A rare trip out of Devon these days saw me & my mate Andy Bond up at the Steart Marshes in Somerset for a juvenile Pallid Harrier that has been seen there for a few days now , we arrived there and settled in to wait to see if it would show and we didn`t have to wait to long before the bird put in an appearance but it quickly flew out into the middle of the reserve and dropped into a reed bed , it was seen again about an hour later being mobbed by a crow towards the far end of the marsh but not seen again before we left for home !
Also seen were possibly 2 Great White Egret , 4 Little Egret , 50+ European Golden Plover and 2 Common Stonechat , other things of note seen were 4 Roe Deer , a Clouded Yellow Butterfly and numerous Ruddy Darters .
Thursday, 30 October 2014
Sunday, 26 October 2014
European Green Woodpecker
No birding done today ! but this European Green Woodpecker landed on one of the trees behind my house so I had to grab this opportunity of getting this shot of it , I hear them quite a bit in the cemetery grounds but don't see them sat in the open like this very often .
Friday, 24 October 2014
Great Spotted Woodpecker
My look around the cemetery grounds in Topsham turned up much of the same with a bit of a fall of Common Wood Pigeon & Eurasian Collared Dove , 2 Eurasian Jay were seen again today along with 6 Carrion Crow , 1 Common Raven , numerous Goldcrest , 10 Long-Tailed Tit , 6 European Greenfinch and this male Great Spotted Woodpecker .
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