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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Matt Prince" data-source="post: 1697108" data-attributes="member: 52862">Saw my first 'garden tick' meadow pipit yesterday in the burial ground outside my house in Exeter. Watching blackbirds shooing off redwings out there as well yesterday and today.Popped into Exton and saw Ruff amongst the asembled blackwits, avocet and dunlin.Further afield more winter thrushes and meadow pipits in Manor Gardens, Exmouth, plus the black redstart on the tourist information building. Looked for slavonian grebes off the sea front, but could only find mixed scoter flocks, great northern diver and gc grebe.Met Martin Wolinksi at Tospham rec on the way back home and fortunately he tipped me off about the male + female smew from Exton, which were still present albeit the other side of the river. Large group of barwits flew in whilst we were scoping the smew.Lapwing today within 10 feet of me on a grassy bank - everything is getting bolder with the cold weather, though it was much warmer today. Above freezing anyway <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>