Devon Bird News

Seawatch from 7:00-10:35 was surprisingly good. 200+ gannets, 27 kittiwakes, 1 'commic' tern, 4 sandwich terns, 18 pomarine skuas (...

During the WeBS count 3 wheatears with 5 or so pied wagtails on the sea-wall. In the adjacent fields 2 reed buntings, c10 goldfinches and 3 ...

Seawatch 06.45 - 10.15 ( with John Lambert ). 700+ Gannets, 61 Balearic and single Manx Shearwaters, 3 Storm Petrels, 4 Arctic Skuas, 50+ Le...

Orcombe Point/Maer Rocks - 0640 and 1620 - 21+ yellow wagtail, 3+ wheatear, 1+ whitethroat, 5+ sand martin, 6+ arctic skua, 14+ balearic sh...

Report of a Grey Phalarope at Yelland roost this morning [from Andy Leat]

Curlew Drive - Charleton Marsh ( 14:00-16:40; low tide ) Spoonbill ( unringed adult, Rowden Pt., ) Marsh Harrier ( fem. marsh ), 61 Ringed P...

Watched from 07:00 till 09:00 from the hide 1 juv little stint , 3 juv curlew sandpiper, 250+ teal , 500+ black tailed godwit, 6 bar taile...

Ad. female Ring Ouzel in berry laden hawthorn on NE slope of Challacombe Down around midday. Also 1 Wheatear and 1 Chiffchaff No sign of Thu...

Still 1 Grey Phalarope and 1 Black Tern late morning viewed from the dam. The sailing club members were active and the Phalarope did not se...

Off Plymouth Hoe yesterday, 7 Sandwich Terns (2 juvs), 2 Common Tern, 1 Arctic Tern and 1 Med Gull. [Stephen J Turner]

0800 this morning, one dark-bellied Brent Goose was amongst the Curlew flock on the midstream large sand bank. This is the first arrival of ...

Seawatch 0830-0930, relatively quiet except for 10 Balearic Shearwaters moving south out of the bay, some close range. One drifted back nort...

Still plenty of Balearic Shearwaters hanging around with up to 60+ in the last few days. Many very close, just 100M off-shore and birds see...

A quick seawatch 16:30-18:30 was pretty good. Behind the first trawler coming in were 63 Balearic Shearwaters! Which sat down on the sea cl...

Migrants in the Soar area this morning: lots of Wheatears - 70+ in the fields, a single Ring Ouzel in Starehole Valley plus 7 Ringed Plover,...

Early start this morning out for first light i watched from 06:45 till 09:30 from the hide first bird was a juv little stint not a bad star...

Two Marsh Harrier reported over Colyford Marsh early afternoon today, with at least one on show at 3pm. Beer Head this morning was quiet, w...

The Wryneck reported yesterday was still in the compound by the golf ball this morning. It was at the weedy edge of one of the concrete slab...

The two Grey Phalaropes are still present today on the Upper Tamar Lake, although more flighty and mobile than yesterday. Also 8 Black Tern...

11:10 - 11:55 57 Knot ; 49 Bar-tailed Godwit ; 3 Black-tailed Godwit ; 1 Turnstone ; 75 Dunlin ; 1 Kingfisher and 3 Curlew Sandpiper (11:45...