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Arthur Seaton #FBPE #Wessex @southsaxon.bsky.social · 4d

Dawlish Warren, 10.9.1984.

#DawlishWarren #WesternRegion #BritishRail #1980s #1984Images

Dawlish Warren Recording Group @warrenbirding.bsky.social · 4d

News of a 2nd for Britain late last month - the #ichnuemon wasp Lissonata oculatoria found by Alan Keatley near Langstone Rock. Thanks to @gavinbroad.bsky.social for confirming ID.

Lissonata oculatoria 29/9/25 - Alan Keatley

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Kiera Pope @kieope.bsky.social · 6d

Yesterday @wildweevils.bsky.social and I went to Dawlish Warren and we got great views of a couple Kingfishers fishing in the main pond! this is my first time getting decent photos of a Kingfisher so i’m quite proud:)

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Kiera Pope @kieope.bsky.social · 6d

Also got some pics of some Pony’s, Blackbird and Meadow pipit from @warrenbirding.bsky.social :) #devonbirds

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Music on the Edge @musicontheedge.bsky.social · 7d

More photos from Dawlish warren a a couple of weeks ago. Love this place. #Dawlish #Dawlishwarren #Devon #Birdlife

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Alphington Birder @alphington-birder1.bsky.social · 10d

Another good #LowCarbonBirding day. 2 Green Sand on higher Exe near Salmon Pool. Train to Dawlish W. Spttd Red at Cockwood Steps, 4-6 Sandwich Tern on estuary, 5 Ad Med Gulls, 2 Marsh Harrier, 3 Ruff, 26 Golden, 5 Grey & 22 R Plover Exminster M. More on Devon Birds www.devonbirds.org/bird-sightin...

Cockwood to Exminster Marsh - Devon Birds

Today took the train to Dawlish Warren and cycled back. A brief look at Salmon Pool area before train journey, 2 Green Sandpipers flew over and a Green

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Richard Fox @richardfoxbc.bsky.social · 10d

Finished September with lifer number 90 for the year with mines of Chrysoesthia drurella (Fiery Miner) at Dawlish Warren with Kevin Rylands. Seems to be a very scarce moth in Devon, though presumably it is also under-recorded. Brings me to 968 moth species for the year so far. #teammoth

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Stuart Frisby @mrfrisby.com · 12d

Once the mist cleared it was a glorious morning for a walk and a look at the sea. #devon

Looking towards Exmouth from Dawlish Warren

The sea from under the cliffs and caves at Langstone Point

A bright blue sky and a deep indigo ocean under a warm sun

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Richard Fox @richardfoxbc.bsky.social · 13d

Lifer today when this Caloptilia falconipennella (Dark Alder Stilt) emerged from a larva I found on Alder at Dawlish Warren earlier this month. #teammoth

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Dawlish Warren Recording Group @warrenbirding.bsky.social · 14d

Both found today on Gypsywort at the Warren, the Eupteryx previously recorded on Water Mint, the aphid new for the Recording Area.

James Emerson @norwichbirder.bsky.social · 17d

I checked a clump of Gypsywort this morning and found a couple of nice hemipterans - the leafhopper Eupteryx thoulessi (www.britishbugs.org.uk/homoptera/Ci...) and some Hawthorn-Gypsywort Aphids Ovatus insitus (influentialpoints.com/Gallery/Ovat...).

A close-up picture of a pale-green leafhopper with pale patches spread across the wings.

A close-up of an aphid, a rather mottled brownish colour with pale legs and bumps on the front of the head between the antennal bases.

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Shiphay Birder @shiphaybirder.bsky.social · 15d

Today's #SlavonianGrebe S of Cockwood Steps on Devon's #ExeEstuary. A difficult bird to video due to its distance and frequent diving in blustery conditions. Just my 2nd in Devon this year 😉. Thanks again to Lee C & @robmurphy.bsky.social. #DevonBirds #UKBirding @warrenbirding.bsky.social

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Music on the Edge @musicontheedge.bsky.social · 16d

Stunning Dawlish Warren #SWEngland #Devon #Autumn2025

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Judah Baker @wildweevils.bsky.social · 17d

Visit to DW yday looking out to the bight didn’t produce much with 8 s martins, 2 brent, 150 curlew, 300+ oyc, + a few rshank, dunlin, & ring plovers. However further into the warren we had more luck - spot fly at the main pond, grey wag in DDW, and m eider & 40+ c scoter off the seawall
#devonbirds

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Kiera Pope @kieope.bsky.social · 17d

found a handful of mushrooms on dawlish warren yesterday! Parasol, Sulphur Tuft and Spectacular Rustgill. Also found some other mushrooms but they aren’t easy to ID like some Boletes, Shields, Bracket Fungi and Rollrims. #mushrooms @warrenbirding.bsky.social

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Dawlish Warren Recording Group @warrenbirding.bsky.social · 19d

Widespread amongst the Marram at the Warren, but also occasionally found elsewhere on site.

John Walters @johnwalterswildife.bsky.social · 19d

Although usually found amongst Marram Grass on the coast the jumping spider Marpissa nivoyi also occurs amongst Purple Moor Grass on heathland. Bovey Heath @devonwildlifetrust today

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Judah Baker @wildweevils.bsky.social · 22d

Devil’s Coach Horse and Silver Y plus lots of other moths on the wing at Greenland Lake @warrenbirding.bsky.social whilst I and @kieope.bsky.social were failing to find the reported rosefinch
#entomology #devonbirds

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Alphington Birder @alphington-birder1.bsky.social · 24d

Today’s #LowCarbonBirding trip was a train to Dawlish Warren. A hope to see seabirds, though conditions weren’t bad enough. However 4 Red-t Divers in Br Pl, 2 GND’s & 20+ C Scotor were good consolation. 65+ Sand T & 25+ Commic Terns too. More info at Devon Birds www.devonbirds.org/bird-sightin...

Dawlish Warren (via Trew Weir) - Devon Birds

A train journey to Dawlish from St Thomas, so a Quick Look at Riverside Country Park, north section, first and afterwards.

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Martin Elcoate @melcoate.bsky.social · 26d

Not much to show for my morning’s birding at Dawlish Warren. Plenty of Chiffchaffs, 2 Common Scoter, Common & Sandwich Terns.

A great windy dog walk on Exmouth beach in the afternoon.

And an early evening run around Topsham.

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Dawlish Warren Recording Group @warrenbirding.bsky.social · 27d

A(nother) UK first for the Recording Area, the #nudibranch #sealug Corambe testudinaria found yesterday in rockpools at Langstone Rock. One to add thanks @panspecieslisting.bsky.social

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Alphington Birder @alphington-birder1.bsky.social · 29d

Latest #LowCarbonBirding day took me to Dawlish Warren. 65+ Sandwich Tern and Juv Little Stint on the Blight being the main interest. Also 4+ Sand Martin at Trew Weir as part of journey along with a Kingfisher at both sites. More details on Devon Birds www.devonbirds.org/bird-sightin...

Dawlish Warren & Riverside Country Park - Devon Birds

A cycle up to St Thomas, catching the train to Dawlish Warren. At Trew Weir this morning were Kingfisher & 4 Sand Martin.

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Dawlish Warren Recording Group @warrenbirding.bsky.social · 29d

This intertidal rove beetle can be found around the shore of The Bight, one of just two extant Devon sites devonassoc.org.uk/images/beetl...

Adrian Dutton @nottscoleoptera.bsky.social · 29d

Male Bledius spectabilis,fantastic horned pronotum. A cracking Staphylinid beetle, Dorset. #Staphylinidae #Coleoptera

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Ian Moore @iankenmoore.bsky.social · Sep 11

On my way to see Friends in the West Country, so had a few hours at my old local patch at Dawlish Warren (I was at college close by 33 years ago).
Cirl Bunt, Spot Fly, Sarnie terns etc.
#ukbirding

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Judah Baker @wildweevils.bsky.social · Sep 9

Short and unrewarding seawatch from @warrenbirding.bsky.social with only birds of some interest r pipit & med gull.
Tidepooling was productive w shore, edible, hairy porcelain, & dead spider crab, + a ragworm, 2 dwarf brittle star, large rockling sp & the rest of the usuals.
#devonbirds #rockpools

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Mark Bailey @markrabailey.bsky.social · Sep 8

Dawlish Warren this morning - c150 Common Terns, c100 Sandwich Terns, 6 Knot, 10 Bar Tailed Godwit, Whimbrel, c70 Dunlin, 14 Wigeon, 2 Med Gulls, Peregrine over the bight, 31 Mute Swans and 2 Wheatears

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Dawlish Warren Recording Group @warrenbirding.bsky.social · Sep 7

The second site record of Latticed Heath was soon followed by the third, disturbed from grassland with dozens of Rush Veneer and a Vestal #TeamMoth In a similar vein four Glossy Ibis were the seventh record after the sixth yesterday! #UKBirding

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