Devon Bird News

off Lincombe late afternoon: Goosander male with 26 RB Merg's. 4 Med Gulls (2adW, 2W, 1W)

1 Merlin, and 1 male Hen Harrier coming in to roost at 1700

Back on the patch Friday pm - On Thurlestone Marsh - 30 Wigeon , 25 Teal, 4 Shoveler, 40 Snipe, 1 Jack Snipe, 2m Blackcap . Over at South ...

No sign of either the Yellow-browed Warbler or Spotted Sandpiper but - 3 Teal, 1 Turfted Duck, 2 Greenshank, 1 Kingfisher, 3 Snipe and 2 Com...

Between Totnes Weir & Long Marsh (south of old Bridge): 4 Goosander (1 drake 3 females), 8 Teal, 1 Mandarin Drake, 7 Little Grebes, 2 Li...

Waders can be hard to come by outside of migration periods at Wembury so 9 species including Grey Plover, Sanderling, Knot, Barwit and Redsh...

A cropped pic of the American Wigeon taken from the hide yesterday p.m.

Fri 03/02/2012 A look around Slapton produced:   Firecrest (Quarry) 6 Chiffchaff (incl. tristis at Torcross - opposite  Red Phone Bo...

Matford marsh 14:00 till 15:15 Took a walk over to the marsh after work snipe were flying around as I arrived and on the main scrape I soo...

Black Redstart in southwest window of St. Michael's church, off Dinham Road.  [Joe Martin]

1 Spoonbill (adult) roosting on Drake Island this morning - present from dawn until at least 09:30 (when I left). [Tom Forster]

13:00 - 14:30  2 Spoonbill (neither ringed) showing well from the Tarka Trail at Barnstaple.

Visit mid afternoon. Very quiet along railway path apart from c100 linnets that had spilled over from Powderham Marshes, (there were nearly ...

2nd winter Iceland Gull followed a trawler in at 3.20pm then went to roost on a rusty barge. Broadsands: 19 Cirl Buntings on seed in 2nd c...

c 180 Golden Plover this afternoon in field at the top of Sandy Lane near Torr Quarry ( couple Kms north of Kingsbridge ).

Malcombe had a Glossy Ibis hiding in edge of reedbed today at 10.30 hrs

Nice Black Redstat (male) showing on grassy bank on steep path down to the beach this morning, together with Meadow Pipit and Pied Wag.

A nice range of birds at the moment in the park which may be of interest: This morning. 6 Crossbill in the monterey pine in the car park, 3 ...

1 on its own in Weare Gifford seen at 13.30 today in large field the other side the road from the cyder presse pub seen by my son on his del...

11:30 -14:30 Around 100 lapwing in the field opposite the entrance to Isley marsh. 8 Spoonbill on the marsh together with several hundre...