Occasionally Birding St Helens 2008-2014

Woodpigeon 1400 over south between 8am and 8:30am. Pink-footed Goose 5000 including 1000 heading east. Fieldfare 300 over SW Redwing 300 ove...

Redwing 270 over SW Fieldfare 80 over SW Kingfisher 1 Sparrowhawk 1 Siskin 2 over SW Another decent passage of thrushes. There may well have...

Crossbill 1+ heard and then seen in Macclesfield Forest. Siskin 10 Macclesfield Forest Lesser Redpoll 5 Macclesfield Forest Raven 1 Buzzard ...

Pink-footed Goose 6000 At least 6000 geese on Simonswood moss. The photo below shows just part of the flock.

This immaculate Comma butterfly was basking in the warm sunshine on my backyard wall this afternoon. There are still a few butterflies to be...

Wheatear 1 on midden pile below beacon. Crossbill 2 over beacon W calling Pink-footed Goose 1000 flying east Fieldfare 70 flying SW Redwing ...

Pink-footed Goose 6000; 6000 birds in the air together at 8:15am, 2000 broke away from the rest and flew away east, 2000 landed on fields be...