Bowling Green Marsh
From the viewing platform this lunchtime, 2 Spotted Redshanks. Also, 5 Knot in amongst the Black-tailed Godwits.
View ArticleWrafton
7.00 - 9.30 Friday 1 Cetti's, 3 Willows, 4 Chiffchaff & 2 Blackcap around Pond. Pr Tufted Duck, pr Pochard, 1 Little Grebe, Mallard, Coot, Moorhen & Mute Swan on the water. Plenty of Swallows...
View ArticleFingle Woods,Dartmoor
Pair of Goosander on river, Sparrowhawk, Buzzard nest building, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 6 Grey Wagtail, 2 Dipper, 2 singing Blackcap, 15 singing Chiffchaff & pair of Siskin. No sign of Willow...
View ArticleOtter Estuary
22 members met at Whitebridge and took a circular walk down the river to the sea front and then back up the west path, venturing a little north of South Farm Cottages before returning to the cars. A...
View ArticleYarner Wood
Spent a few hours this morning in the wood entering from the Terrace Drive (Haytor Down) entrance. Highlights were: just along the path was a calling male Redstart eventually making itself visible. One...
View ArticleHay tor and passage house in
A couple of hours out and about initially at haytor in and around the quarry revealed the usual residents, several wrens, blue tits, pied wagtails. No sight or sound of cuckoos yet! Amongst the less...
View ArticleParakeets at Plymouth Outland Road 08-04-16
Parakeets at Plymouth, in a small woods near Outland Road, seem to be quite friendly, 4 were seen altogether
View ArticlePlym Estuary & Saltram
Two or 3 Swallows, a House Martin, 2 Wheatears, Green and Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Snipe, Pergerine, 17 Redshanks, and 25 Shelducks. Earlier a Willow Warbler in sub-song in my garden (Mount Gould,...
View ArticleExminster Marshes
A lovely stroll around the marshes this evening, the Short-eared Owl still over the north end, a single Wigeon, a steady passage of Sand Martins (300+) with a few Swallows, 2 singing Willow Warblers...
View ArticleHopes Nose
6.30- 9.30am -11 Bonxies (inc a group of 4 at 8am), 1 Arctic Skua (dp)7.45am, BTD, GND, 5 RTD, 12 Sandwich Terns, 500 Manxies.
View ArticleBolt Head
1 Osprey in off the sea at 10.25am and 71 Common Scoter passing east in small groups between 10 and 11am.
View ArticleBerry Head
0620-0950hrs: Dark Fulmar (single dark - Photos below), 90+ fulmar,1519 Manx Shearwaters, 2 Puffin, 4 Great Skuas, 457 Kittiwake, 10 Sandwich Tern, 3 Red-throated Divers, 1 Great Northern Diver, 1...
View ArticleTiverton
A first today a Femal Redpoll, decided to join in the feeding frenzy, along with the usual 6 Sikins, 4 Goldfinches 2 Chaffinch, 6 Blue tits, 3 Great tits (1 with white tail), 2 Coal tits, 2 Longtailed...
View ArticleRinged Lundy Wheatear
While on a day trip to the island on April 9th we saw and photographed a female Wheatear. She was colour ringed on her left leg and ring banded on her right leg. Please see attached photos (apologies...
View ArticleTopsham
After a grey & windy day and not much to show for my birding efforts this weekend, I was delighted to watch a male Marsh harrier hunting over the reed beds off Topsham rec at 19:30. Seemed to go to...
View ArticlePlym Estuary
Four Mandarin Ducks, 7+ Little Egrets, 27 Redshanks, 2 Blackcaps, 3 Goldcrests and a Willow Warbler this morning.
View ArticleColour-ringed Wheatears on Lundy
In response to Martin and Martha Unwin's post below, information on the Lundy Wheatear colour-ringing project can be found on this Facebook page and on the Lundybirds blog. Any additional sightings...
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