Ad w Sabine’s Gull off Berry Head with 1000+ kitts this evening. Showed well for 30mins on the sea and in flight but remained distant! Terrible bit of stabilised phone video of it preening #devonbirds #ukbirding

Today's migrant #SpottedFlycatcher in the 🌞 at S Devon's, #HopesNose. It was mobile and elusive early on, before giving itself up late morning. A surprisingly scarce species for the site, with just a handful of records in recent years. #UKBirding #DevonBirds

Hope's Nose, S Devon this AM. #SpottedFlycatcher at the bottom of the first slope. 32 Balearic Shears (great views of 21 around the Point), Arctic Skua, 3 Sand Terns, 3 Wheatears, 10+ Chiffs, Shelduck, 2 Firecrests, 8 Mipits, 14 H Martins, 10 Clouded Yellows, G Seal. #UKBirding #DevonBirds

Nice to find a juv turtle dove at little marsh otter nr this morning.Messaged Cris right away who confirmed juv & came up but no further sign after the stock doves seem to drive it away.Also buzzard playing dicey game with ⚡& green sandpiper. #UKBirding #Devonbirds.

A surprise Wryneck encounter at the Seaton Wetlands this morning. A great spot by Bob Longhorn, while the rest of us in the hide were staring at the sky, waiting for the Osprey to appear. It flew soon after, and has not yet been relocated. #Devonbirds #Seatonwetlands

Froward from 7:30am with @jacob-wood.bsky.social. Wheatear 3, spotted flycatcher 2, single sedge and willow warbler amongst good numbers of chiff, blackcap and firecrest. Highlight a juvenile Dartford warbler around bottom of Froward Cove (thanks Jake). Several lesser emperors #devonbirds #ukbirding

Prawle Point seawatch 10:30-15:30
3 Cory’s (+ 3 unidentified large shears, probably Cory’s), 62 Balearic, 119 Manx, 1 YLGull, 5 Med Gull, 1 Whimbrel.
Also c20 BFTuna + 1 Risso’s Dolphin
#ukbirding #devonbirds

Something of the view that a fish might get of an Osprey hunting overhead. The juvenile bird is still on the Axe (19/9/26), and given the wind, it seems unlikely that it will leave today. #Devonbirds

Female Kingfisher, this morning on the Seaton Wetlands. #Devonbirds

In a similar set-up to 15th, seabirds heading W out of Bristol Channel at Bull Point this a.m. after first-light frontal clearance.
Totals 07.00-08.30:
13 Common Scoter (11m,2f), 144 auk sp. (Razorbill & Guillemot), 22 Kittiwake, 6 Arctic Tern, 2 Manx Shearwater. #UKbirding #Devonbirds #patchbirding

Saw a pod of dolphin off budleigh the other day did get pic as one came up after lots of failed attempts. Also a phone snap of a SEO nr stantaway farm.Someone once told me no point taking pics of knot as they are boring. I disagree. This 1 was at seaton wetlands this morning. #UKBirding #Devonbirds.

Is the juvenile Osprey now on the Axe on an extended 'staycation'? If, and it is a big IF, this morning's Osprey is the same bird that was first seen on the 20th August, it has been here for nearly four weeks. 1st picture from 20/8, 2nd picture from this morning 16/9. #Devonbirds

I have been away for a few days, but my wife and I managed a fleeting encounter with a juvenile Osprey, from the Tower hide this evening. The corvids drove it away before it could catch a fish, but it was great to see it in the golden light of the setting sun. #SeatonWetlands #Devonbirds

Another exciting afternoon on the patch today with 9 Glossy Ibis (first seen at Dawlish) and then my first White-tailed Eagle on the Otter Estuary NR. #UKBirding #DevonBirding #DevonBirds

Distant Bonxie (pic!), 23 Common Scoter, 8 Sandwich Tern, 2 Manx Shearwater, 2 Turnstone – all W out of the Bristol Channel at Bull Point, after clearance of a cold front first thing this a.m. A burst of Swallow, House Martin & Meadow Pipit passage too. #UKbirding #DevonBirds #patchbirding

Juv. Caspian Gull on the rocks at Froward Point today- my 1st juv. and 1st for the site.
Also 10+ Lesser Emperors around Froward Cove/Old Mill Bay and another 3 in fields behind Colaton Fishacre! #ukbirding #devonbirds

Juvenile Osprey, still on the Seaton Wetlands yesterday. It did try out a very high 'thermal' lift in the afternoon, before coming back down to fish. Perhaps it is ready to move on... #Devonbirds

Nice couple of hrs spent at the island hide seaton wetlands this afternoon. 6 ruff , 3 spotted redshank including one that did come close, 1 Curlew sand, 1 wood sand, fly over osprey (twice), 3 snipe including this one & it's reflections.And lots of normal suspects as well #UKBirding #Devonbirds.

'Our' juvenile Osprey put on a good show this afternoon, near the Tower hide on the River Axe. It must move on eventually, but it will be missed! #DevonBirds

Yesterday (9 Sep) pm with locally sunny skies, rising pressure & light NW winds, 8 Arctic Skuas (5 pale, 3 dark; at least 7 of which were adults) W off Bull Point 15:40 to 16:46 in classic conditions for overland passage from the Wash to the Bristol Channel #UKbirding #patchbirding #DevonBirds