Kittiwake at Passage House

While scanning across the roost sites during the WeBS count at Passage House yesterday, I came across a Kittiwake right in front of the car park! However I had mixed feelings about this bird, because although it was an estuary tick for me, the bird was clearly not in a good state. A couple of crows were pecking at its head, but it managed to hobble off the roost site in to the water where it floated down river.

The only other birds of note were four Avocets roosting on the spit.

On Saturday afternoon, a family walk along Teignmouth seafront revealed little other than two Great Northern Divers, one of which was close in, feeding in the surf just south of the pier.

Just beginning to develop its summer plumage.