Great White Egret off Mudbank this afternoon. Earlier, this and another bird were a bit further upriver off Lympstone.
Orcombe Point from 0725 - My first Brambling of the autumn, 4+ Crossbills, 1 Wheatear, 2 Swallows, c25 Robins, 1+ Cirl Bunting, 5 Coal Tits, 1 Jay, 3 Reed Buntings, 17 Stock Doves, 2 Redpolls, 9+ Goldcrests, 6+ Blackbirds, c20 Chaffinches, 15+ Chiffchaffs, 50+ Meadow Pipits, 50+ Pied Wagtails, 7 Stonechats, c90+ Linnets, c70 Goldfinches, 10+ Greenfinches, 3 Song Thrushes, 28+ Siskins, c60 Starlings, c35 Skylarks and 1 Grey Wagtail.
Mudbank - 2 Great White Egrets, c60 Little Egrets, 2 Grey Herons, 1 Spoonbill (flew downriver at 1515 and landed on Cockle Sands), c800 Dark-bellied Brent Geese, c235 Black-tailed Godwits, 33+ Ringed Plovers, 45+ Dunlin, 6 Greenshank, 4+ Grey Plovers, 51+ Turnstones, c70+ Teal, c1000+ Wigeon, several Pintail, 8 Mediterranean Gulls (7 adults and a second winter), 1 Goshawk, 2 Bar-tailed Godwits, c70 Redshank, 210+ Curlew, 1 Sandwich Tern, 16+ Great Crested Grebes, 1 Whimbrel, 1 Pintail x Wigeon hybrid and 1 presumed Gadwall x Wigeon hybrid. Also - 1 Redpoll and 1 Rock Pipit over.
15/10 - a singing Firecrest after work, in scrub behind the benches at Mudbank.
14/10 - Orcombe - c30 Robins, 4 Blackbirds, c50 Meadow Pipits, 5 Song Thrushes, c20 Chiffchaffs, 8 Goldcrests, 75+ Pied Wagtails, 12 Chaffinches, c30 Linnets, c40 Goldfinches, 29+ Siskins, 2 Greenfinches, 1 Cirl Bunting, 1 Snipe, 7 Stonechats, c55 Starlings, 1 Reed Bunting, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Ring-necked Parakeets and 1 Bullfinch.
Mudbank - 4 Greenshank, 10 Redshank, 10 Grey Plovers, c45 Dunlin, 22 Lapwings, 1 Turnstone, c90 Redshank, 14+ Bar-tailed Godwits, 2 Pale-bellied Brent Geese, 4 Teal and 33 Little Egrets.
Lapwing - Mudbank on 14/10. Another 21 on Cockle Sands.
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