Marsh harriers have really taken off in the past few years. Only two or three years ago they were very rare in St Helens, but now sightings in the Rainford area are not unusual at all. Today I walked along Barrow Lane which is perhaps surprisingly in St Helens given that it's close to Junction 22 on the M6, where I found a male and female marsh harrier hunting over the fields between here and Highfield Moss. This is the complete opposite end of the borough to Rainford and these are clearly different birds.
The male is an absolute stunner, one of the nicest male marsh harriers I've ever seen.
Also this morning a red kite flew over. This is another species which at last seems to be on the verge of colonising St Helens, with regular sightings around Rainford and now this bird at Barrow lane.
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