Friday, 13 November 2026

New Bird

 Well after birding the Topsham Cemetery grounds for over 30years . To my amazement today I had a new bird to add to the cemetery list with Common Kingfisher ...Yippeeeeeee lol .

There was also a large fall of Redwing and in with them was Fieldfare and Mistle Thrush .

I also saw the following . a female Great Spotted Woodpecker , Common Gull , Common Raven , male and female Pied Wagtail , Coal Tit and a few Long-Tailed Tit .

Redwing ( Turdus iliacus ) . Topsham Cemetery . Devon


 


 

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


 

Pied Wagtail ( Motacilla yarellii ) . Topsham Cemetery . Devon


 

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