Walked from Lymmhay Lane along Sow Brook to the ship canal and back.
Birds seen, 1 Buzzard and 3 Jays. Whilst on the MSC were 1 Great Crested Grebe and a pair of Mute Swans.
The wheat was being harvested whilst I was there, so the fields of stubble may well be worth checking out for finches in the autumn.
Otherwise I can't see me doing this walk again for a while at least, Sow Brook is choked with balsam, and there is a very limited view of the MSC at the end of the path.
Post for yesterday .My wife and I walked from Lymm to Dunham Massey along the Bridgewater Canal. Twenty different species seen. jackdaw 20 house sparrow 11 magpie 6 wood pigeon 9 mallard 8 with 14 ducklings of varying sizes carrion crow 5 whitethroat 2 chiffchaff 3 blackbird 9 mute swan 1 tree sparrow 2 swallow 14 robin 4 lesser whitethroat 1 goose swift 6 Canada goose 2 raven over 1 blackcap 2 great tit 3 willow warbler 3
Had excellent views of a Red Kite over the Trans Pennine Trail at Statham at 11.30 this morning, after a few minutes it drifted off towards Woolston Eyes No.1 bed.
