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  1. Jon Turner

    Devon Birding

    Great beak like that could be an Eider! Odd time of year....
  2. Jon Turner

    Devon Birding

    I'd suggest Linnet and Meadow Pipit.......
  3. Jon Turner

    Devon Birding

    Mick, sorry to be so pessimistic!!! Got flu, all horrible at the moment, bleah:-C There's the usual summer migrants breeding (Braunton Burrows is good and wildflowers there are outstanding) and if you go up to the woods at say Arlington Pied Flycatchers breed (we have a nestbox scheme there) and...
  4. Jon Turner

    Devon Birding

    Ah the birdwatching desert of North Devon!!!;) Frankly not much at that time of year! Nearest Cirls way south. If anything does turn up it'll be on the new Devon Birds Blog. Have a lovely time on the beach!
  5. Jon Turner

    Devon Birding

    There was an EMU in Barnstaple today!! It was carefully tempted into a police car!!!!
  6. Jon Turner

    Devon Birding

    In case you haven't read the Devon Birds Blog, a pair (well the female anyway) of Pochard have raised 6 young at Sherpa Marsh here in Sunny (well ok rainy) North Devon. According to Mike Tyler's book of Devon Birds, Pochard have never successfully fledged young in Devon before. These 6...
  7. Jon Turner

    Devon Birding

    Channel Wagtail with the Stilts this morning....
  8. Jon Turner

    Devon Birding

    2 Black-winged Stilts at Wrafton this morning......
  9. Jon Turner

    Devon Birding

    As it says - distantly, I guess. Probably save you a walk along the Tarka Trail to get a good look at them at close range! I haven't been over to see them recently (but tomorrow is another year!), so I think they are indeed still viewable from the path around Isley Marsh reserve. I can see them...
  10. Jon Turner

    Devon Birding

    More great shots Roy - well done. Been there three times and not seen them!
  11. Jon Turner

    Devon Birding

    Report on the devon bird news blog of 24 Cranes at Exbourne this morning then headed east. Presumably the birds seen in Cornwall.
  12. Jon Turner

    Devon Birding

    I went and looked on may way to Cornwall last Sunday,and on my way back yesterday. Needless to say I didn't see it or them!!!:C
  13. Jon Turner

    Devon Birding

    You could also try the small reserve at Bradiford Water (it's at the west end of the pottington industrial estate in Barnstaple) - we saw 2 Green Sandpipers and 2 Whinchats there this afternoon. The Tarka trail on both sides of the estuary is usually good! Good birding!
  14. Jon Turner

    Devon Birding

    And now a cracking photo on the Devon Birds site: http://devonbirdnews.blogspot.com/ Jon
  15. Jon Turner

    Devon Birding

    An adult male Rose-coloured Starling was present this morning in a private garden in Kingsheanton - just west of Barnstaple. If you go to the hamlet, be aware that there is virtually nowhere to park.
  16. Jon Turner

    Devon Birding

    No news of it having been seen yesterday (or Saturday when the boat went) though?
  17. Jon Turner

    Devon Birding

    Hi Wibble, I had a text from Shaun Barnes on the island today to say he had seen it at halfway wall at 13.20. I put it on another thread and on Birdguides. I also asked Shaun to try to let the Shore Office know if it is still there in the morning before the boat goes (he did the same for me...
  18. Jon Turner

    Devon Birding

    The Trumpeter Finch gave us the run around on Lundy today, but was finally nailed at about 3 p.m. giving us time to get back to the boat via the pub. Couple of Spotted Flycatchers in Millcombe and a Turtle Dove seen from the Oldenburg about half way back heading at high speed towards Wales...
  19. Jon Turner

    Devon Birding

    Velator reserve ringing session this morning: 3 Reed Warblers 1 Willow Warbler 2 Chaffinch 1 House Sparrow 1 Wood Pigeon 1 Whitethroat (first ringed here) 1 White Wagtail (also first ringed here) 17 Sedge Warblers 1 Sedge Warbler with a Belgian ring on! (first foreign control here) Also seen: 2...
  20. Jon Turner

    Devon Birding

    Working in the reserve at Bradiford Water this morning when the White Stork flew over, circling for about ten minutes before heading on west. Ironically Malcolm Shakespeare had been on his bike looking along the Traka Trail nearby about an hour before, and had gone back south of the river. He...
  21. Jon Turner

    Devon Birding

    Birdguides reported a White Stork seen over Ilfracombe before heading South East at 15.50. Not sure who saw it.....
  22. Jon Turner

    Devon Birding

    Sorry I hadn't noticed your query before (I was in Cornwall for a couple of days last week). Not sure which direction it was headed. He may have said North... but it didn't get here! :C
  23. Jon Turner

    Devon Birding

    Took a call from Malcolm Shakespeare early afternoon, he had just seen a Bee-eater in flight over Docton Mill, near Hartland.
  24. Jon Turner

    Devon Birding

    Ringed a few migrants today, (8 Blackcaps, mostly extremely fat so off further north I suspect) were the highlight, but the first Sedge Warblers (4) were welcome. Later I bumped into a couple of people in Braunton who had heard a Grasshopper Warbler reeling out at Saunton Down/Down End.
  25. Jon Turner

    Devon Birding

    I think the concensus is that the 2 Geese with the Swan herd at Newbridge are both Pink-feet.
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