DEVON

NORTH DEVON: The Taw Estuary logged 140 Dunlin, 36 Ringed Plovers, three Whimbrels, an Osprey, 20 Greenshanks, 19 Black-tailed Godwits, 45 Little Egrets, 10 Med Gulls, a Peregrine, 400 Swallows, Little Stint, Hobby, seven Curlew Sandpipers and two Marsh Harriers. Lundy had Wryneck, Red-backed Shrike and Cory’s Shearwater. There were 62 Med Gulls at Instow. Braunton recorded Marsh Harrier, Great White Egret, six Greenshanks, two Black-tailed Godwits, Dartford Warbler, two Wood Sandpipers and 10 Med Gulls. A Glossy Ibis and Osprey were at Fremington Quay. Hartland Point had 250 Gannets, 26 Fulmars, 160 Manx Shearwaters, three Balearic Shearwaters, three Storm Petrels, two Great Skuas and four Kittiwakes. Skern had Pomarine Skua, Little Stint, Curlew Sandpiper and 12 Med Gulls. Westward Ho! had Storm Petrel and 150 Manx Shearwaters, Ilfracombe had five Storm Petrels and an Arctic Skua, and Watermouth had four Storm Petrels. SOUTH DEVON: Bowling Green Marsh logged 110 Dunlin, four Knot, eight Bar-tailed Godwits, two Med Gulls, 40 Whimbrels, five Spotted Flycatchers, 20 Willow Warblers, 420 Redshanks, Avocet, Marsh Harrier, Wryneck, Goosander, Osprey, Ruff, Little Stint, Pintail, 650 Black-tailed Godwits, two Spotted Redshanks, two Whinchats, eight Green Sandpipers, two Wood Sandpipers, 600 Swallows, three Grey Plovers, three Little Ringed Plovers, seven Common Sandpipers, 53 Ringed Plovers, three Curlew Sandpipers, three Wheatears, 11 Greenshanks, five Yellow Wagtails and 25 Little Egrets. Berry Head recorded 950 Manx Shearwaters, three Yellow-legged Gulls, five Storm Petrels, nine Whimbrels, Sooty Shearwater, four Great, a Long-tailed and 13 Arctic Skuas, 62 Balearic Shearwaters, 40 Sandwich Terns and Little Gull. Prawle Point had a Black-browed Albatross, two Cory’s Shearwaters, two Arctic Skuas, 17 Whimbrels, 19 Balearic Shearwaters, two Sooty Shearwaters, 2,700 Manx Shearwaters, a Great Skua, Puffin and 61 Fulmars. Black Hole Marsh had a Least Sandpiper and two Little Stints. Soar maxima included Little Owl, 17 Willow Warblers, 21 Whitethroats, 13 Stonechats, Hobby, Garden Warbler, Turtle Dove, Wryneck, Lesser Whitethroat, three Whinchats, two Bullfinches, two Tree Pipits, eight Sedge Warblers, 58 Yellow Wagtails, two White Wagtails, three Redstarts, 32 Wheatears, two Pied Flycatchers, and nine Spotted Flycatchers. A boat trip from Lyme Bay saw two Storm Petrels, 60 Manx and three Balearic Shearwaters, Arctic Skua and Great Skua. Aveton Gifford had a Spotted Sandpiper and five Green Sandpipers. Wrynecks were at Dawlish Warren and Wembury. South Efford Marsh logged a Spotted Sandpiper, Little Ringed Plover, 40 Ringed Plovers, four Knot, three Little Stints, two Curlew Sandpipers, two Black-tailed Godwits, three Whimbrels, 10 Common Sandpipers, five Green Sandpipers, four Greenshanks, nine Med Gulls and Osprey. THURLESTONE BAY: Highlights included two Garganeys, 10 Common Scoters, Sooty Shearwater, 208 Manx Shearwaters, five Balearic Shearwaters, 836 Gannets, Little Ringed Plover, 15 Sanderling, two Curlew Sandpipers, two Great Skuas, 42 Kittiwakes, Yellow-legged Gull, Little Tern, Cuckoo, 1,250 Swallows, Dartford Warbler, 56 Chiffchaffs, 83 Reed Warblers, Pied Flycatcher, 140 Willow Warblers, 180 Sedge Warblers, two Redstarts, Blue-headed Wagtail, two White Wagtails, 25 Tree Pipits and Cirl Buntings at four sites.