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Bird and wildlife news from the Dawlish Warren Recording Group.

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20 years ago, the Recording Group posted its first daily sightings blog dawlishwarren.blogspot.com/ thanks to all for your records, photos and support. Since then, 280 bird species have been seen. July 2004 highlights included Caspian Tern, Broad-billed and Pectoral Sandpiper...
(c) Mike Lockyear

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Alan Keatley@KeatleyAlan10 Mar 2025
Pleasant surprise, a sand running spider - rhysodromus fallax found today at Dawlish Warren NNR. Shaken out of marram grass on dune slope. First record for reserve and possibly South Devon for this nationally rare spider @BerryTylan @BritishSpiders @WarrenBirding
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Dean Hall@deanhall3027 Feb 2025
#Firecrest was very obliging along the path near the main pond @WarrenBirding this morning
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Parula@Tireebirder22 Feb 2025
Oystercatcher 2C (blue) ringed at Dawlish Warren in Sep 2018 is back for at least its second summer on #Tiree It was displaying in a group of 25 birds yesterday at Kirkapol @WarrenBirding
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Coast Cams@CoastCams2471 Feb 2025
Dawlish Warren from above #Exmouth. Have you ever walked to this end of #DawlishWarrenBeach? It takes a little time, but it is worth it. #RiverExe #DawlishWarrenSpit 📷 @BeachCamsMan
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Have you ever seen a cirl bunting? 🐦 The population of these rare farmland birds is almost entirely found in south Devon, as the UK is the very limit of their European range. This particular cirl bunting was spotted at Dawlish Warren on Christmas Day. 🎄 📷: Andrew at DWT
Photo of a cirl bunting perched on top of some gorse, with a distinctive black and yellow striped head.

ALT Photo of a cirl bunting perched on top of some gorse, with a distinctive black and yellow striped head.

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The last, and for some in size, least, 2024 Wildlife Reviews Grasshoppers et al dawlishwarren.blogspot.com/2… and other invertebrates dawlishwarren.blogspot.com/2…
Lesser Cockroach

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Grey Bush-cricket nymph

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Beach Pill Woodlouse Armadillidium album

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Orchesella cincta

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Despite the lack of frosts very few plants flowering, Portland Spurge an exception, the grey wet weather to blame? So a #WildflowerHour cheat, the 2024 botanical summary for #12DaysWild dawlishwarren.blogspot.com/2…
Portland Spurge

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Rue-leaved Saxifrage

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Garlic Mustard

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Shaggy Inkcap

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The Recording Group's 2024 Butterflies & Moths summaries for Day 11 of #12DaysWild A poor year for both but 15 moths were added to the site audit dawlishwarren.blogspot.com/2… & dawlishwarren.blogspot.com/2…
Red Admiral

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Hebrew Character

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Green-veined White

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Poplar Hawkmoth

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Day ten of #12DaysWild a summary of 2024's beetles @KeatleyAlan dawlishwarren.blogspot.com/2…
10-spot Ladybird

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Devil's Coach Horse

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Common Springtail Stalker Notiophilus biguttatus

ALT Common Springtail Stalker Notiophilus biguttatus

Red Poplar Leaf Beetle Chrysomela populi

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The Recording Group 2024 Bird Report is in its final stages, in the meantime there is a summary of the birding year to whet the appetite dawlishwarren.blogspot.com/2…
Kingfisher - Lee Collins

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Long-billed Dowitcher - Lee Collins

ALT Long-billed Dowitcher - Lee Collins

Semipalmated Sandpiper - Dean Hall

ALT Semipalmated Sandpiper - Dean Hall

Little Tern - Lee Collins

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Days five and six of #12DaysWild the annual reviews of Dragonflies and Bugs @KeatleyAlan dawlishwarren.blogspot.com/2… & dawlishwarren.blogspot.com/2… for your perusal
Golden-ringed Dragonfly

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Bronze Shieldbug

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Broad-bodied Chaser

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Plagiognathus arbustorum

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Day 4 of #12DaysWild and it is time the rest of 2024's flies @KeatleyAlan dawlishwarren.blogspot.com/2…
Achyrolimonia decemmaculata

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Locust blowfly Stomorhina lunata

ALT Locust blowfly Stomorhina lunata

Dasineura trifolii

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Stripe-backed Snailkiller Limnia unguicornis

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For day 3 of #12DaysWild a summary of the 2024 Hoverfly season @KeatleyAlan dawlishwarren.blogspot.com/2…
Bumblebee Plumehorn Volucella bombylans

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Twin-spot Boxer Platycheirus rosarum

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Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus

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Day 2 of #12DaysWild and the spotlight falls on the rest of the Hymenoptera; Wasps, Ants & Sawflies dawlishwarren.blogspot.com/2… Thanks @KeatleyAlan
Field Digger Wasp Mellinus arvensis

ALT Field Digger Wasp Mellinus arvensis

Little Mason Wasp Microdynerus exilis

ALT Little Mason Wasp Microdynerus exilis

Turnip Sawfly Athalia rosae

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Seasons greetings all, day one of the Recording Group's #12DaysWild annual summaries starting with Bees dawlishwarren.blogspot.com/2… thanks to @KeatleyAlan
Ivy Bee Colletes hederae

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Black Mining Bee Andrena pilipes

ALT Black Mining Bee Andrena pilipes

Grey-patched Mining Bee Andrena nitida

ALT Grey-patched Mining Bee Andrena nitida

Coastal Leafcutter Megachile maritima

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Squid eggs washed ashore! 🦑 These gelatinous, white tubes hold thousands of tiny eggs, laid by a female squid. Storms can dislodge them, bringing this unique sight to beaches like Dawlish Warren. 📷: John B #MarineLife #Squid #Marinelife #Devon #Shoreline
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Black Oil Beetle, recorded at the Warren in 2019 having emerged from a Yellow-legged Mining Bee Andrena flavipes colony.
DA Executive Secretary@DevonshireAssoc17 Dec 2024
Daily Devon Beetle from the List of Devon Beetles. See devonassoc.org.uk/list-of-de…… for full searchable list Meloe proscarabaeus Linnaeus, 1758
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Chris Gladman@AnchorBirder11 Dec 2024
Many Brent Geese on Starcross golf course but not a single juvenile. 4 pale-bellied (1 pair).
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Tim Ridgeway@TimTim2929 Dec 2024
Second time I’ve seen EH this year. Still at Shelley Beach Exmouth. This little bird is at least 35 years old. @waderquest @ExmouthWildlife @RSPBExeEstuary @SEDwildlife @OMSYSTEMcameras #exmouth #OysterCatcher #devon
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Tim Ridgeway@TimTim2926 Dec 2024
Stunning Sunrise Dawlish Warren this morning.@BBCSpotlight @weatherchannel @weatherbraine @weather_bee @itvwestcountry @Our_Exeter #dawlish #weather #sunrise #devon
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