The Harrier

The BirdWatching & Preservation Society Newsletter: April 2012 No2

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING SATURDAY 19 th MAY 2012 The Toby Carvery Inn (Rydon Room), Middlemoor, Exeter 2.30pm The Toby Carvery Inn is opposite the Devon & Cornwall Police Headquarters and the Rydon Room is located to one side with ample parking.

A G E N D A 1. Apologies 2. Minutes of the 2011 AGM 3. Officers’ Reports 4. Treasurer’s Report 5. Election of Officers 6. Election of Council Members 7. Amendments to Constitution – Clause 6(a) (ii) and (iii) Clause 6(c) Clause 9 – add (f)

There will be a break for tea/coffee followed by an Ilustrated Talk entitled ‘Ring Ouzel Project on Dartmoor’ given by Nick Baker

Nick appears on Countryfile on BBC from time to time as well as other wildlife programmes

All welcome – come along and bring a friend and enjoy an illustrated talk

1 CHANGES to CONSTITUTION

Clause 6(a) (ii) – to read a Secretary, Treasurer, Membership Secretary, County Recorder, Publicity/Promotions Officer, Fieldwork Officer, Conservation Officer and Publication Group Representative, who shall hold office for one year from the conclusion of the meeting, and Clause 6(a) (iii) – to read Four ordinary members of the Society and a representative nominated by each of the four properly constituted branches, who shall hold office for one year from the conclusion of the meeting. Clause 6(c) – to read Nominations for members of the Council at the annual general meeting except members nominated by the branches, and the Publication Group may be made by the Council or by any member by notice in writing to the Secretary at least fourteen days before the annual general meeting. Additional sub-clause to Clause 9 The annual general meeting of the Society shall appoint from time to time a suitable person to be President who will not be a Trustee, but entitled to attend meetings of Council and shall hold office for not more than ten years, unless appointed at an annual general meeting for a further period. He/she shall provide an over-seeing role of the work of the Council and be empowered to step in and resolve serious conflicts at Council level. Joy Vaughan DBWPS Secretary

CHAIRMAN’S MESSAGE

It feels like only yesterday when I volunteered to take on the role as County Recorder following a conversation with the then County Recorder Mike Langman at the Rutland Bird Fair in 2002. Since then considerable water has flowed under the bridge. The Society has certainly changed with restructuring and a new constitution during my formative years with the Society. During my nearly ten years as a trustee the roles I have taken on have been challenging, but enjoyable, especially writing the county avifauna ‘The Birds of Devon’. I will certainly miss the buzz of an active organisation when my term of office expires in May. I sincerely believe the Society is in good shape and members can look forward in the near future to the publication of the Five Year Strategy, Risk Management Policy and later the Devon Atlas. The new website, referred to elsewhere in this edition of the Harrier, is well under construction and should be operational before the end of the summer. May I finally thank my fellow trustees and officers, past and present, and members of the Society who have supported me over the years. I wish my successor the very best in an exciting time for the Society. Mike Tyler 2 ADDITION TO THE 2010 DEVON BIRD REPORT

The Plymouth Alpine Swift was present on 22 May 2010. Mike Tyler

OLDEST MEMBER PASSES AWAY

It’s with sadness that we have recently learned that Mrs Mary (MC) Higgins passed away in early February. She was born in 1909 and at 102 years old, was our oldest member. She joined the Society on the 1st January 1956 and spent her later years at Bishopsteignton House, Forder Lane, Bishopsteignton. Sadly, it was only at the beginning of 2011 that her age and long service was realised. Appropriately, the Society immediately bestowed Life Membership on her, but, it’s sad that she wasn’t able to take much advantage of it. Paul Stubbs Membership Secretary

NEW WEBSITE

The DBWPS website was successfully launched in 2008 and for two years it provided news of Society activities and meetings, a photo gallery, interesting articles on bird identification and sightings as well as Society history and many other features. Sadly for the last year or more the DBWPS website has been largely inactive due to the non-availability of the technical support it needs to post new information. Recognising this was unacceptable the Society has been investigating the best way to solve this problem. Over the last few months a small group of Council members have been comparing tenders to renew and rebuild the website with an easier to use content management system. In December 2011 Council chose a new company and work is well underway developing a fresh and new, easy to use website. The new website will provide a bird news blog, up-to-date news about Society activities, much more information on our hides and reserves, an on-line shop for books, clothes, Reports and buying membership and many other features you would expect on a County Bird website including a facility to upload your bird photos to share with other members. We are planning to have it up and running by July and we will be going into more detail in the next Harrier in June. Watch this space! George Harris Vice Chairman

DIRECT DEBITS

Although you can still pay your subscription fees in any way you choose, the option of setting up a Direct Debit is now available. If you’re interested in doing this, then please contact the Honorary Treasurer, Paul Stubbs, on 01822 890520 or [email protected] 3 HOUSE MARTIN RECORDS

For many years some members have been recording the House Martins in their towns and villages and sending the details to Eileen Marsh. We would still like people to continue sending their records in but in future please send them to me at the address below and they will now be added to the database. If you already send in other records please add the House Martin records to your spreadsheet or paper records. If you can include the date first seen as well as the number of nests/broods and if possible your last sighting for the year that would be helpful too. I would like to take this opportunity to thank Eileen for the many years she has supported this project. If you have any queries regarding sending in records please contact: Julia Harris, Data Manager T: 01822 853785 E: [email protected] 6 Clonway, Yelverton, Devon, PL20 6EG

SLAPTON BITTERN

During March, I received an e-mail from Mark Collier (formerly at the BTO and now involved with ornithological radar and GPS data logger projects in the Netherlands) about a Bittern with a GPS data logger attached. The bird was caught in N Holland on 25th May 2011 and was both metal and colour-ringed and had a data-logger attached. It was one of two recorded back in N Holland on 19th March 2012 when antennae were being set up in readiness for fieldwork on birds returning this spring. The GPS data recorded on the data logger was downloaded and showed that this bird was registered at six different sites throughout the UK and was mostly at Slapton where it was first recorded on 5th Dec 2011 and stayed for up to 84 days. This is almost certainly the bird I personally had typically brief sightings of at Slapton Bridge on 27th and 29th December 2011 and 22nd Jan 2012 and which other observers saw during it's stay. The track of the bird during it's winter sojurn to the UK can be found on http://www.roerdomp.info/ followed by "Anneke" on the right hand side. Data from each registration can then be obtained by clicking on the Bittern icon at each location. The approximate route was N Sea (22/10/11 after 150 days); Belmont Res, NW of Bolton (30/10/11 - 7 days later); A water depot on the N Wales coast (1/11/11 - a day later); Anglesey (5/11/11 - 4 days later); SLAPTON (5/12/11 - 29 days later) and London (possibly The Lee Valley NR or The Wetlands Trust at Barnes) (29/2/12 - 84 days later) before being recorded as an early arrival back in the Netherlands (19/3/12 - 18 days later). This is the first evidence that Bittern seen over-wintering at Slapton come from Holland although it has been long-suspected that this or N France may be the origin of these birds. To get a track of its route to and from Slapton with this amount of detail was totally unexpected. Dennis Elphick, Slapton Ringing Group

4 VELATOR RESERVE RINGING REPORT FOR 2011

The beginning of 2011 saw the snow and ice of December finally melt away. Sadly this also meant that most of the Thrushes that had been using the reserve as a refuge also disappeared. The first session of the year saw a Great Spotted Woodpecker, a Treecreeper, 5 Reed Buntings, 4 Bramblings and a mix of other finches. The 21 st January may have been a cold day – the Thrushes were back! I ringed 2 Song Thrushes, 8 Redwings, a Blackbird and the first (and only as it turned out) Fieldfare.

February/March proved to be good for Reed Bunting, with 18 ringed. However, I didn’t then catch any more until one in December. The only evidence of Reed Bunting in the reserve during the summer was the remains of a Sparrowhawk kill! A party of 8 Long-tailed Tits on 17 th February showed that they had survived and kept together well, and although I didn’t prove breeding in the reserve this year (at least one pair bred in 2010), I ringed several small parties in the autumn. The first Sparrowhawk of the year (a female) was caught on 24 th February (and retrapped in November). 22 nd March saw the first summer migrants – 2 Chiffchaffs were ringed followed by Blackcap on 25 th and 13 Willow Warblers on 28 th . By the end of April 46 Willow Warblers had been ringed along with 21 Blackcaps, 14 Sedge Warblers, 23 Chiffchaffs but only 2 Reed Warblers.

The biggest disappointment of the spring was the total lack of Swallows. I’ve lived in for 30 years now and there have always been lots of Swallows over the fields around Velator and Sherpa Marsh in the spring. Not this year! So the only hirundine of the spring was a single Sand Martin. There were other highlights: a pair of Redstarts graced the nets on 7th April, and a real surprise was a White Wagtail on 2nd May, a day when the first Whitethroat was ringed along with the first of the year’s three House Sparrows. The summer months proved good for breeding Warblers but bad for Greenfinches and Blackbirds, of which the first juvenile wasn’t caught until 9th August. However, juvenile Chiffchaffs (48) and Blackcaps (40) far outnumbered last year’s totals. The first Reed Warbler caught this year was the same male that was the first Reed Warbler caught and ringed last year! The only retrapped Reed Warblers this year were ALL adults – none of last year’s juveniles turned up at all. Is this usual? I have finally had the details of last year’s only control: Reed Warbler X605107 was ringed as a fresh juvenile in August 2009 in Pembrokeshire. Sadly I think that the local population of Cetti’s Warblers took a beating in the two cold spells of 2010, as only 5 were ringed all year. The Canada Geese raised four young this year, and a whoosh net was installed and baited to tempt them out of the pond. However, something strange happened late in the season, when I returned from a few days away to discover a family of two adults and four young, which didn’t look or behave like the resident family. Also there were two unaccompanied goslings. I think what happened was the new family moved in, and after a confrontation the residents flew out but with only two young in tow. Sadly 5 both the unaccompanied goslings were predated, probably by a badger (no protection from parents, and unable to take to the water due to aggression from the new family). I did however ring two juveniles!

Last year I reported that I had ringed the local leucistic female Sparrowhawk, unfortunately it was picked up as a road casualty in the late summer, only half a mile away. I was surprised at the number of Kingfishers ringed last year (10), well this year I ringed 12! I also ringed 11 Treecreepers, nearly all juveniles, presumably proving breeding in the reserve? Late July saw two Tawny Owls in the nets! Both appeared to be adults, and had previously been seen several times day roosting in a variety of trees around the reserve. I caught a third Tawny Owl (also an adult) on 1st September. A bird not seen in the reserve before – Tree Pipit – was ringed on 30 th July. The last Reed Warbler was ringed on 30 th August and the last Sedge Warbler on the 15 th September. August also saw the return of the Swallows on their return migration, so I spent a few evenings with the tape lure and ended up ringing 296! nearly all were juveniles. A smattering of Sand Martins joined in. Rather made up for the lack of birds in the spring. I started feeding again in October and the Tits and Finches arrived in numbers, from October to the end of the year I ringed: Great Tit 24 Coal Tit 2 Blue Tit 69 Long-tailed Tit 49 (25 in one day!) Chaffinch 101 Goldfinch 23 Greenfinch 202 Siskin 9 Bullfinch 21 51 Blackbirds and 8 Redwings were also ringed during this period. Five more Great- spotted Woodpeckers and a second female Sparrowhawk added interest. Sadly no Bramblings were seen in the reserve last autumn. This year the 1000 th bird was ringed in early September (probably a Swallow). I have had a few Greenfinches reported dead in Braunton – probably succumbing to the Trichomoniasis virus that seems rampant in the British Greenfinch population. New species ringed at the site this year were Fieldfare, Redstart, White Wagtail, Grey Wagtail, Canada Goose, Whitethroat, Tree Pipit and Tawny Owl. Birds seen but still not ringed include Water Rail, Moorhen, Coot, Woodcock, Mallard, Teal, Little Grebe, and Collared Dove. Hartland Point: We went to the point on the night of 14 th July and caught 13 Storm Petrels. Jon Turner Conservation Officer North.

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FIELD MEETINGS

EAST DEVON BRANCH 8th May (Tu) 10.00am Yarner Woods – Meet Trendlebeare c/p SX783795. J.R 16 th May (W)10.00am. Dartmoor, Soussons Down Meet SX692791. I.P 25 th May (F) 10.00am. Venford Reservoir - Meet North car park. SX686713. J.M. 5th June (Tu)10.00am. Shapwick Heath. Somerset Levels Meet Ashcott corner ST448396. D.M 14 th June (Th)10.00am. Meldon Reservoir - Meet car park SX561918 A.W.

PLYMOUTH BRANCH 12 th May (Sa)10.00am Dartmoor – Meet Kings Oven c/p SX675811. Walk to Challacombe – toilets at Postbridge. For Redstart and Cuckoo 30 th June (Sa) 8.30pm Stover Country Park SX831751. Meet by toilets – please bring a torch and ‘mosi’ treatment. For Nightjars.

TAW & TORRIDGE BRANCH 2nd May (W)10.00am Somerset Levels, Grey Lake & Shapwick – meet RSPB Grey Lake reserve c/p ST397345. For car sharing meet Park & Ride Newport c/p 08.00am. 6th June (W)10.00am Cloutsham/Horner Wood – meet at picnic c/p SS897431.Leader: Norman Briden.

INDOOR MEETINGS

SOUTH DEVON BRANCH 21 st May Madeira’s special seabirds Dave Norman 18 th June Spring around Cairns, Australia Martin Lees

TAW & TORRIDGE BRANCH May, June, July and August NO MEETINGS

All Members are welcome at any meeting organized by the Society or branches. Field Meetings may be cancelled in bad weather, if in doubt, please contact the organiser – details in the Programme.

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The Devon Atlas

www.devonatlas.co.uk

DEVON ATLAS – your help still needed in (& elsewhere)

There has been great progress in the last year with extending the coverage – thanks to all concerned! Nevertheless there are still areas which are relatively poorly covered – especially in the following 10x10km squares: SS22 – Hartland area. SS52 – just south of Barnstaple, to a line between Gt. Torrington and High . SS62 – centred on . SS72 – – Ash Mill areas SS80 – around Cheriton Fitzpaine (close to Exeter – please consider travelling a few miles north!). Just to the south of the “SS area”, there are still biggish gaps to be filled in that part of west central Devon just north of Dartmoor, from the area west to the Cornish border. (Contact Julia Harris for details of these) We especially need people to take on the Timed Tetrad Visits in the above areas (a few tetrads still available elsewhere as well). There is free overnight accommodation available for anyone from “down South” who is willing to take on a number of these TTVs! In those tetrads that have already received the basic Timed Tetrad Visits, not all have had sufficient extra visits to ensure that those species we know “should” be there are in fact recorded. Additionally, in ALL areas (not just the northern half of the county) there is still much which can be done to improve upon the recorded BREEDING STATUS of most species in most tetrads. Thus YOU can help make this Atlas project more comprehensive in its coverage and accuracy – whether or not you feel you can take on a TTV. None of us want to say, when we see the finished Atlas… “why haven’t they shown “my” Nuthatch breeding in this tetrad?” If YOU have seen / heard them (or any other species!), please record this for the Atlas – and please record the appropriate breeding evidence. It doesn’t have to be evidence for “Confirmed” breeding; that for “Probable” or “Possible” is better than having none – which is currently the situation for some species in some tetrads – but do look out for “Confirmed” breeding evidence! For details of what to look for, how to record, please check out the Devon Atlas website: http://www.devonatlas.co.uk/ For finer details on what species have been recorded to date in a particular area, gaps to be filled, and a recording form, please contact your local area coordinator. (See Atlas website for details; for northern Devon, SS tetrads, this is Paul Madgett). Paul Madgett (Braunton) [email protected] 01271 812617 8 SS TETRADS as yet unallocated as at 22 March 2012 (excludes those “promised” but not yet booked)

TETRAD LOCATION SS52 B (N of ) SS52 F High Bullen (NE of Great Torrington) SS52 K Cranford (E of High Bullen) SS52 L Cogworthy (W of ) SS52 M Delley SS52 Q South Heale (W of High Bickington) SS52S Around Langley Cross, NE of Yarnscombe SS52 T Harracott Cross (NW of Chapelton) SS52 V High Bickington (West) SS52 X Fishleigh Barton (NW of ) SS53 Z Garman’s Down (N of ) SS60 V Sandford Barton (E of ) SS61 E Week (S of High Bickington) SS61 J Portsmouth Arms SS61 P Due E of SS61J SS62 A High Bickington, East SS62 F N of Portsmouth Arms SS62 S Clapworthy northwards (W of S Molton) SS62 T S of / Stag’s Head SS62 X E. of Clapworthy SS62 Y Hill (NW of S Molton) SS70 I Lapford Cross (due S of Lapford) SS70 L Clannaborough (W of Copplestone) (Breeding Season Only) SS70 N Between Lapford & Morchard Bishop SS70 P Between Lapford & Morchard Bishop SS70 U North of Morchard Bishop SS70 Y Knightstone (due E of Morchard Bishop) SS70 Z NE of Morchard Bishop SS72 M Bish Mill (between S Molton & Bishop’s Nympton) SS72 R Avercombe (SE of Bishop’s Nympton) SS72 S Newtown (NE of Bishop’s Nympton) SS72 T Veraby SS72 W Ash Mill SS72 X Kerscott SS72 Y Great Woods SS80 A (due W of ) SS80 B West Sandford SS80 S Perry Green area (due S of Cheriton Fitzpaine) (Breeding Season Only) SS80 U Due N of Cheriton Fitzpaine SS80 X Wellcoombe area (due SE of Cheriton Fitzpaine) (Breeding Season Only) SS80Y Due E of Cheriton Fitzpaine SS80Z Upham (due NE of Cheriton Fitzpaine)

9 Bird Notes Most of these records are unchecked and as yet unauthenticated. Birds present for more than one day are only mentioned on their first day. For the very latest Devon bird news visit: http://devonbirdnews.blogspot.com

Please send your bird sightings to either:

County Recorder Data Manager Steve Waite Julia Harris 38 Durley Road, Seaton, Devon, EX12 6 Clonway, Yelverton, Devon, PL20 2HW 6EG T: 01297 20326 T: 01822 853785 E: [email protected] E: [email protected]

Feb 1 Surf Scoter and American Wigeon (still) Dawlish Warren; Red-breasted Goose (still) Exe Estuary; Spotted Sandpiper Plym Estuary (last date seen); Bewick’s Swan (still) Aveton Gifford; Yellow-browed Warbler (still) Exmouth and Plymouth; Great Grey Shrike (still) Smeatharpe. 2 Glossy Ibis Tamar Lakes; Iceland Gull Brixham Harbour. 3 American Wigeon (Dawlish Warren bird) and Merlin Bowling Green Marsh; Scaup Kingsbridge Estuary; Siberian Chiffchaff Torcross. 4 Glossy Ibis , Long-tailed Duck , Slavonian Grebe (5), Black-necked Grebe and Water Pipit Dawlish Warren. 5 Caspian Gull (adult) Otter Estuary; Iceland Gull Axe Estuary; Glossy Ibis (again) Thurlestone Marsh; Yellow-browed Warbler Slapton Ley; Short-eared Owl Bursdon Moor; Slavonian Grebe Branscombe. 7 Snow Bunting (still) Otter Estuary; Goosander (35) Lower Tamar Lakes; Ruff (8) Axe Estuary. 8 Bittern Axe Estuary; Brambling (2) Woodbury Castle. 9 Red Kite Barnstable; Goosander (4) Otter Estuary; Black-necked Grebe Seaton Bay. 10 Kumlien’s Gull (again) Brixham Harbour; Iceland Gull Penhill Marshes. 11 Black Brant Pottington; White-fronted Goose (2) Exminster Marshes; Water Pipit (1) Bowling Green Marsh and (3) Thurlestone Marsh; Mandarin (20) . 12 Smew (5) and Glaucous Gull Beesands; Black-necked Grebe Slapton Sands; Curlew Sandpiper Plym Estuary; Sandwich Tern Exe Estuary. 13 White-fronted Goose (3) and Ruff (4) Powderham Marshes. 14 Scaup Slapton Ley; Yellow-legged Gull Thurlestone. 15 Waxwing (2) Torquay; Long-tailed Duck off Salcombe (nr Sidmouth); Ruff Taw Estuary. 16 Iceland Gull Pottington. 18 Iceland Gull Axe Estuary; Hen Harrier Exminster Marshes. 19 Red-breasted Goose Exe Estuary and Surf Scoter Dawlish Warren (last date 10 seen); Scaup (5) Roadford Reservoir. 20 Spotted Redshank Exe Estuary. 21 Yellow-legged Gull Axe Estuary. 22 Balearic Shearwater Thurlestone Bay. 23 Black-necked Grebe (2) Slapton Sands. 25 Caspian Gull Axe Estuary; Scaup (7) Roadford Reseviour; Great Northern Diver (3) Beesands. 26 Bewick’s Swan (Slapton Ley); Great Grey Shrike Lydford Forest; Slavonian Grebe (3) Wembury; Water Pipit (2) Prawle Point; Merlin Axe Estuary. 27 Caspian Gull Marsh. 28 Barnacle Goose (5) Exminster Marshes; Red-necked Grebe Branscombe. 29 Red-necked Grebe Torbay; Hen Harrier (3) and Merlin Bursdon Moor; Merlin Exminster Marshes.

Mar 1 Jack Snipe Exminster Marshes. 2 Spoonbill Exminster Marshes. 3 Stone Curlew Seaton Marshes; Glaucous Gull Beesands; Pale-bellied Brent Goose (6) Exe Estuary. 4 Sandwich Tern Exmouth and Dawlish Warren. 5 Siberian Chiffchaff and Wheatear Exminster Marshes; Avocet Axe Estuary. 9 Red-necked Grebe and Black-throated Diver Slapton Sands; Iceland Gull (2) Axe Estuary; Bittern Sherpa Marsh. 10 Red-necked Grebe Dawlish Warren; Iceland Gull and Yellow-legged Gull Exmouth; Yellow-legged Gull Axe Estuary; Red Kite Waggs Plot (nr ); Goosander (15) Lower Tamar Lakes; Green Sandpiper (5) Double Locks Wetland. 11 Black-throated Diver , Sandwich Tern and Cirl Bunting Exmouth; Swallow Berry Head. 12 Night Heron (4) and (1) Halsinger; Iceland Gull Otter Estuary. 13 Sand Martin (2) Thurlestone Marsh. 14 Merlin Bolberry Down; Goosander (4) Exeter Canal. 15 Short-eared Owl Exminster Marshes; Avocet and Brent Goose (24) Otter Estuary; Sandwich Tern Plymouth Sound. 16 Little Ringed Plover Northam Burrows; Ruddy Shelduck Axminster; Garganey (3) and Firecrest Slapton Ley; Mandarin Clennon Valley. 17 Hen Harrier (2) Mardon Down; Black-throated Diver Prawle Point; Little Ringed Plover and Willow Warbler Exminster Marshes. 18 Iceland Gull Dawlish Warren; Firecrest Prawle Point; Water Pipit (3) Exminster Marshes. 19 Little Bunting (trapped and ringed) South Milton Ley. 20 Glaucous Gull Exeter Canal; Iceland Gull Teign Estuary. 21 Osprey Sharkham Point; Iceland Gull (2) Bicton Park Lake and (1) Axe Estuary; Black-throated Diver Slapton Sands. 22 Velvet Scoter (5) Berry Head. 11 24 Hoopoe Tavistock; Iceland Gull Wembury Point; Little Ringed Plover Thurlestone Marsh. 25 Night Heron Lower Farm; Hoopoe Plymouth and Powderham; Pale- bellied Brent Goose (8) Exmouth; Black-throated Diver Prawle Point. 26 Night Heron and Whooper Swan Velator; Night Heron (2) Cullompton; Marsh Harrier Exminster Marshes and Axe Estuary. 27 Cattle Egret Bowling Green Marsh; Water Pipit (4) Velator Pond; Little Ringed Plover Sherpa Pond and Exminster Marshes; Osprey Beer, Warleigh Point and Plymouth. 28 Little Bunting (a new bird) and Lapland Bunting South Milton Ley; Alpine Swift Lundy; Ruff (4) and Little Ringed Plover Axe Estuary; Water Pipit Axmouth Beach; Pied Flycatcher Exminster Marshes. 29 Iceland Gull (2) Axe Estuary; Osprey Exe Estuary; Garganey (2) Slapton Ley; House Martin (3) Coleton Fishacre; Red Kite Lympstone and Seaton. 30 Kentish Plover Slapton Sands; Wryneck Ottery St. Mary; Hoopoe Berry Head; Tree Pipit Thurlestone; Ring Ouzel Bolberry; Red Kite Exmouth, Colyton and Ingra Tor; Little Ringed Plover Exminster Marshes; Osprey Dunnabridge. 31 Osprey Exeter; Common Redstart Beer Head, Berry Head and Seaton Marshes; Manx Shearwater (41) and Black-throated Diver Prawle Point; Red Kite Seaton.

DON’T FORGET! LUNDY EXCURSION – SUNDAY 27 th MAY 2012 Sailing from 9.30am prompt Boarding from 9.00am Returning Bideford 9.30pm Tickets available from Mark Humfrey Morada, St. John’s Lane, Barnstaple, Devon EX32 9DD Tel: 01271 344556 ADULTS - £27.00 CHILDREN (under 16) - £16.00

Articles for the June Harrier should be submitted by 31 st May 2012 to the editor: Jack Aldous Email: [email protected] 3 Cox Tor Close, Yelverton, Devon PL20 6BH Tel: 01822 854483

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