Posts by Stuart Line Cruises
Guided Bird Watching Cruise – 2nd February 2026
The weather was dry, chilly and overcast with a strong south-easterly wind. Visibility was good for the duration of our cruise, but it turned out to be a beautiful, sunny and calm ending. With the Pride of Exmouth and Captain Jake at the helm, we set sail along the seafront with great company on board.…
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The weather was showery and occasionally overcast with a southerly wind. Visibility was good for the duration of our cruise, but it turned out to be a beautiful, sunny and calm ending. With the Pride of Exmouth and Captain Jake at the helm, we set sail along the seafront with great company on board. Oystercatchers,…
Read MoreGuided Bird Watching Cruise – 31st January 2026
Today’s cruise was an absolute joy because it barely rained! We experienced one brief shower on the return trip but otherwise it was a bright, sunny day beneath a sky of billowing clouds. The Exe was swollen with recent flood water which reduced the area of exposed mud. This in turn meant the absence of…
Read MoreGuided 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 and Teal from Scandinavia, Golden Plover and Black-tailed Godwits from Iceland, and Black-headed and Common…
Read MoreGuided 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 and Captain Will at the helm, we set sail along the seafront then up the…
Read MoreGuided 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 of the people on board were hoping for views of the Lesser Crested Tern that…
Read MoreLarge Visitor Attraction of the Year
Philippa, Jake, Lauren, Dan, Will, Amanda, Dave and Donna were delighted to attend the Devon Tourism Awards at Sandypark in Exeter on Thursday 27th November, 2025. Stuart Line Cruises were selected as finalists in the category of ‘Large Visitor Attraction of the Year’, so we donned our glad rags and got excited for a night…
Read MoreGuided Bird Watching Cruise 3rd November 2025
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 on the first Birding trip of the season along the seafront then up the estuary…
Read MoreLeisure & Tourism Business of the Year, 2025
STUART LINE CRUISES CROWNED LEISURE & TOURISM BUSINESS OF THE YEAR AT PRESTIGIOUS EXETER LIVING AWARDS 2025 Stuart Line Cruises, the award-winning, family-run passenger boat company operating from Exmouth, is celebrating a major victory, having been named the Leisure & Tourism Business of the Year at the esteemed Exeter Living Awards, 2025. The coveted accolade was presented at a glittering ceremony at Exeter’s…
Read MoreAward-winning Hospitality
Jake and Lauren attended the Exmouth Chamber of Commerce Business Awards 2025 on Friday 26th September, as finalists in the category of Hospitality Business of the Year 2025. They were thrilled to be presented with the second prize in this category, with The Octagon winning first place and Curated Getaways receiving the award for third…
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