My garden Eccleston

A single siskin was on the sunflower heart feeder this morning, I think it was a female but didn't get a great view of it. I'll put a rubbish photo up later.

Damian P

St.Helens Retail Park

Leucistic Black-headed Gull at St.Helens Retail Park today (21/02/2016)

 

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Stonechat at Rainford

Stonechat today (18/02/2016) Rainford bypass , opposite Inglenook Farm .

Bird showing well and easily visible from roadside path.

 

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Havannah flash

8-30am, nice surprise this morning at the feeding station with the appearance of a Song thrush.
Other birds present.
Nuthatch 2
Great tit
Robin
Carrion crow
Dunnock
Blackbird
Magpie.
SteB.

Willow tit in Sankey Valley

Today, 16^th February, we saw a willow tit beside a path near Stanley Mill in the Sankey Valley. It was feeding on seed that had been placed on the ground. Shortly after that we saw a goldcrest. We also saw two snipe fly out of the marshland, not far from the viaduct.

 

Diane & Mike Barrow

 

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Birds present this morning at 8-30am.

Nuthatch 4
Blackbird
Woodpigeon
Collared dove
Chaffinch
Blue tit
Great tit
Carrion crow
Magpie
Robin.

Sankey brook

Cormorant 2
Teal 12
Mallard 6
Moorhen 1
SteB.

Rainford by-pass and Old Coach Road

Seven hundred pink-footed geese at Inglenook Farm on the Rainford by-pass today. I didn't have a scope with me so couldn't say if there were any other species with the flock.

Also today a flock of at least 60 yellowhammers from the Old Coach Road between the East Lancs and New Cut Lane.

Havannah flash

8-30am, just two Canada geese on the flash this morning, along with four Mallard.
Sankey brook.
No birds present.
SteB.


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Starlings, lovely birds you can easily help

The starlings are really active in this sunshine, I've heard them going through their repertoire and distant oystercatcher was featured prominently today.

These birds are still red-listed and suffer due to loss of green spaces and nesting holes in urban areas, simple things to fix really, starling nest box and plenty of suet treats (with insects) ... and now is the perfect time to get this done.

Look at her face .... how can you resist!?!

 

 

Paul B

Havannah flash

Birds present this morning.

Cormorant 1

Kestrel 1

Canada goose 2

Moorhen 2

Reed bunting 1

 

Feeding station

Nuthatch 2

Blackbird

Great tit

Blue tit

Robin

Magpie

Carrion crow

Woodpigeon

SteB.

 

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Havannah flash

Birds present this afternoon.
Buzzard 3
Mallard 2
Moorhen 1
Song thrush 2

Sankey brook.
Teal 8
Kingfisher 1
Moorhen 1
Mallard 2
SteB.

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Havannah flash

Flash quiet once again with no birds present on the water, but Sankey brook came up trumps with two Goosanders, one male and one female showing well, ten Teal also present.
SteB.