Whilst there's a demand I have included this forum for discussing birds and birding outside the county of Greater Manchester. Feel free to place sightings, trip reports, ask advise on locations or to discuss any other aspects of birding from around the UK and as far beyond as you may wish to. It is important though that birders, where ever possible, forward their sightings to the relevant county bird recorders a list of which can be found on the link below. http://www.bbrc.org.uk/recorders.htm Like many, I too spend a lot of time out-of-county birding, so I look forward to reading what Manchester birders get up to when they're not in the county, although you really should be, you naughty people All the very best