Friday 17th April

 News of a Black-Crowned Night Heron saw me making the trip over to Seaton in East Devon in hope of seeing it . And the bird was showing very well on Borrow Pit . There was not a lot else to see with only 4 Cetti`s Warbler and a Common Chiffchaff .

Black-Crowned Night Heron . Borrow Pit . Seaton . Devon

 

Nice Day

 I started the day off at Emsworthy Mire on Dartmoor where I saw a Common Buzzard , a Common Raven . And new for the year Common Redstart with 3 male birds seen . also seen was  a Clouded Yellow Butterfly .

I then went to Yarner Wood to look for Lesser Spotted Woodpecker but again I was out of luck .

But I did see 2 male Blackcap , 2 Willow Warbler , Eurasian Treecreeper , Great Spotted Woodpecker , 2 Mistle Thrush , Pied Flycatcher and my first Tree Pipit of the year

Tree Pipit ( Anthus trivialis ) . Yarner Wood . Devon

 

 

Rain

 A quick look at the Exminster Marshes this morning before the rain set in . Got me 3 Common Buzzard , a few Barn Swallow , 3 Cetti`s Warbler , 2 European Reed Warbler , 2 Sedge Warbler , Common Chiffchaff , 2 male Blackcap and 2 Cattle Egret .

Cattle Egret ( Bubulcus ibis ) . The Exminster Marshes . Devon