I was lucky enough to get the Black Stork as a garden tick as it flew east over Colwyn Bay!
I would think it was the same bird over Heald Green.
Hope it gets relocated somewhere more stationary.

twmason wrote:

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I haven't recorded this as an official sighting because it is so unlikely but I remain 95% sure that's what I saw. Tim Mason.

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Hi Tim,

As Craig mentions it looks as though a Black Stork has been in the NW for a couple of days at least. Seen flying east yesterday over Deganwy - Old Colwyn - Colwyn Bay yesterday evening. A possible sighting near Holmes Chapel this morning then one east over Heald Green at 17.15 this afternoon. There appears to be a second bird in Lincolnshire as well.

Why not submit your sighting?

Cheers John

Well, one was reported over north Wales yesterday, and another one today over Stockport. Worth keeping your eyes to the skies.

I was travelling up Beech Hill Avenue in Wigan on Saturday afternoon 17th May 2014. My wife was driving so I got a decent view when I saw soaring about 200 ft above me what initially looked like a heron. As I got closer, it looked bigger than a heron and clearly had black wings and a white breast with long legs trailing. I looked it up in my guide when I got hame and, incredibly, it looked like a black stork, surely not?!! I read that they are occasional very rare visitors to our shores and usually in May. I haven't recorded this as an official sighting because it is so unlikely but I remain 95% sure that's what I saw. Tim Mason.