Sandbach Flashes: birds and wildlife
Welcome to Sandbach Flashes
Our Patch in Numbers
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137
2026 Patch Number
Different species recorded so far in 2026.
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141
2025 Patch Number
Different species recorded in 2025.
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183
Unique Patch Numbers
Different species recorded over all the years.
Patch Sightings 2026
137 records this year
Photos marked © are species photos from Wikimedia Commons, not of these sightings: Cattle Egret: Kora27, CC BY-SA 4.0; Goshawk: Norbert Kenntner, Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0; Marsh Harrier: Stephan Sprinz, CC BY 4.0; Whinchat: El Golli Mohamed, CC BY-SA 4.0; Short-eared Owl: Sumeet Moghe, CC BY-SA 4.0; Greenshank: Andreas Trepte, CC BY-SA 2.5; Garden Warbler: Biillyboy, CC BY 2.0; Willow Tit: Francis C. Franklin, CC BY-SA 3.0; Arctic Tern: Charles J. Sharp, CC BY-SA 4.0; Cuckoo: Andy Morffew from Itchen Abbas, Hampshire, UK, CC BY 2.0; Avocet: Andreas Trepte, CC BY-SA 2.5; Garganey: YedidyaPopper, CC BY 4.0; Lesser Whitethroat: Ekytza, CC BY-SA 4.0; Swift: Alexis Lours, CC BY 4.0; Sanderling: Chuck Homler, Focus On Wildlife, CC BY-SA 4.0; Ringed Plover: Charles J. Sharp, CC BY-SA 4.0; Hobby: Shantanu Kuveskar, CC BY-SA 4.0; Wood Sandpiper: Abdul Momin, CC BY-SA 4.0; Common Tern: MPF, CC BY-SA 4.0; Bar-tailed Godwit: Andreas Trepte, CC BY-SA 2.5.
