Bird Notes for February & March 2010
Bird Notes for February & March 2010
Julia Harris, Assistant County Recorder & Data Manager
This listing appears will appear in The Harrier for April 2010. Most of these records are unchecked and as yet unauthenticated.
February 2010 |
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1 |
Surf Scoter, Great Northern Diver (2) Dawlish Warren. |
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2 |
Iceland Gull Plym Estuary; Long-tailed Duck Dawlish Warren; Marsh Harrier Slapton Ley; Whimbrel Plymouth. |
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3 |
Velvet Scoter (7) Saunton Bay; Spotted Sandpiper Topsham; Red-necked Grebe Broadsands; Firecrest Plymouth. |
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4 |
Common Crane Taw Estuary; Spoonbill (6) Isley Marsh; Great Skua Berry Head; Whooper Swan Seaton Marshes. |
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5 |
Water Pipit Budleigh Salterton; Black Redstart Dawlish Warren; Great Grey Shrike Bellever; Slavonian Grebe (2) Dawlish Warren; Spotted Redshank Isley Marsh. |
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6 |
Bittern Budleigh Salterton; Bewick’s & Whooper Swan Musbury; Scaup (2) Beesands Ley. |
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Common Crane Horsey Island; Red Kite Cawsand Beacon; Black Redstart (5) Seaton Hole. |
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10 |
Common Crane Braunton Marsh; Black Redstart Teignmouth. |
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Spoonbill, Black Redstart Seaton Marshes; Iceland Gull Plym Estuary. |
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12 |
Ring-necked Duck Tamar Lakes. |
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13 |
Red Kite Witheridge; Common Crane Braunton Marsh; Black-throated Diver Dawlish Warren. |
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Water Pipit South Huish. |
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Black Redstart Dartmouth. |
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19 |
Hen Harrier Leftlake; Mediterranean Gull (16) Axe Estuary; Great Northern Diver Thurlestone Bay. |
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20 |
Scaup (2) Beesands Ley; Marsh Harrier Slapton Ley. |
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21 |
Black-necked Grebe, Surf Scoter Dawlish Warren. |
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22 |
Spoonbill Wrafton Marsh; Little Bunting Lundy. |
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23 |
Caspian Gull Axe Estuary; Balearic Shearwater Slapton; Hen Harrier Lower Tamar Lake. |
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24 |
Firecrest Saltram Park. |
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26 |
Little Bunting Lundy; Spoonbill (6) Wrafton Marsh; Surf Scoter, Long-tailed Duck, Black Redstart Dawlish Warren. |
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27 |
Velvet Scoter (7) Saunton Bay. |
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28 |
Yellow-legged Gull Axe Estuary. |
March 2010 |
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Ring-necked Duck Roadford; Firecrest Dawlish Warren. |
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2 |
Ring-necked Duck, Bittern, Barn Owl Roadford; Marsh Harrier Slapton. |
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3 |
Whooper Swan Braunton Marsh; Whooper Swan (4), Spoonbill Colyford Common; Little Ringed Plover Exminster Marshes. |
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4 |
Iceland Gull Plym Estuary. |
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Bittern Exminster Marshes, Great Grey Shrike Bellever; Red-throated Diver Thurlestone Bay. |
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6 |
Velvet Scoter Bideford Bay; Little Ringed Plover Budleigh Salterton; Hen Harrier Princetown. |
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7 |
Black-necked Grebe (2) Torquay. |
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Red Kite Lydford Gorge; Swallow Plympton. |
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Surf Scoter, Great Northern Diver Dawlish Warren. |
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10 |
Wheatear Powderham; Great Grey Shrike Bellever. |
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11 |
Red Kite Longcombe Cross; Ring-necked Duck Roadford; Long-tailed Duck Lympstone; Black Redstart Plymouth; Buzzard (16) Totnes. |
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12 |
Black-throated Diver Mansands. |
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13 |
Red Kite Lundy; Bittern Roadford. |
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14 |
Ring-necked Duck Roadford; Spoonbill (2) Drake’s Island; Wheatear Northam Burrows. |
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16 |
Hoopoe Hope Cove, Sand Martin (10) Wrafton Pond; Garganey (2) Thurlestone. |
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17 |
Sand Martin (6) Appledore; Swallow Beer; Hoopoe Hope Cove; Wheatear (2) Dawlish Warren; Sand Martin, Swallow Thurlestone Marsh. |
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18 |
Gyr Falcon, Sand Martin (26) Saunton Sands; Sand Martin (50) Woody Bay, (25) Wrafton Pond; Chiffchaff (13) Bradiford; Sandwich Tern (3) Coronation Corner; Wheatear (3), Sand Martin (2) Colyford Common; Wheatear Princetown. |
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House Martin, Swallow (5) South Huish; Sand Martin (8) Colyford Marsh; Wheatear, Sand Martin (12), Baggy Point. |
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Bittern Exminster Marshes. |
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21 |
Alpine Swift Yelverton; Swallow, Sand Martin (15), Chiffchaff (2), Little Gull Taw Estuary; Swallow Appledore; Garganey (3) Budleigh Salterton; Surf Scoter, Great Northern Diver (3) Dawlish Warren, Swallow (3) Saltram. |
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22 |
Alpine Swift Exminster Marshes; Whooper Swan Weare Gifford & Axmouth. |
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23 |
Red Kite still over Lundy; Hen Harrier Sherpa Marsh; Bittern Exminster Marshes. |
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24 |
Bittern, Garganey (2) Otter Estuary; Wheatear (4) Hartland Point. |
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25 |
Willow Warbler (5) Chiffchaff (6), Wheatear (2) Abbotsham Cliffs. |
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26 |
Osprey, Willow Warbler Topsham; Swallow (3) Wrafton Pond; Chiffchaff (13) Hartland Point; Whooper Swan Axmouth. |
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27 |
Alpine Swift Musbury; Hooded Crow Lundy; Yellow-legged Gull Saltram. |
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28 |
Velvet Scoter, Black-necked Grebe (11) Broadsands; Surf Scoter Dawlish Warren. |
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30 |
Spoonbill Exminster Marshes. |
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31 |
Osprey Bowling Green Marsh; House Martin (4) Exeter. |
