Juvenile Whinchat - Bystock Meadow.
Orcombe first thing - 2 Yellow Wagtails and my first Siskin of the autumn with at least 38 Balearic Shearwaters and 3 Arctic Skuas offshore, attracted in to a large feeding frenzy of mainly Herring Gulls. Several Common Dolphins also present along with adult and first-winter Yellow-legged Gulls, 135+ Common Terns and 3 Mediterranean Gulls.
Mudbank on the dropping tide- 1 Osprey, 13 Black-tailed Godwits, 1 Pintail, 3 Wigeon, c430 Mallard, 10+ Redshank, 1 Knot and 5 Teal.
A quick look at Bystock Meadow produced 1 juvenile Whinchat, and 1 Spotted Flycatcher with several Willow Warblers and Stonechats. Yesterday, a slightly more leisurely stroll around the reserve produced 1 Redstart, 1 Spotted Flycatcher and 2 Firecrests (with 2 more Redstarts and a Wheatear recorded on an afternoon walk with Lu around Woodbury Common).
Yesterday - Orcombe - 16+ Balearic Shearwaters, 2 Yellow Wagtails, 6 Willow Warblers, 9 Swallows, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Dunlin and just 1 Whitethroat.
Mudbank - 2 Grey Plovers, c150 Common Terns, 1 Knot, 3 Turnstones, 3 Greenshank, c140 Teal, 1 Wigeon, 1 Osprey and the first returning Pintail.
Adult Mediterranean Gull - Exmouth beach.
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