Reports, Newsletters & Images
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AXE ESTUARY BIRDS No 82
15th April 2008 The Axe Wetland Project There was a presentation recently by Kate Tobin, The Axe Wetland Project Co-ordinator......This project has been talked about for at least the last ten years, and now ...... (click here to view complete article) |
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AXE ESTUARY BIRDS No 81
31st March 2008 The results of the RSPB Big Garden Bird Watch are out now, and it is interesting to compare our local sightings with those nationally and in Devon. We recorded 53 species locally and the RSPB 72 nationally. (click here to view complete article) |
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AXE ESTUARY BIRDS No 80
16th March 2008 This winter has seen an unprecedented influx of Cattle Egrets into Britain, with over twenty in one flock in south Cornwall. The Rivers Otter and Exe, Abbotsbury Swannery and Radipole Lake RSPB in Weymouth have all had long staying birds.... (click here to view complete article) |
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ESTUARY BIRDS No 79
2nd March 2008 It was ringed as a chick at a gravel pit colony in Wloclawek, central Poland on 17th June 2006 and the Axe appears to be one its favourite stop off points! (click here to view complete article) |
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AXE ESTUARY BIRDS No 78
15th February 2008 Some colder and more settled weather this period, a nice change! Though we still had our fair share of strong winds, which gave us a few more rare Gulls! (click here to view complete article) |
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ESTUARY BIRDS No 77
30th January 2008 Ringing Crows is an amusing if somewhat hazardous pastime – they grab anything they can find with very powerful beaks or claws. Can be painful! (click here to view complete article) |
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AXE ESTUARY BIRDS No 76
17th January 2008 This is truly amazing! Woodlark hasn't officially been recorded on this patch since sometime in 1970's, and the local birders spent a lot of time around Haven Cliffs and Axmouth during the autumn of 2007...... (click here to view complete article) |
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AXE ESTUARY BIRDS No 75
31st December 2007 A juvenile Spoonbill – our first this year, graced the estuary for a few hours in the afternoon of 14th, but more typically considering the cold weather were two adult White-fronted Geese...... (click here to view complete article) |
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AXE ESTUARY BIRDS No 74
15th December 2007 Pete Solman, writing in The Times, says “There are dozens of different folklore predictions of a coming winter based on animals and plants, but these seem to have very little success at weather forecasting...... (click here to view complete article) |
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AXE ESTUARY BIRDS No 73
30th November 2007 The sea has still been worth a look. In addition to the array of ducks I have already mentioned, several Great Northern and Red-throated Divers have been seen both flying past..... (click here to view complete article) |
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AXE ESTUARY BIRDS No 72
15th November 2007 The 5th November was certainly a day to remember when the Ringing Group went all out to catch birds at Colyford Common with 20 nets, erected extending to over 1000 feet. (click here to view complete article) |
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AXE ESTUARY BIRDS No 70
15th October 2007 At the same time, autumn is most decidedly with us, and our summer birds are leaving or have already left, and the winter visitors are arriving thick and fast. (click here to view complete article) |