MId-summer records

It has been quiet on patch this summer but a few records do stand out. A Barn Owl reported hunting fields to the north of the estuary mid June was welcome news, with a first summer Black-throated Diver later in the month off Bundle Head (from a boat) more unexpected. More recently a Bar-tailed Godwit was over Teignmouth on 3rd July, the first juvenile Sandwich Tern was with three adults on the Salty on 8th July and an adult summer Mediterranean Gull there today.