Occasionally Birding St Helens 2008-2014

Lesser scaup 1 male Pochard 4 Tufted duck 50 There was a time (about 20 years ago??) when Lesser scaup was a real rarity, but these days it...

Little Grebe 1 juv. Tufted Duck 5 Nuthatch 1 Mute Swan 1 adult Kingfisher 1 House Martin 20 Swallow 10

Sometimes it might seem like everywhere I go I see things, and life's just one new tick after another. Yet there is a another, unseen, d...

We had a nice walk across the Orme today, but I was out of luck with the Dotterel that has been there for a few days. It disappeared about t...

Stilt sandpiper 1 adult summer, moulting Ruff 2 Year 231 (Stilt sandpiper) The Stilt sandpiper was my third in the UK and my second in Chesh...

Yellow-legged gull 1+ adults, 1 possible 1st summer Herring gull 1000 Lesser black-backed gull 1000 Buzzard 1   Year 230 (Yellow-legged gull...

Kingfisher 1 Mute Swan 2 adults Buzzard 2 Sparrowhawk 1 Swallow 20 House Martin 30 It's tough going at the mere at the moment, especiall...