Sightings Diary
December 2012
Bowling Green Marsh, Topsham - Devon, UK
10.12.12 - 3 to 1 degrees, sunny, no wind, 1pm to 4pm. High tide 3pm
Birds - Avocets 300+, 500+ Black-tailed Godwit, Bar-tailed Godwit, Cettis Warbler, Kingfisher, Grey Plover, Snipe 21, Pintail Duck, Foxes 2 , Dunnock, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Crows, Woodpigeons, Pied Wagtails, Starlings, Mute Swans, Grey Lag Geese, Canada Geese, Black-headed Gulls, Magpie, Robin, Little Egrets, Pochard, Wigeon, Teal, Cormorant, Mallard, Tufted Duck, Curlew, Little Grebe, Redwings, Redshank, Shoveler, Coot, Moorhen, Heron, Jackdaws, Lapwings, Wren, Dunlin Rabbits.
Early Morning Waders
Early Morning Waders
Squabbling Little Egrets
Canada Geese
Black-tailed Godwits
Dunlin
Greylag Geese
Avocet
Greylag Goose
Greylag Goose
Heron
Avocets - Orton Effect
Arty Black-tailed Godwits
A Wisp of Snipe!
Bowling Green Marsh, Topsham - Devon, UK
17.12.12 - 5 degrees, sun and cloud, some rain, light wind, 6:30am! to 11am. High tide 9:30am
19.12.12 - 8 degrees, rain, wind, 8:30am to 11am. High Tide 10:50am
Birds - Female Long-tailed Duck, Water Rail, Avocets 360, 670 Black-tailed Godwit, Bar-tailed Godwit 116, Shelduck, Grey Plover, Snipe 5, Cettis Warbler, Bullfinch , Dunnock, Blue Tit, Crows, Woodpigeons, Pied Wagtails, Starlings, Mute Swans, Grey Lag Geese, Canada Geese, Black-headed Gulls, Magpie, Little Egrets, Wigeon, Teal, Cormorant, Mallard, Tufted Duck, Curlew, Little Grebe, Redwings, Redshank, Shoveler, Coot, Moorhen, Heron, Lapwings, Dunlin.
Male Shoveler
Mallard
Redshank
Heron
Arty Waders
Arty Black-tailed Godwits
Black and White Waders
Arty Greylags
Arty Godwits
Godwits
Lapwings
Avocets
Avocets
Avocets
Avocets
Avocets and Godwit
10.12.12 - 3 to 1 degrees, sunny, no wind, 1pm to 4pm. High tide 3pm
Birds - Avocets 300+, 500+ Black-tailed Godwit, Bar-tailed Godwit, Cettis Warbler, Kingfisher, Grey Plover, Snipe 21, Pintail Duck, Foxes 2 , Dunnock, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Crows, Woodpigeons, Pied Wagtails, Starlings, Mute Swans, Grey Lag Geese, Canada Geese, Black-headed Gulls, Magpie, Robin, Little Egrets, Pochard, Wigeon, Teal, Cormorant, Mallard, Tufted Duck, Curlew, Little Grebe, Redwings, Redshank, Shoveler, Coot, Moorhen, Heron, Jackdaws, Lapwings, Wren, Dunlin Rabbits.
Early Morning Waders
Early Morning Waders
Squabbling Little Egrets
Canada Geese
Black-tailed Godwits
Dunlin
Greylag Geese
Avocet
Greylag Goose
Greylag Goose
Heron
Avocets - Orton Effect
Arty Black-tailed Godwits
A Wisp of Snipe!
Bowling Green Marsh, Topsham - Devon, UK
17.12.12 - 5 degrees, sun and cloud, some rain, light wind, 6:30am! to 11am. High tide 9:30am
19.12.12 - 8 degrees, rain, wind, 8:30am to 11am. High Tide 10:50am
Birds - Female Long-tailed Duck, Water Rail, Avocets 360, 670 Black-tailed Godwit, Bar-tailed Godwit 116, Shelduck, Grey Plover, Snipe 5, Cettis Warbler, Bullfinch , Dunnock, Blue Tit, Crows, Woodpigeons, Pied Wagtails, Starlings, Mute Swans, Grey Lag Geese, Canada Geese, Black-headed Gulls, Magpie, Little Egrets, Wigeon, Teal, Cormorant, Mallard, Tufted Duck, Curlew, Little Grebe, Redwings, Redshank, Shoveler, Coot, Moorhen, Heron, Lapwings, Dunlin.
Male Shoveler
Mallard
Redshank
Heron
Arty Waders
Arty Black-tailed Godwits
Black and White Waders
Arty Greylags
Arty Godwits
Godwits
Lapwings
Avocets
Avocets
Avocets
Avocets
Avocets and Godwit