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Bill Coulson @devonshirenature.bsky.social · 4d

Osprey, a juvenile, with a freshly caught Mullet seen over the River Dart yesterday on a great cruise on the African Queen from Kingswear/ Dartmouth.
Guide Mike Langman @clennonvalley.bsky.social

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Bill Coulson @devonshirenature.bsky.social · 4d

River Dart cruise on African Queen. Guide Mike Langman. @clennonvalley.bsky.social
Yellow Flagged Curlew C5 over a red band on left leg. On right leg is an orange (?) ring. I'll do a bit of digging, it may be a headstarted bird.
2. Peregrine overhead.
3 + 4. Lots of Buzzards over the river.

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Mike Langman @clennonvalley.bsky.social · 9d

A few places going on my rescheduled, very last, River Dart 'Osprey cruise on Monday 6th October at 11.30am cruise lasts for 4 hrs cost £43 .
Tuesdays Cruise: Osprey, Kingfishers, Hobby, Peregrine, Great Egret, Little Egrets, Harbour & Grey Seals Stunning scenery etc..etc..!

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Mike Langman @clennonvalley.bsky.social · 12d

Back from Mallorca - now struggling to identify this very plain looking Lizard - it doesn't seen to match the descriptions of the two true lizards found on the island.. Any one help with identity..? It was probably about 8'' or more in total length. it looks more like an Algyroides - introduced?

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Bill Coulson @devonshirenature.bsky.social · 21d

Brilliant pelagic trip yesterday led by @clennonvalley.bsky.social on Kelly's Hero out of Brixham.
Grey Phalarope
Sabine's Gull juvenile
Sooty Shearwater
European Storm Petrel

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Bill Coulson @devonshirenature.bsky.social · 22d

Rare treat ! White-beaked Dolphins seen on a @clennonvalley.bsky.social pelagic trip on Kelly's Hero out of Brixham. These White-beaks were just off Berry Head. @Saunders

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Judah Baker @wildweevils.bsky.social · 27d

Berry Head 12:30-17:00, first 3h unwisely spent in hide with 0 sightings other than a bloxworth snout (📷), then 90 mins at the quarry where @clennonvalley.bsky.social found me a bonxie (year ✅), plus 25+ balearics, 15+ manxie, 1 c tern, 1 guille, 70 kitt, 6 fulmar, & cmn dolphins
#devonbirds

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Mike Langman @clennonvalley.bsky.social · Sep 9

I think 92 were counted in Cornwall just a few hours earlier...?

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Mike Langman @clennonvalley.bsky.social · Sep 8

After watching Ospreys on my guided Dart 'Osprey' Cruise and telling the group to look out for possible Glossy Ibis's this happens!! I estimated 70 but there were 91! perhaps the Wadebridge flock? at least 3 Ospreys, Kingfisher Mandarin Ducks, Common Sandpipers too.

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Mike Langman @clennonvalley.bsky.social · Sep 2

Looks like I'm going to cancel my guided Dart Osprey cruise tomorrow, rescheduling for Friday am for a 0930hrs start from Kingswear or Dartmouth several of the original trip can't make the Friday so I have several vacant spaces of interested please message me ASAP £43.

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Mike Langman @clennonvalley.bsky.social · Sep 2

Looks like I'm going to cancel my guided Dart Osprey cruise tomorrow, rescheduling for Friday am for a 0930hrs start from Kingswear or Dartmouth several of the original trip can't make the Friday so I have several vacant spaces of interested please message me ASAP £43.

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Jacob Wood @jacob-wood.bsky.social · Aug 30

Berry Head 06:45-18:00
14 Great Shearwater, 3 Cory's Shearwater, 1 Sooty, c200 Balearic, c340 Manx, 28 Arctic Skua, 3 Bonxie,72 Sandwich Tern, 27 Common Tern (+8 'commic').
Also 5 Yellow Wagtail over first thing. #devonbirds #ukbirding

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Bill Coulson @devonshirenature.bsky.social · Aug 25

Some of the sightings from the pelagic trip led by @clennonvalley.bsky.social on Kelly's Hero out of Brixham.
Yellow-legged Gull
One from a pod of Common Dolphins
Manx Shearwater
Part of a flock of Common Terns
Other birds seen:
Balearic Shearwater, Black Tern, Gannets, Kittiwakes

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Mike Langman @clennonvalley.bsky.social · Aug 25

3 Ospreys seen fishing on the Stoke Gabriel stretch of the river Dart #Devon this evening. Also 1 Kingfisher, 1 Whimbrel, 24+ Curlew, 5 Redshank.

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Mike Langman @clennonvalley.bsky.social · Aug 23

A couple of great cruises with @KellysheroDavid out into Lyme Bay fist day: 300+ Balearic Shearwater next day 30+! Manx Shearwaters, Black Terns, 1 Caspian Gull, 3 Yellow-l Gulls, or so, Arctic Skuas, 300 + Common Tern, Arctic Terns 12+ Com Dolphins & a flock of Black-t Godwits!

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Mike Langman @clennonvalley.bsky.social · Aug 20

LYME BAY PELAGIC Tomorrow 6hrs from BRIXAM: Two places have just become available on my 6hr Lyme Bay pelagic cruise tomorrow starting at 2pm, contact me ASAP if anyone is interested £78 per place.

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Mike Langman @clennonvalley.bsky.social · Aug 17

There was a very big feeding frenzy building after 7.30 about 1-1.5 miles off which complicated the counts so I ended up only counting passage birds a>S a bit closer in and not getting involved in the feeding. But hardly any Manxies in those passage counts!

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Mike Langman @clennonvalley.bsky.social · Aug 17

Berry head seawatch 6am-8.15am: 308 Comic Terns, 13 Common & 24 Sandwich Terns, 7 Arctic Skuas, 177 Balearic S then a lot of rafting (160+) and feeding, 4 Manx, 13 Med Gulls, 300+ Kittiwake 120+ Gannets, 7 Fulmar & 29+ Common Dolphins. Plus 18 Autumn Ladies Tresses Orchids

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Mike Langman @clennonvalley.bsky.social · Aug 16

I lead a fantastic Coast & River cruise from Dartmouth yesterday evening; 19 Grey, 7 Harbour Seals, 8+ Com Dolphins, Arctic Skua, 400+ Kittiwakes inc French ringed bird, Gannets, Sandwich Terns, 3 Kingfishers, 27 Curlew, 2 Common Sandpipers, Peregrine, Little Egrets. Calm seas!

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Mark D @seaskywatch.bsky.social · Aug 16

Also a grim sight of presumed dead Grey Seal, you can see the rope around the tail so probably entangled and drown

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Mike Langman @clennonvalley.bsky.social · Aug 14

Not many Prickly Stick insects in our garden trees in #Torbay this year but here’s a decent size one today.

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Mike Langman @clennonvalley.bsky.social · Aug 14

I found a Lesser Emperor Dragonfly yesterday at Clennon Lakes #Torbay seen from the viewing platform on lake 1. Photographer Paul Snell got a few shots - I’ve cropped them heavily here. Still plenty of Small Red-eyed Damsels on the floating vegetation too.

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Mike Langman @clennonvalley.bsky.social · Aug 13

Details here: mikelangman.co.uk/guided-cruis...

Guided Cruises - Mike Langman Art

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Mike Langman @clennonvalley.bsky.social · Aug 13

Coast and river guided wildlife cruise 10th Aug, fantastic weather. A Sunfish was perhaps the highlight but Porpoises, Balearic & Manx Shearwaters, Peregrine, Kingfisher, Egyptian geese both Grey and Common Seals seen. Still a couple of places on Friday 5pm (4hr) on Friday.

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Mark D @seaskywatch.bsky.social · Aug 7

1978 is a New National record Jake, old one didn’t last long, and a shore based count is probably more accurate. At Start only 5 Balearic Shearwaters showing they are not moving through. I estimate there are 2500-3000 in Lyme bay at present based on some of the at sea and land-based counts.

Jacob Wood @jacob-wood.bsky.social · Aug 7

1,978 Balearics that is...

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