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Birder and lover of all wildlife, enjoy Twitching rarities. Local patch Labrador Bay South Devon.
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A Spotted Sandpiper at Herriot’s Pool CVL Somerset, Also Garganey, GW Egret, LRP. An enjoyable twitch with a great crowd of birders. A top find by Bri Thompson. #UKBirding

A Temminck’s Stint at Exminster Marshes this evening, A nice find by Steve Hearn and Gary Easton. Also Lesser Whitethroat. #UKBirding

A brief view of a Spotted Flycatcher at Labrador bay this morning, Also 4 Common Whitethroat, 11 Swift and 4 House Martin. #UKBirding

The two Black-Winged Stilts at Seaton Wetlands was a nice end to the weekend. They both showed well for the constant trickle of birders. Thank you to the finder. #UKBirding

A short clip of some flies at Marazion, if you look carefully past the flies you will see a fuzzy dot, well that’s a Savi’s Warbler. #UKBirding

A couple of hours around Labrador Bay after the rain, 2 Wheatear, 3 Whitethroat, 4 Swallow and a Willow Warbler heard briefly. #UKBirding

Our first Tree Pipit for the year on a Devon Heath. #UKBirding

A very showy Grasshopper Warbler seen at Slapton today, Our first for the year, Found by Martin Keen. #UKBirding

An enjoyable morning spent on Dartmoor watching Cuckoos and Common Redstarts. A nice bit of fly catching there. #UKBirding

The Hoopoe preening at the North Fort Berry Head this lunch time, found by Mike Langman. Also a Black Redstart close by. #UKBirding

The Long staying Long-tailed Duck at Trenance Boating lake Newquay, finished off our trip to Cornwall. #UKBirding

The Alpine Accentor at Nanquindo Valley gave amazing views to a small group of birders. Thank you to the finder. #UKBirding

Nice to see good numbers of Yellowhammers in the South Hams today #UKBirding

An adult male Black Redstart at Prawle Point this morning, plus 5 Wheatear, a male Pied Flycatcher and 4 species of Butterfly and a Common Lizard. Nice to catch up with Paul Darlington. #UKBirding

A great birding in Dorset started off with Corn Buntings at Maiden Castle Dorchester. The most we have seen there. #UKBirding

9 Yellow Wagtails seen at South Huish Marsh Devon, 7 of them Blue Headed, possibly one of them being a Channel wagtail. Plus one White Wagtail. #UKBirding

Rose-Coloured Starling at Monkton Heathfield, We watched it for nearly an hour in the top of tall trees. Many thanks to Paul Bray for the extra info. #UKBirding