Wednesday, 8 October 2014
Saturday, 4 October 2014
Bowling Green Marsh
Another look at Bowling Green Marsh today got me much of the same with 17 Common Greenshank , 2 Spotted Redshank , 3 Red Knot , 2 Ruff , and singles of Curlew Sandpiper , Dunlin , Bar-Tailed Godwit and a new in Green Sandpiper , 3 birds of prey were seen on the marsh today with Common Buzzard , Eurasian Sparrowhawk and Peregrine Falcon , add to the days count 2 Rook ( a very rare bird on the marsh ) , a Eurasian Jay , Water Rail and this smart Clouded Yellow Butterfly , and a look from the viewing platform at the Exe Estuary produced 2 Grey Plover with one in summer plumage still .
Friday, 3 October 2014
Party Time
Today I only had a quick look at Bowling Green Marsh as it was the official opening of the new hide by the RSPB and it was full of people that you don't see in the hide from one end of the year to the other or Ever !!!! ..... but then again everyone to there own !!! Anyway I had a look for yesterdays Great Bittern but while I was there it didn`t show but the following waders were seen , 8 Common Greenshank , 2 Curlew Sandpiper , singles of Ruff , Dunlin , Spotted Redshank and also seen were some smart looking Black-Tailed Godwit of the Icelandic race .
I then headed for home stopping on the way to have a look in Cemetery grounds in Topsham but all I saw were a few Eurasian Collared Dove and a couple of Winter Wren , other things of note was this Grey Squirrel and a few Speckled Wood Butterflies .
I then headed for home stopping on the way to have a look in Cemetery grounds in Topsham but all I saw were a few Eurasian Collared Dove and a couple of Winter Wren , other things of note was this Grey Squirrel and a few Speckled Wood Butterflies .
Thursday, 2 October 2014
Great Bittern a BGM Tick for me
The Great Bittern that was seen for a short while the other day showed again today on Bowling Green Marsh on the far side of the marsh in the right hand reedbed and I was lucky enough to get there and see it before it vanished back into the reedbed again ! another new bird for me on the marsh with two in a week Amazing !!! , I am sorry about the quality of this record shot but as anyone who has been to the marsh know`s the hide is a very very long way from the birds !!!! and I was lucky to even get this one .
Not a lot else to see today with 10 Common Greenshank , 2 Red Knot , a Spotted Redshank and a single Ruff .
Not a lot else to see today with 10 Common Greenshank , 2 Red Knot , a Spotted Redshank and a single Ruff .
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