Devon Bird News

Pallas's Warbler found in the Reserve just after 12.00. Those arriving later saw 2 together. The photos above may show 2 different birds...

After a cracking morning at Dawlish Warren got the train over to topsham and arrived at Bowling green marsh at 12:45. A quiet afternoon bu...

Arrived at Dawlish Warren just after 7:oo this morning with a cool northerly wind started to walk out towards the dunes to do a bit of vis m...

In addition to Pete's post I had a probable Dusky Warbler at 10.30 in the hedge that runs at the top of Starehole Valley, 150M NW of th...

Missed the report on the Starling roost - numbers well down at 1500, a Swallow over the marsh at 16.30

Late afternoon update - a female Black Redstart on roof of my house at 13.30. Female marsh harrier over the marsh both early am & late a...

130 Fieldfare; 20 Redwing; 40 Starling; 2 Lesser Redpoll - all on the move!

A busy day with quite a bit of "vis mig" from dawn including a spectacular movement of Wood Pigeons: a conservative (if crude) est...

A couple of Black Redstarts , photographed today by Simon Thurgood...

Great grey shrike still present to dusk. 100+ fieldfare with a sprinkling of redwing and 400+ woodpigeon

This afternoon to dusk: unringed, adult red-breasted goose with Canada geese (I guess a returning presumed escape); male merlin to roost; a...

Chaffinches were bird of the day with at least 400 going west this morning (all in groups of 5 - 20). A conservative estimate of the Woodpig...

07.00 - 14.00 (with Perry from 09.30 - 11.00) see his post for conditions and much more detailed counts: Gannet (4 ad.s E), Hen Harrier (1 ...

06:50-12:00. Fresh to strong NW in the car park first thing, Light to moderate N by mid morning with bright conditions. Vis mig from the car...

Superb morning more like early Sept than Nov. Having returned from a few days of vg birding in Norfolk with reasonably good views of Bearded...

Heard and eventually pished this beauty into my garden from next door.

Some good over head migration today despite the fresh N wind and clear(ish) conditions: 2200+ Wood Pigeons > SW unfortunately not over th...

3000 woodpigeons flying SW over Bickleigh, mid Devon in 1.5 hrs this morning. [from Peter Burston]

Immature Glossy Ibis at Bere Ferrers this morning between 08:48 and 09:03 (grid ref 464635) - then flew up the river Tavy. [from Neil Moo...

this evening: 7 med gull (2 1W, adW's ) Black Necked Grebe was a nice surprise. BB per comm this evening: 2? Bearded tit Sth Milton ...