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Great Crested Grebes - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)

Great Crested Grebe flypast

You’ve probably noticed that I love a good flypast. Here are two Great Crested Grebes going at speed down the River Exe. …

Dark-bellied Brent Goose - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)

Dark-bellied Brent Geese

Brent Geese are small Geese, only just bigger than a large duck. On the River Exe we have the dark-bellied Brent Geese …

Carrion Crow - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)

Carry On Crow

There’s a piece of driftwood and a pool of water in the extended mud at the centre of the River Exe at …

Avocet - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)

Recurvirostra avosetta

There are Avocets on the River Exe and it’s a thrill to see them. Just look at that ridiculous curved beak. It’s …

Dunlin - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)

The River Exe – Dunlin

Dunlin are one of the commonest shorebirds found around the UK’s coastline. They form glorious flocks which twist this way and that …

Grey Plover - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)

The River Exe – Grey Plover

We call the Grey Plover, Pluvialis squatarola, the Grey Plover in the UK because they are, most definitely, grey. They’re a beautiful, …

Spotted Redshank - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)

The River Exe – Spotted Redshank

Spotted Redshank, Tringa erythopus, are such elegant birds. I love their long necks, precision bills and patterned plumage. It was a thrill …

Little Egret - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)

Egrets, I’ve had a few

I recently saw Little Egrets in Italy: Little Egrets Today I’m in Exeter and there’s one hunting on the Exe: Egretta garzetta …

Curlew - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)

Curlew wading

I recently saw a flock of over 100 Curlews on the fields at the side of the River Exe. They seem to …

Avocet - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)

Avocets on the Exe

We once killed all the Avocets in Britain. We destroyed their habitat by draining their salt marshes and we killed them for …