*** Posting to this blog - Please read ***

*** Posting to this blog – Please read ***

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.

Feeding station

Last week,I set up my feeding station on Havannah flash for the third year running,birds present so far on and around.
Blue tit.
Great tit.
Robin.
Blackbird.
Chaffinch.
Nuthatch 2.
Carrion crow and Magpie seen around on the ground.
SteB.
Posted by at 1 comment :

Fieldfares'

Andrew, no chance of getting near to the Fieldfares, did see some on the 2nd Nov, in the same place, around 10.

SteB.
Posted by at No comments :

Cooper lane.

Cooper lane Haydock, was full of Redwings,Fieldfares at 8-30am this morning, Chat Chat Chat as they made their way from tree to tree.
SteB.
Posted by at 1 comment :

Carr Milll Dam

52 Great Crested Grebe (a high count); 1 Little Grebe; 1 drake Shoveler viewed from Nineteen Arches at 1015.
Derek Evans
Posted by at No comments :

Houghton's Lane

A tawny owl was seen perched halfway up a telegraph pole on Houghton's Lane at 9.45pm this evening.

Damian P

Posted by at No comments :

Burgy Banks North

1 Woodcock flushed at 0820; 1 Willow Tit.
Derek Evans
Posted by at No comments :

Havannah flash

Two Mute Swans on the flash this morning, 8-30am.
SteB.
Posted by at No comments :

Carr Mill Dam and Sankey Valley

At Carr Mill Dam: 1 Little Grebe, 8 Teal, 8 Tufted Duck, 1 female Goldeneye.
1 Dipper 0825-0830 at Sankey Valley site (as Tuesday 8th November); 1 juvenile Peregrine over Stanley Bank.
Derek Evans

Posted by at No comments :

Havannah flash

8-30am, Water rail spotted this morning on one of the new established ponds on H/flash, first one seen for a long time.
SteB.
Posted by at No comments :

Sankey Valley

1 Dipper along the brook between the East Lancs Road bridge and the green foot bridge - seen twice between 0745 and 0755.
Derek Evans
Posted by at No comments :

Stanley Bank, Sankey Valley

1 drake Gadwall on pond beside Visitor Centre; 3 Teal on brook nearby.
Derek Evans
Posted by at No comments :

Taylor Park

Birds on the lake today included 5 Wigeon and 10 Tufted Duck
Posted by at No comments :

Moss Lane, Windle

1 juvenile Peregrine on Woodpigeon kill; 1 Snipe; 21 Skylark; 100 Linnet.
Derek Evans
Posted by at No comments :

Carr Mill Dam

130 Canada Goose; 1 drake Mandarin circled twice and flew south at 0720; 32 Moorhen; 82 Fieldfare and 30 Redwing flew south.
Derek Evans
Posted by at No comments :

Cooper lane

Spotted around ten Fieldfares on the tops of the hawthorn trees in Cooper lane Haydock  this morning, chatting as they made their way from tree to tree.
SteB.
Posted by at No comments :
Subscribe to: Posts ( Atom )