Sunday 6 January 2008

Exe Estuary






5 Jan - A Stuart line cruise on the Exe estuary with my friend Julia, the weather better than forecast, only a little rain, some sun and little wind. We cruised from Exmouth up towards the mudflats, seeing a mixture of seabirds and a wide variety of ducks and waders. The list included Red-breasted Merganser, Long-tailed Duck and Slavonian Grebe - Avocet, Bar- and Black-tailed Godwits, Knot, Grey and Golden Plovers, Greenshank and Spotted Redshank - and a Cattle Egret in Powderham Deer Park.
pics below - Black-tailed Godwits, Avocets, Brent Geese and RB Merganser.

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