Devon Bird News

Red Kite over my house at churston ferrers near brixham at about 1pm this afternoon, mobbed by gulls and then it returned before heading o...

Unseasonal Sand Martin and Whimbrel this morning and a Grey Seal. A pod of about 10 BN Dolphin passed east this evening (2 medium sized calv...

A Red Kite was lingering this afternoon around Leedon Tor, viewed from the B3212 between Dousland and Princetown it was still there when I l...

06:20 - 09:00 Being such a brilliant sunrise start to the day, I thought I can`t stay in bed and waste this and a VERY slow one-way stroll p...

Belle Vue Road - 0850 - red-rumped swallow north over house and heading upriver. Also 1 peregrine, hobby (north 1238), 9+ red kite (all...

One or two downy emerald dragonflies on the pool today, also several emperors.

No raptors over the Bay - but still some action A Great Northern Diver on the sea before flying east at 10.15, 1 Sandwich Tern , 1 Whimbrel ...

Interesting report has just appeared on BirdForum this afternoon... http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=202205

Yesterday evening an adult Red Kite flew over Dartington CC from Totnes heading toward Staverton, accompanied by a few Crows and a Herrin...

Does anyone know anything about the possible Pallid Swift over the old Newton Abbot Hospital yesterday with 4 Common Swift?

Two Red Kites over Mamhead Obelisk briefly at 13:45 today. 10+ Mandarins on the River Dart at Buckfastleigh this morning, viewed from t...

A Red Kite over Waddeton (near Paignton) at 1545 slowly drifting northwards. [from  Rob Brennan]

Mark Darlaston and myself had a Red Kite drift slowly SW at 1050hrs today

Surprisingly only the2nd record of the yr a Redshank on the rocks. Female Marsh Harrier over both marshes this aft - a scruffy looking bird ...

Mudbank - 0530 - slavonian grebe , 1 great crested grebe, c20+ sandwich tern, c200+black-headed gull but couldn't find the bonaparte...

Went up to the woods today to deal with the nest boxes. We ringed 49 Pied Flycatchers (five adults) 4 nearly fledged Nuthatch , and two bro...

Quite a lot of fledged young around this am - Blackcap , Chiffchaff ( at least 3 groups) L T Tit ,Coal Tit . A Goldcrest in Mallards lane wa...

Mudbank - 1030 - fs bonaparte's gull with c100+ black-headed gulls. Also slavonian grebe and 2 great crested grebe. Yesterday - Seafr...

Bowling Green Marsh The long staying Bonaparte's Gull showed well in front of the hide amongst the numerous Black-headed Gulls at the ...

A 1st Summer Mediterranean Gull was feeding off Berry Head this morning otherwise just two Manx Shearwaters on a stiff W breeze ( but I was ...