The family of 4 birds nearby reduced to just one yesterday and that one may have gone today so you were probably one of the last people to see it before it set off south.
Nick Hilton said
Sat Sep 20 10:41 AM, 2008
9am this morning Hobby on Reddish Lane, Lymm. Hanging around wooded area close to the farmers sign ("Keep dogs on lead" in green paint!) . Also Wheatear in the ploughed field
The family of 4 birds nearby reduced to just one yesterday and that one may have gone today so you were probably one of the last people to see it before it set off south.