Glis glis

Hurray! The Brent geese are back! =D

Happy Easter all! We went to Slapton Ley yesterday, and saw lots of nice birds including a Cetti’s warbler (which rather bizarrely seemed to have white wing bars), and a marsh harrier =D
The Cetti’s warbler song is very loud and distinctive (especially when it’s going on all around you), but you’ve got to love Simon […]

Hurray, I finally drew a proper Glis glis for my site! =’)
And we saw a greenshank today =D

A few weeks ago, we took an RSPB avocet cruise up the Exe estuary (well, we thought it was RSPB - turned out to be Stuart Lines, but it was excellent nonetheless!). We saw lots of interesting species such as glaucous gull, grey plover, golden plover (lovely plumage!) and sanderling (so cute!). Juvenile gulls learning the […]

Sometimes getting up early for work takes a lot of effort… but it’s compensated by the fact that every morning I have my fantastic train journey up the Exe Estuary to look forward to =D Today I saw black-tailed godwits, oystercatchers, shelducks and a little egret …and that was an off day! When I’m lucky I […]