2014 & 2015 Bird Sightings

NOVEMBER 2015

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WEDNESDAY 25-11-15

Seymour Road

RING NECKED PARAKEET (1) - v noisy. A flock of four were seen days later in Central Park

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OCTOBER 2015

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FRIDAY 16-10-15

Sutton Harbour

KINGFISHER (1)

Med Gull (1) - Barbican 

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SUNDAY 11-10-15

Seymour Road

FIRECREST (1)

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APRIL 2015

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WEDNESDAY 22-04-15

Wembury (about 4km outside of Plymouth)

WHIMBREL (14)

SANDERLING (1)

Bar-tailed Godwit (1)

Whitethroats (5)

Chiffchaffs (10+)

Shelducks (2)

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SUNDAY 19-04-15

Plymouth Sound and Cawsands (Cornwall) to Plymouth along the SW Coast Path

DOLPHIN SPS - prob bottlenose - in Plymouth Sound (1)
Sandwich Terns (3)
Cormorants
Shags
House Martins (3)
Swallows (4)
Oystercatchers
Turnstone

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SUNDAY 05-04-15

Wembury following the Yealm River (about 4km outside of Plymouth)

Chiffchaffs (3+)
Buzzard (1)
Kestrel (1)
Cormorants
Little Egret

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FRIDAY 03-04-15
Saltram

Cormorants
Little Grebe (1)
Curlews
Redshanks
Usual gull sps.

FEBRUARY 2015

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MONDAY 09-02-15
River Plym - from Leigham Manor Drive to just past the National Trust Plymbridge Woods car park

GOOSANDER (1 male)
Mandarin (3 male and 2 female)
Kingfisher (1)
Dippers (2)
Nuthatches (3)
GS/G Woodpecker (heard drumming)
Jay (2)
Canada Geese (9)

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SUNDAY 08-02-15

Wembury (about 4km outside of Plymouth)

WATER PIPIT (1 - on Wembury beach near the point)

BLACK REDSTART (1 female)

Common Sandpiper (1)

Chiffchaff (1)

Stonechats (5)

Goldcrest (1)

Gannet (1)

Mallards at Wembury

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FRIDAY 06-02-15

Kingsmill Lake, River Tamar (about 2km outside of the Plymouth boundary)

AMERICAN WIGEON (1 male)

Avocets (8)

Lapwing (5)

Teal (30+)

Eurasian Wigeon (100+)

Curlews

Oystercatchers

Water Rail (1 heard)

Meadow Pipits

Usual passerines

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SUNDAY 01-02-15

City Centre

Peregrine (1)

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JANUARY 2015

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SATURDAY 24-01-15

Sutton Harbour

LITTLE GREBE (1 - still near the China House)

Turnstone (7)

Mute Swans (12)

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SUNDAY 04-01-15

Bovisand Bay (about 2km outside of the Plymouth boundary)

Great Northern Divers (2)

Fulmar (1)

Gannets (5 - including several within the Plymouth Sound)

Rock Pipits

Bovisand Bay

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SATURDAY 03-01-15

Mutley

Blackcap (1 - female)

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Apologies for the lack of sightings. Work commitments have resulted in me spending long periods out of the city between November and January. 

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NOVEMBER 2014

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SUNDAY 02-11-14

Sutton Harbour

LITTLE GREBE (1 - still near the China House)
Turnstones (6)
Cormorants (7)
H Gulls
BH Gulls
Mute Swans (14)

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OCTOBER 2014

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FRIDAY 31-10-14
Mountbatten to Jennycliff

Stonechats (6+)
Ravens (2)
Jay (1 at Jennycliff)
Song Thrush (1)
Good numbers of GBB, LBB and H Gulls in Plymouth Sound
Cormorants (5)
Mallards (10)
Usual passerines

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FRIDAY 31-10-14
Sutton Harbour

LITTLE GREBE (1 - near the China House)
H Gulls
BH Gulls
Mute Swans (25)

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FRIDAY 31-10-14
Exeter Street

Harlequin ladybirds (10+)

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SUNDAY 26-10-14
Sutton Harbour

LITTLE GREBE (1 - near the China House)
Turnstones (2)
Mute Swans (20+)

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FRIDAY 24-10-14
City centre

Redwings (2+ heard flying over at 19:30)
Fox (1)

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THURSDAY 23-10-14
Mannamead

Jays (4)

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SUNDAY 12-10-14
Plymouth Sound (from Mount Edgcumbe - south-east Cornwall which looks out over the Sound)

Sandwich Terns (2)
Mediterranean Gull (1)
Shag (1 juv)
Cormorants
GBB Gulls
BH Gulls
H Gulls

Great Spotted Woodpecker (1 in Mount Edgcumbe)
Jay (1 in Mount Edgcumbe)

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FRIDAY 10-10-14
Plymbridge Woods

Dipper (1)
Cormorants (4)

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WEDNESDAY 08-10-14
River Tamar

Swallows (5 - flying south)
BH Gulls

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WEDNESDAY 08-10-14
Penlee Point (about 13km drive outside of Plymouth. However, the stretch of sea is just outside Plymouth Sound - about 3km from the city's breakwater) SW gale, very good visibility.

Penlee Nature Reserve looking towards Rame Head

BALEARIC SHEARWATER (1 - distant flying west)
Manx Shearwaters (4)
STORM PETREL (1 - brief view flying east)
Shags (3)
Cormorants (8)
Gannets (40+)
Fulmar (1)
GBB Gulls
H Gulls
Rock Pipits (5)
Meadow Pipits (2)
ALBA WAGTAILS (5)

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WEDNESDAY 01-10-14
Plym Estuary

RUDDY SHELDUCK - (1) Still on the Plym with the Canada Geese. Origin unknown.

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SEPTEMBER 2014
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TUESDAY 30-09-14
Penlee Point (about 13km drive outside of Plymouth. However, the stretch of sea is just outside Plymouth Sound - about 3km from the city's breakwater) SSW wind, very poor visibility.

ARCTIC SKUA (1)
Common Scoter (1)
Diver sps (1 - distant in flight)
Manx Shearwater (1)
Rock Pipits (2)
Mediterranean Gull (1)
Gannets (40+)
Cormorants (7)

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MONDAY 29-09-14
Plym Estuary

Black-tailed Godwit (1)
Common Sandpipers (2)
Mediterranean Gull (1)
Canada Geese (40+)
Jays (4)
Usual gulls and passerines

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SUNDAY 28-09-14
Sutton Harbour

Raven (1 flying over and calling)

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SATURDAY 27-09-14
Exeter Street, Plymouth

Grey Wagtail (1 flying over)

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SATURDAY 20-09-14
Wembury area (about 4km outside of Plymouth)

REDSTART (1 female)
RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE (calling)
Cirl Buntings
Stonechats (7+)
Oystercatchers (7+)
Curlew (10)
Mallards (27 on the sea)

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FRIDAY 19-09-14
South West Coast Path (Staddon Heights)

Gannets (5+ following a fishing trawler in the Sound)
Usual gull sps

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SUNDAY 14-09-14
City centre

Peregrine (1 which caught a feral pigeon)
Sparrowhawk (1 female)

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WEDNESDAY 10-09-2014
Sutton Harbour

Sparrowhawk (1 female)

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SUNDAY 07-09-2014
Mountbatten

Wheatears (2)
Sandwich Tern (1)
Stonechat (3)

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FRIDAY 05-09-2014
Devil's Point

SPOTTED FLYCATCHERS (2) - in bushes close to the Royal William Yard
Cormorants
Usual gull sps

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MONDAY 01-09-2014
Plymouth Sound

Kittiwakes (2) - close inshore. Seen from the waterfront