STOP PRESS

DEVON BIRD NEWS has moved...find it HERE


Monday 11 October 2010

Solitary Sand etc

Played it cool and went to Start Point first light, 5 Wheatears around the car park and some vocal Song Thrushes suggested birds were around but it was basically all blown out. Got itchy feet and went to Black Hole Marsh for the Solitary Sandpiper and had great views - thanks Steve. Also 3 Ruff, Little Stint, couple Knot etc. Went back to Start in the afternoon, Firecrest by the farm entrance but everything else keeping low.
Looking ahead, seen the weather forecast and though i'm no Mystic Meg surely Thursday / Friday through the weekend has the potential to bring loads of great birds our way with cloudier skies and rain arriving from the east-northeast hopefully with a big chunk of what birds are occuring on the east coast presently.