This is just my 7th record of Marsh Harrier in Exmouth - a really tricky species to catch up with. It was high over Shelly Beach at midday before heading east. A high chance it was yesterday's Warren bird I guess.
Overcast and a moderate south-westerly - I wasn't expecting much movement this morning but 10000+ Woodpigeons headed east in the first hour or so after dawn 'til rain set in. The largest flock in excess of 2000 birds. Little else with them but 3 Redwings logged and 3 Mediterranean Gulls were offshore later in the day.
A Marsh Harrier was high over Shelly Beach at midday and Mudbank counts included a first-winter Yellow-legged Gull, 3 Pale-bellied Brent Geese, 8 Bar-tailed Godwits, 40 Redshank, 60+ Dunlin, c115 Turnstones, 25+ Ringed Plovers, 4 Greenshank, 1 Red-breasted Merganser, 4 Teal and a Rock Pipit.
This is my third first-winter Yellow-legged Gull this October. They seem to be getting more regular. No Caspian Gulls for me since January though. Not for lack of trying.
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