Sand Crocus ( Romulea columnae ) . Dawlish Warren . Devon

Hirundines

A look at Bowling Green Marsh in Topsham this morning got me numerous Hirundines with 30-40 Barn Swallow , 10-20 Common Sand Martin and my first Common House Martin of the year . Another year tick was added to the list with a fly through Whimbrel , also seen were 2 male Gadwall , 8 Tufted Duck , a Cetti`s Warbler , a male and female Blackcap , 2 Common Chiffchaff and a Willow Warbler .

Hirundines . Bowling Green Marsh . Topsham . Devon

Osprey

Not a lot of birding done today . But late afternoon I had a message telling me that there was an Osprey fishing on the Exe Estuary , so I went down to the Goatswalk in Topsham where you can view all of the estuary and I picked it out down by Starcross being harassed  by gulls but it was very distant and was soon lost from view .
I then had a quick look at Bowling Green Marsh but the birding has been very slow there lately and all I saw worth talking about were 7 Tufted Duck , 2 Black-Tailed Godwit in nice summer plumage and 2 Common Sand Martin .

Black-Tailed Godwit ( Limosa limosa ) . Bowling Green Marsh . Topsham . Devon

Movement

I had a look around Goosemoor in Topsham this Morning but all I could see were 7 Common Greenshank and a Willow Warbler , and on Bowling Green Lane a male Blackcap showed well .
I then went across to the Exminster Marshes where I saw 100+ Eurasian Curlew , 100+ Black-Tailed Godwit , 20+ Dunlin , another male Blackcap and a Common Chiffchaff . Also seen were 4 Slow Worm and my first Grass Snake of the year .