Another trip down to Dawlish Warren again in hope of getting a shot of the Pallas`s Warbler but today there was no sign of it at all .
But I did see , numerous Long-Tailed Tit , a European Green Woodpecker , Great Spotted Woodpecker , Eurasian Sparrowhawk , 4 Goldcrest , 2 Firecrest , 4 Common Chiffchaff , a Siberian Chiffchaff , a Common Stonechat and a female Eurasian Bullfinch .
Today I got my 13th Pallas`s Warbler for Britain with one showing in the entrance bushes at Dawlish Warren . I got the news late on this bird today so I was a little bit late for the party lol .
But I was lucky to be stood in the right place when it showed again and got a nice but quick view of the bird that is a winter visitor to Britain from the far east .
I got my first view of one of these birds way back in 87 in Holkam Woods in Norfolk and the last one I saw was 3 years ago at Sand Point in Somerset so it was pleasing to get another one in my home county of Devon .
A trip down to Broadsands with Paul Bray this morning to look for a Slavonian Grebe that had been reported there . Now Slav Grebe was a bird that you could see quite often in the South West but I am afraid that is not the case now . And today our luck was out as we gave the bay a good scan but there was no sign of the bird .
And the best that we saw today were 4 Great Northern Diver with one in nice summer plumage . 2 Great Crested Grebe and 8 Razorbill .
A look around the Exminster Marshes this morning got me the following . Numerous Dark Bellied Brent Goose , 2 Greylag Goose , Grey Heron , Little Egret , 2 Female Western Marsh Harrier , Eurasian Sparrowhawk , Peregrine Falcon , 20+ Redwing , Fieldfare , 4 Common Raven , Cetti`s Warbler and 2 Common Chiffchaff .
A look at Bowling Green Marsh this morning got me over 100 Pied Avocet , 50+ Dunlin and a few Common Greenshank .
I then went over to have a look around the Exminster Marshes and I managed to see numerous Dark Bellied Brent Geese , a Snow Goose , a female Western Marsh Harrier , a Eurasian Sparrowhawk , 3 Cetti`s Warbler , 2 Fieldfare and the bird of the day a nice Water Pipit .
I thought that I would start the day off at the Exminster Marshes but I found out that the road was still deeply flooded so that was the end of that😂
So I carried on down the Estuary and in the fields around Cockwood there was around a Dozen Cattle Egret and a large mass of corvids . And back at Starcross there was a Goldcrest and 3 Firecrest..... I just seem too be seeing these all over the place at the moment !
I got up early today and did a seawatch from the raised beach huts at Exmouth and was rewarded with my first Leach`s Storm Petrel since 2009 and lucky enough it was not too far out in the bay heading west .
Also seen were numerous Northern Gannet , 9 Common Scoter , 2 Great Northern Diver , 2 Pomarine Skua , 2 Manx Shearwater , a single Great Shearwater , 3 Black-Legged Kittiwake , 3 European Shag and another smallish petrel that was just to far out for I D . On the way back home a stop off at Mudbank Lane in Exmouth got me 9 Red Knot , a Grey Plover and a Common Kingfisher .
News of a Red-Breasted Flycatcher at Berry Head saw me and my mate Andy going down to look for it , and after a bit of a search we got nice views of the bird and it was my first one seen for 4 years .
Also seen were 3 Firecrest and 2 Goldcrest . And a quick look around Brixham Harbour got us around a dozen Ruddy Turnstone and this nice Great Northern Diver .
After yesterdays storm I took an early morning look at Bowling Green Marsh in hope that something new would turn up but I`m afraid nothing did . With the best bird seen being Common Greenshank and Bar-Tailed Godwit .
But I had better luck at the top of Bowling Green Hill by the railway bridge with a nice inquisitive Firecrest and 2 Eurasian Jay .
