Shiphay Birder
South Devon. Trying to keep it relatively local.
- Slapton Ley, S Devon. 15.40. The fem #RingNeckedDuck and the #BlackNeckedGrebe gave good views from the Stokeley Bay Hide. My first fem RND for years! #DevonBirds #UKBirding @rarebirder.bsky.social @birdtrack.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social #FSC #birds
- 1 of 2 #WaterPipits seen a little distantly around the edge of the flooded overflow car park at S Devon's #SouthHuishMarsh this lunchtime. At least 12 Cattle Egrets nearby too. #DevonBirds #UKBirding #birds
- Meadfoot/Hope's Nose, Torquay, S Devon this lunchtime. 30 GNDs, RTD (scarce here this winter), 2 imm/fem Black Redstarts, 2 Comm Sco, 3 GCGs, Purp Sand. 2 Harbour Porps, Comm Dolph, 2 Grey Seals. #DevonBirds #UKBirding #birds
- Brixham Harbour, S Devon. 15.35. The 1w #CaspianGull practically glowed in the afternoon light near the wave screen. Thanks to @alikingbrixham.bsky.social for the top refind and @robmurphy.bsky.social and Mike P for the nudge. #DevonBirds #UKBirding @rarebirder.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social
- Galmpton Creek, Dart Estuary, S Devon. 15.00. Slavonian Grebe showed well, on and off, albeit a tad distantly on the N side of the creek on the dropping tide. 2 GNDs, GCG. Thanks Mike P. #DevonBirds #UKBirding @birdtrack.bsky.social @rarebirder.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social
- Hope's Nose/Thatcher Point, S Devon this PM. Ad Little Gull in flight and on the sea in outer Hope Cove at 13.00. Imm/fem Black Redstart, 29 GNDs, 6 GCGs, 10 Comm Sco, Grey Seal. #DevonBirds #UKBirding @birdtrack.bsky.social @rarebirder.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social
- Glad I persevered during the tempest 🌊 and checked around the Point at S Devon's #HopesNose this morning. Even better when Mike P and Keith M got on the 5 #LittleGulls too. Mike P's top photos from a memorable visit 👍. #DevonBirds #UKBirding @rarebirder.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social
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- Hope's Nose, S Devon. Pleased to find and get good views of 5 Little Gulls (2 Ads, 3 1ws) lingering off the Point between 09.45-11.15 this morning. 24 GNDs, 1w Med Gull, 2 GCGs. #DevonBirds #UKBirding #birds @rarebirder.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social @birdtrack.bsky.social
- Brixham Harbour, S Devon. 16.30. @jacob-wood.bsky.social's corking 1w #CaspianGull gave great views on and near the pontoons between the inner and outer harbours. Another good find 👍. Thanks to @torbaybirder.bsky.social for the use of his scope for the pics 😂. #UKBirding #DevonBirds #RareBirdsUK
- A drab #Devon day brightened up by @backwardbirder.bsky.social's #BlackThroatedDiver off Torquay's #MeadfootBeach. A good late morning find at a location that should produce more. #DevonBirds #UKBirding @markrabailey.bsky.social @rarebirder.bsky.social @birdtrack.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social
- Last seen apparently drifting towards the NE, but still off Meadfoot. Possibly the same bird has been seen off Gasking's Rock, Walls Hill a couple of times in recent weeks.
- A group of 13 #Avocets prior to dusk at S Devon's #PassageHouse on the Teign Estuary today. 3 fem/imm Goosanders and 10 Little Grebes were site high counts for me. A rare encounter in the field with @clennonvalley.bsky.social too 👍. #DevonBirds #UKBirding #birds
- Shiphay, Torquay, Devon. 09.35. Just our second ever #Firecrest in the back and front gardens this morning. A female showed really well. Their spread away from the coastal strip continues apace. #DevonBirds #UKBirding #birds
- Stoke Gabriel, S Devon. @jacob-wood.bsky.social's Black-necked Grebe still showing very well on the Mill Pool up to at least 15.55. Fem Goosander nearby too. Bins only for me this afternoon 😂! #DevonBirds #UKBirding #birds
- Arch Brook Bridge, Teign Estuary, Devon this lunchtime. Imm #Spoonbill and #SpottedRedshank again on the dropping tide. 18 R B Mergansers and 10 Teal also good records for the site. #DevonBirds #UKBirding #birds
- Thatcher Point/Hope's Nose, Devon this morning. Velvet Scoter flew in from the NE at 09.30 and settled near Thatcher Rock. 13 GNDs, 2 imm/fem Black Redstarts, 6 Purple Sandpipers, 2 Turnstones, GCG, 15+ Common Dolphins, Grey Seal. #DevonBirds #UKBirding #birds
- A wintering #JackSnipe in Devon this afternoon. Footage taken from a respectful distance using a telescope. #DevonBirds #UKBirding #birds #HalfSnipe
- The lovely #BlackNeckedGrebe at S Devon's #SlaptonSands in the ☀️ late morning today. A much scarcer species locally these days. Just a RTD nearby for company. #DevonBirds #UKBirding @birdtrack.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social @rarebirder.bsky.social #FSCSlapton #birds
- Beesands Ley, S Devon. 14.05. Drake Ring-necked Duck still present straight out from the hide. Nearby, a drake and three fem Goldeneyes on Slapton Ley from the Stokeley Bay Hide. #DevonBirds #UKBirding #RareBirdsUK #birds
- Slapton Sands, S Devon. 12.10. Black-necked Grebe still showing well between Torcross and the Memorial Car Park. Mobile up and down the beach. Thanks to the recent finders. #DevonBirds #UKBirding @birdtrack.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social @rarebirder.bsky.social #birds
- Walls Hill, Torquay, Devon. 15.10. Black-throated Diver again and 7 GCGs. #DevonBirds #UKBirding @rarebirder.bsky.social @birdtrack.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social #birds
- Mike P's lovely photos of wintering #BlackRedstarts along Thatcher Avenue, Torquay on New Year's Day. There were 2 highly mobile individuals in the area. #DevonBirds #UKBirding #birds
- Whitelake Channel, Newton Abbot, Devon. 14.00. The Yellow-browed Warbler still present along the riverbank near the mobile phone mast. Not too vocal but showing well. #DevonBirds #UKBirding #RareBirdsUK @birdguides.bsky.social @birdtrack.bsky.social @rarebirder.bsky.social
- Hope's Nose/Thatcher Point, Torquay, Devon. 10.50-12.30. 1 Velvet Scoter S of Thatcher Rock. 2 imm/fem Black Redstarts on rooftops along Thatcher Avenue. 1 later on the south side beach. 2 GNDs. #DevonBirds #UKBirding @birdguides.bsky.social @birdtrack.bsky.social @rarebirder.bsky.social #birds
- As I was still nearby, glad to be able to return to Devon's #BowlingGreenMarsh to see the 2 #TundraBeanGeese in the lunchtime 🌞 sunshine. My first BGs for 4 years. Thanks to the finders. #DevonBirds #UKBirding #RareBirdsUK @rarebirder.bsky.social @birdtrack.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social #RSPB
- Incredibly easy to choose my bird of 2025 - April's Hope's Nose #CornBunting. Yes a LBJ, but with it being at the Nose, the first in over 30 years there, a self-find on a random afternoon visit, and a good bird for Devon = no contest. 😂 HNY 🎆 🥂 🍾 🍻 🎇! #DevonBirds #UKBirding #birds
- A frosty 🥶 start at Devon's #BowlingGreenMarsh this morning 🌅. Nice views of #RussianWhiteFrontedGoose. A group of 18 were my first of this winter. #DevonBirds #UKBirding #RareBirdsUK #RSPB @birdtrack.bsky.social @rarebirder.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social
- This striking #leucistic #BlackHeadedGull certainly caught my eye at Passage House on S Devon's #TeignEstuary this afternoon. #DevonBirds #UKBirding #birds
- Interesting to come across the 2 #Spoonbills on S Devon's #TeignEstuary again this afternoon. Today they were close to Passage House. #DevonBirds #UKBirding #birds
- Today was just the second time this year that I had seen #Avocets on S Devon's, #TeignEstuary. I counted 15 close to Passage House. #DevonBirds #UKBirding #birds
- It's not often that I get close views of a #RedBreastedMerganser. This bird was on S Devon's #TeignEstuary this afternoon with 4 others. #DevonBirds #UKBirding #birds
- Good views of a #MediterraneanGull on Devon's, #TeignEstuary this afternoon. #DevonBirds #UKBirding #birds
- Passage House, Teign Estuary, Devon. 2 Spoonbills currently stood on a small mud bar E of the car park. #DevonBirds #UKBirding #birds
- Yellow-browed Warbler still present in the same location as below and showing well up to at least 11.00. #DevonBirds #UKBirding #RareBirdsUK @birdguides.bsky.social @rarebirder.bsky.social @birdtrack.bsky.social
