tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70153359064239204062024-03-18T20:56:48.265+00:00Dawlish Warren Latest SightingsDawlish Warrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09909796189958856077noreply@blogger.comBlogger3264125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7015335906423920406.post-24583700668514336592024-03-18T20:56:00.000+00:002024-03-18T20:56:10.530+00:00Monday 18th March<div><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">A 1 hr 15min seawatch saw four <b>Common Scoter </b>and three <b>Red-throated Diver</b> head SW, with two <b>Sandwich Tern</b>, seven <b>Great Crested Grebe</b>, two <b>Great Northern</b> and <b>Red-throated Diver </b>offshore.</span></div><div><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><div><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Records from the estuary included the nine <b>Eider </b>and a 2cy <b>Mediterranean Gull </b>on Bull Hill with counts including 55 <b>Turnstone</b>, 36 <b>Oystercatcher</b>, 21 <b>Teal</b>, 21 <b>Dark-bellied Brent Geese</b>, 13 <b>Redshank</b>, eight <b>Greenshank </b>and a pair of <b>Red-breasted Merganser</b>.</span></div><div><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Elsewhere a <b>Sand Martin</b> flew north, six immature <b>Mute Swan</b> flew SW out of estuary and a <b>Chiffchaff </b>on Warren Point was one of five on site. </span></div><div><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Other Wildlife:</span></b><span style="color: #666666;"> The second day of spring sunshine saw the first emergence of the </span><b><span style="color: red;">Warren (Sand) Crocus</span></b><span style="color: #666666;">, with at least 15 plants in flower.</span></span></div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Sand Crocus just starting to flower at Dawlish Warren NNR <a href="https://twitter.com/WarrenBirding?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@WarrenBirding</a> in <a href="https://twitter.com/Teignbridge?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Teignbridge</a> Devon. Slowly revealed themselves as the sun came out! One of our rarest wild flowers found at only two known sites on the UK mainland <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/wildflowerhour?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#wildflowerhour</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/wildflower_hour?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@wildflower_hour</a> Map from <a href="https://twitter.com/BSBIbotany?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BSBIbotany</a> <a href="https://t.co/orMk4D9F3y">pic.twitter.com/orMk4D9F3y</a></p>— Luke Sutton (@_LJSutton) <a href="https://twitter.com/_LJSutton/status/1769751025634656464?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 18, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><div><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The same weather encouraged a couple of basking <b>Common Lizard </b>and the first <b>Speckled Wood</b> of the year along the Back Path, with two <b>Peacock </b>again on the wing. </span></div></div><div><br /></div>Dawlish Warrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09909796189958856077noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7015335906423920406.post-47624742731813962332024-03-17T21:25:00.001+00:002024-03-17T21:48:52.532+00:00Sunday 17th March<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;">More signs of migration today with nine <b>Wheatear </b>on site, the first three <b>Sand Martin</b> of the year overhead, a ♂ <b>White Wagtail </b>along the Dune Ridge and a </span><b><span style="color: #ffa400;">Firecrest </span></b><span style="color: #666666;">behind the Main Pond. Also on site seven </span><b style="color: #666666;">Chiffchaff</b><span style="color: #666666;">, a </span><b style="color: #666666;">Goldcrest </b><span style="color: #666666;">and a </span><b style="color: #666666;">Siskin</b><span style="color: #666666;">.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">A <b>White-tailed Eagle</b>, presumed a 4cy from the IoW reintroduction, flew NNW at 12:30 before being lost behind Cofton ridge. presumably the same bird flew over Paignton at 11:58. The fourth site record, the previous all being between 21st-27th March. </span></p><p><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Counts from the estuary included 124 <b>Dark </b>and a <b>Pale-bellied Brent Goose</b>, 105 <b>Dunlin</b>, 58 <b>Turnstone</b>, 57 <b>Oystercatcher</b>, 37 <b>Bar-tailed Godwit</b>, 23 <b>Redshank</b>, 20 <b>Curlew</b>, 17 <b>Sanderling</b>, 16 <b>Teal</b>, nine <b>Eider</b>, seven <b>Greenshank</b>, four <b>Knot</b>, a <b>Grey Plover</b> and a <b>Sandwich Tern</b>.</span></p><p><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Elsewhere seven <b>Great Crested Grebe </b>and a <b>Great Northern Diver </b>were offshore with two <b>Red-breasted Merganser</b> and two <b>Red-throated Diver</b> SW during a 1hr 15 min seawatch.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Other Wildlife:</span></b><span style="color: #666666;"> Two </span><b style="color: #666666;">Peacock </b><span style="color: #666666;">were on the wing in the spring conditions with it mild enough for the first </span><b style="color: #666666;">Common Pipistrelle</b><span style="color: #666666;"> of the year to emerge early evening. </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDh0pYdPrUgj56p-k_CTAGOf2QZS8bfHMEjFjH8urleiFGzSIq8umseS7fPvM41wUT2VqeTn3Wu5ik1Fok5OnVVg8oUSImGVd4_kyofB9rOdCmlCPvNqYMzZDH29pSCumCKYp9FMSkf-7rzpQ3E6XZs4sxenmoJJoDfnxAWmyha3dJxtXcYSb3tumR-1xb/s675/Beosus%20maritimus%20170324.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="647" data-original-width="675" height="614" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDh0pYdPrUgj56p-k_CTAGOf2QZS8bfHMEjFjH8urleiFGzSIq8umseS7fPvM41wUT2VqeTn3Wu5ik1Fok5OnVVg8oUSImGVd4_kyofB9rOdCmlCPvNqYMzZDH29pSCumCKYp9FMSkf-7rzpQ3E6XZs4sxenmoJJoDfnxAWmyha3dJxtXcYSb3tumR-1xb/w640-h614/Beosus%20maritimus%20170324.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Beosus maritimus</i> - Kevin Rylands</div></span><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;">On Warren Point the continued rapid erosion of the dunes has reduced the remaining populations of the nationally scarce dog lichen </span><i><b><span style="color: #ffa400;">Peltigera neckeri</span></b></i><span style="color: #666666;">. A new species for the Recording Area was found whilst checking the losses, the lichenicolous fungi </span><b><i><span style="color: #ffa400;">Corticifraga fuckelii </span></i></b><span style="color: #666666;">on </span><i style="color: #666666;"><b>Peltigera canina</b></i><span style="color: #666666;">. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1x9i_RC7oeaDk8L7TzvzG3Q55Z_3a4hqMKZNb5T4LjNFZ3fdBa1f-z-qVr1xhBjIyYOwDDTw-StMzDyv2-z0lLbOW1lp0PDUx1aiyOx6FiqLNEeoxHjsS-9qi76bl5aieE-Fb80xLDpxwBe28kI_ZLbPu5o688Z18Y3CO16_w-ah31AQYaAfshu_CXZEi/s2977/Peltigera%20neckeri%20170324.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2386" data-original-width="2977" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1x9i_RC7oeaDk8L7TzvzG3Q55Z_3a4hqMKZNb5T4LjNFZ3fdBa1f-z-qVr1xhBjIyYOwDDTw-StMzDyv2-z0lLbOW1lp0PDUx1aiyOx6FiqLNEeoxHjsS-9qi76bl5aieE-Fb80xLDpxwBe28kI_ZLbPu5o688Z18Y3CO16_w-ah31AQYaAfshu_CXZEi/w640-h512/Peltigera%20neckeri%20170324.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #666666; font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Peltigera neckeri</i> - Kevin Rylands</div></span></span><p></p>Dawlish Warrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09909796189958856077noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7015335906423920406.post-6147788254728422342024-03-16T20:55:00.001+00:002024-03-16T20:55:32.689+00:00Saturday 16th March<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;">Despite the grey, drizzly weather there were signs of spring movement with three </span><b><span style="color: #ffa400;">Sandwich Tern</span></b><span style="color: #666666;">, the first of the year, in the bay, a smart ♂ </span><b style="color: #666666;">Wheatear </b><span style="color: #666666;">on Warren Point and seven </span><b style="color: #666666;">Chiffchaff </b><span style="color: #666666;">in the bushes. Overhead a</span><b><span style="color: #ffa400;"> Red Kite</span></b><span style="color: #666666;">, one of three loosely together, drifted SW over the corner of the Recording Area, with single </span><b style="color: #666666;">Skylark</b><span style="color: #666666;">, </span><b style="color: #666666;">Siskin </b><span style="color: #666666;">and </span><b style="color: #666666;">Meadow Pipit </b><span style="color: #666666;">overhead.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The breeding season is also arriving with the pair of <b>Mute Swan </b>returning to the Main Pond for another season with <b>Blue </b>and <b>Great Tit</b> prospecting nestboxes.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp8YJAct30paGpzoUpNnfoiOQB0wpnGevRhy0w-OgUq9g_XxOkHATr9GQKete0CAerPNS8ouRiT1Fy-1JICBgF09xNjnAKX1_xZPXtZfghfwDeeF4t8X76yPC8VkvWSgGP4gRhF7f02gcHa7ar60YUrri76-B4eO41xB0FPi7zYSgEvFBU2-hfSZzEqgiY/s3732/Mute%20swan%20160324.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2799" data-original-width="3732" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp8YJAct30paGpzoUpNnfoiOQB0wpnGevRhy0w-OgUq9g_XxOkHATr9GQKete0CAerPNS8ouRiT1Fy-1JICBgF09xNjnAKX1_xZPXtZfghfwDeeF4t8X76yPC8VkvWSgGP4gRhF7f02gcHa7ar60YUrri76-B4eO41xB0FPi7zYSgEvFBU2-hfSZzEqgiY/w640-h480/Mute%20swan%20160324.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: center;">Mute Swan - Alan Keatley</div></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Counts from the estuary included 97 <b>Dark-bellied Brent Geese</b>, 96 <b>Dunlin</b>, 85 <b>Oystercatcher</b>, 50 <b>Turnstone</b>, 38 <b>Curlew</b>, 26 <b>Teal</b>, 25 <b>Sanderling</b>, 24 <b>Grey </b>and five<b> Ringed Plover</b>, the usual nine <b>Eider</b>, two <b>Greenshank</b>, a pair of <b>Red-breasted Merganser</b> and a <b>Bar-tailed Godwit</b>.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWEvkUCS8xB9ssTxjyZu1Eb5Z6PjhYsgn2NrUCP_bL6stf3zc8wkDnYOKUkQHYK_gwjwiIFrw6Qt5KttD4izChEsHmRuUigHcFSjsoZ68UBCBLmkI3NahsPRhc2CbmY9q9M3HMVpN-yefeMB_70Fgopo4ieNKoExqq9MA4XXkZzzIjCXiNpdiTw4eBBWOr/s1684/Eider%20160324.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1263" data-original-width="1684" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWEvkUCS8xB9ssTxjyZu1Eb5Z6PjhYsgn2NrUCP_bL6stf3zc8wkDnYOKUkQHYK_gwjwiIFrw6Qt5KttD4izChEsHmRuUigHcFSjsoZ68UBCBLmkI3NahsPRhc2CbmY9q9M3HMVpN-yefeMB_70Fgopo4ieNKoExqq9MA4XXkZzzIjCXiNpdiTw4eBBWOr/w640-h480/Eider%20160324.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: center;">Eider (immature male) - Alan Keatley</div></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Elsewhere two <b>Great Northern Diver </b>and four <b>Great Crested Grebe </b>were offshore with six <b>Common Scoter</b> and three <b>Red-throated Diver</b> SW during a 1h 30 min seawatch.</span></p><p><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Year list addition</span></p><p><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">116. Sandwich Tern</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Other Wildlife:</span></b><span style="color: #666666;"> The resident </span><b><span style="color: #ffa400;">Grey Squirrel</span></b><span style="color: #666666;"> remains in the Entrance Bushes.</span></span></p>Dawlish Warrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09909796189958856077noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7015335906423920406.post-51399075293536669762024-03-15T20:58:00.006+00:002024-03-15T20:58:35.380+00:00Friday 15th March<p><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">An hour seawatch early morning saw a <b>Kestrel </b>head SW along with three <b>Wigeon</b>, 20 <b>Gannet</b>, 11 <b>Kittiwake</b>, six <b>Common Scoter</b>, four <b>Fulmar </b>and two <b>Red-throated Diver</b>.</span></p><p><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Another high tide with waders again roosting on groynes, counts included 152 <b>Dunlin</b>, 97 <b>Dark-bellied Brent Geese</b>, 34 <b>Turnstone</b>, 27 <b>Sanderling</b>, 26 <b>Bar-tailed Godwit </b>circling The Bight briefly, 21 <b>Teal</b>, seven <b>Eider</b>, five <b>Grey Plover</b>, four <b>Oystercatcher</b>, a <b>Knot </b>and a ♂ <b>Red-breasted Merganser</b>.</span></p><p><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Elsewhere eight <b>Great Crested Grebe</b> were offshore, two <b>Rook </b>flew SW and four <b>Chiffchaff</b>, a <b>Goldcrest </b>and a <b>Siskin </b>were in the bushes.</span></p>Dawlish Warrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09909796189958856077noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7015335906423920406.post-33973043009826112782024-03-13T23:51:00.001+00:002024-03-14T00:20:50.399+00:00Wednesday 13th March<p><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The high spring tide meant again meant roosting space for waders was at a premium, some were using the beach and groynes with others packed tightly around the shore of The Bight. Counts reflect that many birds roosted elsewhere, with 140 <b>Dunlin</b>, 27 <b>Grey </b>and a <b>Ringed Plover</b>, 26 <b>Turnstone</b>, 20 <b>Curlew</b>, 15 <b>Oystercatcher </b>and a <b>Bar-tailed Godwit</b>. Also on the estuary, 123 <b>Dark-bellied Brent Geese</b> and nine <b>Eider</b>.</span></p><p><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Elsewhere 10 <b>Common Scoter</b> were off the seawall early morning, one of at least five <b>Little Grebe</b> at the Main Pond was carrying nesting material, two <b>Chiffchaff </b>were on territory and a <b>Pheasant </b>was on Warren Point. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b>Other Wildlife:</b> </span><span style="color: #666666;">A new ant for the Recording Area was a good find on Warren Point. Attention was drawn to it, a </span><b><i><span style="color: #ffa400;">Myrmica ruginodis</span></i></b><span style="color: #666666;">, as it tenaciously tried to drag an unfortunate <b><i>Bibio johannis</i></b> back to its nest.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUprkKle4lDY309yKPOtZQkENt1vTOEYr1jwjb07zyyOTnYK4z8m0f-y2Xu4U5HzfWy0EI8BsxvON1hj4hb9TH6hhyXnD7e19gKq4jI8sD5LU9EAuQ5mqUaTpOLuyHUJfDjoez8A5qymy0IEmRR7U4nig3dRCIpiMu_Z7E72XK66Bvxux4tnimOfJJWXxe/s2879/Woodland%20red%20ant%20(myrmica%20ruginodis)%20with%20bibio%20johannis%20130324.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2171" data-original-width="2879" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUprkKle4lDY309yKPOtZQkENt1vTOEYr1jwjb07zyyOTnYK4z8m0f-y2Xu4U5HzfWy0EI8BsxvON1hj4hb9TH6hhyXnD7e19gKq4jI8sD5LU9EAuQ5mqUaTpOLuyHUJfDjoez8A5qymy0IEmRR7U4nig3dRCIpiMu_Z7E72XK66Bvxux4tnimOfJJWXxe/w640-h482/Woodland%20red%20ant%20(myrmica%20ruginodis)%20with%20bibio%20johannis%20130324.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #666666; font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Myrmica ruginodis </i>with <i>Bibio johannis</i> - Alan Keatley</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnrrQ5cuUK08mXDwKFgMv81F-14OgRkhI9lRVaaR28SlmKm0ZFEFgK3ZDFgg3ns95LSgYOaQMrEWKxs4YpiJ9wg4VDX5IZD2j6gGm2m_tt4nnOTXTsaqa6uXZV7deb9fKvvUKpDs8paGfKo8N38PYKAzt46Sko5BZ8hWQJ0FRZXoOPqCnBmTg7Pitsm-iN/s2443/Paradromius%20linearis%20130324.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1832" data-original-width="2443" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnrrQ5cuUK08mXDwKFgMv81F-14OgRkhI9lRVaaR28SlmKm0ZFEFgK3ZDFgg3ns95LSgYOaQMrEWKxs4YpiJ9wg4VDX5IZD2j6gGm2m_tt4nnOTXTsaqa6uXZV7deb9fKvvUKpDs8paGfKo8N38PYKAzt46Sko5BZ8hWQJ0FRZXoOPqCnBmTg7Pitsm-iN/w640-h480/Paradromius%20linearis%20130324.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="color: #666666; font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Paradromius linearis</i> - Alan Keatley</div></span></span><p></p>Dawlish Warrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09909796189958856077noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7015335906423920406.post-3439765656084148242024-03-11T21:44:00.001+00:002024-03-12T19:18:16.629+00:00Monday 11th March<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;">A morning of notable spring migration with c360 <b>Woodpigeon </b>heading NNE, the largest spring passage count on site, Also passing the first <b>Stock Dove</b> of the year in one of the pigeon flocks, 48 <b>Jackdaw</b>, 40 <b>Siskin</b>, 14 <b>Carrion Crow</b>, 12 <b>Rook </b>and a <b>Chaffinch</b>. Also overhead a </span><b><span style="color: #ffa400;">Red Kite</span></b><span style="color: #666666;"> which headed north up the W side of estuary at 13:00. Grounded migrants where limited to five </span><b style="color: #666666;">Chiffchaff </b><span style="color: #666666;">and a single </span><b style="color: #666666;">Wheatear</b><span style="color: #666666;">. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP8q8i8fZVo8y4b2riC5P7qWmKezowbfpDM-kDalZGLIfC-djvJkflckdsE347FiYzUnG3IpyZ-UdV5oXWCyfoQHqHhJvrfFUbMyrYGRaG5VriGrcfXqsqBQlb_6-Vu-6qjh-1qnaBwQNHLMpmyIKglZZhBLxuw-EA1VmMrbZsmBXdPK4Gka39zv065qXh/s878/Sparrowhawk%20110324.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="668" data-original-width="878" height="486" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP8q8i8fZVo8y4b2riC5P7qWmKezowbfpDM-kDalZGLIfC-djvJkflckdsE347FiYzUnG3IpyZ-UdV5oXWCyfoQHqHhJvrfFUbMyrYGRaG5VriGrcfXqsqBQlb_6-Vu-6qjh-1qnaBwQNHLMpmyIKglZZhBLxuw-EA1VmMrbZsmBXdPK4Gka39zv065qXh/w640-h486/Sparrowhawk%20110324.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #666666; font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: center;">Sparrowhawk - Alan Keatley</div></span></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Over the extreme high tide waders were largely restricted to the exposed groynes with counts of 431 <b>Dunlin</b>, 56 <b>Grey Plover</b>, 25 <b>Sanderling</b>, three <b>Knot </b>and just three <b>Oystercatcher</b>. Counts from the dropping tide included 304 <b>Dark-bellied Brent Geese</b>, 49 <b>Turnstone</b>, 40 <b>Redshank</b>, 30 <b>Teal</b>, the nine <b>Eider</b>, five <b>Greenshank </b>and a pair of <b>Red-breasted Merganser</b>.</span></p><p><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Two <b>Great Northern Diver</b> and seven <b>Great Crested Grebe</b> were offshore, with seven <b>Common Scoter</b> and a <b>Red-throated Diver</b> flying SW.</span></p><p><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Year list addition,</span></p><p><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">115. Stock Dove</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Other Wildlife:</span></b><span style="color: #666666;"> A </span><b style="color: #666666;">Peacock </b><span style="color: #666666;">was on the wing in the sunshine along with two new hoverflies for the year, a <b>Grey-spotted Boxer</b> <i>Platycheirus albimanus</i> and a <b>Slender Melanstoma</b> <i>M. scalare</i>.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ_mklQ_RreSsKzRKemUZTwhbd8f3D4aEKGs3NC8pTQqWMs3SIkhqzi3oKQj8DXYV00ywM2XmIxTEcN3jF5v1Nji9m3lkpGIkrxQr5hTo5VwucBTTmI4rn7KQ6D8mi6wB3_iNpX6P4N4WnHWXOtmsfgWbUSQqkOTrT4UVJTZ2_Z0H2_7T4-FDznlOPvtlj/s1152/Platycheirus%20albimanus%20(grey-spotted%20boxer)%20110324.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="864" data-original-width="1152" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ_mklQ_RreSsKzRKemUZTwhbd8f3D4aEKGs3NC8pTQqWMs3SIkhqzi3oKQj8DXYV00ywM2XmIxTEcN3jF5v1Nji9m3lkpGIkrxQr5hTo5VwucBTTmI4rn7KQ6D8mi6wB3_iNpX6P4N4WnHWXOtmsfgWbUSQqkOTrT4UVJTZ2_Z0H2_7T4-FDznlOPvtlj/w640-h480/Platycheirus%20albimanus%20(grey-spotted%20boxer)%20110324.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #666666; font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: center;">Grey-spotted Boxer - Alan Keatley</div></span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span style="color: #666666;">Beetles below the geotubes included the first </span><b><i><span style="color: #ffa400;">Hypocaccus dimidiatus</span></i></b><span style="color: #666666;">, a clown beetle, since 2017, two more</span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><i><b> Prasocuris phellandrii</b></i></span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;"> and a <b>Strawberry Seed Beetle</b> <i>Harpalus rufipes</i>. </span></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikKc4JPtiYpjarkPZJ7J6aTJ6P40z-5LBKTouCJ64MeBWdD0TGdijrgC1UYzGpugy-USKPjeDWbCtymhUrrUAxW4pNJSVgz8F3tG8NM_jEMS0wMusieqaaGJJw_JPEcmzNBtpozILQ7S6w3VGvy19SM_XX5dZVamOviUrbuswLUjuHrIDjOJK23I9TI2Gx/s2292/Hypocaccus%20dimidiatus%20maritimus%20110324.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1719" data-original-width="2292" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikKc4JPtiYpjarkPZJ7J6aTJ6P40z-5LBKTouCJ64MeBWdD0TGdijrgC1UYzGpugy-USKPjeDWbCtymhUrrUAxW4pNJSVgz8F3tG8NM_jEMS0wMusieqaaGJJw_JPEcmzNBtpozILQ7S6w3VGvy19SM_XX5dZVamOviUrbuswLUjuHrIDjOJK23I9TI2Gx/w640-h480/Hypocaccus%20dimidiatus%20maritimus%20110324.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Hypocaccus dimidiatus</i> - Alan Keatley</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihTXNXrE7r-VB0hPvBfvOJil8nfETXiovp6Bkda0PwPkNVYI398RyUoAv8rjDdnzAxpco2wehs0wvvAjGu6PYFwsKuvbtp8hGI1s5oq8x1C0WLw5DXnY8fgnNAa8H4onVu3NkTh2W3hpFaR9mNVx-KxQQB4gqdmF6inPE1XCdLhGJ0yQ1kb9QJveDvtFa2/s1945/Harpalus%20rufipes%20110324.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1458" data-original-width="1945" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihTXNXrE7r-VB0hPvBfvOJil8nfETXiovp6Bkda0PwPkNVYI398RyUoAv8rjDdnzAxpco2wehs0wvvAjGu6PYFwsKuvbtp8hGI1s5oq8x1C0WLw5DXnY8fgnNAa8H4onVu3NkTh2W3hpFaR9mNVx-KxQQB4gqdmF6inPE1XCdLhGJ0yQ1kb9QJveDvtFa2/w640-h480/Harpalus%20rufipes%20110324.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Harpalus rufipes</i> - Alan Keatley</div></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;">A series of prints around Soft Sand Bay on Warren Point appear to belong to a </span><b style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;">Feral Cat</b><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;">, an unwelcome potential addition to the Recording Area's fauna. </span></span></p>Dawlish Warrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09909796189958856077noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7015335906423920406.post-42605583833349482312024-03-10T19:53:00.006+00:002024-03-10T19:53:58.269+00:00Sunday 10th March<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;">The first </span><b><span style="color: #ffa400;">Wheatear </span></b><span style="color: #666666;">of the year made landfall, a ♂ moving between the Golf Course and The Bight, also arriving at least nine </span><b style="color: #666666;">Chiffchaff </b><span style="color: #666666;">on site and 10 </span><b style="color: #666666;">Lesser Black-backed Gull</b><span style="color: #666666;"> heading north.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">In the estuary 493 <b>Dark </b>and two <b>Pale-bellied Brent Geese</b> sheltered behind the Golf Course overnight with other counts on a flooded tide including 68 <b>Grey </b>and 13 <b>Ringed Plover</b>, 28 <b>Teal</b>, 26 <b>Sanderling </b>and the nine <b>Eider</b>. Offshore two <b>Great Northern</b> and a <b>Red-throated Diver</b> with a flock of nine <b>Red-throated Diver</b> flying SW.</span></p><p><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Year List addition</span></p><p><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">114. Wheatear</span></p>Dawlish Warrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09909796189958856077noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7015335906423920406.post-40698204834816063222024-03-09T22:33:00.000+00:002024-03-09T22:33:16.905+00:00Saturday 9th March<p><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Spring migrants were largely limited to northward movements of gulls up the estuary with 21 <b>Lesser Black-backed Gull</b> during the day along with 30+ <b>Common </b>and <b>Black-headed Gull</b>. Also overhead four <b>Rook </b>with two <b>Goldcrest </b>and a <b>Chiffchaff </b>in the bushes. </span></p><p><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Elsewhere two <b>Great Northern</b> and a <b>Red-throated Diver</b> were offshore and counts from the estuary included 416 <b>Oystercatcher</b>, 292 <b>Dark-bellied Brent Geese</b>, 61 <b>Redshank</b>, 44 <b>Teal</b>, 37 <b>Grey </b>and two <b>Ringed Plover</b>, 37 <b>Turnstone</b>, 37 <b>Knot</b>, eight <b>Eider </b>(six ♀ & two imm ♂), four <b>Greenshank</b>, two <b>Sanderling </b>and two<b> Red-breasted Merganser</b>.</span></p>Dawlish Warrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09909796189958856077noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7015335906423920406.post-35268713895704531532024-03-08T21:42:00.008+00:002024-03-08T21:42:49.747+00:00Friday 8th March<p><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Increasing tides saw a return of species diversity in the estuary, but numbers continue to decline as birds depart north. Counts included 850+ <b>Dunlin</b>, 429 <b>Oystercatcher</b>, 227 <b>Dark-bellied Brent Geese</b>, 124 <b>Curlew</b>, 57 <b>Bar-tailed Godwit</b>, 55 <b>Teal</b>, 32 <b>Redshank</b>, 27 <b>Grey </b>and nine <b>Ringed Plover</b>, 24 <b>Knot</b>, nine <b>Sanderling</b>, the nine <b>Eider</b>, three <b>Greenshank </b>and a pair of <b>Red-breasted Merganser</b>.</span></p><p><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Elsewhere two <b>Red-throated</b> and a<b> Great Northern Diver</b> were offshore, four <b>Shoveler </b>were on the Main Pond and four <b>Goldcrest</b>, three <b>Chiffchaff </b>and two <b>Siskin </b>were on site. </span></p>Dawlish Warrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09909796189958856077noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7015335906423920406.post-53751110906104728112024-03-06T21:11:00.001+00:002024-03-07T21:31:24.727+00:00Wednesday 6th March<p><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Aside from an increasing in birds sing on territory, not much to report on birds. The bushes were quiet apart from a hunting <b>Sparrowhawk</b>, with three half grown <b>Mallard </b>chicks surviving on the Main Pond, having hidden away in flooded areas for a several weeks. Nothing to report from offshore or in the estuary on the low tide.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYmrL-fvS375eydxOQfZumYjirsVUrIIjZRF_uGuRq-9rU0Gxv2W3k8jW1OIUZSqfvogYhgERx387jLB7152_SqGZxbu-RSIAc6YEqXFlpsL_10-zMkT7BQ8q_dCrURrlFHoZRNPnGyhkUQh53S_GAf1hrtcxFYs7faXhqQ9B6N0YMHGg0dIcKJ_SUaNA7/s2213/Mallard%20060324.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1660" data-original-width="2213" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYmrL-fvS375eydxOQfZumYjirsVUrIIjZRF_uGuRq-9rU0Gxv2W3k8jW1OIUZSqfvogYhgERx387jLB7152_SqGZxbu-RSIAc6YEqXFlpsL_10-zMkT7BQ8q_dCrURrlFHoZRNPnGyhkUQh53S_GAf1hrtcxFYs7faXhqQ9B6N0YMHGg0dIcKJ_SUaNA7/w640-h480/Mallard%20060324.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: center;">Mallard - Alan Keatley</div></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Other Wildlife:</span></b><span style="color: #666666;"> I</span></span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;">t was good day for insects in the spring sunshine with three <b>Peacock </b>butterflies, a <b>Chocolate Mining Bee</b> <i>Andrena scotica</i>, male and female <b>Yellow-legged Mining Bee </b><i>A. flavipes</i> and the first worker <b>Buff-tailed Bumblebee</b> of the year were all nectaring on emerging spring flowers.</span></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzH2y4CZAgG6YcxGTuIP0fp21YRyNvJ2S1Qng8LB4FtaByIcbODi2-2JepD-9UhOeez4DikYEkt9XiFPbMA1W4iba9PhRLkOlg170IHaeWxXhyphenhyphenc-Fv_oF55q5nC_GrahP5cejCuCxnzl0nH0ZqW3oFshMS0SZ_8FWrPygxShy-pUjz3bOB_uwyKbUrnyw4/s2534/Peacock%20060324.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1900" data-original-width="2534" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzH2y4CZAgG6YcxGTuIP0fp21YRyNvJ2S1Qng8LB4FtaByIcbODi2-2JepD-9UhOeez4DikYEkt9XiFPbMA1W4iba9PhRLkOlg170IHaeWxXhyphenhyphenc-Fv_oF55q5nC_GrahP5cejCuCxnzl0nH0ZqW3oFshMS0SZ_8FWrPygxShy-pUjz3bOB_uwyKbUrnyw4/w640-h480/Peacock%20060324.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: center;">Peacock - Alan Keatley</div></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOdP7c1V12SgkzOSSFsW29Jo6sjY-eANQevYzWR9MBirmTExCpLBsrT3Z7XKnLLdkan-RuQZzYh9koqSrzvRAgzhJa9-jQMFudwZpOZyHcA-gx_mBw9fqs23lqNXVZ57a7xgyGvRhP3ERfRHhbHjjALPtPgUdCPv03pV55vFubM8zAFZj_6L3XuapC7Kzq/s1707/Chocolate%20mining%20bee%20060324.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1707" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOdP7c1V12SgkzOSSFsW29Jo6sjY-eANQevYzWR9MBirmTExCpLBsrT3Z7XKnLLdkan-RuQZzYh9koqSrzvRAgzhJa9-jQMFudwZpOZyHcA-gx_mBw9fqs23lqNXVZ57a7xgyGvRhP3ERfRHhbHjjALPtPgUdCPv03pV55vFubM8zAFZj_6L3XuapC7Kzq/w640-h480/Chocolate%20mining%20bee%20060324.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: center;">Chocolate Mining Bee - Alan Keatley</div></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;">On the beach was the leaf beetle</span><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><i><b> Prasocuris phellandrii</b></i></span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;">, new for the Recording Area and the </span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;">groundbug <b><i>Trapezonotus arenarius</i></b>. A <b>Common Lizard</b> was basking on the Golf Course.</span></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxiZEi16X46dPXonh2tpBSphQ-ByF1X_6m7lbCHyP2DGjEPKUB2-wCkBVOd3pg_uJNO2OTO0PK4JL0aY3duYupKK5d_P9y5pwydzKdUSKqtfIZfvsAYhgi-EXrXWfo-INlqk8vS9pJFDnAHHPstBkdgtU9ECRR46PowL6J39xKZW2Ol74L0kKM9E6eJnXl/s1612/Prasocuris%20phellandrii%20060324.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1209" data-original-width="1612" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxiZEi16X46dPXonh2tpBSphQ-ByF1X_6m7lbCHyP2DGjEPKUB2-wCkBVOd3pg_uJNO2OTO0PK4JL0aY3duYupKK5d_P9y5pwydzKdUSKqtfIZfvsAYhgi-EXrXWfo-INlqk8vS9pJFDnAHHPstBkdgtU9ECRR46PowL6J39xKZW2Ol74L0kKM9E6eJnXl/w640-h480/Prasocuris%20phellandrii%20060324.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Prasocuris phellandrii </i>- Alan Keatley</div></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVpxenFI_zVm0uJPaNiTGiKqbFN4MYSpIbjawl7BEZWk1bkG2kP6f-K_4u-JJnFOTuIBAbEaZ17q2RoI7B8_761fOF5B4kYkW7NTL7sn44Pbob8XsaIsRJBDUPlDALsNvUWi26k4ZIRzZvRSHdaKwLDVe1ZE6YdzBsBD9Dpncug_0na7_sP90GZp0IuVZ5/s1965/Trapezonotus%20arenarius%20060324.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1474" data-original-width="1965" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVpxenFI_zVm0uJPaNiTGiKqbFN4MYSpIbjawl7BEZWk1bkG2kP6f-K_4u-JJnFOTuIBAbEaZ17q2RoI7B8_761fOF5B4kYkW7NTL7sn44Pbob8XsaIsRJBDUPlDALsNvUWi26k4ZIRzZvRSHdaKwLDVe1ZE6YdzBsBD9Dpncug_0na7_sP90GZp0IuVZ5/w640-h480/Trapezonotus%20arenarius%20060324.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Trapezonotus arenaris</i> - Alan Keatley</div></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv9nEnTN2JICJLZuRc-7pan2my0z8pv6RdVkPkXDedm6PCBUz1zwQgLkV7iZgTI7r93N9wmBqBrBdNZJhoIyXtArDD_Nu3QMnhg__8kbALF41HIKT7bE3zjT7D2W0myt2j_REckc5NYKaOEgi6G3Hj1Q-PmnCpUeHUipiNrGCIB8BJjsM5chmqDLseiLts/s1742/Common%20lizard%20060324.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1307" data-original-width="1742" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv9nEnTN2JICJLZuRc-7pan2my0z8pv6RdVkPkXDedm6PCBUz1zwQgLkV7iZgTI7r93N9wmBqBrBdNZJhoIyXtArDD_Nu3QMnhg__8kbALF41HIKT7bE3zjT7D2W0myt2j_REckc5NYKaOEgi6G3Hj1Q-PmnCpUeHUipiNrGCIB8BJjsM5chmqDLseiLts/w640-h480/Common%20lizard%20060324.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: center;">Common Lizard - Alan Keatley</div></span><p></p>Dawlish Warrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09909796189958856077noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7015335906423920406.post-51620451125231399442024-03-05T20:43:00.006+00:002024-03-05T20:43:59.366+00:00Tuesday 5th March<p><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">A low neap tide didn't bring in many waders to The Bight, with 163 <b>Dark-bellied Brent Geese</b>, seven <b>Eider</b>, two <b>Red-breasted Merganser</b> and a <b>Greenshank </b>in the estuary.</span></p><p><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">A large flock of at least 90 <b>Siskin </b>were again feeding in the Alders, 19 <b>Cirl Bunting</b> were on site, three <b>Shoveler </b>at the Main Pond and at least four <b>Chiffchaff </b>were catching small flies in sheltered areas.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwZEu8BANYR9HBGjrJ3JM4EC8NjShljuTmxTbsWOwKU5aTdUixOmoexDP6ixOZ-0hp5H2IP0Ox8K8YunFW_vlXPV7FU57RXnI9tWX1MxHqqztjTyXZYkzLdYp1EmTDs2H0MGxQBTZfXuUP3VBTDHPZpRgcV54NCKJfdXG8FdMwwNS50L3uugY2rmTAeuh3/s1440/Chiffchaff%20050324.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwZEu8BANYR9HBGjrJ3JM4EC8NjShljuTmxTbsWOwKU5aTdUixOmoexDP6ixOZ-0hp5H2IP0Ox8K8YunFW_vlXPV7FU57RXnI9tWX1MxHqqztjTyXZYkzLdYp1EmTDs2H0MGxQBTZfXuUP3VBTDHPZpRgcV54NCKJfdXG8FdMwwNS50L3uugY2rmTAeuh3/w640-h480/Chiffchaff%20050324.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><span style="color: #666666;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Chiffchaff - Dean Hall</span></div></span><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWigckTCxHskHikmHOSMUOm3Yr0lnsfbc8rgMOX5V0ppwlNr2YDLPr7c-mDt7gKdzXYCOs-UMqTd6Okyoj-e9HmrCmsj_fJy9N4NX4ob2YAgekW0nEvszVE2iczyqT8dSdKk7hKOxMiVgyk_JoEwx5Lc3zdiOoXVj3ej7CL6JaF9Phf3hPZEJtA92_yCAA/s1440/Robin%20050324.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWigckTCxHskHikmHOSMUOm3Yr0lnsfbc8rgMOX5V0ppwlNr2YDLPr7c-mDt7gKdzXYCOs-UMqTd6Okyoj-e9HmrCmsj_fJy9N4NX4ob2YAgekW0nEvszVE2iczyqT8dSdKk7hKOxMiVgyk_JoEwx5Lc3zdiOoXVj3ej7CL6JaF9Phf3hPZEJtA92_yCAA/w640-h480/Robin%20050324.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: center;">Robin - Dean Hall</div></span><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Other Wildlife:</span></b><span style="color: #666666;"> A sunny day, but flying insect activity was hampered by the low temperature with no butterflies venturing out. However, the year's second </span><b style="color: #666666;">Yellow-legged Mining Bee</b> <i style="color: #666666;">Andrena flavipes</i><span style="color: #666666;"> made an appearance, a fortnight after the first. Numbers should start to pick up with sallows and </span><b style="color: #666666;">Blackthorn </b><span style="color: #666666;">beginning to flower.</span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipZ4o-avvESwzo4dGAmGkXYsXQ3J6E16JwKIdjGeB_QS-U7H9tpFViB3gyKBUA0EMjTdicKtTqLnxWYXwK7J3kCBihraHG1p66U9fKS0MD1DwNq4nK2QfaEg5Ojy-rtEC8DGH6yO4rZZXSm_rp41Z-eW8G767VIwLWlmLheUfvgmPgBc01gprdXC075_M0/s1573/Yellow-legged%20mining%20bee%20050324.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1180" data-original-width="1573" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipZ4o-avvESwzo4dGAmGkXYsXQ3J6E16JwKIdjGeB_QS-U7H9tpFViB3gyKBUA0EMjTdicKtTqLnxWYXwK7J3kCBihraHG1p66U9fKS0MD1DwNq4nK2QfaEg5Ojy-rtEC8DGH6yO4rZZXSm_rp41Z-eW8G767VIwLWlmLheUfvgmPgBc01gprdXC075_M0/w640-h480/Yellow-legged%20mining%20bee%20050324.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: center;">Yellow-legged Mining Bee - Alan Keatley</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbFeCo3-WL1LnXu1YxZKefwjNuQQx00F_7ZttcPBpCmakQGWspCzVaQ9hnVnQ6gv1RkgPJNyW4sCMQVqPaP7UjggjqHu7CW0hPOEN2RbQoZlelMTScK-4ULtAL2cWpJ4putAztaOdXDxBLyTyif9-LgQVBZagwit0uf59OLEIYQMXzsHekyGvpAAMPUvhK/s2149/Dorytomus%20taeniatus%20050324.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1612" data-original-width="2149" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbFeCo3-WL1LnXu1YxZKefwjNuQQx00F_7ZttcPBpCmakQGWspCzVaQ9hnVnQ6gv1RkgPJNyW4sCMQVqPaP7UjggjqHu7CW0hPOEN2RbQoZlelMTScK-4ULtAL2cWpJ4putAztaOdXDxBLyTyif9-LgQVBZagwit0uf59OLEIYQMXzsHekyGvpAAMPUvhK/w640-h480/Dorytomus%20taeniatus%20050324.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Dorytomus taeniatus</i> - Alan Keatley</span></div>Dawlish Warrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09909796189958856077noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7015335906423920406.post-60405445396199889332024-03-04T22:13:00.001+00:002024-03-05T20:21:36.359+00:00Monday 4th March<p><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">An 1 hr 30m seawatch early morning saw 181 <b>Gannet </b>head SW along with 151 auk sp, those identified all being <b>Guillemot</b>, 14 <b>Common Scoter</b>, four <b>Fulmar</b>, four <b>Red-throated Diver</b> and a ♀ <b>Kestrel</b>.</span></p><p><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">On the neap tide 536 <b>Dunlin </b>were in The Bight; aside from a few <b>Oystercatcher</b>, the only waders to come across from Cockle Sands, also in the estuary, 240 <b>Dark-bellied Brent Geese</b>, five <b>Eider </b>and three <b>Greenshank</b>.</span></p>Dawlish Warrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09909796189958856077noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7015335906423920406.post-40818007624042281912024-03-03T19:41:00.010+00:002024-03-03T19:41:47.720+00:00Sunday 3rd March<p><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Further signs of spring today with five <b>Chiffchaff</b>, including three along the Dune Ridge, and three <b>Goldcrest </b>on site, with two pairs of <b>Shoveler </b>on the Main Pond, five <b>Siskin </b>in Dead Dolphin Wood and single <b>Buzzard </b>and <b>Rook </b>overhead. </span></p><p><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Very few waders in the estuary on a neap tide, counts included 65 <b>Redshank</b>, 41 <b>Turnstone</b>, 21 <b>Sanderling </b>and four <b>Greenshank</b>. Also present, 279 <b>Dark-bellied Brent Geese</b>, 57 <b>Teal </b>and five<b> Red-breasted Merganser</b>. The nine <b>Eider </b>were offshore with 21 <b>Great Crested Grebe</b> and a <b>Red-throated Diver</b>.</span></p>Dawlish Warrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09909796189958856077noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7015335906423920406.post-60385321534509699152024-03-02T19:34:00.001+00:002024-03-02T19:34:32.793+00:00Saturday 2nd March<p><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The immature <b>Peregrine </b>again caused havoc at high tide with most waders elsewhere, counts included 482 <b>Dunlin</b>, 180 <b>Oystercatcher</b>, 155 <b>Curlew</b>, 51 <b>Redshank</b>, 47 <b>Turnstone</b>, 17 <b>Ringed Plover</b>, five <b>Sanderling </b>and four <b>Greenshank</b>. Also in the estuary, 182 <b>Dark-bellied Brent Geese</b>, 53 <b>Teal</b>, the nine <b>Eider </b>and a pair of <b>Red-breasted Merganser</b>.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;">Elsewhere five <b>Shoveler </b>were on the Main Pond, three <b>Buzzard </b>were overhead with a fourth bird in the Entrance Bushes, 12 <b>Great Crested Grebe</b>, a </span><b><span style="color: #ffa400;">Water Pipit</span></b><span style="color: #666666;"> and a moulting </span><b style="color: #666666;">Scandinavian Rock Pipi</b><span style="color: #666666;">t were in the saltmarsh, two </span><b style="color: #666666;">Great Northern</b><span style="color: #666666;"> and a </span><b style="color: #666666;">Red-throated Diver</b><span style="color: #666666;"> were offshore and a pair of </span><b style="color: #666666;">Jackdaw </b><span style="color: #666666;">were around the Boathouse. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Other Wildlife:</span></b><span style="color: #666666;"> Despite the sunny weather the cold wild kept insect numbers number but </span><b style="color: #666666;">Common </b><span style="color: #666666;">and </span><b style="color: #666666;">Tapered Dronefly</b><span style="color: #666666;"> could be found in sheltered areas, where the year's first <b>Common Lizard</b> was also found searching out some warmth. </span></span></p>Dawlish Warrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09909796189958856077noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7015335906423920406.post-33819481870948142612024-03-01T19:48:00.003+00:002024-03-01T19:50:41.762+00:00Friday 1st March<p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #666666;">Despite the passage of a front overnight and continuing showers a 1hr 45m seawatch was uneventful, with the notable exception of a </span><b><span style="color: #ffa400;">Storm Petrel</span></b><span style="color: #666666;"> </span></span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;">close in </span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;">heading SW at 07:10. This is the first Warren record for the period between 11 Jan and 30 Apr. It is also the first March record for Devon, there is also only one February record. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Also passing SW, 82 <b>Gannet</b>, 45 <b>Kittiwake</b>, three <b>Red-throated Diver</b> and a <b>Common Scoter</b>, with two <b>Great Northern Diver</b> close inshore to seawall.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;">In the estuary the wader roost was again largely unused with an immature <b>Peregrine </b>and a <b>Sparrowhawk </b>hunting the flocks. Counts included c450 <b>Dunlin</b>, 217+ <b>Black </b>and 50+ Bar-tailed Godwit, 50+ <b>Knot</b>, just 30 <b>Oystercatcher</b>, 15 <b>Sanderling</b>. 11 <b>Ringed Plover</b> and three <b>Greenshank</b>. Also present 158 <b>Dark-bellied Brent Geese</b>, 54 <b>Teal</b>, nine <b>Eider</b>, three <b>Red-breasted Merganser</b> and the 2cy </span><b><span style="color: red;">Kumlien's Gull</span></b><span style="color: #666666;"> on Bull Hill amongst a pre-roost gathering of large gulls on Bull Hill. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Elsewhere two <b>Rook</b>, a <b>Jackdaw </b>and a <b>Siskin </b>were overhead, three <b>Goldcrest </b>and a <b>Chiffchaff </b>were in the bushes and at least 18 <b>Cirl Bunting </b>were on site.</span></p><p><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Year list addition:</span></p><p><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">113. Storm Petrel</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Other Wildlife: </span></b><span style="color: #666666;">The wet weather has been good for some species with the underside of wet logs revealing several hoverfly larvae and two new species for the Recording Area, both common and widespread; </span><b style="color: #666666;">Hairy Snail</b> <i style="color: #666666;">Trochulus hispidus</i><span style="color: #666666;"> and </span><b style="color: #666666;">Marsh Slug</b><span style="color: #666666;"> </span><i style="color: #666666;">Deroceras laeve</i><span style="color: #666666;">. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkYttEhgAxkkpjCmLYPcCEA5lDmCjD4rE0d5ST2eEQsdi_NUKdNzbhc5v19LkOg0yBvcB86DcIT55GtALodyszKB56X84MhFRjDBYSwfoOkdIN6UjvIku_rP59UXGSYCfVZtpkgZElDzq9qUAV2BJRAHRL-5tbulBm9sE_DMPrs9U4d9PrbOyiRLBXsRsf/s2419/Hail%20010324.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1814" data-original-width="2419" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkYttEhgAxkkpjCmLYPcCEA5lDmCjD4rE0d5ST2eEQsdi_NUKdNzbhc5v19LkOg0yBvcB86DcIT55GtALodyszKB56X84MhFRjDBYSwfoOkdIN6UjvIku_rP59UXGSYCfVZtpkgZElDzq9qUAV2BJRAHRL-5tbulBm9sE_DMPrs9U4d9PrbOyiRLBXsRsf/w640-h480/Hail%20010324.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #666666; font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: center;">The first day of spring - Kevin Rylands</div></span><span style="color: #666666; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span><p></p>Dawlish Warrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09909796189958856077noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7015335906423920406.post-77899848179822412162024-02-28T19:10:00.001+00:002024-03-01T19:49:16.227+00:00Wednesday 28th February<p><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">A grey day with rain from mid-morning, although a singing <b>Chiffchaff </b>didn't seem mind. Difficult to know this time of year, whether it's an early spring migrant or a wintering bird. </span></p><p><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Over high tide most of the small waders weren't roosting, spending the high tide circling around offshore with just a few resting on the groynes. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0yzSwNb8o-yJ6kaPS9fCn99F0Tq_mKN14VAVlBdho5Lp-bWgJvX5c9mpNmZVlwyYAXLWKYbG1cmr2Zeme5BYLhOJ1c-QBJSq513Nt3K9VIkXDZu8MOkWQucUcD8OC2xEsglXk6gCybzNHVsLozLy0kROMQrA_7Y0KmKHHTWBakkks79MufRzvPakksbcP/s2946/Grey%20Plover,%20Knot%20&%20Sanderling%20280824.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2156" data-original-width="2946" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0yzSwNb8o-yJ6kaPS9fCn99F0Tq_mKN14VAVlBdho5Lp-bWgJvX5c9mpNmZVlwyYAXLWKYbG1cmr2Zeme5BYLhOJ1c-QBJSq513Nt3K9VIkXDZu8MOkWQucUcD8OC2xEsglXk6gCybzNHVsLozLy0kROMQrA_7Y0KmKHHTWBakkks79MufRzvPakksbcP/w640-h468/Grey%20Plover,%20Knot%20&%20Sanderling%20280824.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: center;">Grey Plover, Knot & Sanderling - Dean Hall</div></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Nearly all the <b>Oystercatcher </b>were roosting off site on the railway wall north of Cockwood, with just 20 around the Bight. Other counts included 239 <b>Dark-bellied Brent Geese</b>, 93 <b>Curlew</b>, 70 <b>Grey Plover</b>, 31 <b>Turnstone</b>, 30 <b>Sanderling</b>, 27 <b>Bar-tailed Godwit</b>, 21 <b>Knot</b>, the nine <b>Eider</b>, two<b> Red-breasted Merganser</b> and a <b>Great Northern Diver</b>. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGBEMRTfxWLpzN44NmEIdGh1TYivJGxUdBY7OgFvRdb3-EP_SLJkdg6bESba58Rsi0PHYaKEy-NlbCRJ5hwwxSWkOpo-N9gVTWFPy8rtH6zyesB5G1MklylQOrSbBe4eVLg96MmZAH_-yQwUhoVNLWjbKePhr4mc4Ph9eUuutw5oh06Za0sZ153DvfFmFO/s2318/Turnstone%20280224.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2193" data-original-width="2318" height="606" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGBEMRTfxWLpzN44NmEIdGh1TYivJGxUdBY7OgFvRdb3-EP_SLJkdg6bESba58Rsi0PHYaKEy-NlbCRJ5hwwxSWkOpo-N9gVTWFPy8rtH6zyesB5G1MklylQOrSbBe4eVLg96MmZAH_-yQwUhoVNLWjbKePhr4mc4Ph9eUuutw5oh06Za0sZ153DvfFmFO/w640-h606/Turnstone%20280224.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: center;">Turnstone - Dean Hall</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGlVDRlwS2QRaFMGL8_YU1BhWFHUgQw34ETDnpk8ovSq00pPEEe92mNZy_OhHY2tcVd0_47iznozUZ5BmAm6XLkOx41bVpLrBMdt2hp7DRM3DM7Ao_AkPcRF14U8JypxLhvN9a2Y9OFkxS-dAAha4EyA3lqBoBk1ETZJTseg1_g-jsfgxjELfZ9-z3J8oM/s2691/Dunlin%20280224.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2160" data-original-width="2691" height="514" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGlVDRlwS2QRaFMGL8_YU1BhWFHUgQw34ETDnpk8ovSq00pPEEe92mNZy_OhHY2tcVd0_47iznozUZ5BmAm6XLkOx41bVpLrBMdt2hp7DRM3DM7Ao_AkPcRF14U8JypxLhvN9a2Y9OFkxS-dAAha4EyA3lqBoBk1ETZJTseg1_g-jsfgxjELfZ9-z3J8oM/w640-h514/Dunlin%20280224.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: center;">Dunlin - Dean Hall</div></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;">Elsewhere a second <b>Great Northern Diver</b> was offshore, a pair of <b>Shoveler </b>were on the Main Pond and late in the day the 2cy </span><span style="color: red;"><b>Kumlien's Gull</b> </span></span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">again appeared on Bull Hill preroost. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Other Wildlife:</span></b><span style="color: #666666;"> No insects were to be found on the </span><b style="color: #666666;">Alexanders </b><span style="color: #666666;">in the damp weather, however, two weevils made on appearance; a gorse weevil </span><b style="color: #666666;"><i>Sitona striatellus</i></b><span style="color: #666666;">, and a clover leaf weevil </span><b style="color: #666666;"><i>Hypera postica</i></b><span style="color: #666666;"> on a shop front wall early morning.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlJ6HAk-2ktumMmXhAO0RwjzDckqllCbQkm9R1ito2wDuP4XEsPK7jRZ2BSMwEQkHTSM8LYI43iZXf6zDqIa3R14WSkaQS55efcFw73Uh6bBR31Wc-goSWV4s_3uZvIh85YpjUj5sCLKWcco80lKq_1fbFBX4M-C-hyBc1nCCn4_v8ALCjvHhV24cqPxch/s2207/Sitona%20striatellus%20280224.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1656" data-original-width="2207" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlJ6HAk-2ktumMmXhAO0RwjzDckqllCbQkm9R1ito2wDuP4XEsPK7jRZ2BSMwEQkHTSM8LYI43iZXf6zDqIa3R14WSkaQS55efcFw73Uh6bBR31Wc-goSWV4s_3uZvIh85YpjUj5sCLKWcco80lKq_1fbFBX4M-C-hyBc1nCCn4_v8ALCjvHhV24cqPxch/w640-h480/Sitona%20striatellus%20280224.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #666666; font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Sitona striatellus</i> - Alan Keatley</div></span></span><p></p>Dawlish Warrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09909796189958856077noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7015335906423920406.post-13690738478050788172024-02-26T21:21:00.000+00:002024-02-26T21:21:05.612+00:00Monday 26th February<p><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Counts from the estuary included 600+ <b>Dunlin</b>, 354 <b>Dark-bellied Brent Geese</b>, c190 <b>Black-tailed Godwit</b>, 92 <b>Curlew</b>, 63 <b>Redshank</b>, 22 <b>Sanderling</b>, 22 <b>Teal</b>, 18 <b>Ringed </b>and 10 <b>Grey Plover</b>, just 14 <b>Oystercatcher </b>at mid tide, with only singles over high tide, the nine <b>Eider</b>, eight <b>Red-breasted Merganser</b> and a pair of <b>Pintail</b>.</span></p><p><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Elsewhere just two <b>Siskin </b>noted in the scrub in the cold NE wind, with four <b>Shoveler </b>on the Main Pond and single <b>Red-throated Diver </b>and <b>Common Scoter </b>offshore.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Other Wildlife:</span></b><span style="color: #666666;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666;">Numerous <i>Aphodius </i>dung beetles were blown off the Dune Ridge and swept along the beach in the strong sand-blasting NE wind. Amongst them were the red dung beetle <i><b>Aphodius fimetarius</b></i>.</span></span></p><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL-D1ZBw-fXAsIdCUVv4eRLOBqTzyNW34sR_KWVhYsVg883Bj9qYzD10_9FciUCOqcYMRZ2kPg86FEquEOoVxS8bxZPNtaJdutvNgJMzmTKlXvJuJ2wIRxu0QSrMNUIbW0QvAp_hB7nOGHkzVVKjgqwZCB5PTto-UGOSOQoOmf1EOq23YDdLBK_en1SMdW/s2355/Red%20dung%20beetle%20(aphodius%20fimetarius)%20260224.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1766" data-original-width="2355" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL-D1ZBw-fXAsIdCUVv4eRLOBqTzyNW34sR_KWVhYsVg883Bj9qYzD10_9FciUCOqcYMRZ2kPg86FEquEOoVxS8bxZPNtaJdutvNgJMzmTKlXvJuJ2wIRxu0QSrMNUIbW0QvAp_hB7nOGHkzVVKjgqwZCB5PTto-UGOSOQoOmf1EOq23YDdLBK_en1SMdW/w640-h480/Red%20dung%20beetle%20(aphodius%20fimetarius)%20260224.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Aphodius fimetarius</i> - Alan Keatley</div></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br aria-hidden="true" /></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;">It was a spider that stole the show with the nationally rare </span><b><span style="color: #ffa400;">Bleeding-heart Spider</span></b> <i style="color: #666666;">Nigma puella</i><span style="color: #666666;">, plus a </span><i style="color: #666666;">Tibellus </i><span style="color: #666666;">species, most likely </span><i style="color: #666666;"><b>T. maritimus</b></i><span style="color: #666666;">.</span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial; 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font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Tibellus maritimus</i> - Alan Keatley</div></span></span></div>Dawlish Warrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09909796189958856077noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7015335906423920406.post-62842328154145726022024-02-25T20:07:00.009+00:002024-02-25T20:07:41.854+00:00Sunday 25th February<p><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">An early morning two hour seawatch saw 48 <b>Red-throated Diver</b> head SW along with 1558 auk sp., 134 <b>Kittiwake</b>, 19 <b>Gannet</b>, four <b>Common Scoter</b> and three <b>Fulmar</b>, with a <b>Great Northern Diver </b>close inshore.</span></p><p><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Counts from the estuary included c700 <b>Dunlin</b>, 333 <b>Dark </b>and the <b>Pale-bellied Brent Geese</b>, 204 <b>Black-tailed Godwit</b> densely packed in the saltmarsh, 116 <b>Bar-tailed Godwit </b>around the Bight, 88 <b>Knot</b>, 86 <b>Redshank</b>, 75 <b>Grey Plover</b>, 57 <b>Curlew</b>, 31 <b>Teal</b>, the nine <b>Eider </b>and a<b> Red-breasted Merganser</b>.</span></p><p><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>Dawlish Warrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09909796189958856077noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7015335906423920406.post-44637926733946636122024-02-24T17:56:00.001+00:002024-02-25T18:13:40.799+00:00Saturday 24th February<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;">Counts from the estuary included c920 <b>Dunlin</b>, 76 <b>Bar </b>and 18 <b>Black-tailed Godwit</b>, 75 <b>Redshank</b>, 53 <b>Grey Plover</b>, 35 <b>Turnstone</b>, 32 <b>Knot</b>, 20 <b>Teal</b>, the nine <b>Eider</b>, five <b>Sanderling</b>, two <b>Greenshank </b>and two <b>Red-breasted Merganser</b>. Also present a </span><b><span style="color: #ffa400;">Water Pipit</span></b><span style="color: #666666;"> in the saltmarsh, the <b>Pale-bellied Brent Goose</b> and an injured </span><b style="color: #666666;">Great Northern Diver </b><span style="color: #666666;">sat on the mudflats by Shutterton Creek. Elsewhere hundreds of Black-tailed Godwit in huge flock were stood on Cockle Sands, Exmouth on the ebbing tide.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Offshore nine <b>Great Crested Grebe</b>, three <b>Red-throated</b> and a <b>Great Northern Diver</b>, with four <b>Siskin </b>and single <b>Chiffchaff </b>and <b>Goldcrest </b>in the bushes and three <b>Shoveler </b>on the Main Pond. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoB9vM8ACWNaFjrIz3MRfE97XzAo6kNiolfdryoBlEBHie8-6fbPgG-8SdTYaJt2KTlVv1RhZu0aJsLVmtW3Ha856uS-n9cNS1FjAIrrXZoSHjnFW0Bnm_sheqZlz6Ii7TdkivJw67aQv4LnzdDiCWUjtQfmz8_bgTSr2diuJ2bmDx5gx_JoziZAqjgMCf/s2538/Stonechat%20250224.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1903" data-original-width="2538" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoB9vM8ACWNaFjrIz3MRfE97XzAo6kNiolfdryoBlEBHie8-6fbPgG-8SdTYaJt2KTlVv1RhZu0aJsLVmtW3Ha856uS-n9cNS1FjAIrrXZoSHjnFW0Bnm_sheqZlz6Ii7TdkivJw67aQv4LnzdDiCWUjtQfmz8_bgTSr2diuJ2bmDx5gx_JoziZAqjgMCf/w640-h480/Stonechat%20250224.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: center;">Stonechat - Alan Keatley</div></span><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Other Wildlife:</span></b><span style="color: #666666;"> The </span><b><span style="color: #ffa400;">Grey Squirrel</span></b><span style="color: #666666;"> was still in the Entrance Bushes and the spring-like weather saw <b>Common Spotted Field Syrph</b> </span><i style="color: #666666;">Eupeodes luniger</i><span style="color: #666666;"> and the kelp fly </span><b style="color: #666666;"><i>Coleopa frigida</i></b><span style="color: #666666;"> on the wing for the first time this year.</span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzg65AdDwd0UuF6HxA33OGCFUrDJiJO4OiBwIlO9peda_L3nqpeP0T8E56l4nQY7MSChETcgxlrfj8pVBz7Y6bYDBJ-otp_J_fjOqm11KVugxPZI1EtePQi585I89GA-SruXjC_Itm1MgcBfhBzhR4Pc-5bvvVceD6EIb288iEen7Dp9b4PklfbqGtJCwk/s3035/Eupeodes%20luniger%20(common%20spotted%20field%20syrph)%20240224.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2277" data-original-width="3035" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzg65AdDwd0UuF6HxA33OGCFUrDJiJO4OiBwIlO9peda_L3nqpeP0T8E56l4nQY7MSChETcgxlrfj8pVBz7Y6bYDBJ-otp_J_fjOqm11KVugxPZI1EtePQi585I89GA-SruXjC_Itm1MgcBfhBzhR4Pc-5bvvVceD6EIb288iEen7Dp9b4PklfbqGtJCwk/w640-h480/Eupeodes%20luniger%20(common%20spotted%20field%20syrph)%20240224.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: center;">Common Spotted Field Syrph <i>Eupeodes luniger</i> - Alan Keatley</div></span>Dawlish Warrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09909796189958856077noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7015335906423920406.post-61232697296779900062024-02-23T22:00:00.002+00:002024-03-01T19:49:57.609+00:00Friday 23rd February<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;">The highlight came late in the day with a 2cy </span><b><span style="color: red;">Kumlien's Gull</span></b><span style="color: #666666;">, found earlier from Exmouth on Cockle Sands, flying out to sea over Warren Point with a single </span><b style="color: #666666;">Herring Gull</b><span style="color: #666666;"> at 16.52. This is just the second site record following one seen occasionally in Feb-Apr 2014. Pictures from Exmouth can be found </span><a href="https://gobirdingexmouth.blogspot.com/2024/02/kumliens-gull.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">here</span></a></span></p><p><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Counts from the estuary included 643 <b>Dunlin</b>, 524 <b>Dark </b>and a <b>Pale-bellied Brent Goose</b>, 111 <b>Redshank</b>, 106 <b>Bar </b>and a single circling <b>Black-tailed Godwit</b>, 36 <b>Knot</b>, 36 <b>Teal</b>, 21 <b>Turnstone</b>, 12 <b>Red-breasted Merganser</b>, 12 <b>Ringed Plover</b>, five <b>Sanderling </b>and five <b>Greenshank</b>. The nine <b>Eider </b>(six ♀ & three imm ♂) continue to favour the area inshore around Warren Point.</span></p><p><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Elsewhere a <b>Buzzard</b> appeared to land in Dead Dolphin Wood, six <b>Shoveler </b>were on the Main Pond, two <b>Chiffchaff </b>and two <b>Goldcrest </b>were in the bushes and offshore four <b>Red-throated</b> and three <b>Great Northern Diver</b>, 29 <b>Great Crested Grebe</b> and 18 <b>Razorbill</b>.</span></p><p><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Year list addition:</span></p><p><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">112. Kumlien's Gull</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Other Wildlife: </span></b><span style="color: #666666;">The persistent rain of the last couple of days turned to sunshine and heavy showers. With a drop in temperature insect activity was minimal, even in the sunny spells, with just a few </span><b style="color: #666666;">Common Dronefly</b><span style="color: #666666;"> braving it out. Elsewhere a </span><b style="color: #666666;">Fleecy Jumper</b> <i style="color: #666666;">Pseudeuophrys lanigera</i><span style="color: #666666;"> was at the Visitor Centre.</span></span></p>Dawlish Warrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09909796189958856077noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7015335906423920406.post-13310296714351538692024-02-19T22:18:00.000+00:002024-02-19T22:18:16.255+00:00Monday 19th February<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The usual few divers offshore early morning with four <b>Great Northern</b> (one on sea and three SW) and three <b>Red-throated</b> (two on the sea and one SW). Less expected were a pair of <b>Pintail </b>with the roosting flock of 37 <b>Great Crested Grebe</b>. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;">In the estuary on a low tide, 192 <b>Dark </b>and a <b>Pale-bellied Brent Goose</b>, </span><span style="color: #666666;">84 <b>Redshank</b>, 39 <b>Teal</b>, seven <b>Greenshank</b>, four <b>Red-breasted Merganser</b>, two <b>Wigeon </b>and the pair of </span><b><span style="color: #ffa400;">Goldeneye</span></b><span style="color: #666666;">, </span><span style="color: #666666;">with 43 <b>Dark-bellied</b> also feeding on the exposed reefs below Langstone Rock.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;">Elsewhere eight <b>Eider </b>were sat offshore on Pole Sands at low tide, two pairs of <b>Shoveler </b>were at the Main Pond, five <b>Rook </b>flew overhead, four <b>Reed Bunting</b> on site after a winter max of one, with 12 <b>Siskin</b>, three </span><span style="color: #666666;"><b>Goldcrest </b>and a <b>Chiffchaff </b>in the bushes.</span></span></div><div><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Other Wildlife:</span></b><span style="color: #666666;"> The continuing early spring weather saw three </span><b style="color: #666666;">Red Admiral</b><span style="color: #666666;"> on the wing along with increased numbers of </span><b style="color: #666666;">Tapered Dronefly</b> <i style="color: #666666;">Eristalis pertinax</i><span style="color: #666666;">, hovering territorial males, typically a few feet above the ground, unlike the plentiful </span><b style="color: #666666;">Common Dronefly</b> <i style="color: #666666;">E. tenax</i><span style="color: #666666;">.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><br /></span></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQAs26sAkPGxUFBMb0JjIkjXmoQqkgVnk3U5BVmUJOr8PcQkzhTts0I4vA8B-nIOlc8Mng5oS0lPs_EV753Fic8AGO05oXgk-rGrEjnLsphha6vK2ByCNPW3eYwDyCNFOzXuNk1awMo1LgtbfqPlb8cKnB3bP3zUaudQJCId9R9SjWaBECViJxV5iiBv5t/s2310/Red%20admiral%20190224.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1732" data-original-width="2310" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQAs26sAkPGxUFBMb0JjIkjXmoQqkgVnk3U5BVmUJOr8PcQkzhTts0I4vA8B-nIOlc8Mng5oS0lPs_EV753Fic8AGO05oXgk-rGrEjnLsphha6vK2ByCNPW3eYwDyCNFOzXuNk1awMo1LgtbfqPlb8cKnB3bP3zUaudQJCId9R9SjWaBECViJxV5iiBv5t/w640-h480/Red%20admiral%20190224.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><span style="color: #666666; font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Red Admiral - Alan Keatley</span></div></span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3vk0oQry5lyLVqgmhnmQGMWAk-_23jGTRAlG5j2p7TH9Jd7nbOEQf2zY6t2eSSR6csH6cXDAqb-Efljsvov8fLEYUjytg7zyC6ZlsOF6ub-mtfY_oc-re466TorgUqKAt91oxZWkiTPy3yrmOzKp1O6UrzC_A5Smdvk_QAwmYokdacbhqG5ZlSvP3tSvF/s1687/Eristalis%20pertinax%20190224.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1265" data-original-width="1687" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3vk0oQry5lyLVqgmhnmQGMWAk-_23jGTRAlG5j2p7TH9Jd7nbOEQf2zY6t2eSSR6csH6cXDAqb-Efljsvov8fLEYUjytg7zyC6ZlsOF6ub-mtfY_oc-re466TorgUqKAt91oxZWkiTPy3yrmOzKp1O6UrzC_A5Smdvk_QAwmYokdacbhqG5ZlSvP3tSvF/w640-h480/Eristalis%20pertinax%20190224.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: center;">Tapered Dronefly - Alan Keatley</div></span></div><div><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">New insects for the year included <b>24-spot</b> and <b>Harlequin Ladybird</b>, and an early record of <i><b>Kelisia sabulicola</b></i>, a Sand Sedge planthopper.</span></div><div><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFo3l1YSxSlakdG2yUdiurQTuj1-fKZ4Dang8UOH1OS7O_1dAlcXaM3NSyGugWUfQBFcZevDTsibxZG0n6z5IpMs3yXZs2zGhLYnXOdN1NXlk2vS7sEIGghNnsgBfkvzUwFwkEs5UdPhfqr4om2ghbbTX0WH2-w2AZrQcG9sE1WPlRietk3AfMe77T43Sm/s2083/24%20spot%20ladybird%20190224.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1562" data-original-width="2083" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFo3l1YSxSlakdG2yUdiurQTuj1-fKZ4Dang8UOH1OS7O_1dAlcXaM3NSyGugWUfQBFcZevDTsibxZG0n6z5IpMs3yXZs2zGhLYnXOdN1NXlk2vS7sEIGghNnsgBfkvzUwFwkEs5UdPhfqr4om2ghbbTX0WH2-w2AZrQcG9sE1WPlRietk3AfMe77T43Sm/w640-h480/24%20spot%20ladybird%20190224.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: center;">24-spot Ladybird - Alan Keatley</div></span></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXI9L4MdByaTb80Z0CLNdYLSYu1lmO4hq3kX-D9EUXCaU_rJIe93mEMaY10Wd8cRp4WoNSQ03lla6uVozuqhJbNeX6T5FOO1teOPegtHpPHnONDH2Fm3wAK1fCE2R-uz0XR75t96lCsXG_9rk3DiDeGpn4RAT9YfiKkTwv7MhtJfV0isTMViwuM_P3grwI/s2421/Harlequin%20ladybird%20190224.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1815" data-original-width="2421" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXI9L4MdByaTb80Z0CLNdYLSYu1lmO4hq3kX-D9EUXCaU_rJIe93mEMaY10Wd8cRp4WoNSQ03lla6uVozuqhJbNeX6T5FOO1teOPegtHpPHnONDH2Fm3wAK1fCE2R-uz0XR75t96lCsXG_9rk3DiDeGpn4RAT9YfiKkTwv7MhtJfV0isTMViwuM_P3grwI/w640-h480/Harlequin%20ladybird%20190224.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: center;">Harlequin Ladybird - Alan Keatley</div></span></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj84-XtttRGoasJZCttwhCfFu68pkjUUa3H_nvuGszX9wPdyrb1PpmFS12SCEYZBU8L2CkXdkoH9lyUdgwpdF9EPd1_J6m101PU5xaJHxz2hDPF4oceFUto2cxH5AHftgdf_98khtFwA3e9x_GVv0FB1gRYSFVElcjw4I3UsUgS3sZlXySMVgFJerr6bpSg/s1763/Kelisia%20sabulicola%20190224.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1322" data-original-width="1763" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj84-XtttRGoasJZCttwhCfFu68pkjUUa3H_nvuGszX9wPdyrb1PpmFS12SCEYZBU8L2CkXdkoH9lyUdgwpdF9EPd1_J6m101PU5xaJHxz2hDPF4oceFUto2cxH5AHftgdf_98khtFwA3e9x_GVv0FB1gRYSFVElcjw4I3UsUgS3sZlXySMVgFJerr6bpSg/w640-h480/Kelisia%20sabulicola%20190224.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i>Kelisia sabulicola</i> - Alan Keatley</span></div></span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>Dawlish Warrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09909796189958856077noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7015335906423920406.post-56518294018526772222024-02-18T22:22:00.003+00:002024-02-18T22:22:32.292+00:00Sunday 18th February<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;">An impressive count of 124 <b>Siskin </b>commuted between Alders across the site and the mainland, the highest count outside the period 20 Sep - 05 Nov, all from vismig with the previous best 100 on 6 Jan 1994. Also on site a </span><b><span style="color: #ffa400;">Firecrest </span></b><span style="color: #666666;">in sallows near the Dune Pond, with five </span><b style="color: #666666;">Goldcrest </b><span style="color: #666666;">and a </span><b style="color: #666666;">Chiffchaff </b><span style="color: #666666;">in the bushes. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;">In the estuary very low numbers for WeBS an hour before the lowest high tide of the month with just 214 <b>Oystercatcher</b>, 27 <b>Sanderling</b>, 19 <b>Turnstone</b>, 14 <b>Curlew</b>, five <b>Dunlin </b>and three <b>Bar-tailed Godwit </b>present. Later counts included 276 <b>Dark </b>and a <b>Pale-bellied Brent Goose</b>, 93 <b>Redshank</b>, 44 <b>Teal</b>, nine <b>Greenshank</b>, eight <b>Eider</b>, six <b>Lesser Black-backed Gull</b>, five <b>Red-breasted Merganser</b> and two </span><b><span style="color: #ffa400;">Goldeneye</span></b><span style="color: #666666;">.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;">Elsewhere an hour seawatch saw 42 <b>Gannet</b>, three <b>Kittiwake</b>, a <b>Great Northern Diver </b>and a <b>Common Scoter</b> flew SW with 23 <b>Great Crested Grebe</b>, eight <b>Red-throated </b>and three <b>Great Northern Diver</b> on the sea; a </span><b><span style="color: #ffa400;">Jack Snipe</span></b><span style="color: #666666;"> flushed from Greenland Lake, six </span><b style="color: #666666;">Shoveler </b><span style="color: #666666;">on the Main Pond and four </span><b style="color: #666666;">Rook </b><span style="color: #666666;">and two </span><b style="color: #666666;">Jackdaw </b><span style="color: #666666;">flew overhead.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Other Wildlife:</span></b><span style="color: #666666;"> A single </span><b style="color: #666666;">Red Admiral</b><span style="color: #666666;"> was on the wing with a few </span><b style="color: #666666;">Common Dronefly</b><span style="color: #666666;"> and a migrant</span><b style="color: #666666;"> Rush Veneer</b><span style="color: #666666;">. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFppmPDupDHX-5MR09mxwZ-ckAQmubDCDlQsm_yE0IwF9cP0RbqCWDa9e2bDgWuLQ5M9xgA2C7QlmvI8BUREIWVlfouwWvD3KZp2JVqoEaEV2-eMidd1g0yn9jTa4YZYI99VSjwtbW_yKn38bUToFDwxJE_EK3qniBvO2SgQwZtcR4N8TAqHgc25e7eXD3/s1710/Hebrew%20Character%20180224.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1515" data-original-width="1710" height="568" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFppmPDupDHX-5MR09mxwZ-ckAQmubDCDlQsm_yE0IwF9cP0RbqCWDa9e2bDgWuLQ5M9xgA2C7QlmvI8BUREIWVlfouwWvD3KZp2JVqoEaEV2-eMidd1g0yn9jTa4YZYI99VSjwtbW_yKn38bUToFDwxJE_EK3qniBvO2SgQwZtcR4N8TAqHgc25e7eXD3/w640-h568/Hebrew%20Character%20180224.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #666666; font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: center;">Hebrew Character - Kevin Rylands</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlVDS42BwTCsQ6GuOZK3j4kIcCX64IwEoR8KakGqM4gIGyTSL7GG1rKTcZH-dKdTWI0JRojCgA93pyTq2lfh_pvRV8WFvQFFFV97h7SPPAjE64IljGIXSfnffPhqadGk8aP1Espmqa3IRnYEoqgodmeGehNzuCM6GcMaLBHlJC7A4tc5oKEEJbfCZ3NbV-/s2527/Fever%20fly%20(dilophus%20febrilis)%20120224.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1895" data-original-width="2527" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlVDS42BwTCsQ6GuOZK3j4kIcCX64IwEoR8KakGqM4gIGyTSL7GG1rKTcZH-dKdTWI0JRojCgA93pyTq2lfh_pvRV8WFvQFFFV97h7SPPAjE64IljGIXSfnffPhqadGk8aP1Espmqa3IRnYEoqgodmeGehNzuCM6GcMaLBHlJC7A4tc5oKEEJbfCZ3NbV-/w640-h480/Fever%20fly%20(dilophus%20febrilis)%20120224.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="color: #666666; font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: center;">Feverfly - Alan Keatley</div></span><span style="color: #666666; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span><p></p>Dawlish Warrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09909796189958856077noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7015335906423920406.post-46919855386846555712024-02-17T18:53:00.003+00:002024-02-17T18:53:57.284+00:00Saturday 17th February<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;">The two immature </span><b><span style="color: #ffa400;">Spoonbill </span></b><span style="color: #666666;">reappeared from the top end of the estuary to roost on Finger Point over high tide before feeding in the Bight. Also in the estuary, c1665 </span><b style="color: #666666;">Dunlin</b><span style="color: #666666;">, c470 </span><b style="color: #666666;">Oystercatcher</b><span style="color: #666666;">, 329 </span><b style="color: #666666;">Dark </b><span style="color: #666666;">and a </span><b style="color: #666666;">Pale-bellied Brent Goose</b><span style="color: #666666;">, 166 </span><b style="color: #666666;">Common </b><span style="color: #666666;">and a </span><b style="color: #666666;">Mediterranean Gull</b><span style="color: #666666;">, 137 </span><b style="color: #666666;">Bar </b><span style="color: #666666;">and eight</span><b style="color: #666666;"> Black-tailed Godwit</b><span style="color: #666666;">, 91 </span><b style="color: #666666;">Knot</b><span style="color: #666666;">, 87 </span><b style="color: #666666;">Redshank</b><span style="color: #666666;">, 81 </span><b style="color: #666666;">Grey </b><span style="color: #666666;">and 22 </span><b style="color: #666666;">Ringed Plover</b><span style="color: #666666;">, 32 </span><b style="color: #666666;">Teal</b><span style="color: #666666;">, five </span><b style="color: #666666;">Greenshank </b><span style="color: #666666;">and five </span><b style="color: #666666;">Red-breasted Merganser</b><span style="color: #666666;">.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">A quiet 1h 45 minute seawatch saw 17 <b>Kittiwake</b>, 10 <b>Gannet</b>, eight <b>Red-throated Diver</b> and a <b>Fulmar </b>offshore with 21 <b>Great Crested Grebe</b>, 10<b> Common Scoter</b>, nine <b>Eider </b>and a <b>Great Northern Diver</b> on the sea.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;">Elsewhere the pair of </span><b><span style="color: #ffa400;">Gadwall</span></b><span style="color: #666666;">, two pairs of </span><b style="color: #666666;">Little Grebe</b><span style="color: #666666;"> and a pair of </span><b style="color: #666666;">Shoveler </b><span style="color: #666666;">were on the Main Pond, where four of the </span><b style="color: #666666;">Mallard </b><span style="color: #666666;">ducklings survived the week. </span></span></p>Dawlish Warrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09909796189958856077noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7015335906423920406.post-73542464748755769882024-02-16T22:46:00.002+00:002024-02-16T22:46:33.179+00:00Friday 16th February<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;">A fine day with some spring wildfowl movement early morning with a pair of </span><b><span style="color: #ffa400;">Egyptian Geese</span></b><span style="color: #666666;"> SW past the seawall, a pair of </span><b><span style="color: #ffa400;">Gadwall </span></b><span style="color: #666666;">circling the site before later visiting the Main Pond, five </span><b><span style="color: #ffa400;">Tufted Duck</span></b><span style="color: #666666;"> (four ♂ & a ♀) on the sea off Warren Point and two ♀ </span><b style="color: #666666;">Pintail </b><span style="color: #666666;">in the Bight.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Counts from the estuary included 945 <b>Dunlin</b>, 598 <b>Oystercatcher</b>, 273 <b>Dark </b>and two <b>Pale-bellied Brent Geese</b>, 119 <b>Common Gull</b>, 113 <b>Curlew</b>, 108 <b>Bar-tailed Godwit</b>, 85 <b>Redshank</b>, 62 <b>Grey </b>and 21 <b>Ringed Plover</b>, 41 <b>Knot</b>, 34 <b>Teal</b>, 31 <b>Sanderling</b>, nine <b>Eider</b>, eight <b>Greenshank </b>and four <b>Red-breasted Merganser</b>. The roost was disturbed by two different <b>Sparrowhawk</b>, one of which successfully caught a <b>Dunlin</b>. </span></p><p><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Elsewhere 27<b> Great Crested Grebe</b>, eight<b> Red-throated Diver</b> and two <b>Common Scoter</b> were offshore, six <b>Shoveler </b>were on the Main Pond, 67 <b>Siskin </b>were again in the Alders and single <b>Jackdaw </b>and <b>Rook </b>were overhead.</span></p><p><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Year list additions:</span></p><p><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">110. Tufted Duck<br />111. Gadwall</span></p>Dawlish Warrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09909796189958856077noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7015335906423920406.post-60262479967980828932024-02-15T22:10:00.000+00:002024-02-15T22:10:03.062+00:00Thursday 15th February<p><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The high spring tide left few exposed roosting areas with <b>Dunlin </b>and other small waders almost constantly in the air, before eventually settling on Finger Point. A flock of 60 <b>Black-tailed Godwit</b> flew into the saltmarsh but didn't stay for long, other records included a single <b>Pale-bellied</b> with 390 <b>Dark-bellied Brent Geese</b>, 120 <b>Bar-tailed Godwit</b>, 60 <b>Redshank</b>, 37 <b>Grey Plover</b>, a <b>Greenshank </b>and an immature male <b>Eider</b>. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiazHkv8RUIdJQlsqYMKanvLtk2wPwS-ObPKu3nLB4XPNOx07UXW5Lm2CRKe-vDREul6wFspiZ5jqjd38psTymQn_a3G7D4LThNv4tASVoDVAfqc899SvTIWZoHqBve4O3PxjT0N6tNzuzXIoFYHtJcXGmGJfoxvisUZGEv1IGkVUkqPrc4bWMRtn0Y3tMp/s2657/Pale-bellied%20brent%20goose%20150224.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1993" data-original-width="2657" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiazHkv8RUIdJQlsqYMKanvLtk2wPwS-ObPKu3nLB4XPNOx07UXW5Lm2CRKe-vDREul6wFspiZ5jqjd38psTymQn_a3G7D4LThNv4tASVoDVAfqc899SvTIWZoHqBve4O3PxjT0N6tNzuzXIoFYHtJcXGmGJfoxvisUZGEv1IGkVUkqPrc4bWMRtn0Y3tMp/w640-h480/Pale-bellied%20brent%20goose%20150224.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: center;">Pale-bellied Brent Goose - Alan Keatley</div></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrrVmDt-Ufy43KpKMX9gXyxOWTYoQX2S90OPg-en7Aub3Q_BsICtvXPulXJ4qymDqlacaZA1qYAJWkgE5E13CeIb2X417YnCso4N-4UMx-fQDLjfpbbMXNUeXbe9Cd-Mm4BwXkLleFOk26OUSnByZ5ZWCZFV_wKrPJAkpgjgAk7SYeGpAZSq7w72BuQEOW/s1891/Eider%20150224.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1139" data-original-width="1891" height="386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrrVmDt-Ufy43KpKMX9gXyxOWTYoQX2S90OPg-en7Aub3Q_BsICtvXPulXJ4qymDqlacaZA1qYAJWkgE5E13CeIb2X417YnCso4N-4UMx-fQDLjfpbbMXNUeXbe9Cd-Mm4BwXkLleFOk26OUSnByZ5ZWCZFV_wKrPJAkpgjgAk7SYeGpAZSq7w72BuQEOW/w640-h386/Eider%20150224.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: center;">Eider - Dean Hall</div></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Elsewhere 12 <b>Siskin </b>and a <b>Goldcrest </b>were in the bushes, four <b>Shoveler </b>were on the Main Pond and single <b>Common Scoter</b> and <b>Great Northern Diver </b>were offshore.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFg73GVoH6oc5FTfkBnKKPe3e2vScsctCtc1EMKd6DGlk7e72FhHtN9EYPcOPkbYL46Z2OA-mSOH8mmCGUMlB-hEOjpAFIizU6RGWZXIPpXW9QJXNhSoGU00rA-mTY4FcpG6ylv_D2Vz1LA27DuwKJFILuEqAmo4oVy2yHZjywcWdHgyNbYasHRC7svO0o/s2304/Cirl%20Bunting%20150224.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1728" data-original-width="2304" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFg73GVoH6oc5FTfkBnKKPe3e2vScsctCtc1EMKd6DGlk7e72FhHtN9EYPcOPkbYL46Z2OA-mSOH8mmCGUMlB-hEOjpAFIizU6RGWZXIPpXW9QJXNhSoGU00rA-mTY4FcpG6ylv_D2Vz1LA27DuwKJFILuEqAmo4oVy2yHZjywcWdHgyNbYasHRC7svO0o/w640-h480/Cirl%20Bunting%20150224.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: center;">Cirl Bunting - Dean Hall</div></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Other Wildlife:</span></b><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;"> A dry and bright morning saw the second butterfly species of the year on the wing, a </span><b style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;">Peacock</b><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;">. The </span><b style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;">Alexanders </b><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;">continue to attract good numbers of flies including </span><b style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;">Common Dronefly</b><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;"> and a </span><b style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;">Marmalade Hoverfly</b><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;">.</span></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf-3pJhzz3oHy6r90u1bIki-H2Tz92VxCs7RY58qsEhQcFP1KTGWqDEnCXPSuPjl1sQ81mULAoBLSmLtujj5VVLiAO80tH2s9-FZCg0bPf8XvmePc0pQ6w7Y6NSm0MOe5hYTcwJPB5N7nh154pTS4waU68eEJGVb1HyLTAq1S5-sruiL7acPEiCjmUN1xs/s2437/Common%20damsel%20bug%20150224.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1827" data-original-width="2437" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf-3pJhzz3oHy6r90u1bIki-H2Tz92VxCs7RY58qsEhQcFP1KTGWqDEnCXPSuPjl1sQ81mULAoBLSmLtujj5VVLiAO80tH2s9-FZCg0bPf8XvmePc0pQ6w7Y6NSm0MOe5hYTcwJPB5N7nh154pTS4waU68eEJGVb1HyLTAq1S5-sruiL7acPEiCjmUN1xs/w640-h480/Common%20damsel%20bug%20150224.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: center;">Common Damselbug <i>Nabis rugosus </i>- Alan Keatley</div></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOWS3ljnoIQaD8spf_gbD7ND73hz2vEdWxV-JvnamHzNtF-P-vJ2VFH7isxc0KK5IxZuRtwV8S5-8g-Xm0zyv12llgE_F3C_zQF9Y6EBLtVS2phX6xqXfjErE1vefNh2MVhRD1y-V3-YfEDe0nQvT91Qasbez16se1OLCRoOEWMCNEWZrHNWz30pkpwkdy/s2714/Hypera%20arator%20150224.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2036" data-original-width="2714" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOWS3ljnoIQaD8spf_gbD7ND73hz2vEdWxV-JvnamHzNtF-P-vJ2VFH7isxc0KK5IxZuRtwV8S5-8g-Xm0zyv12llgE_F3C_zQF9Y6EBLtVS2phX6xqXfjErE1vefNh2MVhRD1y-V3-YfEDe0nQvT91Qasbez16se1OLCRoOEWMCNEWZrHNWz30pkpwkdy/w640-h480/Hypera%20arator%20150224.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Hypera arator </i>a sea-spurrey weevil - Alan Keatley</div></span><p></p>Dawlish Warrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09909796189958856077noreply@blogger.com0