Guided Bird Watching Cruises
Wednesday 4th February Bird Watching Cruise with Ian Waite
Before we left our mooring a Kingfisher flew past into the Marina reflecting the sunshine that stayed with us throughout. The Avocets were again impressive but more spread out. There were hundreds on the mudflats interspersed with many Shelduck, Dunlin, Curlew and Grey Plovers, a good demonstration of the large number of birds we have…
Read MoreGuided Bird Watching Cruise, Saturday 31st January with Dave Smallshire
A strong northerly wind seemed to keep most of the birds at the sheltered northern end of the estuary today, but the rain missed us and we sailed in lovely sunshine. A Sanderling and some Turnstones were notable as we passed the dunes at Dawlish Warren, though a distant group of Knot on the mud…
Read MoreBird Watching trip report – Sunday 1st February
A lovely cold but sunny day with good light ideal for the several photographers on board. A Seal was beside the boat as we left and a second one seen at Topsham. Avocets in their hundreds in flight glistening in the sunlight at Topsham were probably everybody’s highlight. although there were many other birds to…
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