Ringed Plovers, Osprey

With near-record numbers of Ringed Plovers at Dawlish Warren recently, I headed to Flow Point this morning wondering if there had been an increase in the comparatively meagre population on the Teign. Walking westwards along the edge of the sea wall from near Salcombe Dip, I could see small groups of Ringed Plovers scattered about on the point and some diligent scanning eventually produced a total of 52, the highest count since August 2012. A Turnstone, a Teal and a Kingfisher were also noted.

On Wednesday the first Osprey of the year was between Passage House and Coombe Cellars.

Ringed Plovers

WeBS

Presumably the same Bar-headed Goose that spend much of last winter at Rackerhayes had joined the 133 Canada Geese at Passage House on Sunday morning. At the other end of the estuary Turnstones are already back in good numbers, with 32 between the Shaldon Bridge and Teignmouth Back Beach. Other totals included 262 Oystercatchers, 61 Curlew, five Whimbrels, seven Greenshanks, one Redshank, two Common Sandpipers,  32 Mute Swans, 450 Black-headed Gulls, five Cormorants, three Shags, three Kingfishers and two Sandwich Terns.