Yellow Wag

Very ropey digiscoped shot of a Yellow Wagtail - another of my welcome back shots!
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Started this morning with a walk around HGF as usual. Nice to see two pairs of Black-necked Grebes this morning - both displaying. The new pair takes the total to at least 11 so far this Spring. Nothing much else to report on the pool though - not even any hirundines. I then had a wander over to Midhops to see if I could relocate yesterday's Wheatear. I couldn't, however a male Yellow Wagtail was present at the far end - again good to see them back. Also here were 11 Linnets and 2 Grey Partridges.
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At lunch a quick wander around Rixton Mosses produced a Wheatear in a field opposite the farm on Prospect Lane (looked like a male Greenland type) and a couple of singing Whitethroats - one on Woodend Lane and another by the compressor station on Moat Lane. A couple of Grey Partridges were also around and two Buzzards flew over.
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This evening I took Bill for a wander around PF. Not much of interest to start with - then I picked up a Common Sandpiper from Horrocks Hide. To be honest I was more interested in walking round and didn't really attempt birding to start with. I arrived back at Horrocks as the sun descended and I spotted a tern on one of the buoys. Looking at it thorugh the scope I was convinced it was an Arctic and reported it onto the Manchester website using my phone. A LBBG shifted the tern and the ranger shifted me as she shut the hide. Outside I picked up the tern on a nearer buoy and realised it was definitely a Common Tern. Well I buggered that up, didn't I!