Dave B

6 Whooper Swans on #ColyfordCommon and a Curlew Sandpiper on #BlackHoleMarsh #SeatonWetlands this pm

Great to see the Leach's Petrel at #CheddarResevoir late pm in challenging windy conditions and a lifer✔️ for me with thanks to @vivthesetter.bsky.social for taking me 👍

Pectoral Sandpiper and 2 Ruff on #BowlingGreenMarsh this afternoon. Also a Swangoose (hybrid) and good numbers of Pintail were dropping onto the marsh towards the end @RSPBExeEstuary

Osprey (juv 8J2) with good size fish in dead tree on #OtterEstuaryNR #LORP mid afternoon today. Also 3 Cattle Egrets

2 Little Stints, 3 Curlew Sandpipers, Spotted Redshank, Ringed Plover, Avocet, 4 Knot, 13 Bar-tailed Godwits, Snipe, 4 Glossy Ibis, Little Grebe and imm male Marsh Harrier on #BowlingGreenMarsh over the am dropping tide @RSPBExeEstuary

Baird's Sandpiper showed well on #LittleMarsh at #LORP on the #OtterEstuary late pm.

Saw the juv Osprey in the dead tree and also catching 2 fish on north side of #LORP, 2 Hobby's together over the marsh, 3 Glossy Ibis distant and high heading west and Kingfisher fishing on the south of #LORP at the #OtterEstuary today

Osprey and c22 Sandwich Terns on the Otter estuary at LORP over the dropping tide this pm

The 4 Glossy Ibis were still feeding at #RiversideValleyPark this am showing well in same area in between dog disturbances also Sparrowhawk hunting over the trees

The 4 Glossy Ibis were feeding close to the walkway at #Exeter #RiversideValleyPark until 7pm when chased off by dogs bounding into the water pool. Last seen heading south towards SWW sludgebeds/Exminster marsh

6 Glossy Ibis headed over the Exe estuary towards Topsham 1747 whilst walking down the towpath, 8 Glossy Ibis in 2 groups of 4 flew up river and low over Turf 1957 and landed to the north side of Turf. Also 3 Sandwich Terns and 2 Cattle Egrets from Turf over the pm high tide

YouTube video by Exeter Birder Sabine's Gull (juv) - Exe Estuary off Warren Point, Exmouth Docks 4/9/2025

Juv Sabine's Gull was in the Exe Estuary off Warren Point late pm from Exmouth Docks @warrenbirding.bsky.social
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Juv Sabine's Gull was in the Exe Estuary off Warren Point late pm from Exmouth Docks @warrenbirding.bsky.social

The Wryneck showed well again around #TurfLocksHotel when it returned at 16.30pm after not been seen for most of the day @RSPBExeEstuary #ExeEstuary

2 Curlew Sandpipers, 2 Spotted Redshank, 2 Green & 1 Common Sandpiper, Snipe and 4 Greenshank were the highlights on #BowlingGreenMarsh over the midday high tide @RSPBExeEstuary
#ExeEstuary

I went inside for a pint of Devon Red and some chunky chips during the rain 😜

Wryneck was still showing well around #TurfLocksHotel again today and feeling the heat at times. Also seen were Glossy Ibis flying around the #ExminsterMarsh main lagoon, Osprey with fish in dead tree west of Turf and Kingfisher south of the #TurfLockGates

Wryneck still showing incredibly well at #TurfLocksHotel today and even walking up to a group of us stood on the canal lock gate near the hotel entrance @RSPBExeEstuary
#ExeEstuary

Went back for some more views of the very confiding Wryneck late pm at #TurfLocksHotel #ExeEstuary @RSPBExeEstuary

Superb views of the Wryneck feeding around the end of the locks at #TurfHotel this am @RSPBExeEstuary
#ExeEstuary

Spoonbill, Spotted Redshank, 2 Green & 3 Common Sandpipers on #BowlingGreenMarsh over the evening hide tide

Also the wing walkers at Sidmouth Airshow Friday evening 22/8/25

Some shots of the Red Arrows at Sidmouth Airshow Friday evening 22/8/25

2 Wasp Spiders along the footpath just past the island hide entrance and a female Brown Hairsteak Butterfly laying eggs on the hawthorn in front the viewing platform overlooking #BlackHoleMarsh at #SeatonWetlands today

What a Day! Marsh Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, 2 Little Stints, Water Rail, Osprey north of the tower hide then 15 mins later good scope views of a White-tailed Eagle seen circling north of #BlackHoleMarsh before heading further up the valley towards #Colyford c10.30am.

The released White Stork was back on the lamp post at #Matford roundabout this evening

6+ Yellow Wagtails amongst cattle, 10+ Wheatear, Willow Warbler, c130 mixed flock of Swallow/House Martins, 2 Kestrels and Perigrine seen around #BeerHead today

Spotted Flycatcher at #BystockPools and Highland Cattle at #LympstoneCommon today

Lovely Viv and well captured 👍

3 Spotted Redshanks (moulting), 2 Spoonbills, 2 Green Sandpipers, 12 Greenshank and 7 Whimbrel were the highlights on #BowlingGreenMarsh over the pm high tide