Bowling Green Marsh Nature Reserve

[Chocky]

Another excellent place to visit in the West Country is Bowling Green Marsh.
An interesting nature reserve.
I spent the day
walking along the sea wall from Topsham and round to the reserve. there is a hide and many people go with their digiscopes. Very pleasant

http://www.rspb.org.uk/reserves/guid...uary/index.asp

Have added some photos here of the reserve where you can see some young bullocks and ducks and the second photo shows Shoveler ducks(similar to mallards with shovel shaped beaks) and close toe the Marsh on the reserve some Black-tailed Godwits

[wild goose]

Looks nice.

I have been to Topsham but not birdwatching. I have a friend who moved to Exeter a couple of years back and he showed me the area. It would be good to know other bird watching places in that area as my daughter will soon be attending Exeter Uni and my wife and I will be down Exeter way every so often.

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[Chocky]

Oh. My Grand daughter stats Exeter UNI this year.
There are a few places to go But not RSPB If you look up Exe nature reserve you will find a few places of interest.
The exe estuary is the largest nature reserve in the country
http://www.birdguides.com/sites/area.asp?a=9
And there are places dotted about all the way along the Estuaey. Bowling Green marsh is just one of them

[wild goose]

Thanks. I will certainly look into Bowling Green Marsh. Didn’t that have a long staying Glossy Ibis in recent years?

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[Chocky]

They get quite a few rare birds from time to time i know peeps rushed downfrom all over last year but can't remember why . We get a visit each year by the Black Headed Laughing gull. I haven't seen it but is was hear a few months ago Folk line up with their digiscopes along the estuary to see this gull