Chris' Wildlife Sightings & Photography

Brambling over Plymouth garden, flying S #birding #ukbirding #birds

Great morn at Soar with a YB Warbler in the hedgerow S of E Soar Outdoor Experience. Ring Ouzel in Starehole Valley, Brambling & Redpoll over, 5 Firecrest, 75 Golden Plover, plus usuals #ukbirding #birding #birds

Thanks mate. They showed well in the end! Hopefully they'll hang around

Great day birding locally - 3 Ring Ouzels (Cadover), Yellow-legged Gull (Trowlesworthy), Goldeneye (Crownhill Down), Firecrest, 2 Ringed Plovers, Treecreeper, 5 Pintail, RCP, 2 Gadwall, 10 Shoveler and 32 Wigeon in the Cadover and Crownhill Down area today #patchbirding #ukbirding #birding

No Ouzels at Cadover, but plenty of wildfowl in Dartmoor's pits. 2 Gadwall (first on the moor since 2021), 3 Pintail, Saltram's RC Pochard on her winter holiday, 9 Shoveler, 30 Wigeon, 100+ Teal. Also Lapwing and 94 Coot (very high count for Dartmoor) #patchbirding #birding #birds

Short Eared Owl at Warren Point, Dawlish - ///future.scorecard.wide. Out of sight as it flew over ridge back towards reserve. 10 Eider offshore. #birding #ukbirding #birds

Some of c300 Golden Plover over tors

Golden Plovers

Flock of c300 Golden Plover over Cadover, most landed on the slopes of the tors. Wheatear in the paddocks. 20+ Redwing over Plympton late morning #patchbirding #birding #ukbirding #birds

Adult YL Gull at Cadover, Dartmoor, in field next to holiday cottage this morning - ///bliss.remaining.edges #patchbirding #birding #ukbirding #birds

Awesome photos!!!

Stunning pic!!!

Ah same Stuart! I didn't realise either! Hope you had a good walk around! The Osprey was showing very well!

Whimbrel, Osprey, Knot with Redshanks

Whizz around various sites on my 10km patch - Osprey at Kingsmill Lake, Whimbrel and Knot at Blaxton Meadow, Plym Est, and 7 Ringed Plover, 3 Wigeon & 43 Teal in the Crownhill Down area #patchbirding #birding #ukbirding #birds

Murky Siblyback, 2 Ruff and 9 Glossy Ibis

Baird's and Pec Sandpipers still at Siblyback Lake ahead of the heavy rain. Supporting cast of 9 Glossy Ibis, Little Stint, 2 Ruff, 16 Ringed Plover, Greenshank, 7 C Sand, 4 Dunlin, Snipe and 4 Wheatear #birding #ukbirding #birds @cbwps.org.uk

Three Red-crested Pochard at Slapton Ley yesterday. Three immature Common Tern past offshore, with 25+ Sandwich Terns on the beach, Med Gulls and several Kittiwakes. #birding #ukbirding #birds

Stunner!

Love a Med

Female Sparrowhawk in the garden #birding #ukbirding #birds @bto-gbw.bsky.social

Little Stint still in Crownhill Down Main Pit at 07:15. Also two Dunlin #patchbirding #birding #birds #ukbirding

Little Stint, 2 Black-tailed Godwits, Ringed Plover and a Yellow Wag (over E at 0800) were the highlights in the Crownhill Down area first thing. #patchbirding #birding #birds #ukbirding

Crownhill Down Main Pit: Little Stint with Dunlin and Ringed Plover #patchbirding #birding #birds #ukbirding

Yeah Graham definitely one of the better days! Hopefully cloud/rain next week will bring in more goodies!

Clear skies overnight and most migrants out - 2 Spot Flies, Tree Pipit over and 8 Wheatear the best in the Crownhill Down area today. #patchbirding #birding #birds #ukbirding

Definitely Tony! 😂

Wryneck

Wood Sandpiper

Pied Flycatcher

Spotted Flycatcher

Brilliant #patchbirding morning - a Wryneck along the fenceline of Crownhill Down (W3Ws ///bills.tiles.ombudsman). Wood Sandpiper still on small pool on the down. Also in the area, Whinchat, Ringed Plover, Pied Flycatcher, 4+ Spotted Flycatchers and a Tree Pipit. #birding #ukbirding #birds

Thanks mate! Hopefully it'll hang around for a bit!

Crownhill Down: Wryneck along fenceline here: ///bills.tiles.ombudsman #patchbirding #birding #ukbirding

A #patchbirding sandwich either side of work, with Black-tailed Godwit the best at dawn in the Dartmoor pits! Wood Sand, Whinchat, Green Sand (over), Ringed Plover and 5 Wheatear the highlights this PM! #birding #ukbirding #birds

Wood Sand on small pool on top of Crownhill Down now. View from here: ///mixing.outcasts.digests #patchbirding #birding #ukbirding #birds

One Sanderling still on Crownhill Down Main Pit #patchbirding #birding #birds #ukbirding