Rob I have sent you a PM.

Sid

There is a pair in the Dunham arae that regularly head off in that direction to hunt, so I expect it may have been one of those that you saw.

They've chosen the Cheshire side of the Bollin unfortunately, otherwise they'd be in Gtr Mcr!

I included a bit about a Hobby that we saw yesterday evening in another posting and Ian Mc made the following request:- "Your Hobby must be worthy of a mention in the county bird sightings forum Sid. Others might miss it here and with them altogether we may be able to build a better picture of their status in the county (of Greater Manchester)" So here it is again:- "This evening as we were queuing to pay our Warburton bridge toll a Hobby gave us a quick display before darting off in the general direction of Warburton Church. We then had a couple glimpses of it over the Carr Green area from Dunham road. Tried to park up but a bit tricky at that time of day. By the time we got round to the road behind the Vine there was no sign."