Otter Estuary 24^th October (by Tony Patston)

This was a field outing and recruitment drive combined.  John had sent a letter to RSPB members in the Exmouth area.  We had a good turn-out with some 20 people turning up.

The weather started fine as we walked out to the mouth of the river.  However, as we started to move upstream it started to rain and the leggings came out for a number of our party.  This caused a partial improvement in the weather until we were about a mile upstream when the heavens opened and we saw some of the biggest raindrops ever.

However, it was an enjoyable outing and we saw some 25 species (we even recruited some group members)

Birds seen:

Black headed gull

Blackbird

Canada goose

Coot

Cormorant

Crow

Curlew

Goldfinch

Greater black backed gull

Heron

Herring gull

Lapwing

Little egret

Little grebe

Magpie

Mallard

Oyster catcher

Pheasant

Pied wagtail

Red shank

Ringed plover

Rock pipit

Rook

Teal

Widgeon