Yarner Wood and Exminster Marshes
12.00 -14.30
At Yarner a Tree Pipit completing repeated song flights on the adjacent heath. Male and female Mandarins in front of the Pond Hide with 2 Siskins on the feeders. 4+ male Pied Flycatchers close to the main track. Two sparring male Redstarts on the edge of the wood next to the SWW enclosure. Also, Sparrowhawk, Raven, LTT, Mistle Thrush, 2 Roe Deer and many Brimstones on the wing joined by the odd Peacock.
15.30 - 16.30
At Exminster Marshes a Little Grebe, Sedge Warbler, 40+ Teal, 5 Shoveler, 4 Shelduck and a Curlew.
Posted April 9th, 2017 at 5:35 pm by Paul Darlington in Bird News