Occasionally Birding St Helens 2008-2014

Warblers singing in the Sankey Valley this morning 7:10-7:50am, Carr Mill Dam to Mucky Mountains: Reed Warbler 5; Chiffchaff 16; Blackcap 12...

Warblers singing in the Sankey Valley this morning, 7:15am - 8:00am, Carr Mill Dam to Mucky Mountains: Blackcap 13; Whitethroat 9; Chiffchaf...

It's been a hectic few weeks, with not much time for posting to the blog, so here are a few photos from some of the spectacular places w...

Our luck deserted us today, and the weather in Teesdale was pretty awful. Even so, there were still some great flowers to see. Scottish Asph...

It was a glorious day on the Great Orme. I had great views of two Choughs and a Peregrine, but star of the day was this fantastic Spiked Spe...

Large Heath!!! Surely at least a month early! There were at least five of these rare butterflies on the wing today. Large Yellow Sedge - Eve...

Large Red and Common Blue Damselflies This is a dragonfly exuvia, i.e. the remains of the larval exoskeleton which it lived in whilst in th...