Bird illustrator, Birder mostly Devon, birdwatching guide, wildlife bird tour leader, keen seawatcher.https://bsky.app/profile/clennonvalley.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/clennonvalley.bsky.social/post/3mup7yw4jgc2oBroadsands #Torbay was interesting on 2 Sept with a Little Gull + this hybrid Mediterranean x Black-headed Gull - picked out as it was dip feeding with 40+ Blk-h Gulls off the beach by its white underwings and b/w tipped primaries otherwise close to Blk-h Gull!04 Sep 2026 14:57 +0000at://did:plc:gik75sdhpkhfrdtw3m34d5tu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mup7yw4jgc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/clennonvalley.bsky.social/post/3muonuwea2s2jBerry Head seawatch with Bill Macdonald and Mark Bailey 06.45-9am: 2 Egyptian Geesse (!), 1 Sabines Gull juv, 2 Little gulls, 1 Black Tern, 1 Sooty Shearwater, 102 Balearic & 107 Manx Shearwaters, 2 ArcTerns, 521 ComTerns, 7 SandwichTerns, 18 Arctic Skuas, 1 Whimbrel, 200+ Gannets, 6 Fulmar, 2000+04 Sep 2026 09:33 +0000at://did:plc:gik75sdhpkhfrdtw3m34d5tu/app.bsky.feed.post/3muonuwea2s2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/clennonvalley.bsky.social/post/3mu2evm7ygc2iA wonderful cruise out into Lyme Bay yesterday @KellysheroDavid : 1 Sooty, 130+ Balearic, 600+ Manx Shearwaters, Little Gull, 3 Bonxies, 3-4 Arctic Skuas, 4 Yellow-legged Gulls, rafting Common Terns many Com Dolphins, 5+ Harbour Porpoise. bonxie pic from Bill Coulson27 Aug 2026 07:59 +0000at://did:plc:gik75sdhpkhfrdtw3m34d5tu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu2evm7ygc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/clennonvalley.bsky.social/post/3mtgrys5yts22Yet again this morning @BerryHead, the Risso's & 300+ Common Dolphin and 2 Harbour Porpoise. Fantastic to see a large pod of Common Dolphins speeding along .110+ Balearic Shearwaters rafting and feeding with 550+ Manx Shearwaters plus many Kittiwakes and Gannets.19 Aug 2026 13:00 +0000at://did:plc:gik75sdhpkhfrdtw3m34d5tu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtgrys5yts22https://bsky.app/profile/clennonvalley.bsky.social/post/3mtdxvyedxs2hIt's difficult to get shots of flying Dragonflies with a bridge (super-zoom) camera but with my RX10 4 I did eventually get a few crisp shots of this Migrant Hawker at Clennon Lakes #Torbay18 Aug 2026 10:08 +0000at://did:plc:gik75sdhpkhfrdtw3m34d5tu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtdxvyedxs2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/clennonvalley.bsky.social/post/3mtdwjkepr22mthe Risso's Dolphins were again just off Berry Head this morning at least 8 plus 70-80 Common Dolphins, 80+ Balearic Shearwaters and 130+ Manx Shearwaters.18 Aug 2026 09:43 +0000at://did:plc:gik75sdhpkhfrdtw3m34d5tu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtdwjkepr22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/clennonvalley.bsky.social/post/3mtbwbysuz22u120+ Common Dolphins and 8 Risso's Dolphins off Berry Head this morning. Also several rafts (approx 100 in total) of what appeared to be virtually all Balearic Shearwaters although there were some Manx and more Balearic Shearwaters flying in the area too17 Aug 2026 14:34 +0000at://did:plc:gik75sdhpkhfrdtw3m34d5tu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtbwbysuz22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/clennonvalley.bsky.social/post/3mst3fwymgk2zBerry Head Seawatch this morning for just 1hr 6.45-7.45am, best birds: 2 Bonxies, 1 Arctic Skua, 66 Balearic (including a raft of 47) & 71 Manx Shearwaters, 68 Comic Terns, 33 Sandwich Terns, 1200+ Kittiwakes, 3 juv YL Gulls, 270+ Gannets. 50 Common Dolphin, 2 Harbour Porpoise.11 Aug 2026 16:55 +0000at://did:plc:gik75sdhpkhfrdtw3m34d5tu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mst3fwymgk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/clennonvalley.bsky.social/post/3msaluw7aas2oJuvenile 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.04 Aug 2026 08:29 +0000at://did:plc:gik75sdhpkhfrdtw3m34d5tu/app.bsky.feed.post/3msaluw7aas2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/clennonvalley.bsky.social/post/3mrv6gys3gk2qChecking 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.30 Jul 2026 19:30 +0000at://did:plc:gik75sdhpkhfrdtw3m34d5tu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrv6gys3gk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/clennonvalley.bsky.social/post/3mrsdm6ogm22lone 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 Tern29 Jul 2026 16:24 +0000at://did:plc:gik75sdhpkhfrdtw3m34d5tu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrsdm6ogm22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/clennonvalley.bsky.social/post/3mqtv4cwgnc2vChecking 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.17 Jul 2026 13:45 +0000at://did:plc:gik75sdhpkhfrdtw3m34d5tu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqtv4cwgnc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/clennonvalley.bsky.social/post/3mqm6own4222hAt 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!14 Jul 2026 12:15 +0000at://did:plc:gik75sdhpkhfrdtw3m34d5tu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqm6own4222hhttps://bsky.app/profile/clennonvalley.bsky.social/post/3mq2jkfqmgc2h5-6 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.07 Jul 2026 11:41 +0000at://did:plc:gik75sdhpkhfrdtw3m34d5tu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq2jkfqmgc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/clennonvalley.bsky.social/post/3mm7dvyqsrs22Great 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.19 May 2026 12:03 +0000at://did:plc:gik75sdhpkhfrdtw3m34d5tu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm7dvyqsrs22https://bsky.app/profile/clennonvalley.bsky.social/post/3mddblrmfok22My 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.26 Jan 2026 12:45 +0000at://did:plc:gik75sdhpkhfrdtw3m34d5tu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mddblrmfok22https://bsky.app/profile/clennonvalley.bsky.social/post/3mcha4emln22qI've just advertised my spring/summer and autumn guided wildlife cruises from Torbay and Kingswear/Dartmouth #Devon including the popular 6hr Lyme Bay pelagics - for details see: https://mikelangman.co.uk/guided-cruises/ They book up quickly...15 Jan 2026 09:04 +0000at://did:plc:gik75sdhpkhfrdtw3m34d5tu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcha4emln22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/clennonvalley.bsky.social/post/3mcexplqx722sA sinensis 'continental' Cormorant at Stoke Gabriel Mill pond #Torbay this morning.14 Jan 2026 11:29 +0000at://did:plc:gik75sdhpkhfrdtw3m34d5tu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcexplqx722shttps://bsky.app/profile/clennonvalley.bsky.social/post/3m6jtduqj3s2mThe 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.26 Nov 2025 12:13 +0000at://did:plc:gik75sdhpkhfrdtw3m34d5tu/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6jtduqj3s2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/clennonvalley.bsky.social/post/3m6eofrnsyc2wAt 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.24 Nov 2025 11:01 +0000at://did:plc:gik75sdhpkhfrdtw3m34d5tu/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6eofrnsyc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/clennonvalley.bsky.social/post/3m54zkkqjgs2wWell done Jake!! [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 Nov 2025 16:34 +0000at://did:plc:gik75sdhpkhfrdtw3m34d5tu/app.bsky.feed.post/3m54zkkqjgs2whttps://bsky.app/profile/clennonvalley.bsky.social/post/3m54yvmd3oc2wFirst there for a little while - at one point I thought they might prove to be a permanent feature at Slapton! [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 Nov 2025 16:23 +0000at://did:plc:gik75sdhpkhfrdtw3m34d5tu/app.bsky.feed.post/3m54yvmd3oc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/clennonvalley.bsky.social/post/3m54yrzmvf22wWith a SE mod breeze and rain in early Nov should drop something in the bushes. Still gutted I left a few minutes too early on our seawatch Mark, I’ve seen many more Pallas’s than Leaches Petrels off Berry Head!! [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 Nov 2025 16:21 +0000at://did:plc:gik75sdhpkhfrdtw3m34d5tu/app.bsky.feed.post/3m54yrzmvf22whttps://bsky.app/profile/clennonvalley.bsky.social/post/3m52aklzuz22oA 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+ chiffchaffs07 Nov 2025 14:02 +0000at://did:plc:gik75sdhpkhfrdtw3m34d5tu/app.bsky.feed.post/3m52aklzuz22o