Devon Bird News

Bowling Green Marsh Topsham I watched the female smew from the hide between 16.45 and 17.15 this afternoon. At first it was on the lagoon,...

Long seawatch (08.00 - 14.00) produced a lot of birds but not much variety. Bulk of the birds were made up of 367 Gannets, 37 Fulmars, 132 K...

Notice from RSPB Please note that the hide at Bowling Green Marsh will be closed from 09.00 on Monday 7 February until Wednesday afternoon ...

Great Northern Diver off Breakwater beach this morning

A ringtail Hen Harrier was quartering over Aylesbeare Common this morning. The Bewick's Swan was still present with twenty one Mute Swa...

Only 2 birds of note in the bay today - 1 Slavonian Grebe, 1 -1st w Black Redstart. Starling roost tonight down to 75 k

At low water, 13.30, there were 7 scaup, one goldeneye (male) and c15 red-breasted mergansers in the estuary close to where the River Clyst ...

Berry Head - 26/11/10 At a recent meeting the DBRC opted to reinstate Lapland Bunting as a Devon 'A' rarity from Jan 1st 2011. Du...

Poor vis this am with drizzle- Thru the bay- 1 Great N Diver -east at 09.40, 1 Red T Diver thru at 11.10. 4 Fulmar , 3 kiitiwake, 1 Slavonia...

A Lapland Bunting on the salting by the R.Caen at 12.30 today. (Rob Jutsum)

Another good Stuart Lines cruise this afternoon: Long-tailed Duck (imm drake between Exmouth and Starcross), Slavonian Grebe (off Lympstone ...

At 14:15 and just a short distance downstream of the Taw Bridge was an unusual bird for the estuary, a grey and white Muscovey Duck . I don...

2 redhead smew, 1 female goldeneye, on river near the new bridge at 1200 hrs

on Sea: 1 Red-necked Grebe , 2 Black-necked Grebes , 14 Great Crested Grebes, 4 Common Scoter , 1 Eider. In Marsh: 1 tristis Chiffchaff , 1...

Still a dozen Shoveler on the pond. With the pond iced over except for a section in the centre the Shoveler have come much closer than norma...

On the sea this am- very poor visability until noon, 1 Slavonian Grebe , 1 Great C Grebe, 2 F Goosander ( another 2 flew in from east before...

Preston/Paignton: 1 Red-necked Grebe , 1 Long-tailed Duck , 4 Common Scoter, 3 Black-necked Grebes, 6 Great Crested Grebes. Goodrington: 1 R...

Whist waiting for the Reed Buntings to fly into the net ( 5 ringed ) had a 1st w Black Restart and a m Blackcap. Both Cettis Wblr & Wate...

A morning spent on the Otter Estuary found the following ...Sparrow Hawk, 10 Reed Bunting, 5 Red Breasted Merganser came in from the sea (fo...

A nicely flat sea this afternoon, revealing 11 Velvet Scoters and 21 Commons , plus an Eider , 2 Red-throated Divers and a Slavonian Grebe...