Occasionally Birding St Helens 2008-2014

Raven 2 over the beacon. Probably the St Helens resident birds just moving around. Wheatear 1 in the horse paddocks. Chiffchaff 2 in bushes ...

We called in today at the newly opened RSPB reserve Burton Mere Wetlands on Wirral. It's basically an extension of the old Inner Marsh F...

Last night I caught a Barred Sallow, the second for my yard but only the third for St Helens. My first was in 2002 and at the time was only ...

Willow Tit 1 Wheatear 1 Chiffchaff 1 Yellowhammer 30 Jay 4 Meadow Pipit 10 over beacon Nuthatch 1 Swallow 3 I was particularly pleased with ...

Curlew 2 No sign of any geese today.

Wheatear 1 near horse paddocks Skylark 10 over beacon Goldfinch 22 Tree Sparrow 15 Yellowhammer 30 House Martin 10 over beacon Swallow 20 ov...

A nice flock of 20 Siskin feeding in the hedge along the stream which flows into the mere at its southern end.