A welcome visit from Mr Andy Carroll was a tad thin on the decent bird front, but more importantly it was great to catch up - long overdue and most welcome.
We made two attempts for the intermittent Alpine Swift at Elton Reservoir in Bury. I managed ok views of it at height but hardly what was hoped for. Andy was less keen on the locale, so stayed in the car. My first Sand Martins of the year (30th March) were the only other notable bird.
Weather, willpower and poor fortune hampered us on Saturday 1st, but on Sunday 2nd the RSPB Burton Mere Wetlands reserve delivered some Disneyland birding, with excellent views of the long-staying Long-billed Dowitcher amongst 30 or so Knot, a single moulting Spotted Redshank, Black-tailed Godwits, Avocets, Dunlin and so on. A male Garganey was a welcome sign of spring and the usual Great and Little Egrets. Four Whooper Swans had dropped in and multiple Cetti’s sang in the spring like conditions.
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