Occasionally Birding St Helens 2008-2014

Sanderling 90 Dunlin 10 Turnstone 10 (some in summer plumage) Sanderling and turnstones. Coquet Island. This is one of the last places in th...

Wood sandpiper 1 Greenshank 1 Common Sandpiper 2 Snipe 1 Wood sandpiper, one of 19 species of wader I saw today. This swallow was nesting in...

Dunnottar Castle is just a couple of miles down the road from Stonehaven, and it was a lovely evening, so I decided to try my luck with a se...

Hard to believe perhaps, but this is an orchid, possibly the most overlooked orchid in the UK. It's lesser twayblade. This is a full gro...

Swallow nest. Poa trivialis Rough meadow grass in full flower. Goosanders. Aberdeen harbour.

Crossbill 2 flew over calling twice Spotted flycatcher family party Cuckoo 1 juvenile Whinchat 1 juvenile Wheatear 1 juvenile Juveni...

Roseate tern 1 adult Little tern 5 Arctic tern 50 Sandwich tern 50 Common terns Knot 30 Eider 300 Year: 270 (Roseate tern) The majority of t...