GREATER MANCHESTER

HIGHLIGHTS: A Manx Shearwater was at Pennington Flash (3rd), with two Bearded Tits there (19th). Yellow-browed Warblers were at Little Woolden Moss (7th), Pennington Flash (8th-9th), with two (17th-21st), Orrell (9th) and Manchester City Centre (12th). A Lapland Bunting was at Audenshaw Reservoirs (15th) and a Purple Sandpiper flew over (29th). A Long-tailed Duck was on Blackstone Edge Reservoir (20th-22nd). Red-throated Divers were at Hollingworth Lake (29th) and Pennington Flash (31st). Six Little Egrets were on Croxdens Pools (21st), with singles at Shell Pool (4th) and Pennington Flash (28th-29th). A Black Redstart was at Winter Hill (2nd). A Red Kite flew over Smithills Moor (12th). MERSEY VALLEY: Six Ring-necked Parakeets were at Hardy Farm. Three Bramblings were on Carrington Moss (23rd). A Green Sandpiper was at Altrincham ETW (22nd). A Stonechat was in Chorlton Park (2nd). A Pintail was on Shell Pool (1st). ELTON RESERVOIR: There was a Marsh Harrier (1st), Rock Pipit (6th), Green Sandpiper (8th) and four Stonechats (10th). PENNINGTON FLASH: A Ring Ouzel and a Hobby flew over (8th). Eight Whooper Swans dropped in (19th), with a Ring-necked Parakeet (12th), Med Gull (13th) and three Dunlin (14th). OTHER SITES: Horwich Moors logged 23 Ring Ouzels, 14 Wheatears, 24 Stonechats and 67 Crossbills. There were five Hen Harriers (2nd-15th), a Long-eared Owl (12th), a Merlin, Hobby (5th), Marsh Harrier (3rd & 30th), 20 Whooper Swans (22nd) and two Waxwings over (30th). Four Knot flew over Whitefield (12th). A Marsh Harrier was over Astley Moss (20th). Three Red-crested Pochards were on Castleshaw Reservoirs (31st). A Pintail was on Horrock’s Flash (29th). Woolden Moss had a Hobby (1st), Marsh Harriers (7th & 25th-30th), a Short-eared Owl (30th), 19 Whooper Swans (20th), three Wheatears, three Stonechats and a Green Sandpiper. Two Bitterns and a Marsh Harrier were at Bryn Marsh (31st). Ring Ouzels were at Hollingworth Lake (9th) and a Harwood garden (14th). A Rock Pipit was at Audenshaw Reservoirs (29th), with six Common Scoters and Yellow-legged Gull (31st). A Merlin flew through Rumworth Lodge (8th). A Brambling flew over Pearson’s Flash (25th). Dr Paul Brewster (01606 590 491)