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Saturday 3 September 2011

Exmouth

Orcombe Point - 0635 - 0850 - 20 knot, 1 turnstone, 1+ ringed plover 17+ yellow wagtail, 2 grey wagtail, 4 wheatear, 1 whitethroat, 2 chiffchaff, 1 grey heron, 4 little egret, 3 sparrowhawk, 3+ arctic skua, 2 great skua (west), 4 common scoter, 4 manx shearwater, fw/juv yellow-legged gull.
Mudbank - 3 pintail, 85+ wigeon, 2 shoveler, peregrine, 2 mediterranean gull, kingfisher.
Yesterday - Orcombe Point - 9+ chiffchaff, 10+ knot, 38+ yellow wagtail, 1 grasshopper warbler (dung field), 2+ grey wagtail, 4+ tree pipit, 6+ meadow pipit (first proper movement this autumn), 4 whitethroat, 1 ringed plover, 5 little egret, 3 blackcap, 4 wheatear, 2 sedge warbler, 1+ skylark, 2 great spotted woodpecker, 4 arctic skua (lingering), 1 manx shearwater.
Mudbank - 8 great crested grebe, 12 wigeon, osprey (juv north @ 1200).
Littleham - c20+ yellow wagtail.