Thursday, 15 October 2026

BGM

 A quick look around Bowling Green Marsh started in the hide where I saw numerous Bar-Tailed Godwit ,  Grey Plover , Spotted Redshank and Stock Dove .

I then walked down to the viewing platform area and saw Eurasian Bullfinch , European Goldfinch and Greenfinch , Great Spotted Woodpecker and Eurasian Jay .

Eurasian Jay ( Garrulus glandarius ) . Bowling Green Marsh . Devon


 

Wednesday, 14 October 2026

Corvids

Corvids were the main birds seen today in Topsham Cemetery with Western Jackdaw , Carrion Crow , Rook , Black-Billed Magpie , Common Raven and Eurasian Jay .

Also seen was a female Great Spotted Woodpecker , around 10 Long-Tailed Tit and a small fall of juvenile Common Wood Pigeon . 

Great Spotted Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos major ) . Topsham Cemetery . Devon


 

Long-Tailed Tit ( Aegithalos caudatus ) . Topsham Cemetery . Devon


 

Tuesday, 13 October 2026

Topsham Cemetery

 My look around the cemetery this morning did not turn up many birds with only Common Chaffinch , European Greenfinch , 2 European Green Woodpecker and 2 Common Blackbird .

But away from the birds it was not bad at all with the following Butterflies seen . Speckled Wood , Red Admiral , Common Blue and Clouded Yellow .

Also seen was a European Hornet and this Common Darter .

Common Darter ( Sympetrum striolatum ) . Topsham Cemetery . Devon