I've been a read-only user of this forum for some while and thought I'd wait until I had something decent to post before taking the plunge.
Yesterday, 5th April, at Poynton Pool I had an Osprey flying north and directly overhead (see avatar which was taken at the time by a co-birder). An excellent reward for turning out in foul weather.
It is difficult to assess where the Cheshire boundary ends and Greater Manchester starts when staring into airspace but this bird was on a straight-line course north and would undoubtedly have passed into GM as it crossed Norbury Brook at Brookside Garden Centre.
Also, the Cattle Egret was a little flighty yesterday but still confines itself to Cheshire.
