EASTERN BLACK-EARED WHEATEAR

 

Greater Manchester has incredibly recorded Eastern Black-eared Wheatear (O.h.melanoleuca) on 2 occasions, the first of which was rather staggeringly the first record for Britain!

 

1886   Elton Reservoir (then called Radcliffe Reservoir) 8th May Adult male, the first record for Britain!
1915   Burnage, near Didsbury 29th Mar Adult male