, Great White Egret, Grey Heron, Buzzard, Kingfisher, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Hobby, Magpie, Jackdaw, Rook, Carrion Crow, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Swallow, Long-tailed Tit, Chiffchaff, Sedge Warbler, Reed Warbler, Blackcap, Lesser Whitethroat, Goldcrest, Wren, Treecreeper, Song Thrush, Blackbird, Robin, Stonechat, House Sparrow, Dunnock, Pied Wagtail, Chaffinch, Goldfinch, Reed Bunting
FFF: Canada Goose, Greylag Goose, Mallard, Pheasant, Stock Dove, Woodpigeon, Moorhen, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Great White Egret, Grey Heron, Buzzard, Kestrel, Hobby, Peregrine, Magpie, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Swallow, House Martin, Long-tailed Tit, Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Lesser Whitethroat, Wren, Song Thrush, Blackbird, Robin, House Sparrow, Dunnock, Yellow Wagtail, Grey Wagtail, Pied/White Wagtail, Greenfinch, Goldfinch
WLF: Common Tern
Alsager - Borrow Pit Meadows: Chiffchaff, Reed Warbler, Reed Bunting
Astbury: Hobby
Astbury - Astbury Mere CP: Mute Swan, Shoveler, Mallard, Tufted Duck, Red-legged Partridge, Woodpigeon, Moorhen, Coot, Great Crested Grebe, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Jay, Magpie, Carrion Crow, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Swallow, Long-tailed Tit, Chiffchaff, Wren, Song Thrush, Blackbird, Robin, Dunnock
Brereton Heath - Brereton Heath LNR: Yellowhammer
Brereton Heath - The Moss: Skylark, Swallow, Lesser Whitethroat, Whitethroat, Yellow Wagtail, Linnet, Yellowhammer
Checkley: Red Kite
Church Lawton - Lawton Hall: Mallard, Woodpigeon, Coot, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Magpie, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Long-tailed Tit, Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Wren, Treecreeper, Song Thrush, Blackbird, Robin, Yellowhammer
Congleton: Swift
Congleton - Dane-in-Shaw: Mallard, Woodpigeon, Buzzard, Kingfisher, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Magpie, Jackdaw, Coal Tit, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Starling, Song Thrush, Mistle Thrush, Blackbird, Robin, Dunnock
Congleton - Little Moreton Hall: Canada Goose, Mallard, Tufted Duck, Woodpigeon, Collared Dove, Moorhen, Magpie, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Swallow, House Martin, Long-tailed Tit, Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Goldcrest, Wren, Blackbird, Robin, Dunnock, Goldfinch
Congleton - Mill Green: Goosander, Kingfisher, Blackbird, Robin, Dipper
Congleton - Mossley: Pheasant, Stock Dove, Woodpigeon, Buzzard, Jay, Magpie, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, Raven, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Swallow, Long-tailed Tit, Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Garden Warbler, Whitethroat, Wren, Song Thrush, Blackbird, Robin, Goldfinch
Congleton - River Dane: Goosander, Swift, Little Ringed Plover, Kingfisher, Wren, Nuthatch, Treecreeper, Mistle Thrush, Dipper, Grey Wagtail, Linnet
Congleton/Sandbach A534: Woodpigeon, Magpie, Carrion Crow
Crewe - Quaker's Coppice: Spotted Flycatcher
Doddington - Doddington Pool: Canada Goose, Greylag Goose, Mute Swan, Gadwall, Mallard, Tufted Duck, Pheasant, Swift, Stock Dove, Woodpigeon, Collared Dove, Moorhen, Coot, Little Grebe, Great Crested Grebe, Oystercatcher, Lapwing, Common Tern, Black-headed Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Cormorant, Grey Heron, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, Raven, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Sand Martin, Swallow, House Martin, Chiffchaff, Reed Warbler, Blackcap, Garden Warbler, Wren, Blackbird, Robin, Dunnock, Chaffinch, Reed Bunting
Doddington - Glovers Moss & Ridleys Pool: Canada Goose, Greylag Goose, Mallard, Tufted Duck, Pheasant, Woodpigeon, Coot, Oystercatcher, Black-headed Gull, Jay, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, Blue Tit, Long-tailed Tit, Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Wren, Blackbird, Robin, Chaffinch
Ettiley Heath, W of Sandbach: Red Kite
Fourlanes End, SE of Sandbach: Hobby
Gawsworth - Gawsworth Hall: Mallard, Tufted Duck, Woodpigeon, Moorhen, Kestrel, Magpie, Jackdaw, Rook, Carrion Crow, Swallow, House Martin, Song Thrush, Blackbird, House Sparrow, Dunnock, Pied Wagtail
Goostrey to Holmes Chapel: Woodpigeon, Magpie, Jackdaw, Raven, Swallow, Goldcrest, Wren, Robin, Dunnock, Goldfinch
Gorsty Service Res. and environs, SE of Crewe: Mallard, Pheasant, Red-legged Partridge, Woodpigeon, Collared Dove, Little Ringed Plover, Buzzard, Jay, Magpie, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Swallow, Blackcap, Blackbird, Robin, Pied Wagtail
Haslington: Red Kite
Hassall Green, SE of Sandbach: Lapwing
Kidsgrove - Kidsgrove Treatment Works: Mallard, Woodpigeon, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Carrion Crow, Long-tailed Tit, Wren, Song Thrush, Mistle Thrush, Blackbird, Robin, Dunnock, Grey Wagtail
Mow Cop: Red Kite, Wheatear
Rode Heath: Egyptian Goose, Ruddy Shelduck
Rode Heath - Rode Pool: Canada Goose, Greylag Goose, Mute Swan, Egyptian Goose, Ruddy Shelduck, Mallard, Tufted Duck, Moorhen, Coot, Great Crested Grebe, Grey Heron, Reed Bunting
Sandbach - Elworth - Barlow Wood: Chiffchaff, Whitethroat, Yellowhammer
Sandbach - Sandbach Wildlife Corridor: Red Kite
Sandbach Heath: Canada Goose, Mallard, Woodpigeon, Oystercatcher, Grey Heron, Kestrel, Magpie, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Skylark, Sand Martin, Swallow, House Martin, Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Goldcrest, Wren, Treecreeper, Starling, Song Thrush, Blackbird, Robin, Dunnock, Yellow Wagtail, Chaffinch, Greenfinch, Linnet, Goldfinch, Yellowhammer
Scholar Green: Red Kite
Somerford - Holly Farm: Grey Heron
Walgherton - Lea Forge: Canada Goose, Mallard, Pheasant, Woodpigeon, Cormorant, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Whitethroat, Wren, Song Thrush, Blackbird, Spotted Flycatcher, Robin, Pied Wagtail, Chaffinch
Wheelock: Cuckoo, Osprey
Wheelock - Forge Fields: Mandarin Duck, Mallard, Woodpigeon, Collared Dove, Moorhen, Sparrowhawk, Magpie, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Swallow, House Martin, Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Wren, Starling, Blackbird, Robin, House Sparrow, Dunnock, Greenfinch
Wybunbury - Cobbs Lane: Canada Goose, Mallard, Tufted Duck, Pheasant, Red-legged Partridge, Swift, Woodpigeon, Coot, Oystercatcher, Lapwing, Cormorant, Buzzard, Magpie, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Swallow, House Martin, Long-tailed Tit, Chiffchaff, Sedge Warbler, Blackcap, Whitethroat, Goldcrest, Wren, Song Thrush, Blackbird, Robin, Dunnock, Chaffinch
Wybunbury - Wrinehill Road: Canada Goose, Greylag Goose, Mallard, Red-legged Partridge, Woodpigeon, Lapwing, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, Raven, Long-tailed Tit, Chiffchaff, Blackbird, Robin, Pied Wagtail, Chaffinch
Swift, Black Swan & Garganey
by Dennis Swaby
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