Juvenile Yellow-legged Gulls have been a bit thin on the ground this summer around the #Torbay Beaches this one at #Goodrinton this morning was good to see.

Checking on the small kittiwake colony, looks like 2 of the chicks have fledged since 17Jul with 4 chicks left. One Kittiwake juvenile with adults alongside just off #BerryHead & the same or another juv was seen nearby. So confirmation of fledging for the first time at Berry Head since mid 1980s.

one of my own cruises from Brixham on Kelly’s Hero 08.30am – 2.30pm highlights: 1 Wilson’s Storm Petrel, 5-6 European Storm Petrels, 2 Yellow-legged Gulls juvs, hundred ++ Common Dolphins, Sunfish, Manx Shearwaters, 50+ Mediterranean Gulls, Sandwich Terns, Common Tern

Checking today on the very precious #BerryHead kittiwake chicks the upper 3 nests with 4 chicks are virtually ready to fledge - a lot of flapping in nearly full wings. The lower nest with 2 chicks are at least 1 week behind.

At least 4x Kittiwakes nests still have young @ Berry Head. 6 young 4 well developed about a week away from fledging and 1 nest with 2x quite small still downy young. Successful fledging at Berry Head has not been documented since the 1980's!

5-6 chicks still on kittiwake nests at #BerryHead #Devon if they get to fledge it will be the first to do so on site for over 20 years!! Keeping my fingers crossed- but from 30+ nests this year still very poor productivity.

Great seawatch at #BerryHead #Devon 0545-1025hrs Highlights: 1 ad Sabine’s Gull, 1 Little Gull, 1 Little Tern, 2-3 E Storm Petrels, 878 Manxies, 3 GN Divers, 6 Puffins, 120+ Kittiwakes including 44 1st Summers, 1 Yellow Wagtail. Lots of Octopus being caught by crabbing boat.

My best effort on the Black-throated Diver off Brixham Breakwater found the day before by @seaskywatch.bsky.social still lots of Great Northern Divers too, flocks of 80+ Shags feeding out there with again flocks of Cormorants too the bay must be full of food.

A sinensis 'continental' Cormorant at Stoke Gabriel Mill pond #Torbay this morning.

The Yellow-browed Warbler at Broadsands #Torbay showed well from time to time in the 2nd car park - I assume it's the same bird that showed in the trees above the Cirl Bunting feeding station an hour later.

At Broadsands #Torbay a Yellow-browed Warbler was in willows and scrub at the back of the 2nd car park near to the green skip, also in same place 2 Firecrest, 1 Goldcrest and a Chiffchaff.

A Pallas's Warbler showed up briefly in the bottom of Berry Head quarry today but no sign afterward, despite 2hrs of searching! Also 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Firecrests and 8-10 Goldcrests. Also from a few days ago in 5th Nov at Clennon Lakes Torbay a Siberian Chiffchaff with an influx of 16+ chiffchaffs

Must be a really good year for cage fungus I clocked up 9 this morning around Berry Head including 3 in one clump! @jacob-wood.bsky.social

On the way back from the #BerryHead seawatch yesterday @jacob-wood.bsky.social spotted this cage fungus growing on the side of the quarry track. He then found another 6 or 7 near to the navigational beacon !

A few places going on my rescheduled, very last, River Dart 'Osprey cruise on Monday 6th October at 11.30am cruise lasts for 4 hrs cost £43 . Tuesdays Cruise: Osprey, Kingfishers, Hobby, Peregrine, Great Egret, Little Egrets, Harbour & Grey Seals Stunning scenery etc..etc..!

Back from Mallorca - now struggling to identify this very plain looking Lizard - it doesn't seen to match the descriptions of the two true lizards found on the island.. Any one help with identity..? It was probably about 8'' or more in total length. it looks more like an Algyroides - introduced?

After watching Ospreys on my guided Dart 'Osprey' Cruise and telling the group to look out for possible Glossy Ibis's this happens!! I estimated 70 but there were 91! perhaps the Wadebridge flock? at least 3 Ospreys, Kingfisher Mandarin Ducks, Common Sandpipers too.

Looks like I'm going to cancel my guided Dart Osprey cruise tomorrow, rescheduling for Friday am for a 0930hrs start from Kingswear or Dartmouth several of the original trip can't make the Friday so I have several vacant spaces of interested please message me ASAP £43.

3 Ospreys seen fishing on the Stoke Gabriel stretch of the river Dart #Devon this evening. Also 1 Kingfisher, 1 Whimbrel, 24+ Curlew, 5 Redshank.

A couple of great cruises with @KellysheroDavid out into Lyme Bay fist day: 300+ Balearic Shearwater next day 30+! Manx Shearwaters, Black Terns, 1 Caspian Gull, 3 Yellow-l Gulls, or so, Arctic Skuas, 300 + Common Tern, Arctic Terns 12+ Com Dolphins & a flock of Black-t Godwits!

Berry head seawatch 6am-8.15am: 308 Comic Terns, 13 Common & 24 Sandwich Terns, 7 Arctic Skuas, 177 Balearic S then a lot of rafting (160+) and feeding, 4 Manx, 13 Med Gulls, 300+ Kittiwake 120+ Gannets, 7 Fulmar & 29+ Common Dolphins. Plus 18 Autumn Ladies Tresses Orchids

I lead a fantastic Coast & River cruise from Dartmouth yesterday evening; 19 Grey, 7 Harbour Seals, 8+ Com Dolphins, Arctic Skua, 400+ Kittiwakes inc French ringed bird, Gannets, Sandwich Terns, 3 Kingfishers, 27 Curlew, 2 Common Sandpipers, Peregrine, Little Egrets. Calm seas!

Not many Prickly Stick insects in our garden trees in #Torbay this year but here’s a decent size one today.

I found a Lesser Emperor Dragonfly yesterday at Clennon Lakes #Torbay seen from the viewing platform on lake 1. Photographer Paul Snell got a few shots - I’ve cropped them heavily here. Still plenty of Small Red-eyed Damsels on the floating vegetation too.

Coast and river guided wildlife cruise 10th Aug, fantastic weather. A Sunfish was perhaps the highlight but Porpoises, Balearic & Manx Shearwaters, Peregrine, Kingfisher, Egyptian geese both Grey and Common Seals seen. Still a couple of places on Friday 5pm (4hr) on Friday.

I've got a couple places on both my guided Coast and River wildlife cruises on African Queen Dartmouth from Kingswear (or Dartmouth if you prefer) on Sunday 10th August 1pm - 5pm and the evening cruise Friday 15th August 5pm - 9pm. For details see: mikelangman.co.uk/guided-cruis...

29/7 a great morning @ #BerryHead highlights: finding Long-tailed Blue, over 1100 Balearic Shearwater, 24 Manx, 1 E Storm Petrel, 2 Arctic & 3 Pomarine Skuas, 21 Med Gulls, 150+ Common Dolphin, 7 Harbour Porpoise and 2 Roe Deer that almost said hello to me at the point and a leaping Thresher shark!

Some pictures from the trip from Tom Wallis including some of the many Common Dolphins, Balearic shearwater and the ‘puffling’

My guided cruise on Kelly's Hero from Brixham #Devon on Friday with superb views of juv Yellow-legged Gull, Sunfish, Manx & Balearic Shearwater, Common Dolphin, Porpoise, juv Puffin, Storm Petrel among many other species.

Some fantastic Risso's Dolphins on a promotional guided wildlife cruise I ran with Dartmouth Visitor Centre and the charter boat African Queen on Weds evening. I'm running 3 more evening trips on good low tides details here: mikelangman.co.uk/guided-cruis... I only take a max of 12 on each cruise.