Bowling Green Marsh 28th September 2014

Hi, yet another day at Bowling Green Marsh was well worth it! Maybe all the same birds but really exciting none the less. I didn't manage many photos but is still vivid in my mind so will be thorough...

So I arrived there around 10:00 so an hour after high tide which left me with only 1 hour. I was instantly hooked up with one of the 4 Curlew Sandpiper. It was beautiful and posed directly in between two large flocks of waders. Another scan through revealed two Ruff! Fantastic waders that vary in size hugely. I check again, 6!!! They were beautiful, one rufous another pale grey and twice the size. If you were new to birding and you saw these you would be stunned!

I was the guide again for this morning with many nice, pleasing comments. I picked out a few more Whimbrel and saw around 15+ Greenshank. Black-Tailed Godwits were everywhere again with a couple of Bar-Tails here and there. After a great time in the hide for an hour we moved onto the viewing platform...

We were instantly met by three Common Terns, inc. this interesting juvenile with a black bill, what do you think?

I spent an extra half an hour spotting the Curlew Sand again within a huge flock of Redshanks, 4 Greenshank and a couple of Spotted Redshank. A man spotted a Water Rail in the reeds I was quickly onto it. A kingfisher landed in the exact same place as yesterday as well...

The last bit of action was the best... I spotted a small beige coloured bird in the reed with a long tail, you guessed it. A Bearded Tit, unfortunately I didn't see it again but a brand new bird for me, wow. But hey presto another new bird from Devon, it never ceases to amaze me!