Axe Birding

It's not proving a particularly exciting spring so far, but still, it's early days and to be honest is still quite cold (except for ...

A clear and still morning yesterday encouraged me to head to Axe Cliff for the first time this spring.  I wasn't expecting a large fall ...

Well the day after my post in which I ask ' where are all our Little Ringed Plovers ? ' of course I see a Little Ringed Plover ! Ye...

Thought I better get myself up to date here before it kicks off properly... hopefully!   It has felt really slow going recently, and althoug...

March has been extremely disappointing so far I have to say.  Since my last post it's been really hard graft with very little going on o...

My first ten Sand Martins of the year flew north over the A3052 at Colyford yesterday morning, following the River Axe, at about 9am. Three ...

I'm afraid it's yet another post with a gull as the main feature! Well, what else can I do if nice gulls keep flaunting themselves i...

In yesterday's post I published photos of the colour-ringed Caspian Gull  that I found on the Axe Estuary earlier that day, it was bear...

I've always enjoyed late winter/early spring gulling on the Axe, and looking at the loafing Larids today gave me two more top quality bi...

This absolutely stunning first-winter Caspian Gull was on the lower Axe Estuary for twenty minutes this morning, my fifth of 2026 but it sho...

My word haven't we had some rain! It's rained daily at Exeter Airport since 31st Dec 2025 apparently and must be about the same for ...

On Saturday evening at 5:40pm as we were driving to Exeter, I couldn't help but notice that it wasn't pitch black.  The residual lig...

Towards the end of November 2025, Kev found a small wintering group of Cirl Buntings on the outskirts of Beer.  Our presumption was that th...