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What a perfect day for my first cruise as a commentator (note by Stuart Line here, we think Steve did a fantastic job). The weather was dry, sunny and with a chill brought on by a brisk northerly breeze. Visibility…

The Avocets were the highlights of today’s Guided Birdwatching Cruise. As the boat approached the huge mudbank opposite the Turf Hotel, the first group of ten Avocets were found, feeding in the shallow water, sifting for food with their distinctive…

The weather was dry sunny with a cold northerly wind blowing down the estuary. Visibility was good and set fair for the duration of our cruise but possibility of rain around 15:00. The Pride of Exmouth with Captain Rick at…

It was a beautiful morning as we left Exmouth, with the sun taking the chill out of the northerly breeze. A small group of Skylarks flew past us at the Marina – evidence of migration that later in the cruise…

It was a full boat that set off up the Exe estuary under cloudy skies, but there was mercifully no rain. Our first birds on Pole Sands were Oystercatchers and Curlew, feeding on cockles in the gravel and sandy islands…

The weather was dry overcast mild and windy visibility was good and set fair for the duration of our cruise. The Pride of Exmouth with Captain Jake at the helm Steve Manning and Dave Smallshire as spotters we set sail…