A look around Aylesbeare Common this morning got me 2 male Common Crossbill my 1st for this year ! Also seen were 3 Common Stonechat , 2 Common Raven , 2 Common Linnet and a Yellowhammer .
Also seen were 2 European Adder and Brimstone and Large White Butterflies .
I have not been too well for a while so today was my first day out for over a week ! And I decided to have a look around the East Devon Commons and I managed to see .
My first Spotted Flycatcher of the year ( Thanks Matt ) , 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker , a European Green Woodpecker , Common Chiffchaff , Blackcap , Dartford Warbler , Firecrest , Meadow Pipit and Common Linnet ..... So not a bad mornings Birding .
I spent this morning looking around the Exminster Marshes and I managed to see . 50+ Common Shelduck , 3 Juvenile European Spoonbill , 2 Little Egret , 100+ Common Swift , Cetti`s Warbler , Sedge Warbler , European Reed Warbler , Blackcap and Common Chiffchaff .
And further down at the Turf Locks there was at least a dozen Barn Swallow and a Northern Wheatear .
A quick half hour spent on the Exminster Marshes got me 6 Common Swift ...my first in Devon this year . Also seen were a few European Reed Warbler , Sedge Warbler , Cetti`s Warbler and 2 smart looking male Reed Bunting .
A trip out to Dartmoor this morning got me 2 Common Cuckoo and it was very nice to see these birds returning to this country and back on site .
On the way back home I stopped off at the Haldon Forest where I saw a single Tree Pipit , 5 Willow Warbler were seen but there were more singing everywhere , a Garden Warbler and a Yellowhammer .
Last stop of the day was at the Exminster Marshes that got me 2 Cattle Egret and 2 Eurasian Hobby .
