Occasionally Birding St Helens 2008-2014

Coot 136 Tufted Duck 15 Mute Swan 3 (2ads & 1 juv.) A pretty decent count of Coots, certainly far more than I've ever recorded at Ec...

Common Eyelash fungus Scutellinia scutellata growing on a fallen tree.

This is Hard Fern Blechnum spicant growing on the side of a woodland stream at Eccleston Mere. It's a relatively common fern, which I...

Teal 2 Bullfinch 2 Siskin 3 Goldfinch 50 Buzzard 2 Sparrowhawk 1 Goldcrest 2

I found this beautiful fungus growing on a tree stump in a garden in Lowton today. I can't decide what it is, perhaps Turkey Tail Trame...

A flock of 60 Waxwings feeding and showing well on trees around the VW garage in Warrington this afternoon. They have been present for at le...

Woodcock 1 flushed from woods at the end of the stream. Goldfinch 40 Buzzard 1 Tufted Duck 4 This is a fungus called King Alfred's Cake ...