Birds Found in and around Sandbach in Cheshire

There are over 50 species of birds found within a five mile radius of Sandbach. Some might be infrequent visitors, recent additions or may not have been seen for many years.

List of Birds found in Sandbach


Bar-Headed Goose (Anser indicus)
Buzzard (Buteo buteo)
Carolina Wood Duck (Aix sponsa)
Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)
Curlew Sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea)
Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
European White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons subsp. albifrons)
Gadwall (Anas strepera)
Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)
Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)
Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)
Lesser Redpoll (Acanthis cabaret)
Little Stint (Calidris minuta)
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)
Nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus)
Redpoll (Acanthis flammea)
Sanderling (Calidris alba)
Sedge Warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus)
Snow Goose (Anser caerulescens)
Teal (Anas crecca)
Tree Pipit (Anthus trivialis)
Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
Waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus)
White-cheeked Pintail (Anas bahamensis)
Barnacle Goose (Branta leucopsis)
Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)
Chiloe Wigeon (Anas sibilatrix)
Common Swift (Apus apus)
Dark-bellied Brent Goose (Branta bernicla subsp. bernicla)
Egyptian Goose (Alopochen aegyptiacus)
French Partridge (Alectoris rufa)
Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)
Green-Winged Teal (Anas carolinensis)
Greylag Goose (Anser anser)
Knot (Calidris canutus)
Little Owl (Athene noctua)
Long-Tailed Tit (Aegithalos caudatus)
Mandarin (Aix galericulata)
Muscovy Duck (Cairina moschata)
Pink-Footed Goose (Anser brachyrhynchus)
Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus)
Scaup (Aythya marila)
Skylark (Alauda arvensis)
Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)
Temminck's Stint (Calidris temminckii)
Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)
Upland Sandpiper (Bartramia longicauda)
White-Fronted Goose (Anser albifrons)
Yellow-billed Pintail (Anas georgica)