Plymouth City Centre
An obliging Black Redstart was mingling with Christmas shoppers outside the Costa coffee shop at the junction of Old Town Street and New george Street this lunchtime
View ArticleLower Tamar Lake
23rd Dec. Lower Tamar Lake. At last, some sun and dry weather! 1 female Bullfinch, 56 Mallard, 19 Goosander, 5 Tufted Ducks, 2 Nuthatches, 1 Marsh Tit, plus Blue, Great and Marsh Tits, 60+...
View ArticleWembury
A water pipit feeding on the seaweed mass near the sewage pipe this morning with rock- and meadow pipits, allowing good comparisons. Very aggressive towards nearby rock pipits but mostly tolerated...
View ArticleDevils point, Plymouth.
1015-1210 Around Devils point this morning: 2 Rock pipit, 1 Great Northen diver in the bay, 1 Sandwich tern fishing near the shore, 30+ Cormorants on Drake's island, several already with the breeding...
View ArticleBGM and Goosemoore
Birded from 1pm - 4pm. 2 male Tufted Duck, 6 Pintail, Jay,Redwing, Buzzard, about 120 Avocet Redshank, Lapwing, Greylag and Canada Geese, 1 male gadwall, a few Dunluin, 2 Grey Plover, 1 Snipe,...
View ArticleSoussons/Warren House
A nice walk late morning found an active Great grey shrike on the slopes between the Warren House Inn and Soussons. In the plantation itself we encountered a group of c30 crossbills. We then took a...
View ArticleClennon Lakes
1 Siberain Chiffchaff between lower and middle Pond today also 3 collybita type Chiffchaffs 4 Firecrests, 8 Goldcrests, 2 Snipe, 1 Teal, 2 Water Rail, 1 Little Egret.
View ArticleIlfracombe
Birds around the town today included a Black Redstart (Granville Road), a Chiffchaff (near Larkstone Café) and 5 Purple Sandpipers (at low-tide roost on rocks adjoining the quay, just below St...
View ArticleStover Park yesterday
Sorry delays in posting. Paid avisit from about 1030hrs to 1500hrs. Weather passable except for a sharp downpour about lunchtime. Light not good but passable sunny periods. Species noted: Cormorants,...
View ArticleWrafton
The Redshank that was there yesterday evening had gone, but this morning there were the 3 Spoonbills on the flood by the Tarka Trail, with hundreds of Black-headed Gulls. In the reserve - the first...
View ArticleExmouth
A Great Northern Diver was close in to Shelly Beach late this morning. Also 2 Black Redstarts were mobile around the apartment blocks and the beach. The Black Brant was on the other side of the estuary...
View Articlehen harrier over Colaton Raleigh
yesterday 23rd december female hen harrier spotted beign mobbed by a raven over Dotton
View ArticleTamar estuary / Ernesettle
1110 - 1330 On a rising tide: 3 Greenshank, 24 Shelduck, 18 Snipe, 71 Teal, 6 Black tailed Godwit, 16 Wigeon, 3 Great crested grebe, 1 Kingfisher, and a flock of Avocet over at Kingsmill lake.
View ArticleBroadsands
Yellow-browed Warbler showed exceptionally well this afternoon also 2+ Firecrests 4 Goldcrest and 3 Chiffchaffs. On the sea: 15 Great Northern Divers, 2 Slavonian Grebes, 3 Black-necked Grebes and 7...
View ArticleSouth Brent
A visit to a private lake on the outskirts of South Brent provided sightings of two Little Grebe, a flock of about 50 Wigeon, four Moorhen, Coot, Green Woodpecker, three Goldcrest, a large flock of...
View ArticleBroadsands
The Yellow-browed Warbler was showing fantastically this morning, also the Siberian Chiffchaff until it was chased off byt the smaller Y-bW! 2 Chiffchaffs, 4 Goldcrest, 2 Firecrests and just 4 Cirl...
View ArticleHoopoe in December?
I have often seen hoopoes in the Middle East and in Malta, and know that the species' status in England is that of an occassional summer visitor. Yesterday my wife and I gave our daughter-in-law a 2016...
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