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possible RED THROATED PIPIT seen all too briefly on edge of tip pool northam burrows.Seen face on immediate feature being all brick red underparts but no sooner sighting it away it flew dropping down...
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Lower Tamar Lake - 10th March, Pleasantly spring-like at Lower Tamar this morning. 1 Kingfisher, 1 Song Thrush, 5 Moorhens, 3 Cormorants, 17 Goosanders 9 Tufted Duck,, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1...
View ArticleFord Park Cemetery today
Ford park cemetery two female Black redstarts,one male Black redstart,female Blackcap,one Goldcrest,two Buzzards.
View ArticleWest Charlton marsh
A couple of hours spent here were wellworth it, on a lovely spring day. At least 5 chiffchaff were around the sewage works, as was a goldcrest. On the estuary were at least 50 brent geese and plenty...
View ArticleRippon Tor, Dartmoor
A Short-eared Owl seen at around 17.00hrs quartering below the Tor.
View ArticleDawlish Warren 10th Mar 2016
What looks like an Iberian Chiffchaff feeding on the reeds at the large pond by the flood defence wall, another Chiffchaff at the small pond area.. The Savonian Grebe was off Cockwood.
View ArticleWillow Tits at lower Tamar Lakes
Three of us went from Exmouth especially to see a Willow Tit and within 5 minutes we found our quary. All three we seen near the feeders and the Hide. Marsh Tits were seen to which made id interesting!...
View ArticleKingsteignton
Finch fest on the bird table and feeders today!! 5 Siskins, 4 bullfinches, up to 30 goldfinches, 6 chaffinches, 6 green finches, and a female reed bunting !! (A first for us ????)
View ArticlePlym Estuary
A few hours on this mornings high tide produced the following; 3rd winter Glaucous Gull, Red breasted Merganser (m/f), 8 Little Grebe, Kingfisher, 41 Curlew, 5 Dunlin, c128 Redshank, 3 Greenshank and 1...
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Correction to the age of the Glaucous Gull, it should read 1st winter not 3rd. Sorry, fat fingers!
View ArticleMiddle Soar
Take a deep breath!! Large Eagle species flying north over Middle Soar at 0915 and putting up 330 Golden Plover. Viewed from just under a mile way at East Soar Farm and in poor light. Very dark bird...
View ArticleExe River (Between Mill on the Exe & St David's station)
A pair of Goosander on the river.
View ArticleLudwell Valley Park
I've lived here a while now and never seen them before, but I can confirm the 'mythical' dippers on the stream are real :) Great to finally find them! Also lots of finches about, including a pair of...
View ArticleSeaton Wetlands
An excellent day on my first visit to this excellent site with 52 species recorded, managed to catch up with both the Green Winged Teal and the Glossy Ibis,and there were lots of Chiffchaffs about. On...
View ArticleRe Seaton wetlands crow
The report of the crow taking a gull in flight was amazing: Recently at Bowling Green Marsh we had a crow catch and kill a godwit from the lake, but last week I witnessed a crow hunting a godwit in...
View ArticleBudleigh and Otterton STW
2 Firecest feeding in the warm sunshine near Kersbrook Village today. At Otterton, a flat calm sea produced 8 RT Divers, 4 Common Scoter and a single Porpoise.
View ArticleMigration at sea + barn owl -South Brent
At sea today, fishing mid Channel. Pleased to see several groups of small birds flying from France to England! They will have too remain as LBJ's as too distant for me to identify. The spring migration...
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