For some reason I had previously eschewed the prospect of a trip to Altrincham Sewage Works - one of my local birding haunts. I suspect it must have something to do with the name.
However, two recent trips have delivered a pair of wood sandpipers and a single green sandpiper, with virtually no scent of rotting human excrement. Good news all round.
It is also a site well known for yellow wagtails and grasshopper warblers - both needed for my list, but so far I have not had the pleasure.
Heavy gauge metal fencing does interfere with the view somewhat, and I do have a vague sense that an aggravated mugging may be just around the corner, but hey - a tick's a tick.
I will be making more trips to the shot pot / pit in due course.
Anyone fancy an early Sunday morning trip to Carr Vale, after a quiet night in Chez Vegas next weekend?
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