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Arctic Tern
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Eccleston Mere

© Paul Brady

 
 
male Pied Flycatcher
male Pied Flycatcher
Taylor Park
© Damian Pendlebury
 
Waxwing
Waxwing,
Andover Road, Haydock

 
Bittern at Carr Mill
Bittern,
Carr Mill Dam
© Dennis Eagling 
 
Bittern at Carr Mill
Bittern,
Carr Mill Dam
© Dennis Eagling
 
Bittern at Carr Mill
Bittern,
Carr Mill Dam
© Dennis Eagling 
 

Juv Arctic Tern
Juv Arctic Tern

Eccleston Mere

 
 
Waxwing 
Waxwing 

Napier Close,

Town Centre

© Paul Brady

    
 
Ring Ouzel
  Ring Ouzel 

Billinge Hill

 
   
 
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 Bird News from St Helens 

You can contact the Sankey Valley Rangers on 01744 677 772 to report anything unusual, you can also email me with any 

bird news of interest to me Peter --  birdwatchinginsthelens@blueyonder.co.uk  Please could you also forward all your

 bird sightings to Colin Davies at the St Helens Wildlife Recording Group, email --  coldavies2@hotmail.co.uk 

 who will co-ordinate and summarise all the bird records from St Helens and then forward them to the local county recorder.  

Click here for full list of Archives to previous months sighings.

click here for a list of Waxwing sightings for 2013

 


                 June 2013

 

 

      
 Mon 17th June  - Eccleston Mere  --  2 Mute Swan,  2 Gadwall,  200 Swift,  1 Tawny Owl,  4 Lesser Redpoll.  
 - Newton Lake, NLW --  1 Little Grebe,  Canada Geese pair with 4 young,  7 male Tufted Duck.
 Sun 16th June  - Eccleston Mere  --  2 Mute Swans,  1 male Teal,  2 Oystercatcher,  300 Swifts.  
 - My Garden, off Wagon Lane, Haydock --  1 Coal Tit at feeders. 
 Sat 15th June  - Eccleston Mere  --  300+ Swifts,  50 House Martin, 
 Thu 13th June  - Eccleston Mere  --  3 Mute Swans,  1 male Gadwall, 1 Oystercatcher,  1 Common Buzzard,  100 Swift.  
 - My Garden, off Wagon Lane, Haydock  --   1 Coal Tit at feeders.
 Wed 12th June  - My Garden, off Wagon Lane, Haydock  --   1 Coal Tit at feeders.
 Tue 11th June  - Nine Arches, NLW  --  2 Sand Martin,  3 House Martin,  5+ Swallow,  20+ Swifts,  1 Great Spotted Woodpecker,
 -     ''       ''          ''     --   2 Common Whitethroat,  2 Chiffchaff,  family feeding of Long Tailed Tits and Great Tits.
 - My Garden, off Wagon Lane, Haydock  --  1 ad 1 juv Song Thrush,  1 Coal Tit at feeders.
 Mon 10th June  - Newton Lake, NLW  --  1 Little Grebe,  9 Canada Geese + another seperate pair with 4 young,  3 male Tufted Duck, 
 -       '          ''       ''     --   1 male Gadwall,  2 Grey Heron,  2 Buzzards,  4 Swifts,  1 Swallow thru,  1 Common Gull. 
 - Nine Arches, NLW (from car park) --  2 Lapwings flew over, 2 Buzzards, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Sand Martin, 3 Swallows, 
 -     ''       ''          ''        ''     ''    ''    --  3 Swifts, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Chiffchaff heard, 1 Common Whitethroat. 
 - My Garden, off Wagon Lane, Haydock --  1 Sparrowhawk on garden fence.
 Sun 9th June  - Eccleston Mere --  3 Mute Swans, 1 male Gadwall, 1 Oystercatcher,  1 Common Buzzard, 10 House Martin,
 -        ''           ''    --  200 Swift, 10 Swallows, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Grey Wagtail.
 - Mountains Farm, Billinge -- 2 Yellow Wagtail 2 Whitethroat,  2 Tree Sparrow,  lots of Linnets & Yellowhammers.
 - Red Barn Road, Billinge  --  1 Little Owl,  1 Grey Partridge,  4 Tree Sparrow,  2 Reed Bunting. 
 Sat 8th June  - Eccleston Mere --  3 Mute Swans, 4 Tufted Duck, 4 male Pochard,  1 Oystercatcher. 
 Fri 7th June  - Coopers Lane, Sankey Valley, Haydock  --  1 Lapwing over.
 Thu 6th June  - Newton Lake, NLW --  7 Canada Geese + another seperate pair with 4 young, 3 male Gadwall, 1 male Tufted Duck.
 Wed 5th June  - My Garden, off Wagon Lane, Haydock --  1 Coal Tit at feeders.
 Mon 3rd June  - Newton Lake, NLW --  6 Canada Geese, 1 male Gadwall, 2 male Tufted Duck.
 Sun 2nd June  - Lea Green, Sutton --  1 Common Buzzard over.
 Sat 1st June  - Billinge Hill -- few Swallows, Swifts about, Skylark heard, 1 Common Whitethroat, 1 Yellowhammer, + loads of kids.
 - My Garden, off Wagon Lane, Haydock --  1 Coal Tit at feeders.
   

  



 

 

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