Devon Bird News

2.5 hour seawatch from 8am with John Lambert in strong SW winds produced : 1 Balearic Shearwater , 2 Great Northern Divers,I Fulmar, I Commo...

2 Yellow-legged Gulls and 2 Med Gulls on the estuary late afternoon. 6 Greylags flew from upstream, dithered around a bit, then seemed to ...

One Short eared owl over northern marshes at 4:30pm.

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From the hide 07:45 till 09:30, 379+ avocet, 76 bar tailed godwit, 2 black tailed godwit 5 Greylag geese, 5 knot, 50+ wigeon, 10 shoveler, ...

7 mandarin at torridge est landcross, a ruff at southcott valley bideford.

The female Snow Bunting was skulking around on the beach side of the 2nd post on the pebble bank by the Yacht Club. Having walked back and f...

These are the 2 hybrids that I have been reporting for the past few days. From their head size and shape plus the colour of their beaks, I s...

On the River Taw at Yeo Bridge this morning... [from Don Pratt]

A late afternoon visit to Exminster Marsh, only 4 Greylags today,but large numbers of Greenfinch 200+ also 100+ Fieldfare and a few Redwings...

This Chiffchaff which plumage wise was very like tristis was giving an odd call, it was sharper than normal tristis but still more hollow th...

Maer Rocks : 2 purple sandpipers, 1 turnstone, 1 rock pipit, 30+ common scoter, 1 female velvet scoter, 12 shags. Mudbank lane : the usual ...

Driving over Staverton Bridge early afternoon noticed 4 Goosanders ( 2 redheads ) and 3 Little Grebes on the R. Dart on the Staverton side o...

New arrivals today were on South Huish marsh - sigle Greylag Goose and a pale-bellied Brent Goose , latter feeding in the ' Great Bustar...

14:15 - 15:30 Good numbers of birds on the river this afternoon incl:- c1500 Lapwing ; c400 Curlew ; c100 Dunlin and c130 Wigeon . On Penhi...

A stroll around the ponds this lunchtime produced: 1 tristis type   Chiffchaff (non calling), 4 collybita Chiffchaffs, 4 Goldcrests, 2 Sho...

The desert wheatear appears to have moved on - not seen today. However 3 black redstarts were feeding around the coastguard cottages. 32 tea...

In amongst tonight's c20,000 Starling roost was a juv/1w Rose-coloured Starling

Female Goldeneye in estuary off sea wall.

4 Hawfinches seen in Beech woodland at Longdown this morning.The birds were highly mobile and were seen to leave the private estate where f...