Occasionally Birding St Helens 2008-2014

It was a glorious autumnal day in the Silverdale area. We parked the car at Crag Foot (near the car park for the saltmarsh hides at Leighton...

Pink-footed Goose 2000 Dairy Farm Road, 800 Old Coach Road Chiffchaff 1 Dairy Farm Road Lapwing 100 Dairy Farm Road Clare's Moss, O...

Blackcap 2 males Siskin 15 Goldfinch 50 Bullfinch 1 female Treecreeper 1 Skylark 20 overhead flying south west in small groups Meadow Pipit ...

Chifchaff 4 Coal Tit 1 Treecreeper 1 Siskin 10 It's amazing how many Chiffchaffs you can "hweet" out of a bush! No amount of ...

This months edition of Birdwatch magazine has a short article on Septembers American Black Tern at Eccleston Mere / Prescot Res, and even co...

For years I've tried unsuccessfully to pish birds out into the open. This a trick which some birders swear by. You can either put your l...

Hobby 1 Dairy Farm Road Pink-footed Goose 800 Dairy Farm Road, 500 Old Coach Road Chiffchaff 1 Berrington's Lane, 1 Old Coach Road Black...