Devon Bird News

It is roughly 9:30pm on Tuesday, August 7th, and tomorrow DBN will be moving to the brand new DBWPS website. However...although the top ba...

Seawatch 0915-17.15hrs (ST,DMN,ML) totals: Great Skua2, Arctic Skua 6, Common Tern 253, Sandwich Tern 3, Puffin 1, Common Scoter 4, Sooty...

I was aware that a large number of Manx Shearwater were present off Berry Head so eventually got down to the point at 1630hrs. Massive amoun...

The highlight of a mid after-noon visit were 5 wood sandpipers . Four appeared on a pool in the middle of the marsh and were soon joined by ...

Brisk W4 wind this morning , little cloud and v good viz Seawatch from Warren Pt 09.15- 12.30. Less passage than Sunday-  200 Gannet, 6 Fu...

Had a very odd sighting in my Brixham garden last week, on a wall next to an ornamental conifer. The attached (about 4-5 ins long) is appa...

Watched from the hide from 09:00 till 14:00 Heavy rain and thunder made viewing hard at times but still a good morning the adult spotted r...

Berry head sea watch 06:30 - 09:00; 130 Kittiwakes joined by 6 Pomarine Skuas at 07:40. Steady passage of Manx Shearwaters 320 in 2 1/2 hou...

4 ringed plover were an unexpected surprise this evening. Pied wagtail numbers slowly increasing ( although 6 is not very many) but no other...

Sea watch from 9.00 - 9.50 from the Beer shelter, 14 Manx Shearwater (E), & 1 Balearic Shearwater (W), but not the Corys i was hoping f...

Just a few showers this morning otherwise sunny periods, some passage of birds - 600+ Manx Shearwater, 200+ Gannet,  5 Common Scoter,  12 ...

Brief visit mid-afternoon after the rain. It's rained here since early morning. The scrapes look ideal but held few birds - 3 black-tail...

Seawatching 10.30-12.30hrs after the worst rain showers had passed, so I was sat in bright sunshine and 15miles + vis, not what you would wa...

Seawatch 07:30-14:00: Great Shearwater (through 09:58-10:06, close enough to see cap, dirty vent etc, must be the Berry Head bird moving ra...

Seawatch today (05.45 - 13.45 - and again 16.45 - 17.45);  (all west unless stated), Cory's Shearwater at 10.40, 5 Sooty Shearwaters, 18...

On Thurlestone Marsh at 07.00 a Teal and 3 Green Sandpiper. Seawatching from Beacon Pt from 08.30 - 10.30-  250 Gannet, 6 Sandwich Tern , ...

Seawatching 05.45-0910hrs: 1 Great Shearwater 08.50-09.00 >S slowly (then pressumably same bird >SW Start Pt just after 10am - MD,AR...

08:20 1 Wood Sandpiper with 3 Green Sandpipers . 09:15 Then joined Rob Marshall at Instow for the 75 Mediterranean Gulls . (inc 1 Polis...

07:15 2 Mediterranean Gulls (1A, 1 2nd S); 4 Dunlin; 5 Ringed Plover; 2 Wheatear and 1 Peregrine.

75 med  gulls.38 adults,5 ss,28 fs,4 juvs. 07:00-10:00.With Maurice Clements.