[Qingcol]

Around 30 feeding Manx Shearwater off Rumps Point this morning plus a steady passage SW approximately 100 per hour. One unfortunate exhausted Gannet with fishing net trailing from neck, only able to fly short distances before crash landing, unable to feed just sitting on the sea getting weaker.

[DELACOWI]

Late evening walk from Guineaport to commissioners quay and back, birds included several redshank, and the spotted redshank. Pauline and I watched an otter swim up river from the town bridge, catch and eat a large fish at Guineaport and continue on up river. Thats got to be better than sitting at home in front of the telly!.

[Qingcol]

A single Common Swift briefly again over Amble Marshes this morning, other birds included 1 Common Sandpiper (photo) 14 Whimbrel (photo) 32 Eurasian Teal, 6 Gadwall, 50+ Sand Martin, 30+ Barn Swallow, 4 Chiffchaff (photo) 3 Willow Warbler and male Sparrow Hawk.

[Qingcol]

Amble Marshes this evening, birds included 1 Cattle Egret (photo) 1 Siberian Chiffchaff (photo) 2 Wigeon, 200+ Barn Swallow and 2 Sedge Warbler.

[Qingcol]

Amble Marshes this evening, birds included 1 late 1st winter Glaucous Gull, looking very pale! with no dark secondary markings, but dark eye and pointed primaries of 1st winter (photo) 1 Cattle Egret (photo) 5 Whimbrel, 5 Greenshank and 43 Black-tailed Godwit.

[DELACOWI]

Common sandpiper and grey heron by the old town bridge this evening.

[Qingcol]

A steady trickle of Hirundines and Finches (mostly Goldfinches) NE over Rumps Point early morning plus 5 Whimbrel and a male Merlin.
A Hobby over Coronation Park (Wadebridge) at 12:25

[Max Shearwater]

I attach a couple of distant shots of a cracking summer plumaged Spotted Redshank that is on the River Camel at the moment.
Unfortunately its companion Redshanks are very skittish and it doesn't want to pose for photographs for very long!
Adrian.

[Qingcol]

Amble Marshes in poor weather this afternoon, birds included 1 female Blue-winged Teal, 1 Cattle Egret, 2 Whimbrel, 1 Knot, 12 Black-Tailed Godwit, 5 House Martin, 200+ Barn Swallow, 60+ Sand Martin, 1 Sparrow Hawk, 1 Sedge Warbler (1 interesting unidentified large Gull!)

[DELACOWI]

large flock of mixed hirundines along the river at Egloshayle this evening - mainly swallows but several sand and house martins too. 2 siskins in the park. One hobby flew over Treraven meadows towards the town. 1 grey heron, 2 shelduck in Treraven.

[Qingcol]

Amble Marshes late afternoon, birds included 1 Cattle Egret Still, 1 Common Swift. 4 House Martin, 40+ Sand Martin, 150+ Barn Swallow, 2 Lapwing, 1 Whimbrel, 1 Wigeon, 2 Grey-lag Geese, 2 Sparrow Hawk (tiny male killed Barn Swallow) 2 Blackcap and 3 Sedge Warbler.

[Qingcol]

3 Common Whitethroat and a Blackcap, at Stinky Valley (Pentire Farm) this morning.

[Peter F-S]

A lagre number of Herring gulls, about 200, are using the field next to 'Nine Maidens' near Winnards Perch this week. Easily viewed rom the layby on the A39. The field is full of sheep so presume that they are the reason for the gulls presence.

[Qingcol]

Coronation Park this morning, 2 Common Swift, 1 Peregrine Falcon and 16 Whimbrel over.
Dinham Flats this afternoon, birds included 40+ Whimbrel, finding plenty of small Crab in the Camel mud (photo) 5 Greenshank and 2 Common Sandpiper.

[Qingcol]

Amble Marshes this morning; female Blue-winged Teal feeding with the wintering Eurasian? First mentioned on this thread as showing characteristics (though overlapping) of female Green-winged Teal, the most obvious being a prominent Loral spot (photo) One Cattle Egret still, 6+ Common Swift, 10 House Martin, 100+ Barn Swallow, 30+ Sand Martin, 18 Black-Tailed Godwit, 2 Lapwing, 3 Whimbrel, at least 8 Sedge Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap (photo) 4 Willow Warbler some showing resin stains (photo) one Otter (photo)

[Qingcol]

Treraven Meadow this afternoon, birds included 1 Little Ringed Plover, 2 male Northern Wheatear, 2 Shelduck, 2 Little Egret, 1 White Wagtail and 15 Pied Wagtail.
Treraven Farm late afternoon, 1 male Cuckoo, Blackcap, Garden Warbler, Siskin, Willow Warbler and Chiffchaff.

[Paul Freestone]

Just had a BLACK-WINGED STILT reported to the website at Walmsley Sanctuary.

[Qingcol]

Originally Posted by Paul Freestone

Just had a BLACK-WINGED STILT reported to the website at Walmsley Sanctuary.

Amble Marshes this evening, birds included 1 Black-winged Stilt at the back of the reserve (photo) 1 Cattle Egret, 1 Black Tern over, pair of Grey-Lag Geese, 1 Wigeon and 10 Gadwall.

[Jon Turner]

With none seen at Exminster or BGM today, presumably you got one and the other two are (or were?) up here.

[camelbirder]

Just off patch.
I have been sent a couple of pictures of a Gannet sat on islands off Beeny Cliff. There has been rumours for a number of years of a single bird in this area during the summer months but this is the first confirmed record.

If anyone else has any information, please forward.

Best wishes,

[Qingcol]

Amble Marshes this morning, birds included 1 Cattle Egret, 8 Common Swift, 50+ House Martin, 22 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Lapwing, 3 Wigeon, 3 Common Pochard, 23 Eurasian Teal.
(plus one Ottter)
Dinham Flats (Burniere) 12+ Northern Wheatear (photo) 3 male Common Redstart (photo) 1 Yellow Wagtail, 52 Dunlin, 2 Common Sandpiper, 25 Black-tailed Godwit, 33 Whimbrel, 6 Curlew, 1 male Gadwall, 1 adult Yellow-legged Gull, 1 Grey-lag Goose and 4 Common Swift.

[Qingcol]

Amble Marshes this evening, birds included 18+ Yellow Wagtail, at the back of the reserve (photo) 1 Cattle Egret, 23 Dunlin, 2 Greenshank, 100+ House Martin.

[Qingcol]

Rumps Point this morning, birds included 3 Pied Flycatcher (photo) 12+ Willow Warbler, 8+ Chiffchaff, 9 Blackcap, 11 Common Whitethroat, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 100+ Northern Wheatear, Peregrine, Kestrel and 2 Common Swift.

[DELACOWI]

Hobby over the town late evening today, 1 whimbrel by the town bridge. 7 cygnets.
I stumbled across a peregrine with a fresh kill (looks like a jackdaw?) near Coronation Park the other day - short video here.

[Qingcol]

Amble Marshes this afternoon, female Blue-winged Teal, Black-winged Stilt and Cattle Egret all showing well at the back of the reserve plus 4 Common Swift, 1 Hobby, 1 Grey-Lag Goose, 1 male Sparrow Hawk, 12 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Lapwing, 4 Whimbrel, 1 Dunlin, 2 Wigeon, 7 Gadwall. ( An adult drake Shoveler appeared to mate with, then stay close to the female Blue-winged Teal)
A male Marsh Harrier flew over the B3314 towards Amble at 16:30

(Crowdy Res this afternoon, Les & Dot Fletcher phoned me to tell me the were both watching a male Golden Oriole in the dead pines near the cattle grid at 15:30)