Occasionally Birding St Helens 2008-2014

Gadwall 50+ Wigeon 9 Tufted duck 15 Kingfisher 1 Mute swan 2 adults

Tufted duck 35 Pochard 1 male Coot 140 Kingfisher 1 Possibly the largest flock of tufties I've seen at the mere this year.

Gadwall 56 Wigeon 12 Shoveler 9 Tufted duck 15 Chiffchaff 2 calling Mute swan 2 ads

Great white egret 3 (2 at Lillian's hide, 1 at Eric Morecombe hide) Little egret 30 Little stint 7 (5 at Lillian's hide, 2 at Eric M...

Great white egret 1 Little egret 13 Black-tailed godwit 500 Redshank 200 Curlew 50 Oystercatcher 500 Lots of birds on the sandbank at Jenny ...

I found a small group of wonderful cyclamen growing on the edge of some woodland near Silverdale. Cyclamen are not native to the UK, but the...

Common sandpiper 1 Teal 2 Little grebe 1