Very little to report on the migrant front. A lone Swallow on Orcombe after work this evening the best of it. Happy to report the first flowering Green-winged Orchids though.
Yesterday - Mudbank - 8 Sandwich Terns, just 2 Dark-bellied Brent Geese, 2 Mallard, 9 Redshank, 2 Red-breasted Mergansers, 50 Curlew, 2 Great Crested Grebes, 1 Peregrine and a Buzzard east and low across the river. Lu and I had a stroll around the Otter estuary with a Red Kite east over at 1350, 13 Redshank, 2 Little Ringed Plovers and 1 Greenshank.
30/3 - Orcombe Point - 10 Chiffchaffs, 4 Blackcaps, 1 Willow Warbler, 1 Yellowhammer and 5 Gannets close off Orcombe Point.
29/3 - Orcombe Point - 3 Blackcaps, 10 Chiffchaffs, 5 Common Scoters, 1 Razorbill, 13 Shags, 1 Sandwich Tern and 1 Red-throated Diver. Mudbank - 6 Sandwich Terns, 9 Grey Plovers and 2 Red-breasted Mergansers.
28/3 - Orcombe Point - 5 Blackcaps, 13 Chiffchaffs, 1 Willow Warbler, 6+ Meadow Pipits and 1 Redwing. Mudbank - 15 Wigeon and 4 Dark-bellied Brent Geese.
Close views of 5 Gannets feeding just off Orcombe Point on 30/3.
