Brixham Birds- Sunday lunchtime
Excellent views of the many Great Northern Divers and Turnstone, with Gannets galore! Unfortunately also 1 Guillemot with severe oiling which swam to the breakwater and tried to clean itself. Great...
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Best in the reserve this morning was a Goldcrest. The male Marsh Harrier was again over Sherpa Marsh, and the Redshank and Greenshank on the flood.
View ArticleSlapton Red Crested Pochard
Sunday afternoon, distant Goldeneye visible in scope, also a Red Crested Pochard....reports of a recent Bittern at the northern end, by the bridge
View ArticlePlym Estuary/Laira Bridge.
At the south end of the Plym Estuary by Laira Bridge the following were seen this morning. Great Crested Grebe , Shag Ā and 3 Great Northern Divers. Not bad for 5 minutes birding whilst recycling the...
View ArticleBowling Green Marsh
Walked into the hide at 11am and the first bird I scoped was the drake American Wigeon asleep on the right hand bank. As far as I'm aware this is the first time it has been seen in 2016. It stayed...
View ArticleBrixham harbour and Broadsands
A walk around Brixham harbour and breakwater gave good numbers of Great Northern Divers, Shag and Cormorants, a handful of Guillemots, one Black Throated Ā Diver, plenty of Turnstones, a Rock Pipit and...
View ArticleBrixham Harbour 04/01/16
Several Great Northern Divers seen around the harbour. A Turnstone seen on the breakwater & a Razorbill seen briefly off the end of the breakwater. Great Northern Diver Turnstone Razorbill
View ArticleRoadford Lake
SW Lakes Hide - Highlights, Lesser Redpoll, Sparrowhawk, Great Crested Grebe, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Marsh Tit. Forest - Goldcrest, Nuthatch, Goldfinch, Jay. 12-14.30.Ā Great Spotted Woodpecker...
View ArticleExminster Marshes
The flood water was slightly lower today than yesterday but still too high to walk to the canal. From Station Road there were lots of birds to see including huge flocks of black-headed gulls, over 100...
View ArticleBerrynarbor
The Firecrest was again in the garden this morning.Ā I was able to take a quick photo.
View ArticleKingsbridge Estuary & Slapton Ley
Estuary highlights were 4 Great Northern Diver, 11 Great Crest Grebe, 16 Pintail, 550 Wigeon, 2 Red Breasted Merganser, 200 Dunlin, 2 Grey Plover & ! Blackwit. Slapton - 2 Red Crested Pochard, 3...
View ArticleBroadsands
On sea: 25 Great Northern Divers, 22 Great Crested Grebes, 2 Common Scoter, 3 Shelduck, 1 2w Mediterranean GullĀ - no small grebes at all! Car parks: 14 Cirl Buntings and 2 Reed Bunting on seed, 3...
View ArticleDart's Farm
Around the fields in amongst the Chaffinch and Linnet flock was one Brambling and on the Reedmace two Reed Buntings.
View ArticleExminster Marsh
Andy Bond found 2 Great White EgretsĀ together at 1.50pm south of the lane to Lions Rest , fairly distantly to the right of the resevoir. For no reason, they both took flight at 2.30pm and slowly headed...
View ArticleHope's nose
2 Great Northern Divers on the water close to shore. 3 Greatcrested grebes flew past . several Guillimots on the water Yesterday (4th Jan) 1 Great Northern Diver Torquay outer harbour
View ArticleAmerican Wigeon and Brambling
Darts Farm ~ Very good for the smaller bird species today, three Reed Bunting feeding on the bullrush heads to the side and front of the hide. Good sized flocks of House Sparrow, Goldfinch, Greenfinch,...
View ArticleBudleigh and Woodbury Common
2 Purple Sandpipers off rocks below Otter Head this am and a Great Grey Shrike on Woodbury Common this afternoon at approx SY040871. Presumably the same bird first found this morning by Dave Murray on...
View ArticleDarts Farm
Visited Darts Farm this lunchtime. I eventually found 2 female Bramblings feeding at the far end of the crop field amongst a flock of Chaffinches. Also, Reed Bunting, Fieldfare and Stonechat.
View ArticleFirecrests at Broadsands
Great views of 2 Firecrests in the corner of the car park in bright sunshine this morning
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