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LOCAL GROUP NEWSLETTERS
Our 2021 annual Heron magazine and monthly local group newsletters can be downloaded in PDF format by clicking the buttons below:
LOCAL WILDLIFE SIGHTINGS
Please report your wildlife sightings seen within approximately a one hour drive of Macclesfield to: birdrecords@macclesfieldrspb.org.uk Previous years’ wildlife sightings can be seen by clicking…
WALKS WITH NATURE
Walks with Nature are free events in our local area that last for approximately two hours. 20 April 2022 – Styal Woods at 8am Meet…
INDOOR MEETINGS
Indoor meetings location: Macclesfield Community Centre (formerly the Senior Citizens Hall), Duke Street, Macclesfield, SK11 6UR. Doors open at 7.15am for a 7.45pm start on…
From the blog
PIN BADGE VOLUNTEER ROLE
The RSPB and our local group are looking for volunteers to manage pin badge sites, which could be at retail outlets, licensed premises, leisure facilities…
SAVE DANES MOSS
The proposed South Macclesfield Development Area on the northern part of Danes Moss (not the SSSI Cheshire Wildlife Trust’s reserve) will potentially destroy a large…
HEN HARRIER FEST 2022
A date for our diaries 24 July 2022. A free event at Adlington Hall. Talks, activities, debates and celebration of a common cause. The day…
WALK WITH NATURE – ASTBURY MERE
Walk with Nature around Astbury Mere Country Park Thursday 5 May 2022 Seven members joined walk leaders Lydia and Ian Taylor on a dry overcast…
Injured and baby birds
The RSPB (including the Macclesfield Local Group) is a conservation organisation and does not have facilities, or training, to deal with injured and baby birds. However, there is advice on the RSPB’s website.
If you need further advice please contact the RSPCA Stapeley Grange Wildlife Centre at London Road, Stapeley, Nantwich, Cheshire CW5 7JW. Phone 0300 1230722 Email stapeley@rspca.org.uk or their website.
Local to Macclesfield is the Lower Moss Wood Wildlife Hospital, School Lane, Ollerton, Knutsford, Cheshire, WA16 8SJ. Phone 01565 755082 Email hospital@lowermosswood.com or their website.
News, features and updates from the RSPB
The RSPB’s website contains a wide range of information about the charity’s work, birds and wildlife, how to get involved and details about reserves and events. The link below provides access to the ‘News, features and updates from the RSPB’.
Nature’s Calendar provides a summary of what wildlife can be seen in each month of the year. Nature’s Calendar | The RSPB
