Massive numbers of Terns now congregating on the Exe Estuary and in the Bay off Exmouth. Numbers increasing by the day ready for the push south after fattening up on Whitebait, sand eels and Sprats.While on the cliffs along the south Devon coast migrants are gathering with steady numbers being seen ready for the channel crossing.Yellow Wagtails, Whinchat, and Wheatear have been spotted around the area. Over the coming couple of months more migrants will arrive for the winter and depart from our shores. 8 Hundred Curlews and 7 hundred BTG have already arrived in the Estuary over the last few weeks. Our first lonely Avocet arrived this week with hopefully 700 more to follow. Teal and Widgeon are now arriving in numbers and any day now we'll see our first Pintail and our first Brent Geese. In all, 20,000+ birds will over winter here with us on the Exe Estuary for the next 6 months... they are all very welcome, as they all brighten up the grey skies of winter.!
I agree Devonotter, lots of things going through & keep looking for unusual one's but not seen anything yet. Always good to look though! Very envious of Seymours lot, Isabelline shrikes? WOW
Best wishes
Hazel in Southwest France
Lovely photo's, so far no migration here in Clacton.
J
Loads of Redwings now in the area and in my garden. 7 Redwings, 5 Blackbirds and 2 SongThrushes feeding in the neighbours Yew tree this morning.
No Fieldfare personally seen but sightings have been reported. Woody's are grouping up in numbers in the countryside with a flock of 100+ seen on Sunday afternoon. Around this time of years 10's of Thousands can be seen flying south. This migrations is still to come. If we get a cold snap keep an eye to the sky as this can be quite spectacular if and when it happens.