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  1. Terry Smith

    Devon Birding

    Alternatively, do what I did. Park at Powderham and walk UPriver to the AMG's spot below Turf!:t:
  2. Terry Smith

    Devon Birding

    Yes, very quiet - just a few crappy Gull-billed Terns, Balearic Shearwaters, Arctic Skuas, a House Finch, Quails, etc. etc............. :-O
  3. Terry Smith

    Devon Birding

    Fly-over job!
  4. Terry Smith

    Devon Birding

    Hi Janel, Try the following link: http://www.wildlifeindevon.org.uk/pages/sightings.htm Updated at least once a day, usually in the evenings. :t: Terry
  5. Terry Smith

    Devon Birding

    da2m If you want Red-legged Partridge, then go to Chiverstone Farm near Kenton. There seem to be plenty in fields around the farm (plus a healthy number of Brambling in the finch flock there!). :t: Grey Partridge are now very scarce in Devon - I haven't got any regular sites for them - if you...
  6. Terry Smith

    Devon Birding

    Long-tailed Duck at Budleigh Salterton, 1525hrs. It flew in from the east and landed on the sea, just west of Steamer Steps. A search for it earlier, off the Otter mouth, had drawn a blank! Also 15 Common Scoter and the female Eider still off the Otter mouth.
  7. Terry Smith

    Devon Birding

    At Dawlish Warren today: female Surf and male Velvet Scoters just off Langstone Rock. Great Northern Diver flew east past there. Slavonian Grebe and female Common Scoter off the sewall. Greenshank off Shutterton Creek. At Chiverstone Farm, near Kenton: 15+ Brambling 4 Red-legged Partridge
  8. Terry Smith

    Devon Birding

    Today: Jack Snipe at Trews Weir, Exeter (west side of suspension bridge in ditch), 2 brownhead Goosander at Countess Wear (just below road bridge on Exe), Common Sandpiper at Topsham rec ground, Black Redstart at Shelly Beach, Exmouth late afternoon (around appartments), 2 Pale-bellied Brent...
  9. Terry Smith

    Devon Birding

    Budleigh Salterton seafront/R. Otter mouth failed to show any Long-tailed Duck, but there were 50+ Common Scoter, a female Eider and 3 Red-throated Divers off the shingle bar. A Common Chiffchaff put in a nippy appearance by the toilet block (and so did I with a very cold wind blowing)! Later...
  10. Terry Smith

    Devon Birding

    9 Woodlarks at Exminster, off Deepway Lane this afternoon. They weren't in the usual setaside fields though! They flew over the middle of Deepway Lane while I was leaning on a farmgate, and landed in an adjacent field on the south side of the lane!
  11. Terry Smith

    Devon Birding

    Little Owl at Dunchideock today - opposite the village hall.
  12. Terry Smith

    Devon Birding

    Red-necked Grebe at Shelly Beach, Exmouth again this morning. Black Redstart on seafront at Morton Crescent (presumably the Shelly bird?). Spotted Redshank at Mudbank Lane, 1120hrs.
  13. Terry Smith

    Devon Birding

    Red-necked Grebe and Black Redstart, Shelly Beach, Exmouth, again this afternoon. The Red-necked Grebe favours the channel off the beach at LOW tide, and the Black Redstart gets between the Exe Sailing club and the yellow appartment block called Windward Court. Blackcaps at Cedar Close and Gorse...
  14. Terry Smith

    Devon Birding

    Siberian Chiffchaff, 5 Common Chiffchaffs at the settling beds (towpath side), Countess Wear early this afternoon, and female Scaup on canal north of the swing bridge. Exhibitionist Water Rail on the poolside from the northern-most screen there, and 3 brownhead Goldeneyes on river adjacent to...
  15. Terry Smith

    Devon Birding

    Single Purple Sandpiper on Chit Rocks, Sidmouth this afternoon, but no sign of any Black Redstarts.
  16. Terry Smith

    Devon Birding

    Thanks for that Perry!
  17. Terry Smith

    Devon Birding

    How about the one at Prawle? Anyone know whereabouts this one was, and/or further details?
  18. Terry Smith

    Devon Birding

    According to Birdguides the King Eider was back at Appledore yesterday. I wonder what sort of plumage it will display now?
  19. Terry Smith

    Devon Birding

    I remember the B&W Warbler well! I was living in Wiltshire back then, and it was a beggar of a place to get to from there, all across country, with that last bit from the A38 to Prawle a right so&so (it still is;)), I had just come through Loddiswell and although driving slowly and sedately (Haw...
  20. Terry Smith

    Devon Birding

    Joe, All the VERY BEST for a speedy recovery! Never 'take a break' from birding! ;) Regards Terry
  21. Terry Smith

    Devon Birding

    Kev, Was the South Huish Semi-p rejected then? Terry
  22. Terry Smith

    Devon Birding

    Gav, I got a reply from Monika today. The Med was ringed in Poland as a 3Cy bird in May 2007, and was reported from Budleigh last November! It has probably shot off to breed somewhere earlier this year, but seems to have returned to the wonderful area that is East Devon! Terry
  23. Terry Smith

    Devon Birding

    Hi Gav, Thanks for your post :t: - I never realised this site existed! (along with several others that have been pointed out to me during the past few months!). If I read things correctly (a bit hit & miss with me I'm afraid!) it seems like this bird was ringed in Poland! If I get a reply, I...
  24. Terry Smith

    Devon Birding

    Second-summer Mediterranean Gull again at Mudbank Lane at lunchtime. What age was the one at Topsham da2m? One of the adults I had on Monday bore a red plastic ring with the legend PAR7 on one leg and a metal ring on the other. Anyone got any info on where this may have originated from?
  25. Terry Smith

    Devon Birding

    .....and 3 Med Gulls at Mudbank Lane, Exmouth, late this afternoon - 2 adults and a second-summer.
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