Counts from the estuary over the afternoon high tide included 1,740 Dunlin, 75 Bar and 42 Black-tailed Godwit, 42 Grey and 28 Ringed Plover, 30 Sanderling, 14 Greenshank, five Red-breasted Merganser and a Great Northern Diver.
Elsewhere 12 Great Northern and four Red-throated Diver were offshore with 18 Great Crested Grebe, 18 Wigeon and 10 Common Scoter.
Ringing News: A total of 59 birds of seven species were recorded this afternoon; 33 Dunlin, 18 Oystercatcher and four Grey Plover from DCWRG projects, and single wintering Brent Goose from the Netherlands, Great Black-backed Gull from Looe, Cornwall, Knot from Wales, and Ringed Plover from Hampshire.
Elsewhere Oystercatcher 2C was recorded on Tiree, Argyll today for the third spring in a row, although it has not been recorded on the Exe since April 2020.
Oystercatcher 2C back from Dawlish Warren, Devon today at Kirkapol, Tiree for the third spring running - in amongst hundreds of Oystercatchers now back to breed on the island #BirdingScotland
— John Bowler (@tireebirder.bsky.social) 13 February 2026 at 14:54
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