I've swapped my 'Devon list' page for this page. My focus, for almost as many years as I can remember, has been on finding my own birds in Devon, in preference to twitching other peoples' birds. This focus has now very much switched to what I can find within the Exmouth parish, and I'm less inclined to twitch (or bird elsewhere) than ever.
Below are the birds I've found in mainland Devon - where possible with photos and/or field notes, along with details of acceptance, in the case of BBRC species. All rare and scarce species have been accepted by the relevant committees except of course the recent ones that are still in circulation. Integrity is important to me when it comes to a 'finds' list so I obviously haven't included any 'not accepted' records and I don't include birds other people have found already! In other words I've been the first person to clap eyes on each one.
I don't include returning birds or birds on known breeding or wintering ground and I don't include 'accepted same as...' records because that means it's already been found by someone else, somewhere else!
Mute Swan
Whooper Swan
1 ad Orcombe Point 1/10/22 (photo).
Whooper Swan - Orcombe Point 1/10/22. The only one I've found - this bird drew attention with a 'honk' as I was walking the top fields. I managed just a few record shots as it flew away from me, towards the estuary.
Whooper Swan 1/10/22.
Tundra Bean Goose
1 Bowling Green Marsh 7/5/05 (photo).
Tundra Bean Goose - Bowling Green Marsh 5/5/05. An odd but not unprecedented date. I also found a Temminck's Stint the same day.
Pink-footed Goose
1 Passage House Inn, river Teign 27/9/97.
Greylag Goose
Canada Goose
[Cackling Goose]
Exmouth 27/9/15 (photo). Accepted BBRC cat E. Minima.
Cackling Goose - Exmouth. Photo - Chris Townend.
White-fronted Goose
1 juvenile - Orcombe Point 16/10/13 (photo).
Juvenile Russian White-fronted Goose - Orcombe Point. This bird remained into November and ended up commuting between here and the Exe. Last seen on the Exe on 22/12 (per Devon Bird Report 2013).
Barnacle Goose
1 Mudbank 29/10/17 (photo).
1 Mudbank 12/5/20 (photo).
Brent Goose
(Black Brant)
1 ad Mudbank 6/1/21 (photo).
I originally discovered this bird off Mudbank and later re-found it at Dart's Farm, on 9/1/21.
Adult Black Brant - Dart's Farm 23/1/21.
[Red-breasted Goose]
1 adult - Blackhill Quarry 28/10/09 (photo) Accepted BBRC cat E.
Shelduck
Egyptian Goose
Several in Exmouth including birds over and past Orcombe Point.
Mallard
Mandarin
1 female off Powderham Corner (date?).
1 ♂ Blackhill Quarry (date?) (photo).
2 juv/female types Blackhill Quarry 17/9/21 (photo).
Mandarins - Blackhill Quarry 17/9/21.
Gadwall
Falcated Duck
1 first-winter ♂ - Exmouth 18/11/06 (photo). Re-found Countess Wear Jan '08. Accepted BBRC. First for Devon and 6th for Britain.
Falcated Duck - Exmouth (off the leisure centre) 18/11/06. Originally placed in cat D, this bird was eventually elevated to the British list becoming the first record for Devon and 6th record for Britain.
Falcated Duck - Exminster Marshes.
Pintail
Shoveler
Wigeon
American Wigeon
1 fw ♂ Mudbank 26/10/16 (photo)
1 ad ♂ - Mudbank 29/10/20 (photo).
1 fw ♂ Mudbank 26/10/16 (photo)
1 ad ♂ - Mudbank 29/10/20 (photo).
First-winter male American Wigeon - Mudbank 26/10/16. My first 'self-found' after many years of checking Wigeon flocks. The closest I'd got before this was a drake Wigeon x American Wigeon hybrid, which is probably rarer.
American Wigeon - Mudbank 29/10/20. Photographed just after its discovery.
American Wigeon - Duck Pond 1/11/20. The second of two found.
Teal
Garganey
Many found including a wintering individual in Powderham Park, a flock of 4 on Bowling Green Marsh (13/3/09) and spring drakes in Exmouth. Mostly autumn juveniles off Mudbank though.
Blue-winged Teal
1 ♀- Newcross Pond 27/3/97. Accepted BBRC (video) 11th for Devon.
Blue-winged Teal - neat copy of field notes.
Pochard
Including a small number of birds in Exmouth.
Red-crested Pochard
1 eclipse male - Mudbank, Exmouth 20/9/97. mo.
1 male - Mudbank 9/1/10 (photo)
1 first-winter male - Mudbank, Exmouth 5/10/18 (photo).
Notes for Red-crested Pochard - Mudbank 20/9/97.
Male Red-crested Pochard - Mudbank 9/1/10.
First-winter male Red-crested Pochard - Mudbank 5/10/18.
Ferruginous Duck
1 ♂- Slapton Ley 31/10/03 (photo) BBRC.
Ferruginous Duck - Slapton Ley photo Phil Stidwell.
BBRC submission.
Scaup
Several found in Exmouth. Most recent record - a female off Mudbank - Dec 22 but the species is becoming scarcer.
Adult female Scaup - Mudbank 24/12/22.
Lesser Scaup
First-winter ♂ - Exminster Marshes 10/1/04 (photo). First record for Devon and 65th for Britain.
First-winter Lesser Scaup with drake Tufted Duck - Exminster Marshes. Photo - Dave Stone.
Tufted Duck
Ring-necked Duck (3)
1♀ Newcross Pond 19/12/96 (photo).
Two ♂ - Blackhill Quarry 20/2/22 (photo).
Female Ring-necked Duck - Newcross Pond Dec 96.
Two drake Ring-necked Ducks - Blackhill Quarry 20/2/22.
Ring-necked Duck - 21/2/22. One disappeared, one remained.
Eider
Velvet Scoter
Common Scoter
Surf Scoter (4)
1 juv ♂ - Slapton Ley 26/10/98. DBRC mo.
3 ♂ - Exmouth seafront 27/4/99. DBRC mo.
Field notes - juv ♂ Surf Scoter - Slapton Ley 26/10/98.
Long-tailed Duck
Several including summer ♂ - Bowling Green 23/8/08 (photo).
Goldeneye
Smew
♂♀ - Newcross Pond 8/2/91. mo.
Goosander
Red-breasted Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Inc ♀ - Exminster Marshes 13/11/98.
I'm pretty sure I found several others back in the day when they were relatively common.
Red-legged Partridge
Quail
(2) - both Orcombe Point. Both accepted DBRC.
Pheasant
Red-throated Diver
Black-throated Diver
Black-throated Diver - past lifeboat station, Exmouth 19/11/24. I've found a few of these over the years but this is the only one I've photographed.
Great Northern Diver
Slavonian Grebe
Including birds off Budleigh Beach, back when they were common on the Exe and elsewhere.
Black-necked Grebe
Birds found in Exmouth, Powderham Park and Exminster Marshes.
Little Grebe
Great Crested Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Latest Shelly Beach 27/1/20.
Red-necked Grebe - Shelly Beach 27/1/20.
Fulmar
Manx Shearwater
Balearic Shearwater
Including 376+ Orcombe Point 11/9/11. Devon record count for a short time.
Great Shearwater
Including Orcombe Point record.
Cory's Shearwater
Prawle.
Sooty Shearwater
Fea's/Desertas/Zino's Petrel
Prawle Point 17/8/99. Accepted BBRC. First for Devon. I was first to pick up this bird, calling it as a Cory's, however Mark Darlaston deserves all the credit for noticing the black underwings!
Storm Petrel
Leach's Petrel
Exmouth seafront 30/12/15. DBRC. mo.
Gannet
Cormorant
Shag
Night Heron
1 first-summer - Countess Wear 12/4/99. Accepted BBRC. Video.
BBRC submission.
Cattle Egret
2 Exmouth 16/1/08 (photo). BBRC.
1 Mudbank 24/10/17 (photo).
7 Orcombe Point 10/8/18 (photo).
10 Exmouth Quay 16/7/20 (photo).
+ several in Exmouth subsequently.
Nine of ten Cattle Egrets - in off and past Exmouth Quay 16/7/20.
Cattle Egrets - Orcombe Point 31/8/23.
Little Egret
1 - Teign Estuary 24/4/88. Accepted BBRC. mo.
My first BBRC rarity - Little Egret - Passage House Inn, Teign Estuary 24/4/88.
Great White Egret
Maer Rocks 5/7/14. (photo). DBRC.
Orcombe Point 22/10/19. (photo). DBRC.
Mudbank - 22/10/23 (photo).
Mudbank - 26/10/24 (photo).
Orcombe Point - 27/10/24. (photo).
Great White Egret - Maer Rocks 5/7/14.
Great White Egret - Orcombe Point 22/10/19.
Great White Egret - Mudbank 26/10/24.
Great White Egret - Orcombe Point 27/10/24.
Grey Heron
Purple Heron
1 sub ad Orcombe Point 7/5/99. DBRC
1 fs - Hallsands 21/5/99 (photo). DBRC.
Spoonbill
Osprey
Honey Buzzard
1 - Exmouth 31/5/13 (photo).
1 - Exmouth 2/6/13 (photo).
1 - Exmouth 28/5/16.
Honey Buzzard (top) and Common Buzzard (below) - Exmouth 2/6/13.
Red Kite
Marsh Harrier
Hen Harrier
Several over the years including:
3 (male and 2 female/juv) - Woodbury Common 4/10/11 (photo).
1 (female) - Woodbury Common 6/11/11.
1 female/juv - Woodbury Common 30/10/18 (photo).
Pallid Harrier
1 juv - Colaton Raleigh Common 13/9/18 (photo). Accepted BBRC. First for Devon and 113th for Britain.
Juvenile Pallid Harrier - Colaton Raleigh Common 13/9/18. Present for just one evening and seen by just 9 birders.
Montagu's Harrier
1 fs fem - Woodbury Common 3/5/09 (photo). Accepted DBRC.
Buzzard
Sparrowhawk
Goshawk
Kestrel
Hobby
Peregrine
Merlin
Water Rail
Spotted Crake
1 - River Clyst 12/8/99. Accepted DBRC. mo.
Moorhen
Coot
Oystercatcher
Avocet
Away from the Exe - displaced birds on the Teign back in the 90s when they were very infrequent. Otherwise several passage birds in Exmouth.
Stone-curlew
1 - Orcombe Point 24/3/13 (photo) DBRC. With Derek.
1 - Mudbank 2/4/13 (photo) DBRC.
Stone-curlew - Orcombe Point 24/3/13. Photo John Deakins.
Little Ringed Plover
Ringed Plover
Grey Plover
Golden Plover
Dotterel
1 - Woodbury Common 17/9/19.
Lapwing
Knot
Sanderling
Turnstone
Purple Sandpiper
Rediscovered population on Maer Rocks following 20 year absence.
Dunlin
Curlew Sandpiper
Broad-billed Sandpiper
1 - Bowling Green Marsh 13/7/04 (photo). Accepted BBRC 5th Devon record and the 187th for Britain.
The Broad-billed Sandpiper relocated to the south end of the river, to Dawlish Warren, where this photo was taken. Photographer unknown.
Temminck's Stint
1 - Exminster Marshes 7/5/05. Accepted DBRC.
1 - Exminster Marshes 18/5/08. Accepted DBRC.
Temminck's Stint notes - 7/5/05.
Temminck's Stint notes - 18/5/08.
Little Stint
Wood Sandpiper
Green Sandpiper
Common Sandpiper
Redshank
Spotted Redshank
Including 'new in' juv over Orcombe Point.
Greenshank
Marsh Sandpiper
1 juv - Bowling Green Marsh 31/8/08 (photo). Accepted BBRC. 3rd Devon record and 128th for Britain.
Marsh Sandpiper - Bowling Green/River Clyst 31/8/08. Photo Phil Stidwell.
Black-tailed Godwit
Bar-tailed Godwit
Curlew
Whimbrel
Woodcock
Snipe
Jack Snipe
Grey Phalarope
1 - Hope's Nose 6/11/05.
1 - Orcombe Point 10/9/11.
1 - Duckpond, Exmouth 21/9/18.
Red-necked Phalarope
1 juv - South Huish 26/8/03 (photo) Accepted DBRC.
Wilson's Phalarope
1 juv - Bowling Green Marsh 18/8/05 (photo). Accepted BBRC. 7th Devon record and 212th for Britain.
Ruff
Pectoral Sandpiper
Matford Pools 11/9/99. Accepted DBRC. mo.
Exminster Marshes 1/10/24 (photo). mo.
Pec Sand - Matford 1999 - field notes.
Pectoral Sandpiper - Exminster Marshes 1/10/24. Picked up on call as it flew over with 2 Snipe.
Great Skua
Pomarine Skua
Long-tailed Skua (DBRC).
Arctic Skua
Black-headed Gull
Bonaparte's Gull
First-winter - river Teign 17/3/00 (photo). Accepted BBRC.
First-summer - river Clyst/Bowling Green 20/5/08 (photo). Accepted BBRC.
First-summer - Imperial rec, Exmouth 3/6/19 (photo). Accepted BBRC.
First-summer - Imperial rec/Duck Pond 17/5/22 (photo). Accepted BBRC.
First-winter Bonaparte's Gull - Teign estuary March 2000. Photo - George Reszeter.
First-summer Bonaparte's Gull - Bowling Green Marsh 21/5/08. Photo - Dave Stone.
First-summer Bonaparte's Gull - Imperial rec June 2019. Photo - Dave Boult.
First-summer Bonaparte's Gull - Duck Pond, Exmouth 19/5/22.
Common Gull
Ring-billed Gull
1 adult-winter - Passage House Inn, river Teign 17/12/95.
1 adult - Passage House Inn, river Teign 23/3/96.
1 adult - Passage House Inn, river Teign 5/12/96.
1 adult - Coombe Cellars, river Teign 5/4/97.
1 adult-winter - river Teign 29/10/98.
1 adult-summer - Coombe Cellars, river Teign 25/3/01.
1 adult - Netherton, river Teign 19/3/05
1 second-summer - river Clyst 16/4/08 (photo).
Second-summer Ring-billed Gull - river Clyst/Exe 16/4/08. Photo - Dave Stone.
Mediterranean Gull
Herring Gull
American Herring Gull
1 first-winter - river Otter 13/2/09 (photo). Accepted BBRC. 2nd Devon record and 26th for Britain.
American Herring Gull - Budleigh Beach 13/2/09. Photos - Brian Heasman.
Yellow-legged Gull
Caspian Gull
First-winter - river Otter 3/12/11 (photo).
Adult - river Otter 29/1/12 (photo).
First-winter - Warren View, Exmouth 14/12/12 (photo).
Second-winter - Mudbank 7/11/18 (photo).
Juvenile - Mudbank 25/8/20 (photo).
Juvenile - Mudbank 23/8/22 (photo).
First-winter - Mudbank 8/9/22 (photo).
First-winter - Mudbank 17/9/23 (photo).
First-winter - Exmouth beach 2/11/23 (photo).
First-winter - Mudbank 21/1/24 (photo).
Adult Caspian Gull - river Otter 29/12/12.
Second-winter Caspian Gull - Mudbank 7/11/18.
Juvenile Caspian Gull - Mudbank 25/8/20.
Juvenile Caspian Gull - Mudbank 23/8/22.
First-winter Caspian Gull - Mudbank 8/9/22.
First-winter Caspian Gull - Mudbank 17/9/23. And three photos below.
Caspian Gull (first-winter) - Exmouth beach 2/11/23. And 2 photos below.
First-winter Caspian Gull - Mudbank 21/1/24.
Great Black-backed Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Little Gull
Kittiwake
Sabine's Gull
Glaucous Gull
Iceland Gull
(Kumlien's Gull)
Juvenile - Exmouth 9/2/14 (photo). Accepted DBRC.
Kumlien's Gull - Exmouth beach 9/2/14.
Laughing Gull
1 First-winter - Passage House Inn, river Teign 13/1/07 (photo). Accepted BBRC. 14th Devon record and 174th for Britain.
Laughing Gull - Passage House Inn 13/7/07. Photographed shortly after its discovery. I relocated it in Exmouth in February, and it was to go on and stay, mostly in the Exeter area, until December 15th!
Little Tern
Sandwich Tern
Common Tern
Arctic Tern
Roseate Tern
Lots of spring/summer Exe birds. Best - an October record. See below.
Caspian Tern
1 - Exmouth 14/8/14 (photo). Accepted BBRC. 3rd for Devon.
1 - Exmouth (Mudbank) 27/6/19 (photo). Accepted BBRC. 5th for Devon.
Black Tern
White-winged Black Tern
1 juv - Exmouth 7/8/17. Accepted DBRC.
Juvenile White-winged Black Tern - Exmouth seafront 13/8/17. Present on the lower Exe until 21/8/17.
Black Guillemot
1 - Budleigh 3/3/08. DBRC. mo.
Little Auk
1 - Hope's Nose 6/11/05.
Puffin
Guillemot
Razorbill
Feral Pigeon
Stock Dove
Woodpigeon
Collared Dove
Turtle Dove
Cuckoo
Long-eared Owl
1 - Orcombe Point 24/10/19.
Long-eared Owl - Orcombe Point 24/10/19. Flushed from a hedge by myself and Paul Gosling.
Short-eared Owl
Tawny Owl
Barn Owl
Little Owl
Nightjar
Hoopoe
1 - Netherton, river Teign 12/4/01.
Kingfisher
Bee-eater
1 - Hope's Nose 16/11/90 not submitted.
1 - Squabmoor Reservoir 22/6/10. DBRC
Green Woodpecker
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
Several discovered at 'new' sites back when they used be common eg Newcross Pond, Kinsteignton, Jetty Marsh Lane, Newton Abbot. Think you'd be really struggling to genuinely count this as a find anywhere these days!
Wryneck
1 - Prawle Village 30//9/00.
1 - north Hallsands 20/9/03 (photo).
1 - Soar 25/9/05. (photo).
1 - Orcombe Point 31/8/15 (photo).
1 - Orcombe Point 15/9/23 (photo).
Wryneck - north Hallsands 20/9/03.
Wryneck - Soar 25/9/05.
Wryneck - Orcombe Point 31/8/15.
Wryneck - Orcombe Point 15/9/23.
Wryneck - Orcombe Point 16/9/23.
Skylark
Woodlark
Sand Martin
Swallow
House Martin
Red-rumped Swallow
1 - Belle Vue Road, Exmouth 4/6/11. Accepted DBRC.
Water Pipit
Including at least one passage bird on Orcombe Point.
Water Pipit - Orcombe Point 13/11/18.
Rock Pipit
Meadow Pipit
Tree Pipit
Red-throated Pipit
1 - Orcombe Point 23/10/09 (photo). Accepted DBRC.
1 - Orcombe Point 9/10/12. Accepted DBRC.
Red-throated Pipit - Orcombe Point 23/10/09.
Richard's Pipit
1 - Orcombe Point 17/11/13. Accepted DBRC.
1 - Orcombe Point 5/11/17 (photo). Accepted DBRC.
1 - Orcombe Point 5/11/19 (photo). Accepted DBRC.
3 - Orcombe Point 5/11/20 (photo). Accepted DBRC.
1 - Orcombe Point 5/10/23 (photo).
Richard's Pipit - Orcombe Point 5/11/17.
Richard's Pipit - Orcombe Point 5/11/19.
Richard's Pipits (x3) - Orcombe Point 5/11/20.
Richard's Pipit - Orcombe Point 5/10/23.
Tawny Pipit
1 2cy+ - Orcombe Point 10/10/16 (photo). Accepted BBRC. 26th Devon record.
Pied Wagtail
Yellow Wagtail
Grey Wagtail
Dipper
Waxwing
29 - Exmouth 18/12/10 (photo).
Dunnock
Robin
Nightingale
1 - Orcombe Point 7/4/19. Accepted DBRC.
Redstart
Black Redstart
Wheatear
Whinchat
Stonechat
Song Thrush
Redwing
Mistle Thrush
Fieldfare
Blackbird
Ring Ouzel
Garden Warbler
Blackcap
Whitethroat
Sardinian Warbler
1 singing ♂ - Orcombe Point 20/4/11 (photo). Accepted BBRC. 5th Devon record. 76th for Britain.
Sardinian Warbler - Orcombe Point 20/4/11.
Lesser Whitethroat
Dartford Warbler
Sedge Warbler
Aquatic Warbler
1 juv - Passage House Inn, river Teign 12/8/95. Accepted DBRC. mo
1 juv - Soar 14/9/02 (photo). Accepted DBRC.mo
Aquatic Warbler - Passage House Inn - original field notes. Found early in the morning and showed well to a crowd in the evening.
Aquatic Warbler - Soar 14/9/02. Photo - Tom Whiley.
Grasshopper Warbler
Savi's warbler
1 - Pig's Nose Valley, Prawle 25/9/96. Accepted DBRC.
Cetti's Warbler
Including passage birds eg Soar and wintering birds in Exmouth.
Reed Warbler
Melodious Warbler
1 - Orcombe Point 23/8/23 (photo).
Melodious Warbler - Orcombe Point 23/8/23. And four photos below.
Willow Warbler
Wood Warbler
1 singing male - Slapton ley 28/4/01.
1 - Orcombe Point 5/4/19 (photo)
Wood Warbler - Orcombe Point 5/4/19.
Chiffchaff
Including multiple Siberian Chiffchaffs.
Siberian Chiffchaff - Countess Wear 18/12/21.
Yellow-browed Warbler
1 - Berry Head 8/11/94
1 - Start Farm 2/10/96
1 - Countess Wear Sludge Beds 13/11/99
1 - Soar Mill Cove 20/10/01
1 - Lannacombe 8/11/03
1 - Maer long-stay carpark, Exmouth 21/11/03
1 - Countess Wear 4/12/05
1 - Hallsands 26/10/06
1 - Countess Wear 10/2/07 (photo).
1 - Prawle Woods 11/10/08
1 - Orcombe Point 14/10/10 (photo)
1 - West Lodge 15/1/12 (photo)
1 - Orcombe Point 8/10/16
1 - Archery Club playing fields, Exmouth 15/10/16 (with Paul Gosling).
1 - Orcombe Point 1/11/16 (photo)
1 - Exmouth seafront/Foxholes 4/12/16 (photo)
1 - Belle Vue Road 28/2/17 (photo)
1 - Warren View playing fields 21/10/18 (photo)
1 - Powderham Sawmills 16/12/18 (photo)
1 -Orcombe Point 13/10/19
1 - Maer Valley 22/10/22 (photo)
1 - Maer long-stay carpark 3//11/22 (photo)
1 - Mudbank 11/11/23 (photo)
1 - Maer long-stay carpark 17/10/24 (photo)
2 - Orcombe Point 18/10/24. (photo)
Yellow-browed Warbler - Belle Vue Road 6/4/17. First discovered at the end of February this bird ended up in a neighbour's front garden where it frequently sang once spring kicked in.
Yellow-browed Warbler - Mudbank 11/11/23. My twelfth found in Exmouth.
Yellow-browed Warbler - Maer carpark 21/10/24.
Dusky Warbler
1 - Orcombe Point 28/10/11 (photo). Accepted DBRC.
Dusky Warbler - Orcombe Point 28/10/11.
Radde's Warbler
1 - Soar 24/10/00. Accepted BBRC.1 - Start Point 14/10/06. Accepted DBRC. mo.
Radde's Warbler. Neat copy of field notes - BBRC submission.
Goldcrest
Firecrest
Wren
Spotted Flycatcher
Pied Flycatcher
Collared Flycatcher
1 2cy female - Orcombe Point 20/4/16 (photo). Accepted BBRC. 1st Devon record. 46th for Britain.
Collared Flycatcher - Orcombe Point 20/4/16.
Red-breasted Flycatcher
1 - Orcombe Point 20/9/14 (photo). Accepted DBRC.
Red-breasted Flycatcher - Orcombe Point 20/9/14 - first record for Exe estuary area (I think).
Great Tit
Coal Tit
Blue Tit
Marsh Tit
Willow Tit
I used to see this species regularly in the Newton Abbot area when I was a kid. More recently a bird discovered on Dartmoor where I had no idea they were present.
Long-tailed Tit
Bearded Tit
2 (male and female) - Countess Wear 27/1/2000 (field sketches)
4 - Exe reedbeds 2nd/3rd Jan 2003.
1 male - Exe reedbeds 21/10/23.
3+ Exe reedbeds 1/12/22 with 6+ on 4/2/23 (photo)
Field sketch/notes on the Countess Wear male - 27/1/2000.
Male Bearded Tit (one of 6+ on 4/2/23).
Nuthatch
Treecreeper
Great Grey Shrike
1 - Woodbury Common 12/11/16 (photo). Accepted DBRC.
Red-backed Shrike
1 juvenile - North Hallsands 9/10/99 (photo). Accepted DBRC.
1 adult male - Bicton Common 15/6/10 (photo). Accepted DBRC.
Juvenile Red-backed Shrike - North Hallsands 9/10/99.
Red-backed Shrike - Bicton Common 15/6/10. Found on an evening stroll. I had to keep this sighting 'hush' as it was in suitable breeding habitat. Sadly it was gone the following day.
Magpie
Jay
Jackdaw
Jackdaw (possibly eastern race?) - Mudbank.
Rook
Carrion Crow
Raven
Starling
Rosy Starling
1 - Orcombe Point 6/6/02. Accepted DBRC.
Golden Oriole
Singing male - Bowling Green Marsh 3/6/01. mo.
House Sparrow
Tree Sparrow
2 - Start Point 28/8/98. Accepted DBRC.
3+ Prawle 23/9/00. mo. Accepted DBRC.
Notes for Start birds.
Notes for Prawle birds.
Chaffinch
Brambling
Linnet
Lesser Redpoll
Goldfinch
Greenfinch
Siskin
Serin
1 - singing male - Budleigh 25/4/97
1 - Orcombe Point 21/10/12 (field sketches)
1 - Warren View, Exmouth 30/10/15 (photo)
1 - Orcombe Point 23/3/19
1 - Orcombe Point 20/4/19
1 - Orcombe Point 7/5/22
1 - Orcombe Point 28/10/22 (field notes)
1 - Orcombe Point 5/12/23
Serin - Warren View, Exmouth Nov 2015. Photo - Dave Land.
Hawfinch
1 - Soar 17/10/05.
2 - Berry Head 28/10/05.
3+ - Woodbury Fort 26/10/17 (photo).
1 - Wright's Lane, Exmouth 2/11/24.
1 - Mudbank 10/11/24 (photo).
Hawfinch - Woodbury Castle 26/10/17. One of at least 3 found on this date.
Crossbill
Reed Bunting
Snow Bunting
1 - Slapton Beach 16/10/99 (photo).
1 - Turf 13/11/10. Found whilst twitching American Robin. It lingered until 6/12 (photo).
1 - Orcombe Point 9/11/14 (flew low west).
1 - Orcombe Point 9/10/15 (seen briefly on the ground in the top fields and flushed from a couple times afterwards).
Snow Bunting - Slapton beach 16/10/99.
Lapland Bunting
1 - Soar 28/10/01 (field sketches).
1 - Orcombe Point 11/11/06 (seen on ground).
1 - Orcombe Point 29/12/07 (field sketches).
1 - Orcombe Point 12/9/10. (flyover).
1 - Orcombe Point 18/9/10 (flyover).
1 - Orcombe Point 17/10/10 (flushed a couple times from stubble). Two present on 25/10 and 18/11. 1 (photo) on 28/11/10.
1 - Woodbury Common 21/10/11.
1 - Orcombe Point 2/11/12.
1 - Orcombe Point 18/11/13 (photo).
1 - Orcombe Point 5/9/14 (heard only).
1 - Orcombe Point 15/10/20 (flyover).
Notes on a bird I found at Soar. This was the first one I found in Devon (my very first ever was in Northumberland when I was a kid).
Lapland Bunting - Orcombe Point 18/11/13.
Ortolan Bunting
1 - Start Point 6/9/03 (photo). Accepted DBRC.
Ortolan Bunting - Start Point. Photo - Mike Langman. This bird was present from 6/9 to 12/9/03.
Yellowhammer
Including multiple passage birds on Orcombe.
Cirl Bunting
Including multiple passage birds on Orcombe plus new breeding and wintering sites.
Corn Bunting
1 - Orcombe Point 17/11/07 (photo and field notes). Accepted DBRC.
1 - Orcombe Point 14/11/10. Accepted DBRC.
1 - Orcombe Point 19/3/18 (photo). Accepted DBRC.
Corn Bunting - Orcombe Point 19/3/18.
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