Devon Bird News

Out on a fishing boat today in Lyme Bay. Fairly run of the mill seabirds, Kittiwakes, Fulmars, Gannets etc, but at last............... My ...

This bird was on the River Plym on 29/1/11. It looks very much like the bird that Matt has posted from The Otter. I was in the Burrator area...

Above two photos adult yellow-legged gull - Otter est, mid pm. Above photo colour-ringed lesser black-backed gull - large blue ring left ta...

Red Breasted Goose on Exe this morning with the Brents. Also there this afternoon feeding in field south of Turf.

Still at least 8 Velvet Scoters off Seaton Hole. Depressingly few gulls and 2 canoes on the estuary late afternoon - just an adult Med Gull...

Bitterly cold with 100% cloud. Interesting afternoon fom the house. 7 Wigeon, 16 Teal 2 Shoveler,1 m Gadwall, 6 Snipe, 1 Water Pipit. At 16....

Firecrest still present in marshy ditch between the two car parks. 8 Cirl Buntings and 3 Reed Bunting on seed in back of the 2nd car park....

1 Slav Grebe, 1 GN Diver, 1 Shelduck and not much else. GN Diver was a patch tick though.

07:45 - 09:30 Sanderling 27 Black-tailed Godwit 8 Dunlin 15. Plenty of Redshank, Oystercatcher, Curlew etc. Bradiford Reserve. About 20-30...

The adult Great Grey Shrike still on Woodbury Common this morning, in the usual valley just East of Woodbury Castle. Nearby no sign of ...

New Bridge 13.30-14.20. No sign of Pink-feet or Cattle Egret or any Goosanders! Pottington 14.30-15.40 Redhead Smew and Green Sandpiper stil...

Excellent weather for the penultimate RSPB Avocet cruise on the Exe Estuary. A great variety of birds were seen including Slavonian, Little ...

The 8 white-fronted geese were to the west of the lagoon. At 16.45 a bittern flew from the centre of the marsh towards Powderham marshes....

At Colyford Common this morning there were two Water Pipit and eight 'Scandinavian' Rock Pipits some of which had begun to change ...

A first for me in the garden, 11:08 this morning. Apologies for photo quality.

Roy, no sign of the Pinkfeet yesterday, just the Cattle Egret, think they went about a week ago!

Bittern present 13.22-13.46, pool nearest pub.

Late pm visit - 3w-s yellow-legged gull (see above), 5 goosander, 21 brent goose, 24+ pied wag, 1w mediterranean gull, 6 dunlin.

After 4 months the coast path has been reopened which means I now have access to my Beacon Point Seawatching seat. With superb light and a f...

The female black redstart was back in my garden and on the roof tops today. Also 10+ Buzzards together in thermals over the back of the vall...