Judah Baker

Thats a top class casp

February Week Three Week 3 Only a couple of outings, with a pretty major failure in Yarner Wood, picking up only a redpoll by call, with a couple other more typ...

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February Week Two Week 2 Apion cf. frumentarium Week 2 was rather uneventful in the way of rare birds, with 4 (2 successful) outings for some slightly unusual...

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So its a different one to this bird?

Cetti’s Warbler unusually singing from in the bracken

Broadsands - 11:30 - 1 brambling, 1 siskin, 100+ chaffinch, 50+ linnet, 1 firecrest, 1 cetti’s, 5 GND, & 1 razorbill
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Yearlist February Week One Week One Not the most productive week but saw some lovely species and did the first proper bugging of the year in the form of a couple hou...

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A larus gull (I haven’t confirmed if its herring or LBBG yet lol)

Herring Gull

Lesser Black-backed Gull

Lesser Black-backed Gull

Some more unsuccessful gulling at dawlish warren @warrenbirding.bsky.social
Saw seven-spot ladybird & gorse weevil inbetween the rain though
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Where is queen’s marsh in dartington? i cant find it on the map. Might go there/totnes and try find dipper tomorrow.

Im pretty sure its seafield gardens minigolf

Green Shield Bug

Orange Ladybird

Sowerby’s Keeled Slug

7-spot Ladybird

A couple of bugs from yesterday!
#entomology

i found an exciting weevil at Otter Estuary today called the Gorse Weevil, i’ve seen the species before at Dawlish Warren but i could never get tired of them!

Spoonbill feeding

Kingfisher perched on a reed

Whimbrel

Distant Cattle Egret

A couple birds from today, unfortunately no water pipits for us at otter estuary, however the spoonbills showed fantastically. #devonbirds

Too small for YLG? Maybe too pale as well? Idk other ID features other than that. Could it be the continental herring gull subspecies?

Caspian Gull

Black Redstart

Black-throated Diver

Little Gull

Had a pretty good January with @kieope.bsky.social !
Lots of good birds, highlights - slav grebe, BNG, whitefronts, spotshank, purple sands, BTD, little gulls, casps, velvet scoter, black redstart, goldeneye, razorbill, whimbrel, & RTDs.
Hopefully many more good birding months to come! #devonbirds

Yearlist January Week 4 Week 4 A slightly extended week - stretching from the 22nd - 31st January. Little Gulls from Teignmouth, Jan 23rd A good start with 4 little...

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Today @wildweevils.bsky.social and i went to Decoy Country Park in Newton Abbot and saw a group of 3 Treecreepers, which were a lifer for me! They were amazing to watch! We also got a Marsh Tit which we saw for half a second aha!
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A few more pics, and a second bird in pic 4, perhaps the bird I saw on the 27th? Didn’t get good quality pic of this bird unfortunately #devonbirds

First winter Caspian Gull

Juvenile Black-throated Diver

Purple Sandpiper feeding along harbour wall

Nonbreeding plumage Razorbill

Lovely afternoon in Brixham harbour, if a little wet! January’s nemesis bird of BTD finally defeated after about 5 attempts lol. And cracking views of the best larus. #devonbirds

Caspian Gull roosting on a pontoon with 50+ shags

Caspian Gull preening

Razorbill in non-breeding plumage

Finally I’ve seen a caspian gull!! A terrible bus ride to brixham today was worth it for my first lifer of the year, spotted by @kieope.bsky.social
Also a nice razorbill feeding in the harbour
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Ring-necked Parakeets on the outskirts of Exmouth

Whimbrel in flight, Exmouth

Brent Goose at the duckpond, Exmouth

Duckpond, Exmouth

Had a lovely day in Exmouth yesterday with @kieope.bsky.social! Some nice birds, and had 2 little gulls from the train off teignmouth which was cool
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@devonshirenature.bsky.social yes, well different bird but still a lovely caspian

Well one of them did!

I wonder if it will stick around till tmr morning

Herring Gull

Gulls on Dawlish Warren beach

Greenland lake being a bit more lakey

A rather meagre big garden birdwatch count

Did the @rspb.bsky.social big garden birdwatch yesterday morning, and some gulling at @warrenbirding.bsky.social which produced less than hoped, but still a couple subad LBBG’s and at least one kittiwake close in off the seawall
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captive Muscovy Duck- with bubbling eye unfortunately.

Shag on rocks

Great Northern Diver

Church in Stoke Gabriel

Some of my photos from the past couple of weeks!
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Some very showy little gulls off teignmouth seafront this morning!
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Yearlist January Week Three January Week 3 Week 3 was a mixed bag, some failures to go out, and less pretty weather than the first two weeks, plus a bit of a dip at b...

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Righty thank you! Bit of an exe scarcity really then

Wheres the best area to look for barn owls in the exe area? Ive still not seen one in devon 😭. Ive seen ebird reports of them at exminster marshes

Woah that is lovely viewing! I wonder if it will be around there tomorrow for me