I had a run out to St Helens in Lancashire this morning where I got good views of a male Ring necked duck at Victoria park.

Ring Necked Duck

Moving on from here I called in at Pennington flash near Leigh,where I had to put some time in but eventually saw two Willow tits from the Bunting hide along with a few other woodland species.

Willow Tit

Bullfinch

Stock Dove

                                                                         Reed Bunting

Nuthatch

A nice mornings's birding and a male Goldeneye was seen close to the car just as I was leaving.

Goldeneye