Devon Bird News

Wood Sandpiper on Black Hole Marsh this afternoon. Divided between the estuary and marshes were at least 14 Common Sandpipers, 2 Dunlin and...

I was delighted to confirm what I had suspected for some time - that Little Grebes have bred in the reserve this year! One chick (so far) b...

Seafront - mid pm - 10+ med gull (can you spot 8 birds in bottom photo?), 2 common gull, 4+ common tern, roseate tern , great crested grebe ...

Late update for Fri -09.30-12.45 2 Balearic S'water (east at 09.40) 38 Manx S'water 15 Common Scoter, 3 Sandwich Tern, 85 Gannet, 4 ...

Seawatch 07:00-12:00. 1 Sooty Shearwater (probably lingering out to sea around large trawler, as seen at 07:13 heading SW and presumed same ...

Yesterday 15/07/11 Seawatch 15:00-17:00 Up to five juv Yellow-legged Gulls (2 following trawler and 3 flying past -photo), 2 Balearic Shear...

Seawatch 0530-0830hrs: Yellow Legged Gull 3 all juvs , Med Gull 1 juv , Arctic Skua 1 (dark adult at 0610), Bonxie 1, Balearic Shearwater...

The 3 bearded tits appeared at Bowling Green Marsh this afternoon, as well as a little ringed plover and green sandpiper. [from Steven He...

Broadsands from 8:15-8:25pm was a single juv yellow-legged gull (a first for me) with about 45+ herring gulls(14 juv) on the sea.

A minimum of 15 mediterranean gulls around Exmouth this morning included 7 juvs together early morning on the beach and 5 adults this aftern...

We spent a long night at Hartland point last night and overnight trapped, ringed and released 13 Storm Petrels. Late evening and early morn...

There was a Wood Sandpiper on Black Hole Marsh this morning.

Thursday Evening A juv Yellow-legged Gull was bathing with Herring Gulls on the lower pond late evening, my first for the site. I went back...

Juvenile Yellow-legged Gull in Horseley Cove, later flying off west. Also Adult and juv Med Gull, single Dunlin and Common Sandpiper, and wa...

Four Little Ringed Plovers (1 ad, 3 juvs) on Colyford Scrape this morning for second day, also 15 Dunlin and Green Sand. Yesterday 3 adult...

In the bay this am - 2 Dunlin ( first since 1/6 ) 25 Manx S'water , 1 jv Med Gull. At South Milton Ley the warblers are starting to pass...

Steady movement of Hirundines throught the day- missed the roost last night , totals so far - 220 Sand martin, 330 Swallow, 30 + Swift. This...

07:25 - 09:00 4 Med Gulls this morning. 2 adults; 1 1st summer; 1 2nd summer.

Exmouth Beach - 0600 - a nice classic juv yellow-legged gull on the beach near the lifeboat station this morning. Mudbank (am) - 3+ med ...

Fairly quiet today- this am - 3 Common Sandpiper on the rocks, 1 Curlew over & 4 Common Scoter east. Build up Hirrundines this afternoon...