Gyrfalcon: Well after a bit of a non-start day dipping both the ring ouzel and redstart at Leasowe this afternoon with the baby in tow and having limited time it was nice to see a decent bird, albeit an escaped one!
It was my Neighbor Neil, who knocked on the door to say that there is a large bird of prey making some comoation at the end of the road. And there stood a huge gyrfalcon.
Subsequently I've learned that a local couple from Golborne had lost this bird a few days earlier. They were arrived on the street to try and lure the bird back, before it flew off over Polly's ponds and toward the woods
I'm sure the local magpies will be happy!