🕊Guided Bird Watching Review – Thursday 6th December🕊

Exe Estuary birdwatching cruise, 6th December 2018 This afternoon’s cruise again witnessed spectacular numbers of birds in the estuary, especially the upper part. The Great Northern Diver was still present between Cockwood and Starcross, as were the usual Slavonian Grebe, 2 Little Grebes and 2 immature drake Eiders; the Eiders seemed to be feeding successfully on…

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⚓ Stuart Line Cruises Monthly Newsletter ⚓ November 2018 ⚓

Welcome to Stuart Line Cruises’ November Newsletter! Devon Tourism Awards – We Won! Bonfire Night Cruise Christmas Cruises WE WON GOLD! We are thrilled to announce that we have won the Gold Award for ‘Small Attraction of the Year’ at the prestigious Visit Devon Tourism Awards 2018! We enjoyed a wonderful evening at the Highbullen Hotel, Golf…

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🕊Guided Bird Watching Review – Saturday 24th November🕊

Guided Bird Watching cruise on 24 November 2018 Our afternoon cruise started with a Common Scoter in the mouth of the estuary and a Peregrine sitting on the top of the church in Exmouth. Off Cockwood we found the ‘resident’ Slavonian Grebe and then the Great Northern Diver first seen on the 22nd. About 15…

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🕊Guided Bird Watching Review – Thursday 22nd November🕊

Exe Estuary cruise, 22 November 2018 What a cracking afternoon on the Exe to kick off the new season of birdwatching cruises!  To start an afternoon full of estuary birds, we watched a Peregrine zooming around over the sea off Exmouth.  Having almost missed the resident Slavonian Grebe off Cockwood, we had much better views…

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⚓ Stuart Line Cruises Monthly Newsletter ⚓ October 2018 ⚓

Welcome to Stuart Line Cruises‘ October Newsletter! “The wind was blowing very hard as Pooh neared Piglet’s house. ‘Happy Windsday, Piglet. I see you’re sweeping leaves.’ ‘Yes Pooh. But it’s hard. This is a very unfriendly wind.’” ~ Winnie The Pooh Certainly, one or two unfriendly winds have been and gone – the seasons are shifting but the River…

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⚓ Stuart Line Cruises Monthly Newsletter ⚓ September 2018 ⚓

Welcome to Stuart Line Cruises’ September Newsletter! Reflecting back on our Indian Summer – indeed, we have enjoyed a prolonged period of unseasonably warm, dry weather, generating elated spirits and some truly memorable cruises! We would like to share with you a few of this past month’s highlights and what we’re looking forward to as we…

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⚓ Stuart Line Cruises Monthly Newsletter ⚓ August 2018 ⚓

Welcome Stuart Line Cruises’ August Newsletter! We’ve had an idyllic summer this year at Stuart Line Cruises and would like to share a few highlights and upcoming events! Seal Pup born on the River Exe Torquay and Brixham Day Trips Dartmouth Regatta Seal Pup Born on the River Exe As we set sail up the…

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⚓ Stuart Line Cruises Monthly Newsletter ⚓ July 2018 ⚓

Welcome to July’s edition of Stuart Line Cruises’ Newsletter… We just cannot believe how incredible the weather has been so far! This month’s updates include: Jurassic Coast – Including the Sidmouth Folk Festival! Purbeck Ice Cream Teignmouth Carnival Jurassic Coast Adventures “Oh, the things you will find, if only you don’t stay behind!” – Dr…

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⚓ Stuart Line Cruises Monthly Newsletter ⚓ June 2018 ⚓

Welcome to June’s edition of Stuart Line Cruise’s Newsletter! It’s all about the summer and the sunsets! Countess Wear Evening Cruise Meet our New Ales! Fish and Fizz Night Sailing the Navigable Length of the River Exe… We had such a spectacular time on our first Countess Wear Cruise of the season, the Exe was in…

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Guided Bird Watching Review – Saturday 3rd March

This afternoon saw the last birdwatching cruise of the season, after yesterday’s exceptional cancellation due to snow and ice on the roads. There was still the unusual sight of Lapwings and Golden Plovers feeding on the sandy shore of Warren Point, otherwise the tides and drizzle had rendered the intertidal areas free of snow. There…

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