Chapel Wood
An evening walk around the Wood in the sunshine gave all the regulars plus good views of GSWP male, Spotted Flycatcher, Treecreeper, Buzzard but the best was a close and long view of a TAWNY OWL on a...
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Visited late pm, Purple Heron not reported since before 10am. So probably moved/gone. Two male Gargeney showing on dyke right of lagoon & a Hobby were best bits.
View ArticleHobby ~ South Brent
Around 2pm this afternoon a Hobby seen from home flying over Hillside towards the lower end of Brent Hill and the moors.
View ArticleRillage Point to Watermouth
07.45 to 09.55; clear, sunny; E2-3: Visible migration = 15 Swallows, 1 Tree Pipit, 5 Siskins and 6 Lesser Black-backed Gulls all flying E, plus a new species for my patch, a 2nd calendar-year Iceland...
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Mid to late morning, there was a Wood Sandpiper feeding on a large scrape with good muddy edges, about two thirds of way along the railway footpath - presumably the one reported from BGM. Hobby seen...
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No sign of Wood Sandpiper but lots of Hobbies feeding around the lagoon - best views from railway path. Also 2 Whitethroat along railway path. Video of hobby https://youtu.be/DxLpNX5O9B0 Hobby Hobby
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The Wood Sand again late pm on scrape by viewing screen along railway path
View ArticleChurchstow
1 fem. Marsh Harrier heading NE across A379 just NW of Bantham Cross roundabout, 4.25pm
View ArticleSouth Huish Marsh
South Huish Marsh, late afternoon: 1 Hobby, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Dunlin and 1 White Wagtail.
View ArticleSoar
Generally quiet but managed - 2 Spotted Flycatchers, 3 Sedge Warblers, c25 Whitethroats, 5 Chiffchaffs, 8 Blackcaps and a Reed Warbler.
View ArticleWood Sandpiper Exmister Marsh
Further to Mark's post the Wood Sandpiper got moved by the cattle to next water scrape along the back path before turning for viewing screen and only viewable by looking through the tall reeds where i...
View ArticleExminster Marshes
As previous posts Wood Sandpiper visible from the viewing screen. On way back to car park managed a few shots through the reeds from the path.
View ArticleSouth Brent ~ Cuckoo
On the moor above Owley near South Brent this morning my first Cuckoo’s of the season with a female seen and while watching her two males calling further out onto the moors, a little later one of the...
View ArticleNightjars
Just back from my local Nightjar site having successfully seen and heard at least one. Sadly on the way home, just a couple of hundred yards from where I had parked, a freshly dead male Nightjar lay in...
View ArticleGrasshopper warbler - at last
Started off well with two cuckoos flying into Centries at Harford, then finished with a grasshopper reeling near Huntingdon. My first Grasshopper warbler of the year.
View ArticleExminster Wood Sandpiper
Still showing well from viewing screen along railway path 10.30
View ArticleWood Sandpiper River Caen Estuary North Devon
12:30 as the tide was rising a Wood Sandpiper seen on the estuary along with 6 Whimbrel and 4 Dunlin in full Summer plumage. Plenty of Swifts Swallows and House Martins seen over the Braunton Marshes....
View ArticleSlapton - Woodchat Shrike
Woodchat Shrike at Slapton this morning in fields adjacent to Higher Ley - sadly it didn't go near the ringing nets! Nik Ward
View ArticleMarsh Harrier ~ South Brent
Dartmoor above Dockwell Farm, South Brent early this morning surprisingly cold with the winds, two Cuckoo calling some distance away, Yellow Hammers showing well, Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff and...
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