Shiphay Birder
@shiphaybirder.bsky.social
South Devon. Trying to keep it relatively local.
Pinned
Pleased to find a #CornBunting in the afternoon ☀️ sunshine at Devon's #HopesNose today. A rare bird in the county and the first for the site since Nov '94. #DevonBirds #UKBirding. With @backwardbirder.bsky.social @markrabailey.bsky.social @stephmurphy.bsky.social @robmurphy.bsky.social
Dawlish Warren, Devon. 13.00. Good to catch up with the 5 #VelvetScoters loafing on the sea NE of Langstone Rock. Just the 2nd time I've seen this species this year. They spent much of their time separate from the larger Common Scoter flock nearby. #DevonBirds #UKBirding @warrenbirding.bsky.social
November 23, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Dawlish Warren, Devon. 13.00. Good to catch up with the 5 #VelvetScoters loafing on the sea NE of Langstone Rock. Just the 2nd time I've seen this species this year. They spent much of their time separate from the larger Common Scoter flock nearby. #DevonBirds #UKBirding @warrenbirding.bsky.social
Beesands Ley, S Devon. 12.20. Super views of this drake #RingNeckedDuck. 'The Baron of Beesands' likely returned for another winter. A G W Egret glided past to provide a nice backdrop too 👍. #DevonBirds #UKBirding @birdguides.bsky.social @rarebirder.bsky.social
November 22, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Beesands Ley, S Devon. 12.20. Super views of this drake #RingNeckedDuck. 'The Baron of Beesands' likely returned for another winter. A G W Egret glided past to provide a nice backdrop too 👍. #DevonBirds #UKBirding @birdguides.bsky.social @rarebirder.bsky.social
Slapton Ley, Devon. 11.35. It took a bit of finding in the rain, but I was pleased to locate the Greenland #WhiteFrontedGoose. It was high on a hillside to the W of the Ley, N of Stokeley Bay with Canada Geese. A good bird for the area. 👍. #DevonBirds #UKBirding
November 22, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Slapton Ley, Devon. 11.35. It took a bit of finding in the rain, but I was pleased to locate the Greenland #WhiteFrontedGoose. It was high on a hillside to the W of the Ley, N of Stokeley Bay with Canada Geese. A good bird for the area. 👍. #DevonBirds #UKBirding
A truly impressive autumnal spectacle - #Woodpigeons literally everywhere, perched and flying here and there, at all heights, before pushing on. Amazing to think that most have travelled from N Europe and are headed for the #dehesas of #Iberia. #DevonBirds #UKBirding @backwardbirder.bsky.social
Hope's Nose early this am saw a massive {for the site} passage of Woodpigeon, with ~56,000 in 1hr!
Flocks were coming up the peninsula, grouping into multi-k mega-flocks, then heading out SE.
I'd heard so much about this, but never seen them in real numbers here.
Brisk NE wind did the business! 🤩
🦉
Flocks were coming up the peninsula, grouping into multi-k mega-flocks, then heading out SE.
I'd heard so much about this, but never seen them in real numbers here.
Brisk NE wind did the business! 🤩
🦉
November 16, 2025 at 6:27 PM
A truly impressive autumnal spectacle - #Woodpigeons literally everywhere, perched and flying here and there, at all heights, before pushing on. Amazing to think that most have travelled from N Europe and are headed for the #dehesas of #Iberia. #DevonBirds #UKBirding @backwardbirder.bsky.social
Hope's Nose, Devon this AM. Frustratingly distant views of 7 Scoter Sp and a smaller, paler duck S at c09.45. 6 Comm Sco, 4 GNDs, RTD, Dartford Warbler, 12,000+ Woodpigeons - @backwardbirder.bsky.social amassed an incredible total 🎩! #DevonBirds #UKBirding
November 16, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Hope's Nose, Devon this AM. Frustratingly distant views of 7 Scoter Sp and a smaller, paler duck S at c09.45. 6 Comm Sco, 4 GNDs, RTD, Dartford Warbler, 12,000+ Woodpigeons - @backwardbirder.bsky.social amassed an incredible total 🎩! #DevonBirds #UKBirding
Hope's Nose, S Devon this morning. Imm/fem Black Redstart on the south side. Dartford Warbler still present. Showy Ad m Cirl Bunting briefly - a scarce bird for the site, particularly in late autumn. GND, 6+ Comm Dolph, 2 Grey Seals. #DevonBirds #UKBirding
November 15, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Hope's Nose, S Devon this morning. Imm/fem Black Redstart on the south side. Dartford Warbler still present. Showy Ad m Cirl Bunting briefly - a scarce bird for the site, particularly in late autumn. GND, 6+ Comm Dolph, 2 Grey Seals. #DevonBirds #UKBirding
According to an app on my phone, it's exactly four years since the boys and I found the oft-returning drake Ring-necked Duck in front of the hide at S Devon's, Beesands Ley. Great times 😂.
November 13, 2025 at 9:27 PM
According to an app on my phone, it's exactly four years since the boys and I found the oft-returning drake Ring-necked Duck in front of the hide at S Devon's, Beesands Ley. Great times 😂.
An unexpected encounter with this #Garganey at Devon's #BowlingGreenMarsh this morning. It showed well for a couple of minutes before vanishing. Great pick up by @mrianb.bsky.social 👍. #DevonBirds #UKBirding
November 9, 2025 at 7:06 PM
An unexpected encounter with this #Garganey at Devon's #BowlingGreenMarsh this morning. It showed well for a couple of minutes before vanishing. Great pick up by @mrianb.bsky.social 👍. #DevonBirds #UKBirding
Reposted by Shiphay Birder
Text from @shiphaybirder.bsky.social {🎩} had me pulling a 180° from a trip to t'Moor for a full-fat genuine Patch Tick at the Nose today...
Dartford Warbler!! 🤩
✔️🦉
After showing well but just too quick for a photo on arrival, the influence of the Dread Artefact later gave me these;
Dartford Warbler!! 🤩
✔️🦉
After showing well but just too quick for a photo on arrival, the influence of the Dread Artefact later gave me these;
November 8, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Text from @shiphaybirder.bsky.social {🎩} had me pulling a 180° from a trip to t'Moor for a full-fat genuine Patch Tick at the Nose today...
Dartford Warbler!! 🤩
✔️🦉
After showing well but just too quick for a photo on arrival, the influence of the Dread Artefact later gave me these;
Dartford Warbler!! 🤩
✔️🦉
After showing well but just too quick for a photo on arrival, the influence of the Dread Artefact later gave me these;
Hope's Nose, S Devon this AM. Great to find just my second site #DartfordWarbler on the lower slope. This probable immature was vocal and showed well several times between Sandy Point and the Quarry. A rare bird there. Glad Mike P & @backwardbirder.bsky.social saw it. #DevonBirds #UKBirding
November 8, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Hope's Nose, S Devon this AM. Great to find just my second site #DartfordWarbler on the lower slope. This probable immature was vocal and showed well several times between Sandy Point and the Quarry. A rare bird there. Glad Mike P & @backwardbirder.bsky.social saw it. #DevonBirds #UKBirding
Hope's Nose, S Devon this afternoon. Pleased to find the site's first #BlackRedstart of the 🍂 autumn on the south side boulders. Typically distant views there of this imm/fem in ☀️ sunny but 🍃 windy conditions. Always an autumnal highlight 👍. #DevonBirds #UKBirding #BirdMigration
November 2, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Hope's Nose, S Devon this afternoon. Pleased to find the site's first #BlackRedstart of the 🍂 autumn on the south side boulders. Typically distant views there of this imm/fem in ☀️ sunny but 🍃 windy conditions. Always an autumnal highlight 👍. #DevonBirds #UKBirding #BirdMigration
Hope's Nose, Devon this morning. Nice couple of hours sat towards the Point. Best - great views of 2 Ad Little Gulls S at 10.20 & 11.10. 5 GNDs (4 S, 1 on sea), 2 Med Gulls S, Manx Shear, 5 Swallows, 7 Arctic Skuas S (4 l/p, 3 d/p), 2 Skylarks, Common Gull, Grey Seal. #DevonBirds #UKBirding
October 31, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Hope's Nose, Devon this morning. Nice couple of hours sat towards the Point. Best - great views of 2 Ad Little Gulls S at 10.20 & 11.10. 5 GNDs (4 S, 1 on sea), 2 Med Gulls S, Manx Shear, 5 Swallows, 7 Arctic Skuas S (4 l/p, 3 d/p), 2 Skylarks, Common Gull, Grey Seal. #DevonBirds #UKBirding
Shiphay, Torquay, Devon. 11.20. Brilliant 5 mins in the back garden 🏡with the first, long-overdue #Firecrest foraging in the olives, acer, and honeysuckle. Better followed when I looked up to see a wheezing, flyover Brambling heading NE! 2 firsts from home 👍. #DevonBirds #UKBirding
October 29, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Shiphay, Torquay, Devon. 11.20. Brilliant 5 mins in the back garden 🏡with the first, long-overdue #Firecrest foraging in the olives, acer, and honeysuckle. Better followed when I looked up to see a wheezing, flyover Brambling heading NE! 2 firsts from home 👍. #DevonBirds #UKBirding
Migrant #RingOuzels were still passing through Devon's #Dartmoor this morning. A nice mixture of immatures and adults, with 7 birds seen in blustery conditions. #MountainBlackbird #DevonBirds #UKBirding #BirdMigration
October 28, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Migrant #RingOuzels were still passing through Devon's #Dartmoor this morning. A nice mixture of immatures and adults, with 7 birds seen in blustery conditions. #MountainBlackbird #DevonBirds #UKBirding #BirdMigration
Call me old-fashioned but I still think seeing 3 #Spoonbills together in South Devon has something of a wow factor about it.👍. At #PassageHouse #TeignEstuary this morning. #DevonBirds #UKBirding @rarebirder.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social
October 27, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Call me old-fashioned but I still think seeing 3 #Spoonbills together in South Devon has something of a wow factor about it.👍. At #PassageHouse #TeignEstuary this morning. #DevonBirds #UKBirding @rarebirder.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social
Passage House, Teign Estuary, Devon. 3 #Spoonbills (2 in photo) still showing well on the dropping tide E of the car park until at least 10.15. Thanks for the find Will S and heads up Mike P. #DevonBirds #UKBirding @birdguides.bsky.social @rarebirder.bsky.social
October 27, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Passage House, Teign Estuary, Devon. 3 #Spoonbills (2 in photo) still showing well on the dropping tide E of the car park until at least 10.15. Thanks for the find Will S and heads up Mike P. #DevonBirds #UKBirding @birdguides.bsky.social @rarebirder.bsky.social
Hope's Nose, S Devon this morning. Best - 2 Arctic Skuas (L/p Ad 09.20, d/p 10.00), 10 Comm Scoters, Common Sandpiper around the Point and out to Flat Rock, Little Egret, Purple Sandpiper, 7 Grey Seals. @backwardbirder.bsky.social #DevonBirds #UKBirding
October 26, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Hope's Nose, S Devon this morning. Best - 2 Arctic Skuas (L/p Ad 09.20, d/p 10.00), 10 Comm Scoters, Common Sandpiper around the Point and out to Flat Rock, Little Egret, Purple Sandpiper, 7 Grey Seals. @backwardbirder.bsky.social #DevonBirds #UKBirding
This clip of today's #Brambling at Devon's, Hope's Nose, has the bird give the distinctive nasal 'wheeze' call. A sound often associated with coastal flyovers. It was this that alerted me to its presence on the headland's extremity this morning. #DevonBirds #UKBirding #BirdMigration
October 23, 2025 at 6:47 PM
This clip of today's #Brambling at Devon's, Hope's Nose, has the bird give the distinctive nasal 'wheeze' call. A sound often associated with coastal flyovers. It was this that alerted me to its presence on the headland's extremity this morning. #DevonBirds #UKBirding #BirdMigration
A male #Brambling in this morning's sunshine ☀️, on the rocks below the Point at S Devon's, Hope's Nose. Likely in off the sea and recently arrived from Fennoscandia or Russia. A scarce bird for the site. #Migration #DevonBirds #UKBirding
October 23, 2025 at 1:03 PM
A male #Brambling in this morning's sunshine ☀️, on the rocks below the Point at S Devon's, Hope's Nose. Likely in off the sea and recently arrived from Fennoscandia or Russia. A scarce bird for the site. #Migration #DevonBirds #UKBirding
An amazing morning watching passage #RingOuzels on Devon's #Dartmoor today. This adult was one of at least a dozen individuals seen. It won't be long until they are on wintering grounds in S Spain and N Africa. Stunning birds. #DevonBirds #UKBirding
October 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
An amazing morning watching passage #RingOuzels on Devon's #Dartmoor today. This adult was one of at least a dozen individuals seen. It won't be long until they are on wintering grounds in S Spain and N Africa. Stunning birds. #DevonBirds #UKBirding
An elusive southbound #RingOuzel, high up in a tree in the lunchtime sunshine 🌞 today. #Dartmoor #DevonBirds #UKBirding
October 21, 2025 at 3:33 PM
An elusive southbound #RingOuzel, high up in a tree in the lunchtime sunshine 🌞 today. #Dartmoor #DevonBirds #UKBirding
A nice morning on Devon's #Dartmoor looking for the #MountainBlackbird #RingOuzel. Pleased to see at least 14 individuals, including a group of 11 together. Today's birds were a little distant and mainly adults. #DevonBirds #UKBirding
October 21, 2025 at 3:26 PM
A nice morning on Devon's #Dartmoor looking for the #MountainBlackbird #RingOuzel. Pleased to see at least 14 individuals, including a group of 11 together. Today's birds were a little distant and mainly adults. #DevonBirds #UKBirding
Shiphay, Torquay, Devon. 12.42. First Redwing of the 🍂 autumn over the house 🏡. Flew N - 'seeping' as it went. Another yearly milestone. #DevonBirds #UKBirding
October 20, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Shiphay, Torquay, Devon. 12.42. First Redwing of the 🍂 autumn over the house 🏡. Flew N - 'seeping' as it went. Another yearly milestone. #DevonBirds #UKBirding
Hope's Nose, S Devon. 09.05. A Velvet Scoter S past the Point. Just the second I have found/seen here.👍 #DevonBirds #UKBirding @birdguides.bsky.social @rarebirder.bsky.social
October 20, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Hope's Nose, S Devon. 09.05. A Velvet Scoter S past the Point. Just the second I have found/seen here.👍 #DevonBirds #UKBirding @birdguides.bsky.social @rarebirder.bsky.social
A chance encounter with a group of #Crossbills in S Devon today. Not always the easiest species to get good views of. #DevonBirds #UKBirding
October 18, 2025 at 4:32 PM
A chance encounter with a group of #Crossbills in S Devon today. Not always the easiest species to get good views of. #DevonBirds #UKBirding