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


 

Wednesday, 4 November 2026

Success at Last

 After checking out the cemetery grounds the last few weeks for Thrushes I finally got a few Redwing drop in for a short while today . I have had fly over a few times before but they all headed up towards the Clyst Valley

Also seen was a female Great Spotted Woodpecker , 2 Eurasian Jay , Common Magpie , Carrion Crow , Western Jackdaw and 5 Grey Squirrel .


Redwing ( Turdus iliacus ) . Topsham Cemetery . Devon


 


 

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