Occasionally Birding St Helens 2008-2014

I can only apologise to the birds concerned for the poor quality of photos today. My only excuse is that the light was so bad... Leighton Mo...

I called in at Pennington Flash first thing this morning. The thaw has well and truely set in now, but the footpaths were lethal, the worst ...

Just a few photos from a couple of days in the Lake District. Didn't see many birds, just a few Redwings and common woodland species. Sc...

Another bitterly cold day, but some great birding none the less. We started off at Marton Mere near Blackpool, where there was an adult drak...

Not officially a white Christmas, this is as close as it gets without it actually snowing! A decent couple of hours birding, with a Woodcoc...

The deep freeze continues, and much of the flash was iced over. A female Goosander was about the best water bird, but the bird feeders were ...

There has been a big Waxwing invasion this winter, with thousands of birds elsewhere in the country. Only a few meagre pickings here in St. ...