RED-NECKED GREBE
The largest group of this species recorded in Greater Manchester is of 3 birds at Pennington Flash on the 25th March 1979.
The longest staying individual was the juvenile bird moulting into first winter plumage that arrived at Audenshaw Reservoirs on the 14th October 2003 and remained there for 119 days!
| 1924 | Oldham | late Mar | An exhausted bird was picked up from a street on the outskirts of Oldham |
| 1963 | Pennington Flash | 30th Nov-1st Dec | Two birds | |
| 1971 | Pennington Flash | 28th Mar | ||
| 1977 | Audenshaw Reservoirs | 9-15th Dec | ||
| 1979 | Heald Green | 1st Mar | An exhausted bird found in a hedge was later successfully released at Rostherne Mere, Cheshire. | |
| 1979 | Trafford Wharf | 5-20th Mar | ||
| 1979 | Pennington Flash | 25th Mar | Three birds | |
| 1980 | Pennington Flash | 18th Apr | ||
| 1981 | Pennington Flash | 18th Apr | ||
| 1982 | Chorlton Water Park | 6th Jan | Coincided with the onset of a spell of particularly severe weather | |
| 1983 | Blackstone Edge Reservoir | 21st Aug | ||
| 1983 | Rumworth Lodge | 13th Jan | ||
| 1985 | Sale Water Park | 30th Jan-3rd Feb | ||
| 1985 | Sale Water Park | 9-15th Feb | A different individual to the above, it departed when the water froze | |
| 1986 | Delph | 9th Feb | ||
| 1987 | Audenshaw Reservoirs | 15-16th Jan | ||
| 1988 | Chorlton Water Park | 20th Oct | ||
| 1988 | Pennington Flash | Feb | A single bird stayed for several days | |
| 1989 | Elton Reservoir | 25th Oct | ||
| 1990 | Pennington Flash | 2/3rd Feb | A first winter bird | |
| 1990 | Pennington Flash | 3rd Feb-8th Mar | An adult | |
| 1990 | Pennington Flash | 24-25th Nov | An adult | |
| 1991 | Audenshaw Reservoirs | 25th Mar | A bird in breeding plumage | |
| 1991 | Elton Reservoir | 5th Oct | ||
| 1993 | Hollingworth Lake | 30th Nov-6th Jan 1994 | 1st winter | |
| 1993 | Pennington Flash | 20th Dec-16th Jan 1994 | 1st winter | |
| 1994 | Audenshaw Reservoirs | 15-24th Oct | 1st winter | |
| 1994 | Castleshaw Reservoirs | 18th Apr-1st May | Adult, non-breeding plumage | |
| 1994 | Horrock's Flash | 23rd Jul | Juvenile | |
| 1994 | Pennington Flash | 11th Dec-30th Jan 1995 | 1st winter | |
| 1995 | Elton Reservoir | 17-25th Dec | ||
| 1995 | Shell Carrington NR | 29th Jan-4th May | Had attained full breeding plumage at the end of it's stay | |
| 1996 | Hollingworth Lake | 11th Feb | 1st winter | |
| 1996 | Pennington Flash | 28th Apr | ||
| 1996 | Pennington Flash | 26th Mar | Adult | |
| 1997 | Elton Reservoir | 21st-22nd Dec | ||
| 1997 | Hope Carr NR | 16th Feb | ||
| 1997 | Scotmans Flash | 12th Aug | ||
| 1999 | Audenshaw Reservoirs | 24-25th Aug | Juvenile | |
| 2001 | Pennington Flash | 9th Nov | ||
| 2002 | Pennington Flash | 10-11th Apr | In breeding plumage | |
| 2003 | Audenshaw Reservoirs | 14th Oct-22nd Apr 2004 | juvenile moulting into 1st winter plumage | |
| 2005 | Elton Reservoir | 3rd-18th Dec | 1st winter | |
| 2005 | Pennington Flash | 2nd-19th Nov | 1st winter | |
| 2006 | Audenshaw Reservoirs | 29th July-6th Aug | Breeding plumaged adult, also seen at Pennington Flash on the 7th August | |
| 2006 | Elton Reservoir | 29th Sep | Adult in non breeding plumage |