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 This juvenile European Green Woodpecker was a welcome sight in my garden this morning in Topsham Devon .

European Green Woodpecker ( Picus viridis ) . Topsham . Devon

 

 

Bowling Green Marsh

 A look at Bowling Green Marsh today got me the smart looking Spotted Redshank that was in with 50+ Common Redshank .

Other birds seen today were Common Greenshank , Black-Tailed Godwit , Bar-Tailed Godwit , Dunlin , Eurasian Curlew . Whimbrel , Common Sand Martin & House Martin , Stock Dove and Common Chiffchaff .

Spotted Redshank ( Tringa erythropus ) . Bowling Green Marsh . Devon

 

Dunlin ( Calidris alpina ) . Bowling Green Marsh . Devon

 

Common Chiffchaff ( Phylloscopus collybita ) . Bowling Green Marsh . Devon

 

Barn Owl

This morning I went to a private Site near Exeter where I saw my 1st Barn Owl in Devon this year .

There was not much else to see but this nesting Little Grebe was a very nice bonus and also seen were numerous Eurasian Collared Dove. 

Little Grebe ( Tachybaptus rufficollis ) . Near Exeter . Devon

 

 

Searching

 News of a Red-Footed Booby seen a couple of times in Lyme Bay had me down at Exmouth doing a bit of a search but I afraid that all I saw were 8 Sandwich Tern and a few Great Black-Backed Gull .

I then went to a spot in Exmouth where there was a show of over twenty Pyramidal Orchids .

Pyramidal Orchid ( Anacamptis pyramidalis ) . Exmouth . Devon