Reports and Newsletters
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68 15th Sept, 2007 (by David Walters) Another rarity, another first for our area. On September 13th a Temminck’s Stint was found on the scrape at Colyford Common. This truly is an amazing place. (click here to view complete article) |
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67 31st August, 2007 (by David Walters) On 14th August the rarest bird ever to visit the area was spotted by Steve Waite. It was an Audouin’s Gull, only the fourth occurrence of this species ever recorded in this country. (click here to view complete article) |
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66 31st July, 2007 (by David Walters) Sea-watching has become an increasingly intense part of local bird watching in the last couple of years, and the results have dispelled for ever the belief that this bit of coast .... (click here to view complete article) |
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65 15th July, 2007 (by David Walters) There was a ringing session at Colyford Common last Tuesday, when 31 birds were ringed – a very good number for this site. (click here to view complete article) |
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64 29th June, 2007 (by David Walters) Half the year has passed, and what an amazing half year it has been. February , May and June have all been very wet, with glorious, warm, sunny weather in between. (click here to view complete article) |
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63 15th June, 2007 (by David Walters) This remarkable area continues to astonish with rarities cropping up all the time. This month we have a bird, a caterpillar and a dragonfly to add to the local list, as you will see in the following paragraphs. (click here to view complete article) |
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62 31st May, 2007 (by David Walters) The month of May has been wetter and latterly cooler than April, and there has been a good variety of birds around – some of them in spectacular numbers, like the 181 Dunlin counted on the estuary and about 300 seen off the coast. (click here to view complete article) |
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MIGRANTS ON DARTMOOR
2nd May, 2007 (by Steve Barwick) The party had soon descended into the main valley and were looking for signs of the elusive Ring Ouzel but none were found. None were seen last year either. It is generally believed .... (click here to view complete article) |
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61 30th April, 2007 (by David Walters) Spring continues to delight, with blossom on the trees, wild flowers everywhere, prolific birdsong and amazing weather. April showers? Are they a thing of the past? Will our grandchildren wonder what the poets were on about? (click here to view complete article) |
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BIRDS No 60 15th April, 2007 (by David Walters) But the almost incredible run of real rarities has continued, with a Stone Curlew at Seaton Marshes on April 11th. This bird had a coloured ring, and the project leader has said “In that case, you saw ET44595, ringed as a chick........ (click here to view complete article) |