Bird Notes for January 2010

Bird Notes for January 2010

Julia Harris, Assistant County Recorder & Data Manager

This listing appears will appear in The Harrier for February 2010. Most of these records are unchecked and as yet unauthenticated.

 

January 2010

1

Scaup Beesands Ley; Bewick’s & Whooper Swan Axmouth; Surf Scoter Dawlish; Cattle Egret Powderham; Black Redstart Ayrmer Cove.

2

Bittern Dartmoor and Dawlish; Velvet Scoter (7) Downend; Long-tailed Duck Exmouth & Slapton; Whooper Swan Seaton and two Weare Giffard.

3

Eider (5) Downend; Black-throated Diver (19), Black Redstart (2), Firecrest Prawle.

4

Dotterel Prawle; Surf Scoter, Velvet Scoter (3), Long-tailed Duck Dawlish Warren.

6

Smew Seaton.

7

Bittern Erme Estuary and Axe Estuary; Fieldfare (2000), Redwing (2000) Seaton.

8

Bittern R Axe; Bewick’s & Whooper Swan Axmouth.

9

Black-throated Diver, Little Gull (3) Thurlestone; Velvet Scoter (3) Dawlish; Spoonbill Kingsbridge Estuary; Barnacle Goose (20) Broadsands.

10

Smew (2) Exe Estuary; Hen Harrier Braunton Marshes; Red Kite Seaton.

11

Bittern Budleigh Salterton; Red Kite Westward Ho! Smew Topsham; Spoonbill (3) Yealm Est; Velvet Scoter (7) Saunton Down; Long-tailed Duck Exmouth.

12

Spoonbill (4) Isley Marsh and (4) Yealm Estuary.

13

Spoonbill, Bittern Dawlish Warren; Red-throated Diver (4), Great Northern Diver, Firecrest Broadsands, Torbay; Velvet Scoter Seaton Hole.

14

Bittern Okehampton; Smew, Black-necked Grebe, Long-tailed Duck Slapton Ley.

15

Common Crane Penhill Marsh; Glaucous Gull Plymouth; Spoonbill Colyford Marsh.

16

Iceland Gull Plym Estuary; Whooper & Bewick’s Swan Colyford Common; Bittern Sidmouth.

17

Whitethroat ringed Kingsteignton; Bittern, Marsh Harrier, Long-tailed Duck, Smew, Black-necked Grebe Slapton Ley; Scaup Beesands Ley, Smew Cockwood; Whooper Swan (2) Weare Gifford; Surf Scoter Dawlish; Velvet Scoter (7) Downend.

19

Red Kite Chagford; Spoonbill Colyford Common and (6) Isley Marsh; Bittern Budleigh Salterton.

20

Great Grey Shrike Bellever Tor; Black-necked Grebe, Slavonian Grebe (3) Slapton Ley.

21

Great Northern Diver (10) Black-throated Diver (3) Thurlestone Bay; Hen Harrier Braunton Burrows; Goosander (28) Lower Tamar Lake.

22

Bittern Fremington; Great Northern Diver (3) Goodrington; Surf Scoter Dawlish Warren; Slavonian Grebe (3), Black-necked Grebe, Long-tailed Duck, Short-eared Owl Slapton.

23

Bittern Otter Est; Spoonbill Axe Estuary; Spoonbill (6) Isley Marsh.

24

Black-necked Grebe (2), Scaup Slapton Ley; Velvet Scoter, Black Redstart Dawlish.

25

Iceland Gull Axmouth; Surf Scoter, Long-tailed Duck, Black Redstart Dawlish Warren.

26

Bittern Sherpa Marsh; Spoonbill Yealm Estuary; Great Northern Diver Brixham.

28

Scaup Beesands Ley; Bittern, Firecrest Budleigh Salterton; Firecrest Saltram Park; Whooper Swan Axmouth.

29

Cattle Egret Powderham; Hen Harrier, Great Grey Shrike Bellever: Spotted Sandpiper Topsham.

30

Slavonian Grebe (5) Great Northern Diver Dawlish; Bittern Otter Estuary.

31

Great Northern Diver (3) Orcombe Point; Bittern Turf; Velvet Scoter (7) Saunton.