Teign Birds

It might be approaching the end of May but some of the Teignmouth Turnstones appear to be in no rush to reach their Arctic or Scandinavian ...

Totals from around the estuary on Sunday morning included 47 Oystercatchers , 17 Turnstones , five Whimbrels , two Common Sandpipers , 14 Li...

Male Sparrowhawk with sparrow lunch in my garden today

A fairly productive seawatch (by Teignmouth spring standards) from 07:30 - 08:30 this morning, although there was a sense that a lot more wa...

Bundle Head was largely devoid of passage migrants on Saturday morning, but four species of raptor were noted including Sparrowhawk , Buzzar...

Totals from around the estuary this morning included 105 Oystercatchers , 45 Turnstones , 11 Redshanks , two Greenshanks , two Common Sandpi...

I figured the racecourse would be a good bet for a Wheatear on Saturday morning, but half an hour scanning revealed just two Stonechats and ...

Showery weather attracted good numbers of Sand Martins to Rackerhayes over the weekend, with c.50 on Saturday and 30+ on Sunday. Single  Wi...

The tide was so high on Sunday morning that a couple of Shags were able to dive over a flooded Flow Point. The one stretch of vegetation th...

Rackerhayes delivered this morning with a Siberian Chiffchaff   that showed extremely well by the main pond. Also three Blackcaps (one in ...