Birding in comfort

All records from the sofa or bedroom - saves getting wet! Late morning on the Salty there were five Sandwich Tern and a Dunlin; my first there, so I expected that to be bird of the day. However following a high tide visit to the Warren things became decidedly unTeign...

First up was a Bar-tailed Godwit on the Salty, then three Ringed Plover and a flock of 24 Turnstone, not at all bad for the Teignmouth end of the river, all of these were however surpassed by a Knot - a genuine Teign rarity. Once the waders had flown upriver I turned my attention offshore, here a single Black Tern was lingering and then a couple of Balearic Shearwater flew south before doubling back north. Over the next 30 minutes it became obvious a feeding/roosting flock of Balearic were present - occasionally heading south into Labrador Bay with a minimum total of 28 counted. Both them and the Black Tern were still present around 7.15pm so presumably roosted nearby.

Kev