Dawlish Warren

20 years ago, the Recording Group posted its first daily sightings blog dawlishwarren.blogspot.com thanks to all for your records, photos and support. Since then, 280 bird species have been seen. July 2004 highlights included Caspian Tern, Broad-billed and Pectoral Sandpiper...

Pleasant surprise, a sand running spider - rhysodromus fallax found today at Dawlish Warren NNR. Shaken out of marram grass on dune slope. First record for reserve and possibly South Devon for this nationally rare spider @BerryTylan @BritishSpiders @WarrenBirding

#Firecrest was very obliging along the path near the main pond @WarrenBirding this morning

Oystercatcher 2C (blue) ringed at Dawlish Warren in Sep 2018 is back for at least its second summer on #Tiree It was displaying in a group of 25 birds yesterday at Kirkapol @WarrenBirding

Dawlish Warren from above #Exmouth. Have you ever walked to this end of #DawlishWarrenBeach? It takes a little time, but it is worth it. #RiverExe #DawlishWarrenSpit 📷 @BeachCamsMan

Have you ever seen a cirl bunting? 🐦 The population of these rare farmland birds is almost entirely found in south Devon, as the UK is the very limit of their European range. This particular cirl bunting was spotted at Dawlish Warren on Christmas Day. 🎄 📷: Andrew at DWT

The last, and for some in size, least, 2024 Wildlife Reviews Grasshoppers et al dawlishwarren.blogspot.com/2025/01/wildli… and other invertebrates dawlishwarren.blogspot.com/2025/01/wildli…

Despite the lack of frosts very few plants flowering, Portland Spurge an exception, the grey wet weather to blame? So a #WildflowerHour cheat, the 2024 botanical summary for #12DaysWild dawlishwarren.blogspot.com/2025/01/wildli…

The Recording Group's 2024 Butterflies & Moths summaries for Day 11 of #12DaysWild A poor year for both but 15 moths were added to the site audit dawlishwarren.blogspot.com/2025/01/wildli… & dawlishwarren.blogspot.com/2025/01/wildli…

Day ten of #12DaysWild a summary of 2024's beetles @KeatleyAlan dawlishwarren.blogspot.com/2025/01/wildli…

The Recording Group 2024 Bird Report is in its final stages, in the meantime there is a summary of the birding year to whet the appetite dawlishwarren.blogspot.com/2024/12/wildli…

Days five and six of #12DaysWild the annual reviews of Dragonflies and Bugs @KeatleyAlan dawlishwarren.blogspot.com/2024/12/wildli… & dawlishwarren.blogspot.com/2024/12/wildli… for your perusal

Day 4 of #12DaysWild and it is time the rest of 2024's flies @KeatleyAlan dawlishwarren.blogspot.com/2024/12/wildli…

For day 3 of #12DaysWild a summary of the 2024 Hoverfly season @KeatleyAlan dawlishwarren.blogspot.com/2024/12/wildli…

Day 2 of #12DaysWild and the spotlight falls on the rest of the Hymenoptera; Wasps, Ants & Sawflies dawlishwarren.blogspot.com/2024/12/wildli… Thanks @KeatleyAlan

Seasons greetings all, day one of the Recording Group's #12DaysWild annual summaries starting with Bees dawlishwarren.blogspot.com/2024/12/wildli… thanks to @KeatleyAlan

Squid eggs washed ashore! 🦑 These gelatinous, white tubes hold thousands of tiny eggs, laid by a female squid. Storms can dislodge them, bringing this unique sight to beaches like Dawlish Warren. 📷: John B #MarineLife #Squid #Marinelife #Devon #Shoreline

Black Oil Beetle, recorded at the Warren in 2019 having emerged from a Yellow-legged Mining Bee Andrena flavipes colony.

Many Brent Geese on Starcross golf course but not a single juvenile. 4 pale-bellied (1 pair).

Second time I’ve seen EH this year. Still at Shelley Beach Exmouth. This little bird is at least 35 years old. @waderquest @ExmouthWildlife @RSPBExeEstuary @SEDwildlife @OMSYSTEMcameras #exmouth #OysterCatcher #devon

Stunning Sunrise Dawlish Warren this morning.@BBCSpotlight @weatherchannel @weatherbraine @weather_bee @itvwestcountry @Our_Exeter #dawlish #weather #sunrise #devon