Tuesday, 19 November 2024

Bowling Green Marsh

 Another look at my local patch Bowling Green Marsh this morning got me the following birds .

Numerous Northern Pintail , 1st winter male Greater Scaup , 30+ Pied Avocet , 2 Spotted Redshank , Common Greenshank , 2 Dunlin , the wintering Long-Billed Dowitcher , Ruff , Lesser Black-Backed Gull and a Common Chiffchaff .

Long-Billed Dowitcher ( Limnodromus scolopaceus ) . Bowling Green Marsh . Topsham . Devon


 


 

Sunday, 17 November 2024

Greater Scaup

 I had a look at Bowling Green Marsh this morning and came across this Greater Scaup a bird you dont see on the marsh that often .

Also seen were 4 Greylag Geese , 4 Northern Pintail , a Ruff that was feeding with a few Black-Tailed Godwit , Spotted Redshank , Common Snipe , a flock of 10 Common Moorhen all together looked very strange , 11 European Robin and a Mistle Thrush .

Greater Scaup ( Aythya marila ) . Bowling Green Marsh . Topsham . Devon


 


 

Friday, 15 November 2024

YBW

 An early morning visit to Bowling Green Marsh in a heavy mist got me 3 European Spoonbill and after about an hour the mist started to lift and they showed a lot better . Also seen were 2 Grey Heron , 2 Common Snipe and around 50+ Northern Lapwing .

A mate of mine found a Yellow-Browed Warbler the other day around the Mill Lane area of Exeter . So off I went in hope of seeing it , and my luck was in as I refound the bird and got very nice views of it .

Also seen was Brown Rat and Red Fox .