Exe Estuary

A single juv Swallow sitting on telephone wires in the garden was a nice surprise, as was the Coal Tit and 2 Fieldfares (in Exminster). A walk to Turf was rewarded by the American Golden Plover still on the end of Greenland Bank south of the Turf. It was with 2 Grey Plovers, 3 Avocets and a few Dunlin. The shore at Turf was alive with birds - meadow pipits (c30), linnets (c60), Reed Buntings (c10) and various finches, wagtails and tits. There was even a Robin and Song Thrush all feeding on the seeds of the cord grass and berries from the bushes. Overhead several flocks of Woodpigeons flew SW.