Wednesday 1st May

 A trip out to Yarner Wood on the edge of Dartmoor turned out to be a good day as I managed to see the two birds that I went for with Pied Flycatcher and Tree Pipit .

I also saw a nice Garden Warbler sitting out in the open and singing its head off , 2 Willow Warbler , a Common Chiffchaff , 3 Mistle Thrush , a Song Thrush and a male Common Stonechat .

Late evening I got a message that there was a Garganey on the Exminster Marshes . So I went over too see if I could see it . And I got views of it but as you can see it was very distant !

Pied Flycatcher ( Ficedula hypoleuca ) . Yarner Wood . Devon

 

 

Garden Warbler ( Sylvia borin ) . Yarner Wood . Devon

 

 

Garganey ( Anus querquedula ) . The Exminster Marshes . Devon

 

Tuesday 30th April

 A day out today with a couple of mates and our first stop was at Lydlinch Common in Dorset were we only saw 2 Garden Warbler , 2 Blackcap and a Common Chiffchaff .

So we then went for a look at the Ulners Gorse nature reserve and we were lucky enough to see the bird that we were looking for a Common Nightingale !

We then went to have a look around Salisbury Plain and we saw the following , 4 Red Kite , 3 Common Whitethroat , 5 Great Bustard , around a dozen Corn Bunting , 4 Common Skylark , 3 Roe Deer and a few Brown Hare .

We finished the day of at Marlborough Down and saw 3 more Corn Bunting , a Northern Wheatear and a smart looking Yellowhammer .