I wonder if the grey partidges will stay long, might be worth the 6hr roundtrip up to Yeovil on the train aha

Me and kiera found on ay gylly beach in march, we failed to find a babakina tho

Where should I look for Puffin movement? I might try early tmr morning. Closer or further than the main island?

Dipper, Kiera’s number one most wanted lifer!

Skylark

Adult female Slowworm

Wheatear at Warren Point

Highlights of the end of March - dipper, wheatear, adder, slowworm, black oil beetle, ashy mining bee, common pipistrelle, & toad tadpoles
#devonbirds #wildlife

Continental Black-tailed Godwit (L. limosa limosa)

Russian White-fronted Goose

Spotted Redshank

Common Lizard (Zootoca vivipara)

Warm trip to Exminster Marshes earlier in the week, some good birds with the continental blackwit, lingering whitefront, spotshank, spoonbill, 2 sedge, 2 reed, & 2 WW, swallows + 1 house martin. Additionally - our first large white, nettle tap moth, and common lizard of the year!
#devonbirds

Where was the yammer? Still havent seen one in devon lol so curious about it

Scoping from Hope’s Nose, 7:15-8:30

Sandwich Tern distantly in flight

Sandwich Tern distantly in flight

Brown-lipped Snail (Cepaea nemoralis)

More local Torquay birding yday, first short seawatch of the spring
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Hope’s Nose; 80+ manxie, 4 sandwich tern S, 1 RTD S, & common dolphins. + siskins heard
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Failed to see a dipper near Dartington but got this NFY brown-lipped snail, and Kiera’s first swallows of the yr!
#devonbirds #ukwildlife

Warty Venus Clam

Red-speckled Anemone

Rock Goby

Sea cucumber sp

My first warty venus clam and red-speckled anemone at Torquay beach yesterday, plus a large rock goby and a sea cucumber
#rockpools #marine #wildlife

Breeding male Palmate Newt

Out-of-focus BOC of a Skylark that had come in off the sea on an otherwise uneventful vismig

Comma

Grey-patched Mining Bee (Andrena nitida)

From my local area of Torquay in the past week - red kite, 5+ firecrest, 1 RTD, guilles & fulmar, nuthatch, GSW drumming, 35+ greenfinch, 2 skylark & 1 linnet in off sea, 3 palmate newt, 4+ porpoise, grey-patched & yellow-legged mining bees, 1 carder, and a comma.
#devonbirds #wildlife

2 Spoonbills asleep on little marsh, Budleigh Salterton

Violet Oil Beetle (Meloe violaceus)

Great Spotted Woodpecker

Sand Crocus at dawlish warren, pretty much the UK’s only site for them

From recent days; lesser spotted woodpecker, spoonbill, wheatear, goosander, marsh tit, red kite, palmate newt, brown hare, porpoise, violet oil beetle, bloody-nosed beetle, 4 species of mining bee, & red-speckled anemone. All from south devon. Just passed 300 sp for my animal yearlist!
#devonbirds

I had nomada signata in my old garden in south somerset last year, the only nomad bee that ive seen that was identifiable

Nice! Im still yet to see an eagle in devon

Would love to see dotted bee-fly! Only seen dark-edged myself

Well devon and cornwall! Surely some must be moving in between counties or there must be at least 3-4 around

Did you see the yellow-legged gull on blaxton meadow? Someone messaged me about it minutes after we’d left haha

1w bonaparte’s gull with black-headed gulls

Mandarin ducks

Drake red-crested pochard

Ring-necked parakeet

Saltram/Blaxton meadow today with @kieope.bsky.social ; 1w bonaparte’s gull, pair of red-crested pochard, 2 mandarin, 1 common sandpiper, 10+ parakeets, 1 greenshank, 3 grey wag, 1 stock dove, 4 nuthatch, & 2 firecrests
Nice to bump in to @stephmurphy.bsky.social & @robmurphy.bsky.social
#devonbirds

Ad winter bonaparte’s gull

Ad yellow-legged gull

Spotted Seahare

Hair-curler seaslug (Spurilla neapolitana)

Had a short holiday down in falmouth recently, saw some gulls at hayle and loads of cool sea creatures in falmouth. Also had a pair of red-necked grebes and a goshawk from the train!
Bonaparte’s was uk lifer #244
#ukbirding

Painted Topshell, a lifer and quite a few live ones found, what a stunning species

Broad-clawed or Hairy Porcelain Crab, about 60-100 individuals seen over 2 days

Gracile Sea Spider, 1 found on the first day and followed up by 5+ more today

Side-gilled Seaslug, 2 or 3 found

3/3
#tidepooling #rockpooling #sealife #devon #marine

Rock Goby

Worm Pipefish, 12+ individuals found today

Velvet Crab, probably at least 25+ seen over two days

Green Sea Urchins, 6+ found over the 2 days

2/3
#tidepooling #rockpooling #sealife #devon

Aeolidia filomenae, common but beautiful nudibranch species, we found 5 individuals over the 2 days

Sea Gherkin (Pawsonia saxicola), 2 found today and along with one unidentified brown sea cucumber found yesterday, our first ever sea cucumbers

Tompot Blenny

Common Brittle Star, 3 individuals found today

Two days of flipping rocks at Torquay beach has really paid off for myself and @kieope.bsky.social , with our best two tidepooling sessions we’ve had yet. 11 lifers and many other good species found! Couldn’t pick just 4 for pics so more in comments #rockpooling #wildlife #sealife #devon

Barnacle Goose

Pale-bellied Brent Goose among hundreds of Dark-bellied Brents

Zebra Jumping Spider (Salticus scenicus)

March kicked off with a couple nice geese and my our first jumper of the year! Ive been a tad bad at keeping up with postings recently lol
#devonbirds #spiders

Thats a top class casp

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So its a different one to this bird?

Cetti’s Warbler unusually singing from in the bracken

Broadsands - 11:30 - 1 brambling, 1 siskin, 100+ chaffinch, 50+ linnet, 1 firecrest, 1 cetti’s, 5 GND, & 1 razorbill
#devonbirds

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A larus gull (I haven’t confirmed if its herring or LBBG yet lol)

Herring Gull

Lesser Black-backed Gull

Lesser Black-backed Gull

Some more unsuccessful gulling at dawlish warren @warrenbirding.bsky.social
Saw seven-spot ladybird & gorse weevil inbetween the rain though
#devonbirds

Where is queen’s marsh in dartington? i cant find it on the map. Might go there/totnes and try find dipper tomorrow.

Im pretty sure its seafield gardens minigolf