Shiphay Birder
@shiphaybirder.bsky.social
South Devon. Trying to keep it relatively local.
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
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
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
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
Super views of this 1w #RingOuzel on Devon's #Dartmoor today. The second half of October simply wouldn't be the same without them. Wonderful birds in their silver filigree finery. #DevonBirds #UKBirding
October 17, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Super views of this 1w #RingOuzel on Devon's #Dartmoor today. The second half of October simply wouldn't be the same without them. Wonderful birds in their silver filigree finery. #DevonBirds #UKBirding
October 17, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Really enjoyed catching up with #RingOuzels on Devon's #Dartmoor today. I was fortunate to get great views of at least 5 birds. #DevonBirds #UKBirding
October 17, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Really enjoyed catching up with #RingOuzels on Devon's #Dartmoor today. I was fortunate to get great views of at least 5 birds. #DevonBirds #UKBirding
Both of yesterday's #BlackRedstarts still present this morning in the Swedwell Rd/Gard Close area of Torquay, Devon. Per Mike P. #DevonBirds #UKBirding
October 16, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Both of yesterday's #BlackRedstarts still present this morning in the Swedwell Rd/Gard Close area of Torquay, Devon. Per Mike P. #DevonBirds #UKBirding
Mike P and I are #BlackRedstart fanatics! A couple more of Mike's photos of the 2 birds he found in suburban Torquay, Devon this afternoon. Super stuff! What a treat on a drab October 🍂 day 👍. #DevonBirds #UKBirding
October 15, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Mike P and I are #BlackRedstart fanatics! A couple more of Mike's photos of the 2 birds he found in suburban Torquay, Devon this afternoon. Super stuff! What a treat on a drab October 🍂 day 👍. #DevonBirds #UKBirding
An imm/fem #BlackRedstart in the Swedwell Rd/Gard Close area of Torquay, Devon this PM. I saw 1 of the 2 highly mobile birds found by Mike P earlier in the day. Amazing to think that it's 10 days short of a year since he found the last one in exactly the same place! #DevonBirds #UKBirding
October 15, 2025 at 6:00 PM
An imm/fem #BlackRedstart in the Swedwell Rd/Gard Close area of Torquay, Devon this PM. I saw 1 of the 2 highly mobile birds found by Mike P earlier in the day. Amazing to think that it's 10 days short of a year since he found the last one in exactly the same place! #DevonBirds #UKBirding
Hope's Nose, S Devon. 07.20. The first 4 seeping Redwings of the 🍂 autumn for the site, flew N over the entrance gate. #DevonBirds #UKBirding #birds
October 12, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Hope's Nose, S Devon. 07.20. The first 4 seeping Redwings of the 🍂 autumn for the site, flew N over the entrance gate. #DevonBirds #UKBirding #birds