Occasionally Birding St Helens 2008-2014

Well that's the end of that then. My final tally for the year was 259 species in the UK, smashing my previous best of 245, set way back ...

Slavonian Grebe 1 Goosander 40 Kingfisher 1 Bullfinch 1 male Goldeneye 10 The Slavonian Grebe was in Ramsdales Bay. It was my third Slav at ...

Goosander 1 female Goldeneye 3 (2males, 1 female) Pochard 5 (4 males, 1 female) Tufted Duck 11 (8 males, 3 females) Little Grebe 1 juv. Snip...

At least six Two-barred Crossbills flew over, This was the only sighting I had of them, and was very disappointing considering I'd gone ...

Black-throated Diver 1 juv. Goldeneye 3 Goosander 2 (m&f) It was a struggle to stand up at times in the wind, it was dull, it was rainy....

Goosander 30 Willow Tit 1 Tufted Duck 170 Pochard 30 Goldeneye 10 No sign of the Slavonian Grebe first thing. It was relocated on the canal ...

American Buff-bellied Pipit 1 Siberian Chiffchaff 2 Common Chiffchaff 1 Wheatear 1 Merlin 1 Fieldfare 20 Stonechat 4 Raven 2 Whatever your v...