Sightings Diary
November 2012
Black-tailed Godwits
Bowling Green Marsh, Topsham - Devon, UK
03.11.2012 - 3 to 10 degrees, sunny, light wind, 6am to 10am. High tide 8:30am
Birds - Avocets 170, 500+ Black-tailed Godwit, Bar-tailed Godwit, Cettis Warbler, Mistle Thrush, Dunlin, House Martin , Great Tit, Dunnock, Blue Tit, Crows, Woodpigeons, Pied Wagtails, Starlings, Mute Swans, Grey Lag Geese, Canada Geese, Brent Geese, Black-headed Gulls, Herring Gull, Magpie, Robin, Little Egrets, Pochard, Wigeon, Teal, Cormorant, Mallard, Tufted Duck, Curlew, Little Grebe, Redwings, Redshank, Shoveler, Coot, Moorhen (and a Red Admiral butterfly).
Canada Geese
Wigeon and other Duck
Black-tailed Godwits
Wigeon
Avocets
Black-tailed Godwits
Dunlin
Avocets
Coot
Black-tailed Godwit
Avocets
Bowling Green Marsh, Topsham - Devon, UK
09.11.2012 - 10 degrees, grey, still, 11am to 3pm. High tide 1:39pm
Birds - Avocets 50, Black-tailed Godwit, Bar-tailed Godwit, Dunlin, Greenshank 5, Knot 2, Snipe 1, Great Tit, Dunnock, Blue Tit, Crows, Woodpigeons, Pied Wagtails, Starlings, Mute Swans, Grey Lag Geese, Brent Geese, Black-headed Gulls, Herring Gull, Magpie, Robin, Little Egrets, Pochard, Wigeon, Teal, Cormorant, Mallard, Curlew, Little Grebe, Redwings, Redshank, Shoveler, Coot, Moorhen, Lapwings, Goldfinch, Kestrel, Sparrowhawk, Buzzard, Heron
B&W Godwits and Redshank
The Boyz - Greylag Geese
B&W Godwits and Redshank
Mute Swan
B&W Godwits
Sidbury, Dawlish Warren, Powderham, Topsham, Matford - Devon, UK
10.11.2012 - 10 degrees, sunny, still, 9am to 4pm. High tide 2:00pm
Birds - Green Woodpecker, Treecreeper, Male Sparrowwhawk, Nuthatches, Marsh Tits, Female Bullfinch, Linnets, Great Crested Grebe, Reed Bunting, Greater Spotted Woodpecker, Pheasants, Blue Tits, Great Tits, Coal Tits, Jay, Magpie, Crow, Woodpigeons, Goldfinches, Greenfinches, Pied Wagtails, Chaffinches, Herring Gulls, Black-headed Gulls, Blackbirds, Curlew, Coots, Moorhens, Cormorants, Meadow Pipit, Brent Geese, Oystercatchers, Greater Black-backed Gulls, Jackdaws, Dunlin, Long-tailed Tits, Little Grebe, Mute Swans, Canada Geese, Redwings, Herons, Little Egrets, Grey Plover 5, Wigeon, Teal, Shoveler, Mallard, Redshank, Avocets, Black-tailed Godwits, Bar-tailed Godwits, Pochard
Male Sparrowhawk
Pheasant
Greater Black-backed Gull
Long-tailed Tit
Mute Swan
Dunlin
Female Greater Spotted Woodpecker
Oystercatchers
Grey Plover
Robin
Bathing Mute Swan
Pied Wagtail
Canada Goose
Wild Flowers - Red Campion, Evening Primrose, Pink Sorrel, Hogweed, Cats Ear, Herb Robert, Sowthistle, Yarrow
Old Mans Beard
Stinking Iris
Evening Primrose
Gorse Blossom
Autumn Beech Leaves
Autumn Beech
Other - Migrant Hawker Dragonfly, Common Darter Dragonfly, Bumble Bee, Fallow Deer
Migrant Hawker
Fallow Stag
Fallow Stag
Cloudscape 1
Cloudscape 2
03.11.2012 - 3 to 10 degrees, sunny, light wind, 6am to 10am. High tide 8:30am
Birds - Avocets 170, 500+ Black-tailed Godwit, Bar-tailed Godwit, Cettis Warbler, Mistle Thrush, Dunlin, House Martin , Great Tit, Dunnock, Blue Tit, Crows, Woodpigeons, Pied Wagtails, Starlings, Mute Swans, Grey Lag Geese, Canada Geese, Brent Geese, Black-headed Gulls, Herring Gull, Magpie, Robin, Little Egrets, Pochard, Wigeon, Teal, Cormorant, Mallard, Tufted Duck, Curlew, Little Grebe, Redwings, Redshank, Shoveler, Coot, Moorhen (and a Red Admiral butterfly).
Canada Geese
Wigeon and other Duck
Black-tailed GodwitsWigeon
Avocets
Black-tailed Godwits
Dunlin
Avocets
Coot
Black-tailed Godwit
Avocets
Bowling Green Marsh, Topsham - Devon, UK
09.11.2012 - 10 degrees, grey, still, 11am to 3pm. High tide 1:39pm
Birds - Avocets 50, Black-tailed Godwit, Bar-tailed Godwit, Dunlin, Greenshank 5, Knot 2, Snipe 1, Great Tit, Dunnock, Blue Tit, Crows, Woodpigeons, Pied Wagtails, Starlings, Mute Swans, Grey Lag Geese, Brent Geese, Black-headed Gulls, Herring Gull, Magpie, Robin, Little Egrets, Pochard, Wigeon, Teal, Cormorant, Mallard, Curlew, Little Grebe, Redwings, Redshank, Shoveler, Coot, Moorhen, Lapwings, Goldfinch, Kestrel, Sparrowhawk, Buzzard, Heron
B&W Godwits and Redshank
The Boyz - Greylag Geese
B&W Godwits and Redshank
Mute Swan
B&W Godwits
Sidbury, Dawlish Warren, Powderham, Topsham, Matford - Devon, UK
10.11.2012 - 10 degrees, sunny, still, 9am to 4pm. High tide 2:00pm
Birds - Green Woodpecker, Treecreeper, Male Sparrowwhawk, Nuthatches, Marsh Tits, Female Bullfinch, Linnets, Great Crested Grebe, Reed Bunting, Greater Spotted Woodpecker, Pheasants, Blue Tits, Great Tits, Coal Tits, Jay, Magpie, Crow, Woodpigeons, Goldfinches, Greenfinches, Pied Wagtails, Chaffinches, Herring Gulls, Black-headed Gulls, Blackbirds, Curlew, Coots, Moorhens, Cormorants, Meadow Pipit, Brent Geese, Oystercatchers, Greater Black-backed Gulls, Jackdaws, Dunlin, Long-tailed Tits, Little Grebe, Mute Swans, Canada Geese, Redwings, Herons, Little Egrets, Grey Plover 5, Wigeon, Teal, Shoveler, Mallard, Redshank, Avocets, Black-tailed Godwits, Bar-tailed Godwits, Pochard
Male Sparrowhawk
Pheasant
Greater Black-backed Gull
Long-tailed Tit
Mute Swan
Dunlin
Female Greater Spotted Woodpecker
Oystercatchers
Grey Plover
Robin
Bathing Mute Swan
Pied Wagtail
Canada Goose
Wild Flowers - Red Campion, Evening Primrose, Pink Sorrel, Hogweed, Cats Ear, Herb Robert, Sowthistle, Yarrow
Old Mans Beard
Stinking Iris
Evening Primrose
Gorse Blossom
Autumn Beech Leaves
Autumn Beech
Other - Migrant Hawker Dragonfly, Common Darter Dragonfly, Bumble Bee, Fallow Deer
Migrant Hawker
Fallow Stag
Fallow Stag
Cloudscape 1
Cloudscape 2