Hartland Point
8-11am Wind W Fresh 3 Bonxie 1 Manx Shearwater 9 Great Northern Divers. All flying south, 7 singletons ,one pair 90 Auks and 17 kittiwakes in first hour 3 Med gulls A couple of porpoises plus attendant...
View ArticleTopsham
The first bird I saw as I got out the car by the railway bridge at the top of Bowling Green Road was the Firecrest! Watched it for 40 minutes or so busily feeding either side of the road. Still there...
View ArticleClennon Valley
Between 0830&0900hrs this morning 3000+ Wood Pigeons in 7 flocks moved >SW. 1-2 Siberian Chiffchaffs around Lakes photod above. Video link: https://youtu.be/LR4b2tnhU78
View ArticleBroadsands
2 Great Northern Divers on sea and 1 Black- necked Grebe but little else. Around car parks and marsh 3 Frirecrest see one displaying to another (look at blurred image behind front bird).
View ArticleHarleston at head of Slapton Valley
3 Lesser Redpoll in and around garden this morning (garden tick). Also a few hundred woodpigeons on the move.
View ArticleHope's Nose this afternoon
A great northern diver was in the bay on the north side. Nothing unusual on the sewer - just one common gull among the herring and black headed gulls, and a pair of stonechats on brambles on the edge...
View ArticleCrossbills
Around 3pm this afternoon we saw a flock of 20-30 crossbills near Haldon Forest main car park. Ali & Andy Gooch
View ArticleFremington, Home Farm Marsh.( 9am to 1pm)
Walked from Fremington to Home Farm Marsh .40+ Oystercatcher,40+ Redshank,13 Lapwing,10 Curlew, 1 Snipe,6 Goldfinches,3 Little Egrets,1 male Reed Bunting, 2 Spoonbills flew over the fields heading...
View ArticleHumming-Bird Hawk-Moth Plymstock
Not a bird sighting I know, but a late record for this species? It came into our porch as I left for work this morning
View ArticleBrixham Breakwater
A quick walk along the breakwater before weather closed in, saw only 4 Turnstone, 2 Purple Sandpiper. Watching a trawler coming in with nets out many gulls, gannets but also a smaller dark bird and on...
View ArticleSouth Huish Marsh
Glossy Ibis flew into the marsh at 11.55 , showing well at the back of the 2nd pool
View ArticleMoretonhampstead, Dartmoor
After an absence of over a week the female Black Redstart was back again this morning at the new-builds on Old Barn Drive.
View ArticleLittle Auk
Just had a call from Robin Khan. He spotted a small black and white bird by the side of the roundabout at Clyst St Mary around midday. He stopped the car and went back to the bird which was still alive...
View ArticleExeter
In absence of a Forum page could I refer readers to todays Express and Echo (page 36) in which a Mr Norman Brooking raises a question. He says 'every morning at about sunrise many thousands of gulls...
View ArticleShooting - Sherpa Marshes
15.00 - The shooters were out again blasting away over Sherpa Marshes & around the DBWPS Reserve this aft. As I cycled along the Tarka trail between Wrafton Pond & the DBWPS Reserve 2 female...
View ArticleClennon Lakes
A visit to Clennon Lakes just after the rain stopped found 4 Firecrest, 2 Goldcrest, 8 collybita type Chiffchaffs, 1 Siberian Chiffchaff, 3 Water Raqil, 4 Snipe and 1 Little Egret....
View ArticleLower Tamar Lake
A female Scaup was present this morning along with four male Goosanders.
View ArticleBowling Green Marsh & Goosemoor
Really good numbers of waders over a lunchtime high tide including plenty of Avocets. A Sparrowhawk casued a bit of mayhem for a while. Small party of Brent Geese headed over in the direction of Darts...
View ArticleBroadsands
A good mix of birds today: 1 Black-throated Diver (in Elberry Cove), 4 Great Northern Divers, 1 Black-necked Grebe, 1 Common Scoter, 1 Brent Goose, 8 Shelduck, 3 Razorbills & 1 ad w Mediterranean...
View ArticleExminster Marshes
Afternoon walk around the marsh.Highlights - Gold Crest, Chiffchaff, Peregrine on plylon, Water Rail, Kestrel and a few small flocks of Feildfare among the usual teal, Wideon ,Curlew etc. Fieldfare
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