Water Pipit

 An afternoon trip to the Otter Marshes got me 2 Eurasian Spoonbill , 2 Little Grebe , a Common Raven , male and female Common Stonechat and 2 distant Water Pipit that were very illusive all the time I was there . Another birder that was with me said that he had seen six of them but I had to make do with just the two of them .

Water Pipit ( Anthus spinoletta ) . The Otter Marshes . Devon

 

Brixham Harbour

 This morning I made my way down to Brixham Harbour in hope of seeing a Caspian Gull that has been there a few days but today there was no sign of it while I was there .

But I did see a nice Black-Throated Diver , 30+ Great Northern Diver , a Red-Throated Diver , 4 Razorbill , 30+ European Shag , an adult Mediterranean Gull , 6 Black-Legged Kittiwake , Common Gull , 5 Purple Sandpiper and a Rock Pipit .

My last stop was at Teignmouth where a look off the seafront got me 6 Little Gulls with a mixed flock of adult and juvenile birds .

Black-Throated Diver ( Gavia arctica ) . Brixham Harbour . Devon

 

 

Great Northern Diver ( Gavia immer ) . Brixham Harbour . Devon

 

B G M

 Not a lot to report this morning at a very heavily flooded Bowling Green Marsh . But after a bit of a search up to 6 Common Snipe showed very well .