Posts by Stuart Line Cruises

Nothing screams summer quite like a BBQ and what could be better than a BBQ on a boat? Absolutely nothing? Absolutely right! We are so delighted that so many of our treasured Special Events will make a triumphant return this year – for many of them, this will be the first time since 2019, which…

Welcome to Stuart Line Cruises’ AprilNewsletter For those of you who are new to our monthly ramblings, welcome! And for those who have been loyal readers for some time, welcome back to your favourite read of the month!   It has been a cracking April so far and this month has given us an insight into…

We like to think that we offer pretty awesome boat trips which appeal to a wide demographic – a vast range of ages and interests – but there’s always room for improvement, right? Well, one thing that we have been wanting to work on improving for a while now, is our accessibility. Sure, most of…

Welcome to Stuart Line Cruises’ Guided Bird Watching Cruise Newsletter As we move into April, we see the closing of our Bird Watching Season for 2021/2022. We’ve enjoyed a captivating season of Bird Watching on board our vessels to see the migrating birds, who reside in the Exe Estuary during the autumn and winter months.…

The final birdwatching cruise of the 2021/22 season took place today and what a gorgeous sunny day we had. Plenty of DB Brent Geese seen throughout the estuary was pleasing to the eye in the early Spring Sunshine. Along the inner shoreline  of Dawlish Warren great views of 6 Sanderling still in their striking white…

A complete contrast from Tuesday morning start to this morning’s cruise with rain from the start however all the visitors were well togged up and raring to go. With 100+ mixed flock of Gulls at the entrance to the marina following fish waste disposal kicked of the cruise on a bouyant light.DB Brent Geese we’re…

A calm and mild with glimpses of the sun greeted our visitors this morning for this bird watching cruise on the Tudor Rose which was her first outing for this year. Plenty of DB Brent Geese were seen in the lower stretches with Turnstones around Starcross. Little Egrets and Grey Herons were in numbers as were…

For those of you who are new to this monthly sign-up, welcome! And for those who have been loyal readers for some time, welcome back to your favourite read of the month!  To some it may have looked like we had a quiet February, but we were super busy behind the scenes. We have been…

The two highlights of this afternoon’s rather damp cruise were close views of an immature Spoonbill feeding in the river at Topsham (yesterday’s bird was an adult) and a single Black-necked Grebe between Cockwood and Starcross (maybe one of the two seen there until recently?). Waders and wildfowl were much as in the previous two…