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  1. colonelboris

    Devon Birding

    I made a trip to Bowling Green Marsh last Sunday and was quite lucky - male Garganey, two Green Sandpipers, a pair of Common Sandpipers, a juvenile and adult Wood Sandpiper. From the platform, there was a Greenshank and a an overhead Whimbrel. On the Exe, a juvenile Shag was drying itself on a...
  2. colonelboris

    Devon Birding

    Oh, and a chiffchaff chiffchaffing at Bowling Green Marsh last week.
  3. colonelboris

    Devon Birding

    Dunno if it's of any interest, but saw an intersting gull in Exeter on the wall by the water station near the Quay. Herring-sized, but a dark eye and grey legs. The tip of the beak was like it had been dipped in black paint - very clear line with no gradiation between the yellow and black...
  4. colonelboris

    Devon Birding

    What a day at Dawlish. Beautiful sunshine, almost complete absence of rain, cloud and wind. Didn't know, however, that it was a neap tide and the water didn't come within 50 yards of the hide, so no photos.... :( Did see some shags, though, and also my first knots. Almost nothing on the sea at...
  5. colonelboris

    Devon Birding

    Ah, also forgot to mention - looks like a peregrine or something's had a BHG very near the same spot as I saw the sandpiper. A few breast feathers and a wing, along with some assorted bone bits on the grass. Either that or hungry tramps. And also a lesser black-backed gull that looked quite...
  6. colonelboris

    Devon Birding

    Even if I was a twitcher based in Devon, I wouldn't go to look - too much chance of bumping into the evil ex at the top of hill in Newton Abbot... Saw a common sandpiper on the Exe at the quay in Exeter today. whirred in across the river to settle on the rounded concrete wall you always see...
  7. colonelboris

    Devon Birding

    Common redshank in summer plumage at Bowling Green Marsh RSPB today as well as quite a few courting ducks. Oh, how the times are changing... Saw my first spotted redshank, which convienently stood with a load of commons, just to highlight the difference. Dawlish Warren by train tomorrow if...
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