Originally posted today by John Sibbald:

Heard a male Black Redstar calling between the new Stockport Interchange and the Railway viaduct yesterday around 6.30pm.

A quick walk down to the River Mersey this morning to try to pick up the Sand Martins has me looking at around twenty birds  going about there business over the river on a glorious  morning a Song Thrush goes through its melodies high in a Sycamore and a female Grey Wagtail is busy by the edge of the river alas I must get some work done now.

No Martins or Whitethroat for us this morning but we can add two Grey Wagtail to Simons tally for yesterday. 

A male Goldeneye near Cheadle Bridge - only the second one I have seen on the river. Also pair of Dippers, several Grey Wagtail and 4 Goosander.

Was bit jealous of previous post here, but happier today as had my first little egret on Mersey today near Waterside 

Also, singing Dipper, Kingfisher, Cormorant, Goosander (inc 2 males), Redwing, Mistle and  Song thrush, BH and common Gull, 2 Buzzard, Grey Heron 

Wander along the river to waterside hotel. 

Kingfisher, two sightings

Pied and grey wagtails, good number including youngsters

Mallard, two broods, one very well grown group of 7

Goosander, female with 3 chicks

6 of so sand martin. Still seemed to be two or three nests being visited further down from where the bulk of nests have been dug out.

Whitethroat, blackcap, chiffchaff,  bullfinch , chaffinch, greenfinch, goldfinch, robin, wren, carrion crow, grey heron (3), herring gull, lesser black backed gull, buzzard, mandarin duck,  woodpigeon, swift.

Also  number of black headed gulls hawking low down over the meadow.  Cleary something had  in numbers but I couldn't see what.

12 sand martins over the river west of the A560 and the viaduct

Lesser Whitethroat singing today on the railway embankment above the horse field (Vale Road Farm).

Plenty of Sand Martins checking out nest sites opposite the rugby club

Had another try for Lesser Whitethroat where Simon has described, but again no joy. I did however see one at the junction of paths near the horrible new path, where some wooden acorns have been put in as seats. It did go across to ETW side but was back a bit later in same place and bushes against industrial estate fence.

Also a Swallow (poss 2) with Sand Martins over the river at Vale farm. Kingfisher, Goosander and Dipper seen flying along river and a pair of Mandarin Ducks near rugby club. Single Drake seen also.

Wander around orchard and old railway line. Highlights

Common Whitethroat on old railway towards houses.

Blackcap (many)

Willow warbler 2 calling on etw side

Bullfinch

Starling 6 and Mistle Thrush on horse field

Kingfisher flew downstream

Pair of Goosander on the river and several grey wagtail

Sparrowhawk over

Raven over town centre at 15:10

The two Dippers at Cheadle Bridge were putting on quite a display today - chasing each other under the bridge - looked like pre-nuptial behaviour. Also several Chiffchaff singing.

An afternoon walk down the River Mersey today 13.30/15.45.

Twenty one species with the highlights being:

At least two Chiffchaff in song and feasting on flies, there could have been more as we saw them a few hundred yards apart.

Long-tailed Tits gathering nesting material and heading into bramble.

Pair(s) of Grey Wagtail feeding along the river.

At least six Redwing over the river by the sewerage works

Lots of sand deposited along the path after the recent floods

Heading back home a pair of Goldcrest were taking flies along Mersey Road.

I arrived on site late, due to being out with a mate all morning on a guided tour of his patch and self-finding an Iceland Gull for our efforts (see Sandbach thread). Didn't get there until c.2.15pm.

After parking I went down to the far field where, as Connor says, the Glossy Ibis was pretty distant but showing well from the metal gate. I set up and digiscoped it at distance and then had to move to let a couple of photographers leave. Myself and one other birder there took our eyes off the ibis and when we looked back it had disappeared. I was convinced it was down in a wet 'dip'in the field but after a while I walked down to check for the new arrival birders who hadn't had it yet and it wasn't there!! It must have flown off c.2,45pm and presumably away from us as we would have seen it if it had come towards and over us.

I talked to the wife of the first person who reported it on Insta and they had been watching it for 4 days, and, as has been said before, she said the local who told them about it had seen it in the field for the last 2 weeks

So every chance it will be there tomorrow as it left of its own accord and no-one got too close to it. A very distant slightly cropped digiscoped shot attached.