Occasionally Birding St Helens 2008-2014

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Common Sandpiper 1 Swallow 4 Willow Warbler 5 Chiffchaff 2 Blackcap 2 Mute Swan 2 ads

Swift 1 Swallow 20 Sand Martin 5 House Martin 1 Gadwall 2 m & f Kingfisher 1 Mute Swan 2 ads Coot with 2 chicks A common roadside plant...

White Wagtail 5 Inglenook Farm Wheatear 6 Inglenook Farm, 3 King's Moss, 4 Old Coach Road, 1 Catchdale Moss Shelduck 2 Dairy Farm Road W...

I've been away for a few days, doing some Breeding Birds Surveys at various sites in the Pennines. Really tough going at times, but some...

Today we visited Rixton Clay Pits, just south of Warrington. It's a SSSI largely on account of it's large population of Great Creste...

Common Sandpiper 1 House Martin 2 Swallow 20 Sand Martin 20 Blackcap 4 singing Chiffchaff 2 singing Willow Warbler 4 singing Lesser Redpoll ...