Wednesday, 11 November 2026

Eurasian Bullfinch

 My look at Bowling Green Marsh from the hide today got me 4 European Spoonbill , 300+ Pied Avocet , numerous Black-Tailed Godwit , 3 Bar-Tailed Godwit , numerous Eurasian Curlew and Northern Lapwing and a single Grey Plover .

My look around the bushes then got me 6 Common Blackbird , 2 Winter Wren , 4 European Goldfinch and 2 female Eurasian Bullfinch .

Winter Wren ( Troglodytes troglodytes ) . Bowling Green Marsh . Devon


 

Sunday, 8 November 2026

Great Grey Shrike

 A trip up to Woodbury Common this morning as a Great Grey Shrike had been found near the Woodbury Castle . A few of us looked for it there for quite a while but had no luck at all .

Then news came out that the bird had been found by the grenade area ,  and then after a long and hazardous walk with my 2 new knees I finally got views of the bird but as you can see it always was very distant . But it was a new year tick for me so I was well pleased 😁

Great Grey Shrike ( Lanius excubitor ) . Woodbury Common . Devon


 

Thursday, 5 November 2026

Autumn Birding

My daily walk today took me to Bowling Green Marsh at low tide . So I did the area around the viewing platform and I saw Cetti`s Warbler , Eurasian Jay , 3 Winter Wren , male and female Common Blackbird , 5 European Robin and 2 Redwing .

I then had a look at the Exe Estuary and saw 20+ Common Shelduck and 200+ European Golden Plover and numerous Northern Lapwing .  

Cetti`s Warbler ( Cettia cetti ) . Bowling Green Marsh . Topsham . Devon


 

Common Shelduck ( Tadorna tadorna ) . The Exe Estuary . Devon