Today I went for a look down at Dawlish Warren & as soon as I got there I started to see birds with LONG TAILED TIT`s , CHIFFCHAFF & some BLACKCAP being seen in the car park , I then walked through the woods seeing more BLACKCAP & CHIFFCHAFF , then the Greenland Lake area but never saw a lot there but when I got to the dune ridge I bumped into a DARTFORD WARBLER & a few STONECHAT .
I then carried on walking out towards the Warren Point & as I was walking along the path I flushed a COMMON QUAIL from right under my feet the bird then flew in front of me before dropping into deep cover I looked for it for about half an hour but couldn`t find it again in the long grass ! it has taken me 22 years of birding to see one of these birds in this country but it was worth the wait .
A look at the sea got me a 100+ GANNET & there was a GREAT SKUA harassing them ,
There was also a few Butterflies seen today with a few Red Admiral & Speckled Wood & a Painted Lady .