Occasionally Birding St Helens 2008-2014

Sand Martin 4 Willow Warbler 1 singing Chiffchaff 5 singing Blackcap 1 singing Mute Swan 1 ad Linnet 80 in field at the end of the stream

Sand Martin 6 (at last!) Blackcap 3 singing Chiffchaff 2 singing Teal 4 Mute Swan 1 ad Buzzard 2 Kestrel 2

Willow Warbler 1 singing in bushes on the left of the road, just a bit up from the horse paddocks. Chiffchaff 1 singing

Tufted Duck 6 Still no Sand Martins. My earliest ever Sand Martins at the mere were on 15th March 1993, the average date for the first arriv...

Wheatear 2 males in horse paddocks

Grey Partridge 2 Chiffchaff 2 singing I don't know of many sites in St Helens where you can find Wood Anenome. I think that there are a ...

Willow Tit 1 Great Crested Grebe 32 Chiffchaff 3 singing Buzzard 1 Kingfisher 1 Marsh Marigold