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Sandbach Flashes
202 species and 66,965 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April–May and August–September, with up to 132 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellus
Eurasian TealAnas crecca
Eurasian CootFulica atra
Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Eurasian MagpiePica pica
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Neumann's Flashes17 km203 species
- Marbury Country Park18 km195 species
- Woolston Eyes NR30 km237 species
- Peak District NP – Underhill Farm, Elkstone33 km119 species
- Hale Head Lighthouse33 km197 species
- Chorlton Water Park LNR34 km154 species
All 202 species recorded here
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
- Eurasian Magpie Pica pica
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Carrion Crow Corvus corone
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- European Herring Gull Larus argentatus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus
- European Robin Erithacus rubecula
- Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
- Great Tit Parus major
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Dunnock Prunella modularis
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
- Stock Dove Columba oenas
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Common Gull Larus canus
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- Redwing Turdus iliacus
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Fieldfare Turdus pilaris
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
- Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Rook Corvus frugilegus
- Common Linnet Linaria cannabina
- Goldcrest Regulus regulus
- Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula
- Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
- Coal Tit Periparus ater
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus
- Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Eurasian Nuthatch Sitta europaea
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Eurasian Treecreeper Certhia familiaris
- Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Tawny Owl Strix aluco
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Common Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans
- Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Red Kite Milvus milvus
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Little Owl Athene noctua
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Willow Tit Poecile montanus
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor
- European Green Woodpecker Picus viridis
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Spotted Crake Porzana porzana
- Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa
- Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Smew Mergellus albellus
- Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Common Scoter Melanitta nigra
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Northern Gannet Morus bassanus
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Ringed Teal Callonetta leucophrys
- Marsh Tit Poecile palustris
- Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
- European Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis rufula
- South African Shelduck Tadorna cana
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Eurasian Goshawk Astur gentilis
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Sandbach Flashes?
April–May and August–September. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 132 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Sandbach Flashes?
202 species, from 66,965 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Sandbach Flashes in November?
The most recorded in November: Eurasian Wigeon, Northern Lapwing, Eurasian Teal, Eurasian Coot and Common Shelduck.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.