This April, some of England's largest landowners are obliged to publish estate management plans, through being members of the National Estate for Nature. The privately-owned Clinton Devon Estate has published its plan early, and it looks really good: 1/ clintondevon.com/wp-content/u...

Finally my first Wheatear of year at Beer Head with 3 flighty birds seen this morning #Beerhead #patch

Good views this lunchtime of Crossbills at Beer taking a break from feasting on larch cones

Cirl Bunting one bird on the up & showing there is always hope, 6 of 25 birds on the outskirts of Beer today also 6 Crossbill bombing around in the larch trees #devonbirds #patchbirding

Killdeer this morning at Ripley Farm Hampshire a great morning out with @leonwr.bsky.social bird was distant but showed well

7 Crossbill were a surprise this morning while doing a farmland survey more expected were 1 Cirl Bunting & a couple of Reed Buntings

8 Woodcock this morning feeding at 6am in a field near my house & this smart Firecrest while at work today in Beer #devonbirds #ukbirding

Been a while since I’ve seen a Brambling 1 of 2 seen in Axmouth this afternoon though 4 present such a smart finch

Lesser Whitethroat still Seafield Gardens, Seaton, also 4 Black Redstarts including this fine male & 16 Cattle Egrets in fields off the A3052 near Tower Services #Devonbirds

Eurasian Scops Owl this evening at Dunvant Park, Glamorgan

Distant but great scope views of the Lesser Crested Tern, fishing & sat on its favourite bouy on the River Exe this morning

19 Cattle Egrets in field by Tower Services,Seaton, next to the A3052

Becoming a more regular sight across East Devon 1 of 3 Cirl Buntings seen this morning on the Beer/Branscombe border #patch #eastdevon

Plain & simple filthy twitching yes, but 3 hours spent this afternoon on St Agnes Scillies was definitely worth it #islesofscilly #stagnes

Just back from a excellent few days on Lundy Island, huge numbers of Hirundines, Blackcaps, Chiffchaffs, with a good back cast of multiple Pied & Spotted Flycatchers also a bonus Buff Breasted Sandpiper & Wryneck #Lundyisland

Wryneck at Seaton Marshes this morning such smart looking birds #seatonmarshes #Wryneck

Beer Head this morning: 5 Wheatear,3 Spotted Flycatchers, Redstart, Whinchat & a noticeable increase in Blackcaps & Chiffchaffs #Beerhead #patch

1 of 2 Pied Flycatchers on Beer Head this morning #Beerhead #patch

Autumn marches on at Beer Head this morning saw 16 Wheatear, 20+ Yellow Wagtails, 4 Whitethroat & a Whinchat #Beerhead #patch

Peeled away from Beer Head this morning to Black Hole Marsh to see this superb Marsh Sandpiper found by @seatonbirder.bsky.social such a smart wader

Kestrel blending in well on barren fields at Beer Head this morning also 20 Wheatear, 12 Yellow Wagtails, 2 Spotted Flycatchers, Lesser Whitethroat, (Pied Flycatcher & Redstart seen by others) #Beerhead #patch

Beer Head this morning for 2.5 hours: 32 Wheatear, 16 Yellow Wag, 15 Willow Warbler, 8 Blackcap, 3 Tree Pipit, 3 Common Whitethroat, Pied Fly, Spot Fly and Ringed Plover. Autumn moves on! #ukbirding

Beer Head has got noticeably quieter as the weeks gone on, 5 Wheatear, Hobby & 2 Swift of note this morning, Lesser Whitethroat yesterday #Beerhead #patch

Beer Head. Another good morning: 3 Wheatear, 25+ Willow Warbler, Garden Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, 3 Whitethroat, Golden Plover & Cuckoo #Beerhead #Patch

Amazing start to August for me with a productive 1.5 hour visit to Beer Head this morning. A proper autumn flurry with singles of Pied and Spotted Fly, Lesser and Common Whitethroat, Wheatear and Sedge Warbler and 22+ Willow Warblers. Absolutely loved it! #autumn #ukbirding

It’s begun, 2 Wheatear a welcome sight on Beer Head this morning #Beerhead #patch

Amazing experience watching this Leatherback Turtle close off the shore at Seaton earlier

Swallows in the shed behind my house their second brood & the young ones ready to fledge #swallows #hirundines

Evening feeding time, this pair back for their 7th consecutive year #Herringgulls #Gulls

2 Black Winged Stilts at Blackhole Marsh, Seaton Wetlands this afternoon #Seatonwetlands #Devonbirds

Another quiet morning at Beer Head this Whinchat being the highlight also 3 Whitethroat #Beerhead #patch

Enjoyable long weekend on Lundy Island amazing to see fresh in Blackcaps poking around on the stone walls & on the ground, other highlights Grasshopper Warblers, Redpoll, Redstart, lots of Willow Warblers, Yellow Wagtail, Merlin, Hooded Crow & nice passage of Hirundines #Lundyisland

Nice to get in on the Hoopoe influx with this bird appearing to arrive in off the sea at Beer Head this morning diving into cover before briefly reappearing & flying inland #Beerhead #patch @birdguides.bsky.social

Hoopoe this morning on the Bowling Green, Seaton, at Seafields gardens #hoopoe #seaton #devon

Always a welcome sight - Wheatear at Beer Head this morning with a friend #Beerhead #patch #Wheatear

Nice to see this Dipper this afternoon on the River Coly just upstream from Chantry Bridge, Colyton E.Devon

A successful trip (this time) to catch up with the Booted Eagle near Cowlas, Cornwall

A quiet 2024 on the local patch with the main highlight being the successful breeding of a pair of Cirl Buntings with lots of help from a wildlife friendly farmer who has made changes to his farming practices & created some great habitat

Managed to catch up with todays Whooper Swan near bosshill cross Axmouth this afternoon always nice to see especially in Devon

Thanks to Clive the finder, my third on patch Whooper Swan since moving to Seaton, Devon, five years ago.

Black Redstart at work today in Clapps lane Beer, with another still on the beach at lunchtime

Always a traditional winter site, this Black Redstart was on the beach huts at Beer beach this afternoon

Red Kite east over Beer this morning, still a novelty to see in East Devon especially in November

This pair sat in a Ash tree this afternoon overlooking the wintry landscape

Juvenile Rose Coloured Starling found by @axebirder.bsky.social yesterday, came into roost on Colyford Common at 16.45 this evening amongst a impressive number of Starlings, also a male Merlin was a nice surprise #Starlings #ukbirding

A couple of mobile Ring Ouzels at Beer Head this morning which eventually settled in some Hawthorns- here are a couple of stunning photos #beerhead #patch

Enjoyable few days on Lundy Island - Highlights included this Short Toed Lark, Pied & Spotted Flycatcher, Firecrests, Redstart, Merlin & a good passage of Hirundines

Beer Head this morning (with Portland looming in the background) a little more birdy than of late with 50+ Meadow Pipits, 40 Chiffchaffs, 10 Blackcaps, 4 Wheatear & 2 Whinchat #Beerhead #Patch