The mixed landscape of the Sharpham Estate beside the picturesque Dart estuary provides an ideal location for many different bird species.
Enjoy an evening guided walk to find some of the estuary's more secretive birds in the reed beds, busy feeding and putting on weight before their southward migrations. These could include Reed and Sedge Warbler, but also resident Cetti's Warbler and Reed Bunting.
We'll look on the estuary for wading birds, gulls and wildfowl and clues to the birds' identities will be given by bird expert Mike Langman.
If we are very lucky, an Osprey (above) might even put in an appearance. Their favourite fishing time is on a rising low tide as the local mullet move up onto the shallow flooding mudflats.
Says Mike: "All sorts of birds use the Dart estuary to rest and feed. August is a great month to see anything from Little Egret families with their young recently flown the nest, and fast-growing Shelduck chicks shovelling through the mud to find tiny snails to eat.""Ospreys are still rare visitors to our South West rivers but August 2016 saw an unprecedented influx, with at least 3 on the Dart - I hope 2017 will be even better."
Another speciality of Sharpham is its bats which should be emerging from their daytime roosts as it gets dark.
This event costs £12 for adults and £4 for children.
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