Berry Head
Bright still morning on the headland and a small fall of birds, the highlight being a well marked continental Coal Tit that we watched for 35mins before it flew off high West. Other migrants: 6 Willow...
View ArticleYarner Wood ~ Pied Flycatcher
A morning visit to Yarner Wood gave me views of two male Pied Flycatchers, unfortunately each time they settled they were mobbed and driven off by Blue Tits, staff advise that they are the first Pied...
View ArticleFirst swallows
Just went out for lunch with the family to Combe sellers pub on the Teign estuary and had a few good sightings of a pair of red breasted mergansers, great crested grebe the usual gulls and oyster...
View ArticleMorte Point
2 Grasshopper Warblers reeling from Blackthorn @ Gorse cover 0915 - 0945 this morning. My earliest record by 6 days for this location.
View ArticleTorr Quarry
Red Kite seen by Tom Hallam drifting over at 14:00 heading south towards Kingsbridge
View ArticleDartmoor
Red Kite drifting over Ilsington early evening at 5.45pm lingering over the woods and valley for several minutes before moving on. Also Swallows, House Martins and singing Blackcap. (Steve Hearn)
View ArticleWrafton area
Ringing in the reserve this morning produced a further 9 Willow Warblers, 7 Chiffchaffs and the first two Blackcaps of the spring. Late afternoon walk to Sherpa: 2 Common Sandpipers on the Pill. Loads...
View ArticleYarner Wood
Following on from Steve Hopper's earlier post; good views of a male Pied Flycatcher foraging its way through the tree tops and a female Lesser Spotted Woodpecker at Yarner Wood this evening.
View ArticleDunsford Woods
Plenty of woodland birds to see and hear, with Blackcaps, Blackbirds, Song Thrush, and Chiffchaffs in full voice.A couple of Woodies drumming but no LSW and no Willow Warblers or Pied Flycatchers yet...
View ArticleStaverton 05/04/16
5 PM, from the bridge at Staverton, 1 x Raven, 1 x Jay, 3 x Goosanders, 1 x Dipper, 2 x Kingfishers......a lovely sunliit, quiet evening
View Articleshort eared owl/powderham
Short -eared Owl on fence post in field just before the farm on the back road towards Powderham ,was being mobbed by crows and went down to the grass, we waited in the little lay-by for nearly an hour...
View ArticlePaignton - Red Kite
Wednesday 5.45 PM, Red Kite above the main road at 3 Beaches, on the main Dartmouth Road
View ArticleLower Tamar Lake
This morning saw, 2 Willow Tits on different feeders, c50 Sand Martin and 5 Swallow over the lake, 2 Tufted Duck, 1 Goldcrest 2 Nuthatch.
View ArticleHartland Point Seawatch
7-8.30 Wind NW strong 1150 Manx shearwater in first hour (then rapidly tailing off) 33 Kittiwake 4 Gannet 2 Razorbill 1 Sandwich Tern Regards
View ArticleRillage Point to Watermouth
The cold and blustery north-westerlies seem to have very efficiently put the mockers on nearly all migration up here on the north coast. Early visits today and yesterday brought just two Swallows...
View ArticleEast Soar
Male Stonechat showing characteristics of Continental form "rubicola" paired with female Stonechat. Large white rump and thick white collar extending towards nape. Nought else but a few chiffchaffs.
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