Devon Bird News

...a few bits and pieces from the Plym this afternoon Common Sandpiper - 9 Greenshank - 2 Med Gull - 1 adult Marsh Sandpiper - none!!!...

A surprisingly good walk around the farm at 2pm. Out on the lawn there were plenty of Pied Wagtails and an Oystercatcher taking full advant...

Seawatch 0620-0820. Actually arrived on site 30 mins earlier but busy sheltering from the torrential downpour. Quite strong S wind when I ar...

07:45-08:30.3 bar tailed godwits,2 whimbrel,flyover male tufted duck.Waders are trickling back and the weather hasn"t changed since the...

A slightly unusual sight at Wembury last night with c. 250 Gannets plunge diving reasonably close in. One lucky fisherman!

News from yesterday - on the beach/rocks - 2 Sanderling  & 2 Turnstone. This morning ideal conditions for a seawatch  F3/4 SE and good...

06:30-10:00. F3-4 ESE, dry, overcast. Only obs. 97>S & 11>N Manx, 221>S & 33>N Gannet, 20>S Common Scoter, 1>S Cu...

06:45 - 08:00 Common Sandpiper 15; Bar-tailed Godwit 1; Black-tailed Godwit 4; Dunlin 4; Wheatear 3; Curlew 38; Oystercatcher 43; Black-h...

Fishing the English Channel south of E Devon, first two juv Yellow-legged Gulls of the year feeding around boat, in with Lesser and Great...

Orcombe Point - 1900 - 2000 - a first summer sabine's gull was a big surprise on a brief and otherwise unremarkable seawatch. It flew ...

PAJ7 was ringed in Poland on 10/05/2005. It was first recorded on the Skern on 03/07/2008 and has been reported several times since.

15 med gulls.6 adult,2s,8fs,.One of the adults was polish bird PAJ7 which i believe has been visiting the area for at least 5 yrs.Anyone kno...

A Beer fisherman reported a Puffin about 2 miles out this morning [Kevin Hale]

Just as miserable on the coast this morning as elsewhere with visibility out to sea counted in yards. A Green Woodpecker present plus 3 Ce...

Had the first look around the pond at Sherpa this morning for some time, and delighted to find that there are now 6 fully-grown juvenile Poc...

07:30 In response to Rob`s comment of lack of Gulls on the estuary yesterday, there were only 9 Black-headed Gulls and just the odd Herrin...

32 black headed gulls,2 bar tailed godwits,dunlin.Seems to be a dearth of gulls on north coast at mo.Usually loads more around at this time.

A very miserable day ,almost continuous rain, very poor viz in the Bay. On Thurlestone Marsh 9sp Black Tailed Godwit spent the day feeding...

Seawatching with Dave Norman covering 09:15-14:15 between us. Steady trickle of Manx reaching c400, but no Balearics, 3 Arctic Skua (two wen...

Seawatch 07:00-13:00: Great Shearwater (SW at 10:41, my earliest yet off Devon), 3305 Manx Shearwater (but surprisingly no balearics today!...