Posts by Stuart Line Cruises

It was a full boat that set off up the Exe estuary under cloudy skies, but there was mercifully no rain. Our first birds on Pole Sands were Oystercatchers and Curlew, feeding on cockles in the gravel and sandy islands at the mouth of the estuary. Passing behind Dawlish Warren, there were large numbers of…

March sees the departure of many birds from the Exe to their breeding grounds, but today there were more than enough birds of the estuary to provide both numbers and variety to the eager birdwatchers on board the Pride of Exmouth. Signs of spring were on show, such as Cormorants in their white-necked breeding plumage…

The weather was fine dry and the sun made visibility good, however there was showers in the forecast but all was well on board The Pride of Exmouth with Captain Will at the helm. We set sail on another great Birding trip up the estuary with, again great company on board. As the tide was…

It was a beautiful afternoon to be out on the estuary, with clear skies, bright sunshine and agentle south-easterly breeze. The new moon combined and high atmospheric pressurebrought a very low tide which held us up at Starcross for a while, but we had a grand time ofit all the same, enjoying the lovely weather…

Setting off this afternoon into pleasant sunshine we had an enjoyable time of things as we cruisedup to Topsham and back. Overall bird numbers had dropped from their mid-winter peak but therewas still good variety to be seen and the light was lovely. Cormorants and Shags were both very obvious in the lower estuary, the…

The Meteorological office had promised a blustery day of sunshine and showers, and that is what we enjoyed as we cruised up the estuary on the incoming tide, with a brisk cross-wind to keep Skipper Richard busy. A surprise starter bird was a single Red-throated Diver, close to the boat in the channel behind Dawlish…