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Sherdley
Park Sherdley is a public park to the south of St Helens, and lies in a triangle between Marshall’s Cross Road, Elton Head Road and the St Helens Linkway and is bordered by a golf course to the west. Access by car is via the score from Elton Head Road. Sherdley Park has an interesting range of predominantly woodland birds. The Beech trees bordering Marshall’s Cross Road and Sutton Community High School often hold Chaffinch flocks, with variable numbers of Brambling during the winter. Marsh Tit, a scarce bird in St Helens, has also been seen here feeding on the beech mast. Lake Wood has oak, willow and alder trees as well as the dam, which can have interesting water birds. Round Wood also has a small pool, and is carpeted with Bluebells in spring, as are most of the other areas of woodland in the park. The
formal Gardens have many rhododendrons, which regularly attract a large
roost of finches during the winter.
Nearby the feeding station by the gardens / animal collection
attracts tits and finches, and can be a good place to see the range of
wintering birds at this park.
Delph Wood is predominantly beech and oak, and has a marshy area
with willow and birch trees.
Redpoll can be seen here in winter feeding on birch seeds, as well
as Grey Wagtail along the stream and Snipe in the marsh.
Lake and Delph Woods sometimes hold wintering Woodcock especially
in hard weather.
Migrants pass through the park in spring and early summer. Some of
which stay to breed such as Willow Warbler and Blackcap.
Rarer spring visitors have included Wood Warbler and Redstart
stopping off briefly in the park before continuing their migration to
their usual haunts further north. In May 1984, the only Nightjar so far recorded in St. Helens was flushed by a birder walking his dog in Sherdley Park. |
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