Devon Bird News

One 1st summer Med gull on Exe north of playing fields. Also 2 Black swans, 7 Little egrets, 2 Common sandpipers.

From the hide 12:40 till 15:30 The Spotted redshank showed well on the far side from the hide with 8+ greenshank, 262+ black tailed godwit...

10:00 - 11:30 Low water Anchor wood bank: Mostly Black-headed gulls with 12 shelduck, 6 Curlew, 18 Oystercatcher, and 2 Black-tailed Godwi...

Looked in at the Lower lake this afternoon, and surprisingly the water level had dropped considerably over the last week or so, and there is...

A check over the beach at low tide this morning, before the crowds arrived proved fairly quiet: 1 juv Med Gull, 1 ad Dunlin and a Sedge Warb...

The Turnstones on  the Breakwater seemed to be up to 20 tonight, but was only able to detect one Purple Sandpiper.

Beach still full this evening with people enjoying the fine weather but managed to find: 1 juv Yellow-legged Gull, 5 Med Gulls (2 Juvs,2fs ...

3 green sandpiper on settling lagoons near Wotter. Poor for dragonflies here!!

Devon Bird News and the DBWPS website are shortly to be updated... I will look forward to them going live on 8 August.  Congratatulations a...

Following Matt's post, I had a recent conversation with Debra Shearwater the US seabird trip organiser who has just  been running a tour...

5 juvenile Pochard on the pond this morning. Still 4 juv Little Grebes in the reserve. At home a Hummingbird Hawkmoth in my garden briefl...

About a dozen Turnstone on the jetty towards the end of the breakwater this morning at 8.00am along with the unseasonable sight of 2 Purple ...

This am: 34 Little Egrets, Spotted Redshank, Green Sandpiper, Whimbrel, 2 Med Gulls. Also a Grey Plover on the Clyst. [Gordon Youdale]

08:45 21 Mediterranean Gulls (14A, 3 2S, 4 1S.) on sandbar just off the T.Trail, with B.H Gulls. Black Swan still about.

This evening produced: 2 Green Sandpiper on main pool. Plus 2 Wigeon and a Teal. Plus God knows what else lurking behind the high vegetatio...

9 med gulls in field by mod building instow.6 adult,2fs 2s.View from tarka trail.19:50-20:30.11 med gulls at skern.10 adult,2s which had whi...

A 'purring' male Turtle Dove photographed on an East Devon common on Sat 21/7 by Derek Carter. Had been in the vicinity for at leas...

Seawatch Start Point: 10.00 - 11.00   Manx 76 west, 31 east Balearic 2 west Fulmar 1 west Gannet 57 west Auk sp 3 west...

Green Sandpiper on the scrape this afternoon from the five bar gate.

4 crossbills over bideford heading northerly direction from house on clovelly road at 17:45.Whoops forgot to mention hobby over bishops nymp...