Occasionally Birding St Helens 2008-2014

We spent a magical evening watching Lesser Horseshoe bats in the stables. They emitted a frequency of 110kHZ,unlike the Common Pipistrelles ...

Today we spent the day in Pembrokeshire, surveying saltmarsh vegetation at Bentlass and Angle Bay. It was a beautiful day, if very muddy loc...

No sign of the American Black Tern today apparently, but there was still a Black Tern on the mere at 7:30am. Also 1 Kingfisher, 2 adult Mute...

The American Black Tern was present again from 4pm onwards, now accompanied by a Eurasian Black Tern for comparison. I'm pretty sure tha...

No sign of the American Black Tern during this visit, though apprently it had been present first thing according to an angler. It's spen...

No sign of the American Black Tern this evening, but there were an astonishing 11 Mandarins on the mere! Ten of them were in one flock, whil...

American Black Tern still dancing its way across the mere this morning in its never ending feeding frenzy. It's been present for 5 days ...