Devon Bird News

Pair of Goldeneye feeding with around 10 Red breasted mergansers at Cockwood - no sign of Long tailed duck. Around 100 Black tailed godwits...

At least 11 velvet scoters and 3 great crested grebes off Seaton Hole. Bewicks swan in the usual field showing very close to gate. And final...

Seawatch, 7.30 - 10.00; 2 Red-throated Divers, 1 Black-throated Diver, 170 Gannets, 18 Fulmars, 2 Goosanders, Velvet Scoter, 1692 Auks. Apar...

Pottington/Bradiford Reserve 12.15-13.50 44 Sanderling, 8 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Gadwall and a redhead Goosander. New Bridge 14.00-14.45 Cat...

A flock of 20 Siskins in trees beside the (narrow) river, 4 Greenshank, 17 Lesser Black-backed Gulls, 22 Common Gulls, and a leucistic Black...

At 08.15 both the Bittern & Marsh Harrier on the Marsh. 2 Sanderling on Yarmer Beach this am. 25 Redwing in local garden.

1 adult Whooper swan with 3 mute in the field next to the old mill house in Weare Gifford at 14:30 David Churchill

Mid afternoon, low water, so few waders on the marshes. Also large female peregrine sat in the middle of the marshes may have been partly re...

The Great Grey Shrike showed well at Aylesbeare Common at 2.09pm perched at the top of a bush just past the cross tracks about 200 yards in ...

Spotted Redshank on the Clyst at Topsham (23/2) - by Simon Thurgood A Slavonian Grebe was off Broadsands beach, 24/2 [from Jacob Wood] ...

Bittern was showing well at the screen nearest the pub, for 2 minutes at 1.32pm. Also on the pools, 2 gadwall, 2 mallard, 17+teal, 1 heron...

Visit to Matford 3p.m. was quite productive: 1 Green Sandpiper, 7 Gadwall, 3 Snipe & 5 Tufted Duck in addition to the 100+ Wigeon flock...

The adult F Marsh harrier showed very well at 8am & again at 16.00 & 17.00. When quartering birds dieturbed were 50 Teal, 25 Snipe ...

At 09:25 this morning, 4 Spoonbills just downstream of the Taw Bridge, on the Sticklepath side of the river.

A bittern was showing well this morning (08:00-08:30) from the cycle path screen nearest the pub. Also two sandmartin high above the flood...

Still 12 Velvets Scoters floating around in the bay - they seem to be drifting closer by the day too! On the Estuary late afternoon 5 Med G...

Ringtail Hen harrier over Exe reedbeds at 16:45. 3 Brambling in garden.

Hi Gavin, Steve has sent various photos to several experts, and the concensus is that they are indeed both Pink-feet.

A slightly belated posting (my fault -sorry) of some interesting photos from Nigel Bastin, taken last Friday I think. Although both have pin...

As I approached the viewing screen over-looking the pool closest to the pub a sand martin flew over head. It then appeared on several occas...