Sightings Diary
December 2012

"Orton Effect - Avocets
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

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