A good day's birding at the Warren

Another bright and early start for birdwatching at Dawlish Warren. I arrived for high tide at 0930, with a fairly high-tide today at 4.6m.

Again, the Bullfinches remained near the Visitor Centre. A stunning bird!

Male Bullfinch - By Dean Hall

Bullfinch - By Dean Hall

Other birds seen today: 

Greenfinch

Great Tits

Blue Tits

Dunnock

Wren

Robin

Long Tailed Duck - seen flying in offshore from John's Watch. 

Grey Plovers

Knot

Dunlin

Turnstone

Redshank

Curlew

Skylark

Bonaparte's Gull

Red-Breasted Mergansers

Bar-Tailed Godwits

Long-Tailed Tits

Shellducks, with yellow-rings SL and NJ.

Shellduck - Ring SL 

Shellduck - Ring NJ

Another 'big tick' today, which included my first Water Rail on the main pond.