Early morning saw good numbers of birds feeding offshore including a fairly even mix of c50 Guillemot and Razorbill, the three Eider and 19 Red-throated and 11 Great Northern Diver.
Counts from the estuary on a big high tide included 1300 Dunlin, 200 Snipe, flushed by the rising waters, 185 Curlew, 156 Teal, 104 Bar-tailed Godwit, 70 Knot, 53 Cormorant, 46 Turnstone, 30 Ringed Plover, 24 Wigeon, 22 Sanderling, four Greenshank, three Red-breasted Merganser and a Mediterranean Gull.
Elsewhere 30 Siskin, three Bullfinch, two Chiffchaff and a Goldcrest in the bushes, male Kestrel and Sparrowhawk on Warren Point and three Stock Dove, two Jackdaw and a Rook overhead.
96. Kittiwake
97. Razorbill
Ringing News: A couple of notable reads amongst the Exe ringed waders. Dunlin AM was ringed as a 1cy on 7 September 2020 and has been seen regularly the last five winters and Oystercatcher EP, ringed here as a 2cy on 12 October 2021 and a non-breeding resident until Mar 2023 which was its last recorded sighting. Its apparent absence last winter likely due to wear making the colour-ring unreadable.
Other Wildlife: The Grey Squirrel remains resident on the Golf Course.
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