Brambling - Orcombe Point.
A bird-filled walk on Orcombe from 0700 'til 0925 this morning. Totals included 1 Woodlark, 1 Brambling, 2 Egyptian Geese (west at 0735), 1 Redpoll, 2+ Reed Buntings, 1 Firecrest, 9 Fieldfares, 3+ Redwings, 225+ Stock Doves, c7000+ Woodpigeons, 8 Song Thrushes, 15+ Blackbirds, 5+ Siskins, 12+ Pied Wagtails, 6 Chiffchaffs, 1 Blackcap, 11+ Meadow Pipits, 4 Stonechats, c30+ Chaffinches, c70+ Starlings, 2 Grey Wagtails, 1 Bullfinch, 2 Cirl Buntings, 11 Jackdaws, 1 Rook, 1 Snipe, 2 Great Spotted Woodpeckers and the Red-legged Partridge.
At least 650 Dark-bellied Brent Geese were counted from the Imperial rec and 5 Mistle Thrushes flew over eastwards. Nearby off Mudbank - 34 Great Crested Grebes, 41 Shelduck, 2 Pale-bellied Brent Geese, 2 Sanderling, 8 Greenshank, 15 Ringed Plovers, 7 Teal and 1 Mediterranean Gull were the only things counted. Ten Cattle Egrets were in a cattle field somewhere behind Starcross.
Yesterday on Orcombe - 1 Yellowhammer, 2 Redwings, 21+ Greenfinches, 8+ Siskins, c9000 Woodpigeons, 3 Reed Buntings, c25 Chaffinches, c110 Stock Doves, 10+ Pied Wagtails, 5 Song Thrushes, c70+ Goldfinches, 5 Jackdaws, 33+ Skylarks over, 3+ Cirl Buntings, 8+ Blackbirds, 2 Bullfinches, c30 Starlings. Off Mudbank - c45 Turnstones, 6 Greenshank, 1 Teal, 27 Great Crested Grebes, 3 Shoveler, 28 Skylarks (low west across river), 1 Bar-tailed Godwit, 1 Siskin and 1 Goshawk. At least 14 Cattle Egrets were with cattle somewhere behind Starcross.
The back-end of this morning's Egyptian Geese west past Orcombe.
My first Fieldfares of the autumn (in Exmouth) involved 9 birds this morning.
This flock of 31 Stock Doves was part of a movement of at least 225 birds this morning though I'm certain I missed a load in the bigger Woodpigeon flocks.
Adult Mediterranean Gull - Mudbank.
Pied Wagtail - dung heap.
Black Swan - Mudbank 27/10.
Ringed Plover - Duckpond.
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