Occasionally Birding St Helens 2008-2014

It was a real scorcher today and Warton Crag and Arnside Knott where alive with butterflies. It's impossible to positively identify ever...

A couple more photos of High Brown (left) and Dark Green Fritillaries (right), showing the diagnostic underwings.

It was a beautiful day on the Great Orme today, with lots of wildlife interests. Birds included 2 Choughs, Peregrine, Guillemots, Razorbills...

Our first stop today was the River Dee at Holt, to search for Club-tailed Dragonfly. This is a well known site for the species, but I was a ...

About 10 Avocets from the Sandgrounders hide today, and at least two small chicks. Also about 200 Black-tailed Godwits.

I called in at Havannah Flashes again on my way home from work today. There were masses of Banded Demoiselles on the wing, I counted at leas...

I biked it along the Sankey Valley this morning, on my way to work, from Carr Mill Dam to Mucky mountains at Earlestown. I didn't stop a...