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Today I took the train to Dawlish Warren for the high tide and cycled back to Exeter. Highlight was an Osprey fishing just off the Warren and catching a fish

A cycle down for dawn at Turf. Highlights were the 4 Imm Spoonbill feeding on the estuary. 52+ Cattle Egret on the fields behind Turf, or flying north from

A cycle down from Exeter today. Highlights are the 4 Imm Spoonbill, and 4 Ruff (3F,1M). Also 62 Greenshank , 310 Redshank, 2 Spotted Redshank, 305 Curlew, 32

A dawn visit to Bowling Green Marsh and Goat Walk. Most of the birds were seen in Bowling Green, though 6 Knot, Turnstone, 350+ Dunlin and an adult Ringed

A circular walk from home through Matford Marsh to Countess Weir and then up to Marsh Barton Station and home. Highlight was 3 Spotted Flycatchers (1 at

A dawn cycle to Powderham Marsh. Highlights were Wood Sandpiper, 2 Whinchat and 12 Cattle Egret. Also 200+ House Martin spread out along ridge south of

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A cycle down to a very flooded Exminster Marsh. Station Road still impassible so just walkers and cyclists. 8 White-fronted Geese still north of Ferry and F

A cycle down to Countess Weir and then a walk down cycle path to Topsham Ferry crossing. Highlights were 8 White-fronted Geese (6Ads, 2 2nd cy) and a Spotted

Took the train to Dawlish Warren today and cycled back. At Dawlish GN Diver, 3 Red T Divers and 3 GC Grebe, but little else. Cycling north, usual waders

A cycle down to Bowling Green from Exeter today. Highlight was male Goldeneye from Topsham Quay. Little Grebe, Kingfisher and Grey Plover there too.

A cycle down to the marshes for dawn. Highlights being a F/Imm Merlin sat on a post for best part of 45 minutes and 2 adult Russian White-fronted Geese, which

A cycle down from Exeter to Turf Locks today. Highlight being a Yellow-browed Warbler found at the second viewing screen north of Countess Weir at 2pm. Not

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Took the train to Dawlish W to have second looks at the Ad Lesser Crested Tern. After distant flight views it then fly in front of the hide and landed there.

Party is investigating Ian Cooper as Labour MPs call for him to resign as leader of Staffordshire county council * UK politics live – latest updates Nigel Farage has been urged to sack a Reform UK council leader accused of racism over social media posts including one saying a black British lawyer should have “F’d off back to Nigeria”. Ian Cooper, the leader of Staffordshire county council, allegedly called Sadiq Khan, the London mayor, a “narcissistic Pakistani” and said migrants were “intent on colonising the UK, destroying all that has gone before”. Continue reading...

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