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Red-throated Bee-eater

Red-throated Bee-eater
join us for a fantastic tour of The Gambia this November

Saturday, December 15, 2012

DECEMBER 15TH 2012 - BLACK HOLE MARSH

I joined the South Somserset RSPB Member's Group on their last field outing of the year. We  met in the car park at the entrance to Black Hole Marsh, Seaton, Devon which is part of the Axe Estuary Wetlands. between the hour of 9am and 3pm I recorded 50 species.



The whole area is a series of hides and walkways which overlook the flood meadows of the River Axe, some of the pathways were actually flooded. We set off as shown below,  stopping to watch Long-tailed Tits, Goldcrest & Blue Tit in the hedges whilst a Common Snipe flew over the path in front of us.

There were several Common Pheasants in the fields but unfortunately a hunter was in an adjacent field shooting them!






Because the water level was so high many of the pools were devoid of bird life, we did see Redshank, Dunlin, Teal, Wigeon, Shoveler and Little Grebe. In the distance we could see many Lapwings, good numbers of Curlew, a flock of Black-tailed Godwits, Canada Geese and lots of Wigeon.



Redshank


We took lunch in the visitor's centre and from there we found this Green Sandpiper and not much else. Further along the board walk we got closer to the meadows where all the godwits and curlews were, ther whole area was covered in birds.
Green Sandpiper
On the way home some rain came in from the southwest and this complete rainbow was visible for 30 minutes - in the meantime I was listening the radio and my football team ASTON VILLA were beating Liverpool 0-3, a great end to a lovely day.


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