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Guided Bird Watching Cruise – 3rd January 2026

The Exe Estuary is a nationally important cold weather refuge for birds in north-west Europe, and today’s cruise showcased many of these refugees from the Arctic regions. We saw Dark-bellied Brent Geese from the Siberian Arctic, parties of Pintail, Wigeon…

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Guided Bird Watching Cruise – 2nd January 2026

The weather was dry and sunny with a cold northerly wind blowing down the estuary. Visibility was good and set fair for the duration of our cruise, but with a possibility of a light shower. With the Pride of Exmouth…

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The Exmouth Christmas Day Swim

The Best Seat in the House: A Front-Row View of the Exmouth Christmas Day Swim Every year on the 25th of December, something truly remarkable happens on Exmouth beach. Thousands upon thousands of people gather for an event that has…

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Guided Bird Watching Cruise – 19th December 2025

In lovely sunny conditions, we had a splendid cruise up the estuary. Heavy rain the day before had flooded extensively the grazing marshes at Exminster and up the Clyst Valley. One of the most important birds on the Exe, Black-tailed…

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Guided Bird Watcing Cruise – 18th December 2025

I think it’s fair to say that weather conditions were not ideal for today’s cruise. The outward journey was wet but calm, the return journey became a little livelier and all credit to Rich, our skipper, for a smooth docking…

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Guided Bird Watching Cruise – 17th December 2025

Today’s cruise resulted in good views of many waders and wildfowl in the upper reaches of the estuary, where the influx of flood water had pushed many species away from their normal feeding locations. Leaving a wind-blown Exmouth, there was…

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Guided Bird Watching Cruise – 5th December 2025

After two rather pleasant, sunny days, today came as a shock. Rain became very heavy during the afternoon and the SSE wind increased to gale force: awful conditions for trying to find and watch birds! This was doubly-annoying, because some…

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Guided Bird Watching Cruise – 3rd December 2025

Well, what a cruise we had today weather was dry sunny light winds and visibility was good all set fair for the duration of our cruise. The Pride of Exmouth with Captain Jake at the helm we set sail along…

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Rare Bird Sighting on the River Exe Stuns Bird Watchers across the Country

The Exe Estuary is already known as an international wildlife superstar, but passengers on our Guided Bird Watching Cruise today, got an unexpected sighting that has sent ripples of excitement through the national birding community! The Exe Estuary – A…

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