Sail With Santa Round Up – December 2021

And so, the sunsets on another year of our Sail with Santa Event. We may be biased but our Sail with Santa is the best way to see Santa in Devon! Being a family’s festive favourite for over 20 years, it is always the best way to enjoy the Christmas season together and we believe…

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Guided Bird Watching – Friday 17th December

Another great cruise today with our visitors enjoying great views of our overwintering birds. Plenty of D B Brent Geese across the estuary and flybys are always great to see. We were all thrilled to see the pair of Black-necked Grebe were still in the estuary off Cockwood a very rare sighting for the Exe.…

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Home for an Exmouthian Christmas Holiday

Christmas traditions vary family to family and here in our hometown of Exmouth we have many that yule be sorry to miss this year. The grandest tradition of an Exmouthian is to brave the wintry weather conditions on Christmas Day by either walking or running into the sea for a traditional Christmas Day Sea dip!…

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Keep Calm and Merry On!

Christmas is fast-approaching and like every year, we have no doubt that (like ours) your to-do list is getting longer and longer…after Christmas 2020 plans were somewhat scuppered, perhaps you’re actually feeling even more pressure than usual, to ensure that everyone has the perfect time and to make sure you gift something perfect this year?…

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Guided Bird Watching Review – Thursday 2nd December

A fantastic cruise today in beautiful conditions – possibly the best Stuart Line cruise I’ve ever been on! The stars of the show were 2 Black-necked Grebes, which gave us good views off Cockwood. As well as big flocks of Brent Geese (including at least 1 Pale-bellied Brent) and Wigeon, the flocks of Avocet (450+)…

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Guided Bird Watching Review – Thursday 18th November

With an unseasonably mild and still morning we were set to have a great cruise up the estuary. Before we left the mooring two Grey Seals popped up in front of the boat watching us cast off. The mouth end of the estuary had plenty for the visitors to see with Oystercatcher and turnstone in…

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Guided Bird Watching Review – Tuesday 16th November

A lovely mild and fairly calm start turned rather dull and damp towards the upper part of the estuary, but nevertheless the birds were excellent. A male Black Redstart was seen by a few people as it perched by the sailing club boats at Exmouth – one of whom around the Marina area, but almost…

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