Topsham area
At Bowling Green Marsh today on falling tide: 10 Greylags, 2 Pintail and a putative hybrid Eurasian X Chiloe Wigeon (black barring on chest, orangey flanks and large white patch on sides of head), but...
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Three Velvet Scoters flying around off Seaton this morning with four Common Scoters. Last seen flying off west. Also today Ian Mc had a Dartford Warbler from the Seaton Marshes hide, possibly the bird...
View ArticleBowling Green Marsh Wigeon
Here a picture from Andy Swash of the hybrid. Any other suggestions? Putative Eurasian X Chiloe Wigeon
View ArticleCattle Egrets - Teigngrace
Cattle Egret - Little Egret - and a Magpie with the cow thrown in
View ArticleStover - Water Rail - Pochard - Blue Tit
At the feeder - every type of Tit, Bullfinches male & Female - Great Spotted Woodpecker, Nuthatch & plenty of Squirrels. By the hide a Female Pochard Duck and 1 water Rail showed well in front...
View ArticleStoke Gabriel
One sinensis ' Continental' Cormorant with 5 carbo Great Cormorants on the Mill pond this morning - the usual returning adult. Yesterday the Yellow-browed Warbler was still around the 2nd weir at...
View ArticleGreat Grey Shrike, Soussons Wood, Dartmoor
I saw one great grey shrike sitting on a very prominent perch.
View ArticleEast to West Soar
Highlight was a Merlin over the airfield. Also: 10 Gannet, 260 Skylark, 140 Linnet, 14 Yellowhammer & 12 Cirl Bunting.
View ArticleChivenor & Pottington
Our enchanting Xmas Robin at Chivenor was showing well this aft & celebrating the coming of the festive season with a good amount of vocalising almost as if it was auditioning for the Military...
View ArticleExminster Marshes
Marsh Harrier (Female) seen on the Flyover side of the Marsh late morning
View ArticleWistlandpound Reservoir
The Great White Egret was feeding beside the reservoir at 11.30 am today.
View ArticleWaddeton, Torbay
Two Cattle Egrets were reported from the first field just NW of Waddeton hamlet. in a field with black cattle.
View ArticlePlym Estuary/Blaxton Meadow.
Just popped down for an hour to see what was about and noted the following; On the meadow 126 Redshank, 83 Dunlin, 5 Greenshank, 5 Wigeon, 31 Curlew, 7 Oystercatcher, 2 Kingfisher & 1 Common...
View ArticlePlympton
Five Blackcaps simultaneously today in my back garden: three males and two females. Very little aggression so far, except sometimes from one of the males. I saw the males together and later the females...
View ArticleBroadsands, 21.12.16, c.09:00 - 13:30
Churston Head, 09:10 - 11:30: 3 Gt N Divers (09:20, Elberry Cove; 2 staying together + 1; by 11:30 2 + 1 off Shell Cove/Salltern Cove); 8 Velvet Scoter (09:40, off Shell Cove, then moving further out);...
View ArticlePlymouth
2 yellow browed warblers again in Beaumont Park, Plymouth - 1 calling from tree top in centre of park, seen snaffling a large bluebottle fly and having a preen while a second bird heard calling near...
View ArticleExminster Marshes
The following birds were seen in and a pool at Exminster Marshes: 1 Pintail, 5 Shoveler, 100+ Wigeon, 50+ Lapwing, 30+ Canada Geese, 30+ Teal, 1 Snip, 1 Golden Plover, 2 Mute Swan and 30+ Dunlin.
View ArticleOtterton STW / Chiselbury Bay
Two female Long-tailed Ducks on the sea this afternoon as well as the regular flock of 380+ Common Scoter, 3 RT Divers, 60+ Auks (mostly Guillemot, some Razorbill) and 1 GC Grebe.
View ArticleLower Tamar Lake.
Sunny and calm at the Lower lake this morning. 50+Snipe flushed from the reedbeds near the hide, 15 Goosanders, (6 males), 2 Grey Herons. Blue, Great and Coal Tits plus one Willow Tit on the feeders...
View ArticleStover CP
Lots of Black-headed Gulls and Herring Gulls, also the usual Mallards, Tufted Ducks, Coots, Moorhens. There was a male Kingfisher on the lake and on one of the feeders were three Willow Tit. But most...
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