11th April

An afternoon trip down to Slapton Ley in hope of seeing a Purple Heron and a Black-Crowed Night Heron . And after quite a wait we got a view of the Purple Heron in flight but there was no sign of the BCNH .

Not a lot else seen because we were stood in one spot but we did see Cetti`s Warbler and Common Chiffchaff  

Topsham

 Birds seen in Topsham today are as follows , 4 European Spoonbill , 2 Lesser Black-Backed Gull ,  Common Buzzard , up to at least 4 Blackcap , 3 Common Chiffchaff , Great Spotted Woodpecker , European Green Woodpecker , Long-Tailed Tit and Goldcrest .

Common Chiffchaff ( Phylloscopus collybita ) . Topsham . Devon

 

Red-Breasted Merganser

 An hour spent at Bowling Green Marsh this afternoon got me a Male Red-Breasted Merganser a bird that you ever hardly see on the marsh but a common bird out on the estuary .

Also seen was a few Northern Pintail , 30+ Common Shelduck , 4 European Spoonbill , 5 Little Egret and a Stock Dove .

Red-Breasted Merganser ( Mergus serrator ) . Bowling Green Marsh . Topsham . Devon

 

The last 2 days

Friday 4th April

This afternoon , my garden was visited by an Eurasian Jay and this was a new bird for my garden list 😊 

Saturday 5th April

I was in my garden when I picked up a Red Kite that was heading north towards the M5 .                    News then came out of a Common Grasshopper Warbler reeling at Bowling Green Marsh but by the time that I got there the bird had moved on . But I did see 4 European Spoonbill , a Cetti`s Warbler and a Common Chiffchaf