Another day birding on Dawlish Warren Nature Reserve, joined by my good friend John Griffiths. We headed down to the Reserve around 10:30am, with high tide due at midday, hoping to get some good birds showing on the tide in front of the hide on the estuary.
We joined up with local and regular birder Lee Collins, and took a steady stroll through Greenland Lake towards the dune ridge, known as John's Watch. Still no sign of the Rose Colored Starling, but a flock of Starlings still around Greenlake Lake and later in the day, spotted around the sea front near the Pavillion Arcade and the Boathouse Tavern Pub! Wheatear, Whitethroat, and Stonechat seen through Greenland Lake.
An hour or two spent on John's Watch looking offshore, with plenty of Terns around, especially Sandwich Terns and an Arctic Tern, also a flock of Common Scoter, Gannets....and a Fulmar.
On the beach, Sanderlings and a Turnstone were present. We walked across to Warren Point to observe any Terns that maybe resting there, but it was very quiet, compared to previous visits, only the usual Cormorants, Black Headed Gulls, and a Bar-Tailed Godwit were on the Point.
Lee Collins left us later in the day, but I received a message saying he spotted 2 Curlew Sandpipers in the Bight...so John and I packed up our gear and headed over. Mixed in with the Ringed Plover, Dunlin and Sanderlings were 2 Juv Curlew Sandpipers :)
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| Dunlin (Left) Sanderling (Middle) Curlew Sandpiper (Right) |
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| Juv Curlew Sandpiper - Not a great image! |
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