Chris' Wildlife Sightings & Photography
@southdevonbirds.bsky.social
Birder | Naturalist | Amateur Wildlife Photographer | Dartmoor local patch | Plym/SE Cornwall 10km patch
First garden Firecrest of the autumn/winter. Normally much more numerous than Goldcrest here, but this autumn it's the reverse! Although there seems to be plenty of Firecrests in south Devon at the mo. @bto-gbw.bsky.social #birding #ukbirding #birds
November 19, 2025 at 4:26 PM
First garden Firecrest of the autumn/winter. Normally much more numerous than Goldcrest here, but this autumn it's the reverse! Although there seems to be plenty of Firecrests in south Devon at the mo. @bto-gbw.bsky.social #birding #ukbirding #birds
Beautiful morning on the Tamar Est - Slav Grebe, 2 Whimbrel, 1,000 Dunlin etc on St John's Lake. Firecrest, 70 Avocet, 2 Shoveler, 200 Wigeon, 150 Teal etc at Wacker Quay. @cbwps.org.uk #birding #ukbirding #birds
November 17, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Beautiful morning on the Tamar Est - Slav Grebe, 2 Whimbrel, 1,000 Dunlin etc on St John's Lake. Firecrest, 70 Avocet, 2 Shoveler, 200 Wigeon, 150 Teal etc at Wacker Quay. @cbwps.org.uk #birding #ukbirding #birds
Great morn at Soar with a YB Warbler in the hedgerow S of E Soar Outdoor Experience. Ring Ouzel in Starehole Valley, Brambling & Redpoll over, 5 Firecrest, 75 Golden Plover, plus usuals #ukbirding #birding #birds
October 28, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Great morn at Soar with a YB Warbler in the hedgerow S of E Soar Outdoor Experience. Ring Ouzel in Starehole Valley, Brambling & Redpoll over, 5 Firecrest, 75 Golden Plover, plus usuals #ukbirding #birding #birds
Great day birding locally - 3 Ring Ouzels (Cadover), Yellow-legged Gull (Trowlesworthy), Goldeneye (Crownhill Down), Firecrest, 2 Ringed Plovers, Treecreeper, 5 Pintail, RCP, 2 Gadwall, 10 Shoveler and 32 Wigeon in the Cadover and Crownhill Down area today #patchbirding #ukbirding #birding
October 21, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Great day birding locally - 3 Ring Ouzels (Cadover), Yellow-legged Gull (Trowlesworthy), Goldeneye (Crownhill Down), Firecrest, 2 Ringed Plovers, Treecreeper, 5 Pintail, RCP, 2 Gadwall, 10 Shoveler and 32 Wigeon in the Cadover and Crownhill Down area today #patchbirding #ukbirding #birding
No Ouzels at Cadover, but plenty of wildfowl in Dartmoor's pits. 2 Gadwall (first on the moor since 2021), 3 Pintail, Saltram's RC Pochard on her winter holiday, 9 Shoveler, 30 Wigeon, 100+ Teal. Also Lapwing and 94 Coot (very high count for Dartmoor) #patchbirding #birding #birds
October 18, 2025 at 11:27 AM
No Ouzels at Cadover, but plenty of wildfowl in Dartmoor's pits. 2 Gadwall (first on the moor since 2021), 3 Pintail, Saltram's RC Pochard on her winter holiday, 9 Shoveler, 30 Wigeon, 100+ Teal. Also Lapwing and 94 Coot (very high count for Dartmoor) #patchbirding #birding #birds
Short Eared Owl at Warren Point, Dawlish - ///future.scorecard.wide. Out of sight as it flew over ridge back towards reserve. 10 Eider offshore. #birding #ukbirding #birds
October 15, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Short Eared Owl at Warren Point, Dawlish - ///future.scorecard.wide. Out of sight as it flew over ridge back towards reserve. 10 Eider offshore. #birding #ukbirding #birds
Flock of c300 Golden Plover over Cadover, most landed on the slopes of the tors. Wheatear in the paddocks. 20+ Redwing over Plympton late morning #patchbirding #birding #ukbirding #birds
October 14, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Flock of c300 Golden Plover over Cadover, most landed on the slopes of the tors. Wheatear in the paddocks. 20+ Redwing over Plympton late morning #patchbirding #birding #ukbirding #birds
Adult YL Gull at Cadover, Dartmoor, in field next to holiday cottage this morning - ///bliss.remaining.edges #patchbirding #birding #ukbirding #birds
September 26, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Adult YL Gull at Cadover, Dartmoor, in field next to holiday cottage this morning - ///bliss.remaining.edges #patchbirding #birding #ukbirding #birds
Whizz around various sites on my 10km patch - Osprey at Kingsmill Lake, Whimbrel and Knot at Blaxton Meadow, Plym Est, and 7 Ringed Plover, 3 Wigeon & 43 Teal in the Crownhill Down area #patchbirding #birding #ukbirding #birds
September 12, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Whizz around various sites on my 10km patch - Osprey at Kingsmill Lake, Whimbrel and Knot at Blaxton Meadow, Plym Est, and 7 Ringed Plover, 3 Wigeon & 43 Teal in the Crownhill Down area #patchbirding #birding #ukbirding #birds
Baird's and Pec Sandpipers still at Siblyback Lake ahead of the heavy rain. Supporting cast of 9 Glossy Ibis, Little Stint, 2 Ruff, 16 Ringed Plover, Greenshank, 7 C Sand, 4 Dunlin, Snipe and 4 Wheatear #birding #ukbirding #birds @cbwps.org.uk
September 9, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Baird's and Pec Sandpipers still at Siblyback Lake ahead of the heavy rain. Supporting cast of 9 Glossy Ibis, Little Stint, 2 Ruff, 16 Ringed Plover, Greenshank, 7 C Sand, 4 Dunlin, Snipe and 4 Wheatear #birding #ukbirding #birds @cbwps.org.uk
Three Red-crested Pochard at Slapton Ley yesterday. Three immature Common Tern past offshore, with 25+ Sandwich Terns on the beach, Med Gulls and several Kittiwakes. #birding #ukbirding #birds
September 1, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Three Red-crested Pochard at Slapton Ley yesterday. Three immature Common Tern past offshore, with 25+ Sandwich Terns on the beach, Med Gulls and several Kittiwakes. #birding #ukbirding #birds
August 26, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Little Stint, 2 Black-tailed Godwits, Ringed Plover and a Yellow Wag (over E at 0800) were the highlights in the Crownhill Down area first thing. #patchbirding #birding #birds #ukbirding
August 25, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Little Stint, 2 Black-tailed Godwits, Ringed Plover and a Yellow Wag (over E at 0800) were the highlights in the Crownhill Down area first thing. #patchbirding #birding #birds #ukbirding
Clear skies overnight and most migrants out - 2 Spot Flies, Tree Pipit over and 8 Wheatear the best in the Crownhill Down area today. #patchbirding #birding #birds #ukbirding
August 21, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Clear skies overnight and most migrants out - 2 Spot Flies, Tree Pipit over and 8 Wheatear the best in the Crownhill Down area today. #patchbirding #birding #birds #ukbirding
Brilliant #patchbirding morning - a Wryneck along the fenceline of Crownhill Down (W3Ws ///bills.tiles.ombudsman). Wood Sandpiper still on small pool on the down. Also in the area, Whinchat, Ringed Plover, Pied Flycatcher, 4+ Spotted Flycatchers and a Tree Pipit. #birding #ukbirding #birds
August 20, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Brilliant #patchbirding morning - a Wryneck along the fenceline of Crownhill Down (W3Ws ///bills.tiles.ombudsman). Wood Sandpiper still on small pool on the down. Also in the area, Whinchat, Ringed Plover, Pied Flycatcher, 4+ Spotted Flycatchers and a Tree Pipit. #birding #ukbirding #birds
Crownhill Down: Wryneck along fenceline here: ///bills.tiles.ombudsman #patchbirding #birding #ukbirding
August 20, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Crownhill Down: Wryneck along fenceline here: ///bills.tiles.ombudsman #patchbirding #birding #ukbirding
A #patchbirding sandwich either side of work, with Black-tailed Godwit the best at dawn in the Dartmoor pits! Wood Sand, Whinchat, Green Sand (over), Ringed Plover and 5 Wheatear the highlights this PM! #birding #ukbirding #birds
August 19, 2025 at 8:30 PM
A #patchbirding sandwich either side of work, with Black-tailed Godwit the best at dawn in the Dartmoor pits! Wood Sand, Whinchat, Green Sand (over), Ringed Plover and 5 Wheatear the highlights this PM! #birding #ukbirding #birds
Wood Sand on small pool on top of Crownhill Down now. View from here: ///mixing.outcasts.digests #patchbirding #birding #ukbirding #birds
August 19, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Wood Sand on small pool on top of Crownhill Down now. View from here: ///mixing.outcasts.digests #patchbirding #birding #ukbirding #birds
Two ad sum plu Sanderling in Crownhill Down Main Pit this morning. My first of the year in the Dartmoor recording area. Also, Green Sand low over calling, Swift, 6 Shelduck. Yesterday - 3 Ringed Plover and Wheatear. #patchbirding #birding #ukbirding #birds
August 2, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Two ad sum plu Sanderling in Crownhill Down Main Pit this morning. My first of the year in the Dartmoor recording area. Also, Green Sand low over calling, Swift, 6 Shelduck. Yesterday - 3 Ringed Plover and Wheatear. #patchbirding #birding #ukbirding #birds
Little Stint, Great Northern Diver, 7 Common Scoter, 160+ Sandwich Tern, 7 Sanderling, Knot, Grey Plover, 30 Ringed Plover, Med Gull & 2 Cirl Bunting the highlights at Dawlish Warren with @ruthpeacey.bsky.social #ukbirding #birding #birds
July 30, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Little Stint, Great Northern Diver, 7 Common Scoter, 160+ Sandwich Tern, 7 Sanderling, Knot, Grey Plover, 30 Ringed Plover, Med Gull & 2 Cirl Bunting the highlights at Dawlish Warren with @ruthpeacey.bsky.social #ukbirding #birding #birds
A bit of wader passage on Dartmoor with Dunlin and Ringed Plover, plus 2 Spotted Flycatchers and a family of 5 Kestrels in the Crownhill Down area. Non-avian highlights - 65+ Grayling, 50+ Gatekeeper, 20+ Red Admiral, 5 Wall Brown, 3 Small Heath – 7 sps of butterfly seen. #patchbirding #birding
July 16, 2025 at 2:44 PM
A bit of wader passage on Dartmoor with Dunlin and Ringed Plover, plus 2 Spotted Flycatchers and a family of 5 Kestrels in the Crownhill Down area. Non-avian highlights - 65+ Grayling, 50+ Gatekeeper, 20+ Red Admiral, 5 Wall Brown, 3 Small Heath – 7 sps of butterfly seen. #patchbirding #birding
Successful breeding year for both Shelduck and Mute Swans in the pits. Both scarce breeders in the Dartmoor recording area #patchbirding #birding #birds
July 15, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Successful breeding year for both Shelduck and Mute Swans in the pits. Both scarce breeders in the Dartmoor recording area #patchbirding #birding #birds
A bit of #hedgehog action in the garden last night. Looks like the same hog. It triggered the trail cam 17 times. Hopefully more tonight! 🦔 #nature #wildlife @mammalsociety.bsky.social @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social
July 12, 2025 at 4:17 PM
A bit of #hedgehog action in the garden last night. Looks like the same hog. It triggered the trail cam 17 times. Hopefully more tonight! 🦔 #nature #wildlife @mammalsociety.bsky.social @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social
Still one Spot Red on view at high tide this morning at Bowling Green Marsh. Also, 2 Spoonbill, 2 adult sum plu Med Gull, 4 Whimbrel, 10 Greenshank, Blackwits, Dunlin, Lapwing etc. Cattle Egret reported by another birder, but out of view while I was there 😎🥵 #birding #ukbirding #birds
July 11, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Still one Spot Red on view at high tide this morning at Bowling Green Marsh. Also, 2 Spoonbill, 2 adult sum plu Med Gull, 4 Whimbrel, 10 Greenshank, Blackwits, Dunlin, Lapwing etc. Cattle Egret reported by another birder, but out of view while I was there 😎🥵 #birding #ukbirding #birds