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August 2019 Part 2

THE MAGAZINE OF THE RSPB LOCAL GROUP

www.macclesfieldrspb.org.uk

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n a break with a tradition I’m going to Congratulations Oliver! start our review of the year at the end! Two very special visitors were kind enough to Wildlife Explorers celebrated the join us at the end of year party in order that I conclusion of another season of wildlife- children could present them with signed packed meetings with a special end of year ‘Thank you’ cards. In 2019 Wildlife Explorers party. As well as lots of party food, no end of year party would be complete without some awards. Prizes were given for the winners of our Zoo competitions and then awards for attendance were presented to those members who had been to the most indoor and outdoor meetings. Each year a special award is given in memory of our group founder – The Lin Townsley Award for a Young Person’s Contribution to Nature Conservation 2019 was awarded to Oliver Hollingsworth. Oliver Photograph by David Tolliday

have been incredibly lucky to be the recipients of two very generous gifts from community supporters. Earlier in the year we were greatly saddened when our dear friend and great supporter Chris Revett passed away. Her friend Joan Wilson arranged with Chris’s work colleagues to make a donation of binoculars to Wildlife Explorers in her memory. Graham Palmer, another longstanding friend and supporter of the group and our work with young people, also made an incredibly generous donation of binoculars to the team in memory of his wife Dorothy. We now have enough pairs of excellent quality binoculars to run sessions for a whole school class or uniformed group without children having to share. This will make an incredible difference to the experience we can offer to our members and others who attend the outreach sessions that we run in the community. Speaking of which, in 2018/19 we have continued a varied programme of outreach work visiting schools and uniform groups. This year our Big School Birdwatches were a little disrupted by snow but our hardy volunteers still ran events for over a thousand local school children. All Pictures from the Wildlife Explorers Library Our indoor programme has covered topics as diverse as bird identification, tidal wildlife and is a dedicated member of the group who, as rainforest ecosystems. Employing our usual well as attending many of our regular mix of hands-on activities, information, crafts meetings shows particular enthusiasm for our and environmental games we are continually practical conservation work sessions and encouraged and inspired by the appetite of our makes a huge contribution to the work we members to learn more about the natural achieve in habitat restoration at local sites. world. 2 Outdoor meetings have offered a mix of wildlife local families and has earned a repeat place watching, practical work and public events. An in the calendar. early morning walk at Lyme Park gave us all A weekend away at Rutland Water on the great views of the spectacle of the red deer rut. May Bank Holiday was a great success. Our Conservation Work Parties at RSPB Coombes hosts at the Rutland and Leicestershire Valley, Jodrell Bank Arboretum and Wildlife Trust were fantastic, running pond dipping and bug hunting sessions for us, but the highlight had to be the great views of nesting osprey. As well as reconstructing some bug hotels, a boat trip, a wildlife Taskmaster evening and an obstacle course we also packed in a bird race and the traditional fish and chip supper.

Macclesfield Forest allowed our families to make positive contributions to the work done for wildlife at local sites. Regular annual events - the Tree Dressing, Big The final outing of the season was a trip to Garden Birdwatch, Dawn Chorus and Chester Zoo. As well as an 'Evolution barbecue breakfast - have been as popular as Expedition' around the zoo (accompanied by ever and will continue to feature in our future Charles Darwin and Captain Robert Fitzroy of planning. Our joint public event with HMS Beagle) there was a double celebration. Macclesfield Town Council - ‘Welly Walk/ On the same day Leader Kat Mayer Nature Needs You’ has also proved a hit with celebrated her 21st Birthday and one of our youngest members Matthew Jones turned 5 years old.

As I write our volunteers are preparing for the annual Bluedot Festival of science and music at Jodrell Bank. Whilst the festival will celebrate the 50 year anniversary of the first moon landing the Wildlife Explorer team will be highlighting the challenges and changes (good and bad) experienced by British Wildlife over that same period of time. It will be a wonderful opportunity to talk to folk from across the UK about key wildlife conservation topics. At last year's event, more than 2000 3 visitors took part in activities on our stand. ‘Swift Street’ with boxes on a number of houses in Brookfield Lane in central Wildlife Explorers have a strong working Macclesfield. We look forward to working with relationship with Jodrell Bank and we were a range of local organisations as we make delighted to hear the recent news that this preparations for the next swift breeding iconic local institution has been recognised by season in 2020. UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. We return Thank you once again to Graham, Joan and to the Arboretum in September for a session of the colleagues of our much missed supporter practical conservation work. Chris. The team are looking forward to putting our new binoculars to great use giving Our Swifts Over Macclesfield project has children, young people and their families’ great expanded in its second year of operation. opportunities to get better connected to the Swifts over Macclesfield (SOM) is organised by natural world. Macclesfield RSPB Wildlife Explorers working in partnership with local conservation Wildlife Explorers would also like to thank all organisations including The RSPB Macclesfield of the Local Group Committee and members Local Group and Wildlife Trust. The who continue to support our events and project aims to provide suitable nesting sites activities throughout the year – we are throughout the town for these iconic birds incredibly grateful. From helping out at Big which grace our town each year between May School Birdwatches to providing sightings, and August and hopefully over time to reverse donations and even nest box sites for the the trend in the steep decline in their numbers. Swifts Over Macclesfield Project we couldn’t Despite serious concerns over poor weather achieve any of this without you. conditions for migration in April and May, which We are looking forward to a busy new season seems to have resulted in delayed arrival of starting in September, combining lots of reduced numbers of swifts, we have made learning about natural history, wildlife- some advances this year. watching opportunities and hands-on A grant from Cheshire Wildlife Trust has meant conservation work. I hope you’ll follow our that many more nest boxes than we envisaged progress on the website have been erected this year. The project www.wildlifeexplorersmacc.co.uk, the received a great boost with the installation of Macclesfield RSPB Wildlife Explorers the first set of boxes, complete with lure (swift Facebook page or on Twitter @Maccwildlife. calls played from a small audio device) in the Tina Hanak bell tower at St. Michael’s. Our team of Wildlife Explorers Leader volunteers have even been able to establish a [email protected]. Country Rustics

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Do you know any local teenagers interested in wildlife and the environment? Macclesfield RSPB Phoenix could be the place for them.

RSPB Phoenix meetings run in tandem with our Wildlife Explorer group meetings, exploring similar themes and topics but in more depth. We also run special Phoenix meetings ad hoc throughout the season to take advantage of local wildlife sites and events.

For some young people we are also able to offer the chance to volunteer with our team of Leaders (which can count as volunteering towards the Duke of Edinburgh Award scheme). Specialist knowledge is not required - just an interest in natural history and an enthusiasm for the natural world. Successful young volunteers also have the chance to formalise their volunteering and register as Junior Leaders with the RSPB.

Please contact Tina Hanak on 07870804413 or [email protected] for more information on our RSPB Phoenix meetings and volunteering opportunities for teenagers.

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his report includes a selection of the Flash on the 9 th , with a wood sandpiper in that many sightings of birds and other area on the 11 th , when also five bar-tailed wildlife that you have sent in over the godwits flew over Knypersley Reservoir and a T year (see our website scaup was there. The 15 th found a garganey www.rspb.org.uk/groups/macclesfield ), plus on the at Little where it relevant sightings from other sources. As well was seen again on the 29 th . A great egret flew as the immediate Macclesfield area, it also over on the 17 th . On the 19 th a great covers some sites a bit farther away which are egret was on Railway Flash and that night a frequently visited by our members. Here are common sandpiper and two mandarins were the monthly summaries: at Bottoms Reservoir, Langley and a barn owl flew nearby. On the 21 st a garganey was on July 2018 (from 16 th ) Elton Hall Flash. On the 26 th a great egret was at Rudyard Lake. In the Prestbury A great (white) egret remained at Neumann’s Sewage Works area on the 27 th there were Flash, throughout the month. A eighty or more house martins, a kingfisher, a garganey was at Marbury Country Park, dipper and a green sandpiper, while a great Northwich on the 18 th and was seen again on egret was on Elton Hall Flash. On the 28 th a the 24 th . On the 19 th a short-eared owl was black tern was at Budworth Mere. On the 30 th over the A537 near Shining Tor and a two hobbies were over Higher Poynton. southern hawker dragonfly was coaxed out of a Congleton garden shed. About thirty swifts September 2018 were over a house in the centre of Macclesfield on the morning of the 20 th . On the The first day of the month saw a whinchat at 21 st a reed Bennettshill, . On the 4 th two common warbler was at scoters were at Astbury Mere Country Park. Jackson’s On the 5 th a lesser spotted woodpecker was Brickworks, the in a Higher Poynton garden, a blackcap was first ever site feeding on yew berries in Prestbury, an record, while a osprey flew over Northwich and a spotted ruddy turnstone redshank was at Neumann’s Flash, where Reed warbler by Busby and a black- next day there were also a little stint and a necked grebe wood sandpiper, the latter remaining until at were on Budworth Mere, Marbury Country least the 21 st . On the 8 th a great egret was at Park, with a ruddy shelduck there next day. On Neumann’s Flash and a black tern was at the 25 th a dipper was on the River Bollin in Astbury Mere Country Park. On the 10 th at Prestbury, where also on the 27 th there were least forty house martins and the usual dipper 15 swallows, a kingfisher, three juvenile grey and kingfisher were still in the Prestbury wagtails, a mandarin and a group of four Sewage Works area along with two swallows, garden warblers. The 26 th saw a red kite over a chiffchaff, a mistle thrush and (rather less Jackson’s Brickworks, two lesser spotted welcome) two woodpeckers on a feeder in Tytherington and mink. A black a black tern and a garganey at Neumann’s tern was at Flash. Another garganey was at Railway Knypersley Flash, in subsequent days. Reservoir on the 15 th . An arctic August 2018 tern was at the Sandbach Up to two great egrets and up to three Black tern by Busby Flashes on the garganeys were at Neumann’s Flash 17 th and next throughout the month and into September. A day two black terns were at Budworth Mere black tern was at Combs Reservoir on the 1 st . where also on the 22 nd there was a little gull. On the 2 nd a silver-washed fritillary butterfly Also on the 22 nd an arctic tern was at was on buddleia in a Macclesfield garden, a Tittesworth Reservoir. On the 23 rd a black great egret was on Budworth Mere and an tern was on Melchett Mere, Tatton Park and osprey flew over Elton Hall Flash, Sandbach. an osprey flew over Cheddleton. Next day Two curlew sandpipers were on Elton Hall two red kites were circling over Rudyard 6 Lake. the 3 rd a dipper was on the under the Middlewood Way viaduct and three October 2018 goosanders were on Styperson Pool. Next day a great egret appeared at Redesmere, A black tern was at Knypersley Reservoir on being joined by a second on the 8 th : one or the 4 th . On the 7 th thirty one goldfinches were both continued to be seen there throughout on a telephone wire in Higher Sutton, where the month. On the 6 th a rough-legged buzzard also a sparrowhawk was being mobbed by two was at Errwood Reservoir while at Poynton ravens and fieldfares and redwings were seen. Pool there were three wigeons, two gadwalls, The 13 th found a black tern at Elton Hall Flash. seven goosanders, four mandarins and a About 120 pink-footed geese flew over kingfisher. On the 12 th at Redesmere, as well Prestbury on the 15 th . On the 17 th a merlin was as the two great egrets, there were a at Tegg’s Nose. The 20 th found five wigeons at goldeneye, a kingfisher and four goosanders. Poynton Pool, a pair of dippers in Prestbury On the 15 th a cattle egret was at Budworth and two long-eared owls at Groby Flash, Mere and at the north end of Rudyard Lake Sandbach which remained there throughout there were forty five teals, eight wigeons, two the winter. Two hen harriers roosted at willow tits, twenty snipes and Swallow Moss on the 21 st , and next day three a black-tailed godwit, being whooper swans were on Elton Hall Flash. On joined by a knot on the 23 rd . the 27 th a common scoter was at Tittesworth. On the 16 th a grey plover flew On the 28 th at Fernilee Reservoir there were over Budworth Mere and next thirty four mandarins and next day a snow day a hawfinch was in bunting was seen near the Cat and Fiddle Inn. Marbury Country Park and two brent geese were at November 2018 Tittesworth. Another hawfinch was at Astbury Mere Country th nd The month started with a firecrest at Marbury Park on the 19 . On the 22 Bittern by Powell Country Park, with a bittern there next day. On a bittern was again seen in the 7 This page has kindly been sponsored by:- D W Mayer Plumbing & Heating Over 30 Years Experience: No Job Too Small Repairs, Installations and Service Gas Safe Registered: 302581 Mobile 07773634289 Office 01625 462293 14 Westbrook Drive, Macclesfield, SK10 3AQ

Coward Reedbed, Budworth Mere, while next on the 19 th two bramblings and a kingfisher day at Poynton Park there was a ring-necked were seen as well as the usual wildfowl. In the parakeet and a red knot was at Rudyard second half of the month a blackcap, a siskin Reservoir. On the 24 th a peregrine was at and a flock of redpolls were in a Poynton Jodrell Bank, a woodcock was at Kermincham garden. The great egrets were still at and two waxwings were in Melrose Crescent, Redesmere at Christmas time. The bittern Hale. The 30 th saw an Iceland gull on Railway remained in the Coward Reedbed all month. Flash and a redhead smew at Redesmere. On the 30 th a jack snipe was at Tittesworth.

December 2018 January 2019

On the 1 st a kingfisher was on the River Bollin The year started with a great egret still at off Brook Street, Macclesfield and two great Redesmere and another at Elton Hall Flash. A egrets remained at Redesmere. On the 3 rd and short-eared owl was just south of on the 6th two little egrets were at Paddlers’ Pool, 2nd . On the 3 rd a great grey shrike was near the Macclesfield, while in between on the 5 th one canal at Havannah, Congleton and a great was also at Redesmere. The 6 th found the egret was on Railway Flash, being seen there Iceland gull still on Railway Flash. On the 7 th intermittently until the end of the month. Next at the north end day a little egret and seven teals were on th of Rudyard Lake Common redshank Paddlers’ Pool. The 6 saw a mealy redpoll in there were three by Powell a Macclesfield garden: it was seen again on redshanks, one the 20 th . On the 8 th two redhead smews were blue-morph at Astbury Mere Country Park. A Caspian gull snow goose and was at Mere on the 13 th . Next day a three willow tits. little egret was in Riverside Park, Macclesfield Four golden and at Elton Hall Flash there was an Iceland plovers were gull and a whooper swan. On the 17 th a single above waxwing was on the rowans near Union Derbyshire Bridge on the 9 th . On the 13 th at Street, Macclesfield. In the Prestbury Sewage Long Lane, Bollington there were about twenty Works area on the 27 th there were two snipes bramblings and at Poynton Pool there were and a pair of stonechats. At the end of the ten shovelers, eight wigeons, three month two redhead smews were at goosanders, three gadwalls and two ring- Redesmere along with a pair of goldeneyes, necked parakeets. Next day in the Prestbury with a large flock of siskins there on the 30 th . Sewage Works area there were a pair of On the 29 th fourteen goosanders were on goosanders, a meadow pipit, a dipper and a Bottoms Reservoir. During January and snipe, while about fifty pied wagtails and one February a starling murmuration was seen at grey wagtail were feeding on the filter beds. Bag Mere (Cheshire Wildlife Trust) south of On the 17 th a ringtail hen harrier quartered Brereton Heath Country Park. Throughout the fields south of Congleton, a pair of goosanders month at least one great egret was seen at was at Swan’s Pool, Macclesfield and at Redesmere, the bittern remained in the Rudyard Lake there were about forty Coward Reedbed and the jack snipe was at bramblings, two redshanks, twenty four Tittesworth. wigeons and seventy teals. At Poynton Pool 8 February 2019 next day there were six bramblings. The 14 th found a little gull at Pumphouse Flash, On the 1 st eleven snipes were near Roewood Sandbach. On the 17 th a woodcock was at Lane, Hurdsfield and a pair of goldeneyes Higher Sutton and a wheatear was at Elton were on Swan’s Pool, which had also recently Hall Flash. On the 19 th two black-necked had a little egret and a kingfisher. The north grebes were at Sand Quarry, a end of Rudyard Lake was still productive on curlew was near the A54 at Clewlow Cross the 4 th , with thirty wigeons, at least one and sand martins were at Marbury Country hundred teals, a redshank and eight Park. On the 20 th an early swallow was at goosanders. The 4 th also saw a little owl Knypersley Reservoir. An Iceland gull was at roosting in a tree near Road, Elton Hall Flash on the 21 st and next day a little Macclesfield. The two smews remained at egret was at Riverside Park. On the 23 rd a ring Redesmere until at least the 8 th . On the 6 th at ouzel was in and a lesser Hancock’s Pool, Sandbach there were two spotted woodpecker was at Pikelow Farm, pink-footed geese and five black-tailed Marton. On the 26 th a ring ouzel was at godwits. On the 10 th five black-tailed godwits Blackclough Farm above Three Shire Heads, and one great egret were at Elton Hall Flash. two mandarins and a garganey were at Next day a Eurasian white-fronted goose was Redesmere and a common scoter was at at Marbury Country Park and a Caspian gull Tittesworth, with another next day at Mere was again at Rostherne Mere, with two there Farm Quarry, Chelford th th from the 15 . On the 12 about one hundred Black redstart and two more at and fifty redwings flew over Wardsend, by Powell Astbury Mere Country Poynton. Next day ten crossbills were near the Park. The 28 th saw a Standing Stone car park, Macclesfield Forest black redstart and two and a great egret was on Railway Flash. A short-eared owls at raven was on a tree on Marton Lane on the Knotbury, near Three 15 th . Next day a redhead smew was on Shire Heads. On the Lapwing Hall Pool near Chelford and four 29 th a peregrine landed hundred or more lapwings and sixteen on the Jodrell Bank shelducks were on nearby Acre Nook sand radio telescope. On the quarry. On the 17 th a yellowhammer was 30 th five red-breasted singing near Seven Sisters Lane south of mergansers were on . The mealy redpoll was seen again Knypersley Reservoir in Macclesfield on the 23 rd , when also a great and a garganey and a great egret were at egret was on Neumann’s Flash. The bittern Redesmere, with two garganeys there next was at the Coward Reedbed throughout the day. month. At Redesmere the smew(s) remained until at least the 11 th and the great egret was April 2019 seen until at least the 15 th . The month started with a dipper at Riverside March 2019 Park. On the 2 nd a great egret that had earlier been taken into care at Thornycroft Hall, Early in the month chiffchaffs were reported at Siddington and successfully rehabilitated was various locations. On the 1 st along the River released at RSPB Mere Wetlands. On Bollin near Prestbury Sewage Works there the 4 th a little ringed plover and a skylark were were three dippers, three goosanders, five at Mere Farm Quarry, the pair of garganeys grey wagtails, two reed buntings, a pair of was still at Redesmere and four sand martins mandarins, two meadow pipits, a hundred were at Poynton Pool. A common tern was at redwings and five snipes, with a kingfisher Redesmere on the 5 th . The 7 th proved to be a there as well on the 25 th . Sand martins were at very productive day: a kittiwake was at Elton Budworth Mere Hall Flash, three ring ouzels were at Higher from the 3 rd . At Disley, a barn owl was at Pym Chair, house Higher Sutton martins were visiting a nesting site in , on the 5 th six a common sandpiper was at Bottoms stock doves Reservoir and a swallow and two sand martins were feeding were at Redesmere, with another swallow next together and in day at . On the 9 th a common the same area Little gull by Powell redstart was on Hill and six little gulls

9 were at Mere Farm Quarry. Next day a little owl May 2019 was at Bottom-of-the-Oven, th and an osprey flew over . On the 12 A whooper swan was on Neumann’s Flash two redstarts were at Higher Sutton and seven throughout the month and swifts were swallows were at Bottoms Reservoir. A appearing everywhere along with swallows and th whimbrel was at Mere Farm Quarry on the 13 , house martins. In the early part of the month with a black-necked grebe and a great egret an oystercatcher was seen regularly at there next day, when also a pied flycatcher was Gawsworth. On the 2 nd mandarins were at Trentabank Reservoir, Tegg’s Nose Reservoir Dotterel by Busby and the Goyt valley, with a common sandpiper also at Trentabank and a redstart, pied flycatcher and tree pipit also in the Goyt valley. The 2 nd also saw at least thirty house martins below Tegg’s Nose. From the 4 th to the 7 th two dotterels were to the north or west of Danebower. Also on the 7 th a barn owl flew over the A523 at the “Butley Ash”. The 8 th proved to be the day of the terns, with two black and three arctic at Budworth Mere, one black, seven arctic and eight common at Astbury Mere Country Park and two black at at . For several weeks lots of brimstone Sandbach Flashes. Astbury Mere Country Park butterflies were seen on the Middlewood Way that day also had more than three hundred between Bollington and Higher Poynton. A sand martins. The next two days continued in th black redstart was at Biddulph on the 15 . Five the same vein tern-wise with two black terns at th little gulls were at Budworth Mere on the 17 Mere Farm Quarry on the 9 th and others and next day four whimbrels were at remaining at Budworth Mere. The Prestbury th Neumann’s Flash. On the 19 at Danes Moss Sewage Works had a pair of mandarins on the chiffchaffs, willow warblers and grasshopper 10 th . A garganey was at Sandbach Flashes warblers were singing and there were five from the 11 th to the 20 th , while next day two species of butterfly and a large red damselfly, black-necked grebes were on Budworth Mere. while at Tittesworth there were common terns, On the 13 th a grey plover was at Tittesworth, little ringed plover, many common sandpipers with two black terns there on the 17 th . A th and a greenshank. Also on the 9 a mealy cuckoo was heard at Lyme Park on the 15 th . A th redpoll was in Buxton. On the 20 a pied wood sandpiper was on Pumphouse Flash on flycatcher was at West Parkgate, Lyme Park, a the 16 th . On the 23 rd a wood warbler was below sandwich tern was at Sandbach Flashes and Bosley Cloud and a whinchat was at two ring ouzels were at where they Derbyshire Bridge. On the 26 th a red kite was th nd remained until at least the 28 . On the 22 a over Marton and next day a sanderling was at pied flycatcher was at Knypersley, lots of green Neumann’s Flash. On the 30 th a little stint was hairstreak butterflies were at Cut-Thorn Hill and at Budworth Mere and a red kite was over curlews and lapwings were displaying near the Blakelow Road, Macclesfield. rd Peak View Tea Rooms. On the 23 a black tern was at Tittesworth and a whooper swan June 2019 was at Neumann’s Flash, remaining there until th th the 30 . On the 25 a cuckoo was at Higher On the 1 st the Prestbury Sewage Works area Sutton while on the “Walk with Nature” at Three was again productive with a kingfisher, five Shire Heads the twenty one species seen mandarins, five blackcaps, two chiffchaffs, a included curlew, golden plover, lapwing, willow warbler, a whitethroat, three reed meadow pipit, merlin, raven, red grouse, red buntings, three swifts, five house martins and kite, ring ouzel, skylark and wheatear. Two two swallows. On the 3 rd a European honey arctic terns were at Astbury Mere Country Park buzzard was over . A peregrine th on the 27 , with singles at Elton Hall Flash and was high over Macclesfield town centre on the Rostherne Mere next day, when also an osprey 6th . On the 10 th a red kite was over Kerridge was at Bollinhurst Reservoir, Lyme Park. On ridge and a spotted flycatcher was near the th the 29 an osprey flew over Errwood Crag Inn in Wildboarclough. Two sand martins Reservoir. were at Riverside Park on the 12 th . On the 14 th over twenty oystercatchers were at Tittesworth 10 and a pair of stonechats records, so please keep them coming in were in Rainow: both these 2019/2020. Send your records via e-mail to locations also had spotted [email protected] or talk flycatchers. Next day a directly to our recorder Joan Wilson (01625 yellowhammer was singing 426967). Once again, thanks to Joan for all at Mill and redstarts her work on the website in general and the were at Harrop Fold north bird records in particular. of Rainow and at Tegg’s Graham Palmer Nose Wood. A pair of siskins were in Prestbury on the 17 th . On the 20 th in Wildboarclough there were red deer, grey wagtails and a dipper. The 27 th found a wood sandpiper at Elton Stonechat by Powell Hall Flash and three painted lady butterflies feeding in a garden in Macclesfield.

July 2019 (1 st - 10 th only)

The month began with a Caspian gull at Sandbach Flashes. On the 4 th and 5 th in the Prestbury Sewage Works area and between Prestbury and Riverside Park there were kingfishers, up to six chiffchaffs, up to six blackcaps, a garden warbler, four grey wagtails, a pair of house martins, a pair of swifts and a red fox. There was another kingfisher on the River Dean in Bollington on the 9 th , when also five common scoters were at Astbury Mere Country Park with another thirteen at Knypersley. ……………………...

Thus ends the summary of the 2018/2019 recording year. We are very pleased to get your

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hristmas cards and calendars will be Macclesfield libraries. We staff each library on sale at our indoor meetings in shop for one day so volunteers only have to October, November and December cover a half or full day. We have several C 2019. willing helpers but there is room for more. If you would like to be a part of our sales team, If you ever order from the RSPB catalogue, we would love to speak to you. please consider allowing our group to process your order. You won't have to pay for postage, For any sales orders or if you would like to and our local group will benefit from 35% of help at Wilmslow and Macclesfield libraries any sales. please contact our sales officers Jen and Dave Tolliday by phone on 01625 432105 or by We continue to sell Christmas cards in the email at [email protected] charity card shops at Wilmslow and Jen and David Tolliday The advertisements in this Newsletter are not specifically endorsed by The RSPB Macclesfield Local Group or the RSPB 11 THE RSPB MACCLESFIELD LOCAL GROUP COMMITTEE MǕǝǒǕǢǣǘǙǠ SǕǓǢǕǤǑǢǩ Lydia Taylor 01260 275248 [email protected] TǢǕǑǣǥǢǕǢ Derek Bailey 01625 430311 [email protected] IǞǔǟǟǢ PǢǟǗǢǑǝǝǕ SǕǓǢǕǤǑǢǩ Ray Evans 01625 432635 [email protected] CǟǝǝǙǤǤǕǕ SǕǓǢǕǤǑǢǩ Daryll Bailey 01625 430311 [email protected] PǥǒǜǙǓǙǤǩ Alan Brereton 01625 615628 [email protected] EǡǥǙǠǝǕǞǤ David Beer 01625 619861 [email protected] GǕǞǕǢǑǜ DǥǤǙǕǣ Graham Palmer 01625 420179 [email protected] CǟǞǣǕǢǦǑǤǙǟǞ Vacant WǙǜǔǜǙǖǕ EǨǠǜǟǢǕǢǣ Tina Hanak 07870 804413 [email protected] WǕǒǣǙǤǕ Joan Wilson 01625 426967 [email protected] GǕǞǕǢǑǜ DǥǤǙǕǣ Rob Cameron 01625 619861 [email protected] GǕǞǕǢǑǜ DǥǤǙǕǣ Brian Ryalls 01625 434406 [email protected] NǕǧǣǜǕǤǤǕǢ EǔǙǤǟǢ Ian Taylor 01260 275248 [email protected] OTHER GROUP CONTACTS BǙǢǔ Fǟǟǔ Dennis Wood 01260 273935 [email protected] RSPB SǑǜǕǣ Gǟǟǔǣ OǢǔǕǢǣ Jen and David Tolliday 01625 432105 [email protected] PǙǞ BǑǔǗǕǣ Rita Howard 01625 420055 [email protected] IǞǔǟǟǢ RǕǖǢǕǣǘǝǕǞǤǣ Jean Evans 01625 432635 [email protected] If you no longer wish to hear from RSPB Macclesfield Local Group, please contact Lydia Taylor, Membership Secretary - [email protected] / 01260 275248, confirming your name and address and stating that you wish to unsubscribe from the RSPB Macclesfield Local Group’s communications.

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