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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.


Cooper lane

Twenty Fieldfares observed along Cooper lane footpath this morning.
Pete Kemp.

Re: St Helens Birds and Wildlife: Report a Sighting

Yep
Global warming comes to Rainford

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On 16 Dec 2017, at 11:54, Damian Pendlebury <sightings@outlook.com> wrote:

Hi Mark, I've cropped the photo – is that it in the middle? That's a cracking bird to see in your garden!

 

Cheers, Damian

 

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From: Mark Hounslea <m.hounslea@sky.com>
Sent: Saturday, December 16, 2017 11:45:13 AM
To: Damian Pendlebury
Subject: Re: St Helens Birds and Wildlife: Report a Sighting
 
Only a really poor I phone pic. Dead centre between the two biggest branches

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On 16 Dec 2017, at 11:32, Damian Pendlebury <sightings@outlook.com> wrote:

Hi Mark, that's amazing! Could you get a photo?

 

 

Cheers, Damian

 

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From: Mark Hounslea <m.hounslea@sky.com>
Sent: Saturday, December 16, 2017 11:31:48 AM
To: sightings@outlook.com
Subject: St Helens Birds and Wildlife: Report a Sighting
 
Little Egret just settled into a tree in my garden in Rainford
http://sthelensbirds.blogspot.com/p/report-sig.html


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RE: St Helens Birds and Wildlife: Report a Sighting

Hi Mark, you can put the cropped photo on the blog if you like by sending another email to sightings@outlook.com

 

Cheers, Damian

 

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From: Damian Pendlebury <sightings@outlook.com>
Sent: Saturday, December 16, 2017 11:54:38 AM
To: Mark Hounslea
Subject: RE: St Helens Birds and Wildlife: Report a Sighting
 

Hi Mark, I've cropped the photo – is that it in the middle? That's a cracking bird to see in your garden!

 

Cheers, Damian

 

Sent from Mail for Windows 10

 


From: Mark Hounslea <m.hounslea@sky.com>
Sent: Saturday, December 16, 2017 11:45:13 AM
To: Damian Pendlebury
Subject: Re: St Helens Birds and Wildlife: Report a Sighting
 
Only a really poor I phone pic. Dead centre between the two biggest branches


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On 16 Dec 2017, at 11:32, Damian Pendlebury <sightings@outlook.com> wrote:

Hi Mark, that's amazing! Could you get a photo?

 

 

Cheers, Damian

 

Sent from Mail for Windows 10

 


From: Mark Hounslea <m.hounslea@sky.com>
Sent: Saturday, December 16, 2017 11:31:48 AM
To: sightings@outlook.com
Subject: St Helens Birds and Wildlife: Report a Sighting
 
Little Egret just settled into a tree in my garden in Rainford
http://sthelensbirds.blogspot.com/p/report-sig.html


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Re: St Helens Birds and Wildlife: Report a Sighting

Only a really poor I phone pic. Dead centre between the two biggest branches


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On 16 Dec 2017, at 11:32, Damian Pendlebury <sightings@outlook.com> wrote:

Hi Mark, that's amazing! Could you get a photo?

 

 

Cheers, Damian

 

Sent from Mail for Windows 10

 


From: Mark Hounslea <m.hounslea@sky.com>
Sent: Saturday, December 16, 2017 11:31:48 AM
To: sightings@outlook.com
Subject: St Helens Birds and Wildlife: Report a Sighting
 
Little Egret just settled into a tree in my garden in Rainford
http://sthelensbirds.blogspot.com/p/report-sig.html


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Little Egret

A Little Egret is on farmland immediately north of Carr Mill Dam alongside the Brook by the blue-green barns, visible from A571

Regards Dave Broome

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