Robert Black: Sandbach Flashes Year List 2023 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 121 of 121 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 01/01/2023 2 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 01/01/2023 3 Greylag Goose Anser anser 01/01/2023 4 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 08/01/2023 Railway Flash 5 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 01/01/2023 6 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 19/02/2023 Railway Flash 7 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 22/10/2023 8 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 01/01/2023 9 Garganey Spatula querquedula 23/04/2023 Railway Flash 10 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 02/01/2023 Railway Flash 11 Gadwall Mareca strepera 08/04/2023 Elton Hall Flash 12 Wigeon Mareca penelope 01/01/2023 13 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 01/01/2023 14 Pintail Anas acuta 17/02/2023 Elton Hall Flash 15 Teal Anas crecca 01/01/2023 16 Pochard Aythya ferina 25/01/2023 Elton Hall Flash 17 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 01/01/2023 18 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 25/01/2023 River Wheelock 19 Goosander Mergus merganser 01/01/2023 20 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 01/01/2023 21 Swift Apus apus 03/05/2023 Pump House Flash 22 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 01/01/2023 Feral Pigeon 23 Stock Dove Columba oenas 01/01/2023 24 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2023 25 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 01/01/2023 26 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 01/01/2023 27 Coot Fulica atra 01/01/2023 28 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 01/01/2023 29 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 01/01/2023 30 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 17/02/2023 Elton Hall Flash 31 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 16/05/2023 Elton Hall Flash 32 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 16/12/2023 Pump House Flash 33 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 31/05/2023 Elton Hall Flash 34 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 08/04/2023 Pump House Flash 35 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 01/01/2023 36 Curlew Numenius arquata 01/01/2023 37 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 01/02/2023 Rosemary's Flood 38 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 01/01/2023 39 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 02/01/2023 Maw Green Tip 40 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 11/04/2023 Elton Hall Flash 41 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 05/02/2023 Pump House Flash 42 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 23/04/2023 Pump House Flash 43 Ruff Calidris pugnax 20/08/2023 Railway Flash 44 Dunlin Calidris alpina 17/02/2023 Elton Hall Flash 45 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 30/05/2023 Elton Hall Flash 46 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 03/05/2023 Elton Hall Flash 47 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2023 48 Common Gull Larus canus 15/01/2023 Maw Green Tip 49 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/2023 50 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 18/08/2023 Elton Hall Flash 51 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 01/01/2023 52 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 01/01/2023 53 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 01/01/2023 54 Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax 30/05/2023 Pump House Flash 55 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 01/01/2023 56 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 19/04/2023 Elton Hall Flash 57 Great White Egret Ardea alba 02/01/2023 Railway Flash 58 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 01/01/2023 59 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 01/01/2023 60 Buzzard Buteo buteo 01/01/2023 61 Barn Owl Tyto alba 14/01/2023 Fields Farm 62 Long-eared Owl Asio otus ********** ********** 63 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 28/04/2023 Maw Green Tip 64 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 02/01/2023 Groby Flash 65 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 01/01/2023 66 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 30/07/2023 Maw Green Tip 67 Hobby Falco subbuteo 17/09/2023 Maw Green Tip 68 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 22/01/2023 Railway Flash 69 Jay Garrulus glandarius 01/01/2023 70 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2023 71 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 01/01/2023 72 Rook Corvus frugilegus 15/01/2023 Maw Green Tip 73 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2023 74 Raven Corvus corax 05/02/2023 Hancock's Flood 75 Coal Tit Periparus ater 01/01/2023 76 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2023 77 Great Tit Parus major 01/01/2023 78 Skylark Alauda arvensis 15/01/2023 Maw Green Tip 79 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 08/04/2023 Pump House Flash 80 Swallow Hirundo rustica 08/04/2023 Pump House Flash 81 House Martin Delichon urbicum 17/04/2023 Elton Hall Flash 82 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 19/03/2023 Maw Green Tip 83 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 01/01/2023 84 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 08/04/2023 Clay lane 85 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 17/02/2023 Elton Hall Flash 86 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 23/04/2023 Railway Flash 87 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 16/04/2023 Railway Flash 88 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 22/04/2023 Maw Green Tip 89 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 08/04/2023 Clay lane 90 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 28/08/2023 Maw Green Tip at Wryneck Corner 91 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 08/05/2023 Maw Green Tip 92 Whitethroat Curruca communis 22/04/2023 Maw Green Tip 93 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 01/01/2023 94 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 01/01/2023 95 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 08/01/2023 Rosemary's Flood feeding station 96 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2023 97 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 08/01/2023 Maw Green Tip 98 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 01/01/2023 99 Redwing Turdus iliacus 01/01/2023 100 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2023 101 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 01/01/2023 102 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2023 103 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 03/09/2023 Maw Green Tip 104 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 15/01/2023 Maw Green Tip 105 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 19/03/2023 Maw Green Tip 106 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 23/04/2023 Maw Green Tip 2+ in railway side bushes 107 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 01/01/2023 108 Dunnock Prunella modularis 01/01/2023 109 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 23/04/2023 Pump House Flash 110 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 01/01/2023 111 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 01/01/2023 112 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 02/01/2023 Maw Green Tip 113 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 01/01/2023 114 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 08/01/2023 Groby Flash 115 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 01/01/2023 116 Linnet Linaria cannabina 19/03/2023 Maw Green Tip 117 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 29/01/2023 Foden's Wood 118 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 01/01/2023 119 Siskin Spinus spinus 29/01/2023 Foden's Wood 120 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 28/12/2023 Plant Lane, Moston 121 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 08/01/2023 Maw Green Tip