Hartland Point Seawatch
0700-0830 12 Manx 1 Balearic Shearwater 2 Arctic skua (pale + dark) 1 Bonxie 23 Common Scoter (19 + 10 + 4) plus 3 schools of Harbour Porpoise
View ArticleFremington Quay
Osprey fishing off Bassett Ridge 11.15, first year Manx Shearwater off the quay on water midday. Not looking unhealthy but definitely a little lost.
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Seawatch 06.45- 09.00hrs after a very foggy start! 1 Sooty, 12 Balearic & 10 Manx Shearwater, 1 juv Arctic Tern , 2 Common Tern, 5 Sandwich Tern, 1 Common Scoter, 368 Gannets, 9 Kittiwake & 22...
View ArticleVitifer valley near Warren House
5 Whinchat, 3 Redstart, 6 Chiffchaff, 1 Spotted Flycatcher, 1 Green Woodpecker and 200+ Sand Martin this afternoon
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A morning visit timed to start just after the rain, produced very few migrants. However managed - Hobby, 3+ Tree Pipits, Yellow Wagtail, Turnstone, 7 Chiffchaffs, 6+ Whitethroats, Blackcap and Yellow...
View ArticleOspreys
Saw 3 Ospreys in the space of half an hour just off Turf Lock mid day today. Amongst 4 Wheatears 1 seemed a lot bigger? Its not a Greenland race bird is it? Any experts out there?? One of 3 Ospreys...
View ArticleCaen River and Horsey Island
A good session with Osprey, Juv Peregrine, Buzzard, Kestrel, about 400 Canada Geese, 12 Greylay, Curlews, Oystercatchers, Dunlin, Ringed Plover, Redshank, Greenshank, Common Sand, Wheatear, Swallows...
View Articlereply to ed on Wheatear
Thanks for that, although I don't think it was Marks bird. This was amongst 4 birds, shame I couldn't get them together to show the different size, as it was a bigger bird. Otherwise I wouldn't have...
View ArticleWest Charleton Marsh
West Charleton Marsh/Wareham Point, mid-pm, of note: 17 Ringed Plover, 3 Dunlin, 1 Bar-tailed Godwit, c80 Curlew, c75 Oystercatchers, 4 Sandwich Terns (2 ad and 2 juvs), 7 Med. Gulls and 5 Whinchats.
View ArticleOsprey Lopwell & Bere Ferrers
Todays osprey sightings at Lopwell, then flew over to Bere Ferrers where for the first time I saw it dive with a splash into the river, but alas no fish. You would have had such a great view of this on...
View ArticleEast Soar
Early to mid-morming southerly movement across the airfield of 320 Swallow & 50+ House Martin. Other migrants: Great Spotted Woodpecker, Tree Pipit, 3 Grey Wagtail, 9 Wheatear, Lesser Whitethroat...
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07:00-13:00. Soar Mill Cove/Warren/Starehole/East Soar. Mainly bright, still first thing but a moderate southerly by late morning. The following counts are just for the Warren and Soar Mill Cove so not...
View ArticleLyme Bay Boat Trips
Today we ran two trips out of Brixham. This mornings trip the sea nice and calm, off Berry Head a large flock of Kittiwake, estimated 600 +, not seen these numbers for many years, Artic Skua, 2 Great...
View ArticleWarleigh point
Three Osprey this evening watch two catch fish and fly to tree to eat there catch.
View Articlehorsey island braunton
From velator went right hand path.Rail by first large drain.Femail Marsh Harrier,peregrine on beach,Osprey on usual post.Plenty of waders and godwits' from a distance in flight. Large flock of...
View ArticlePowderham side of Exe
Two Ospreys between 1500-1615. The first flew into the trees at Powderham Estate, the second was high over Turf Hotel, then banked across estuary to be finally watched flying over Clyst.
View ArticleTopsham
Watched from 11:15 till 15:15 from the hide at bowling green marsh to start with , 1 juv curlew sandpiper in with 40+ dunlin, 3 ringed plover , 2 bar tailed godwit, 700+ black tailed godwits included a...
View ArticlePlym Estuary & Saltram
Two Whinchats and 2 Chiffchaffs. Also, on the high tide, 20 Little Egrets, 21 Curlews, 4 Oystercatchers, and 12 Grey Herons.
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