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Welcome to the St Helens Birds and Wildlife blog. We welcome your reports from across the borough regarding all forms of wildlife. Please click on the "Report a sighting" tab if you would like to contribute to this blog.

We ask that you refrain from posting exact breeding locations of any species which may be considered scarce or vulnerable, and in particular schedule 1 species. In the context of St Helens, schedule 1 species usually means kingfisher and little ringed plover. Little ringed plover should not be reported at all on this blog between 1st May and 1st August.

Scarce or vulnerable species include but are not restricted to any species of wader, ducks other than mallard, all owls, any birds of prey, grey or yellow wagtails, grey heron, all grebes, Cetti’s warbler, water rail, willow tit, corn bunting etc. If in doubt, please ask.

We reserve the right to edit or delete posts which contravene this rule.


Moss Lane, Windle

84 Fieldfare, 76 Redwing, 33 Yellowhammer and 40 Linnet feeding in the fields.
Derek Evans

Peregrine

2 Peregrine at 0930 over Haresfinch Park and Grasmere Avenue, one carrying prey and the other calling.
Derek Evans

Waxwing Broadway Eccleston

I just been told that there have been 6 waxwing on Broadway Eccleston on the Cecil Drive side, near to Cecil Drive for the past week. They're stripping berries off a tree, but the berries have nearly all gone!

Damian P

Carr Mill Dam

5 Tufted Duck, 14 Teal circled over north end at 0845, 1 Snipe.
Derek Evans

Carr Mill Dam and Sankey Valley

At Carr Mill Dam: 10 Cormorant, 6 Tufted Duck and 3 Teal. On the brook beside the Visitor Centre in Sankey Valley: 5 Teal.
Derek Evans