1410hrs - 4 Whooper Swan on the main east pool - 3 adults 1 juvenile.
Also 6 Grey Partridge, 8 Meadow Pipits, 3 Stonechat and singles of Bullfinch, Goldfinch and Reed Bunting.
1 Stonechat...on a fallow field which was a great winter food source and today (151026) the field was 'tidied up....ahh I so love such modern 'farming'
Walk from Irlam Station to the bottom of Cutnook Lane 14:10 - 16:50, highlights:
Female-type marsh harrier over Astley Road at Ebenezer Farm, upsetting a flock of c.50 black-headed gulls on the turf fields. Also c.20 pied wagtails and at least 20 linnets near the road.