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Jun 2018
5:16pm, 17 Jun 2018
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bonners
Fantastic DT, we went to Babbacombe Downs this week, lovely views all the way out to Dorset. Very jealous, beautiful coastal walk.
Jun 2018
6:15pm, 17 Jun 2018
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Derby Tup
We’re walking up the Otter tomorrow from Budleigh Salterton as a warm-up - target species beaver ;)
Jun 2018
6:43pm, 18 Jun 2018
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Derby Tup


21 mile up and down the River Otter in Devon

Sadly no beaver sightings but lots of birds seen or heard including reed bunting, little egret, greenfinch, buzzard, kestrel, dipper, goosander, chiffchaff, blackcap, pied wagtail, cormorant, wren, goldfinch, blackbird
Jun 2018
9:15pm, 18 Jun 2018
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Heinzster
DT, you've managed to get a beaver in the picture! It's subtle but if you look carefully you'll see it. What a pity you missed it 🤣
J2R
Jun 2018
4:35pm, 19 Jun 2018
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J2R
Wonderful water vole day today! I mentioned I'd seen one, on my regular running route. Well, today I stopped again at the spot where I'd seen one, and to my delight, immediately spotted one on the bank, right in front of me, no more than a metre away. As I watched, another came along, climbed out of the river towards its mate, and immediately disappeared into what was clearly its burrow! A woman with a dog happened by and was interested, and we ended up watching the two water voles going backwards and forwards for 10 minutes, seemingly completely unbothered by us or the dog. And as we stood there, a grasshopper warbler started singing nearby. Bliss!
Jun 2018
7:34am, 20 Jun 2018
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ferret
:-) very lovely. (also, a well behaved pooch :-) )
Jun 2018
8:29am, 20 Jun 2018
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Derby Tup
^ nice post J2R :)

We saw a handsome male stonechat, a redshank and loads of linnet on yesterday’s walk. Sadly we didn’t manage Dartford Warbler
Jun 2018
10:12am, 20 Jun 2018
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flanker
DWs are mythical birds. Spent so many hours wandering around gorse-infested heathland trying to find them and never have.
J2R
Jun 2018
11:57am, 20 Jun 2018
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J2R
Saw my first DW last year, on Dunwich Heath in Suffolk, after many similar hours wandering around gorse-infested heaths. Fortunately, I got a wonderful view of 3 or 4 of them, displaying well just a short distance away, and showing up nicely in the bins.
Jun 2018
10:31pm, 20 Jun 2018
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flyingfinn
Out for a late run on the High Peak Trail this evening and saw my first Little Owl round here for a long while. 15 years ago they were quite common locally and a regular sighting on runs over the fields but numbers have crashed in more recent times. That, a superb sunset/sky and not a soul to be seen made it a very pleasant outing :-)

Also spotted my first Ring Ouzel of the year yesterday as I drove over the Cat and Fiddle, sat high on a roadside rock.

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