Occasionally Birding St Helens 2008-2014

Tufted Duck 130 Pochard 14 Gadwall 2 Snipe 1 (in SW corner) Goldeneye 4 (2mm, 2ff) Goldfinch 40 Siskin 1 To try to put the Tuftie flock into...

Great Northern Diver 1 (juv. still on PR4) Tufted Duck 128 Ruddy Duck 27 Goldeneye 23 Pochard 11 Little Grebe 6 A few hundred gulls, but not...

Bittern 2 (from Public hide and Lower hide) Goosander 2 males Marsh Tit 2 Water Rail 1 Plus lots of ducks. The Bitterns were both excellent ...

Barn Owl 1 (hunting the large field adjacent to the mere at 16:45) Water Rail 1 (in the ditch in the SW corner) Goldeneye 1 m Following hard...

Richard's Pipit 1 (Parkgate Golf course) Green-winged Teal 1 (drake, Inner Marsh Farm) Hen Harrier 6 (2mm, 4ff at evening roost at Parkg...

Willow Tit 1 (on feeders in SE corner) Kingfisher 1 Goldeneye 1 m Bat 1 (Pippistrelle?) Merry Christmas to everybody!

Short-eared Owl 1 Little Grebe 2 The Short-eared Owl was hunting the fields adjacent to the mere. It was my first Eccleston Mere tick for a ...