The first Alexanders Straw Aethes deaurana of the year on the wing this weekend. Worth checking stands of the food plant, especially in Devon & Dorset, for this rapidly increasing species. More widespread, Hemp-agrimony Case-bearer C. follicularis is one of the more easily found Coleophora #teammoth

#carrotsandpeas on the dunes at Dawlish Warren: Bur Chervil, Anthriscus cacaulis, and Birdsfoot, Ornithopus perpusillus for #wildflowerhour today. @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Fields of marsh orchids and my first wild rose of 2026 from Dawlish Warren for #WildflowerHour. Most of the #CarrotsandPeas challenge came from there too, but the corky-fruited water dropwort was in my garden. @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @warrenbirding.bsky.social

Dawlish Warren, Devon. 10.55. The female #Eider currently showing very well on the seaward end of Groyne 9. My first Eider since the Hope's Nose female in Dec '24. #DevonBirds #UKBirding #birds @warrenbirding.bsky.social

Dawlish Warren 4th May 2026

Warm and cloudy with sunny spells - ideal conditions for finding co-operative insects. Today's sightings and more images on the blog dawlishwarren.blogspot.com/2026/05/tues...

Southern marsh-orchids (Dactylorhiza praetermissa) in flower (already!) at Dawlish Warren, Devon. That is early! 1/5/26 @ukorchids.bsky.social @orchidvinny.bsky.social @warrenbirding.bsky.social

I let the train take the strain (£4.95 rtn) for a jaunt down to Dawlish Warren from Topsham. And lovely it was too, even if it was quite ambitious (aka probably 'a bit too much') for my still-recovering-post-mitral-valve-repair heart. So an easier day tomorrow, I think. #devon #photography

Seawatch from @warrenbirding.bsky.social today 11:15-13:30, 3 RTD, 1 GND, 10 c scoter, 1 manxie, 12 auk sp, 2 GCG, 40 s’wich tern & the highlight - a little tern Kiera saw a water vole as well! Additionally 2 days ago we also had lesser whitethroat and a surprise stoat at the warren! #devonbirds

Yesterday, judah and i went to DW and did some sea watching. We saw this beautiful summer plumage Great Northern Diver, and judah saw a Little Tern! I also had a look around the Warren and saw a Water Vole briefly, which was really cool. #devonbirds #ukbirding

Great footage of a species that can be found in good numbers in similar habitat at the Warren.

Several larval cases of Lotus Case-bearer (Coleophora discordella) found on Bird’s-foot Trefoil today. The pale feeding damage obvious from a distance #TeamMoth

This Hedge Mustard wouldn't have got a second glance were it not for #WildflowerHour #CabbageFamily

A good year for this species at the Warren, can't match this photo though!

Excited to find my first forkmoss. Very surprised to see it on the edge of a sand dune, right where the grassy scrubland gives way. Broom Forkmoss (Dicranum scoparium), Dawlish Warren, Devon, yesterday. tinyurl.com/dicranum-sco... #moss #bryophyte

Dawlish Warren- 2 Eider - adult male and female off the seawall still c145pm found earlier by Lee C- the first ones reported in Devon this year! Also c6 Sandwich Terns, 3 GCGrebes (dreadful pics taken with phone hand held to scope)!

Arriving at Dawlish Warren I knew exactly where to find the Sand Crocus, Romulea columnae, as I just made a bee-line towards someone who was crouched down in typical botanist position! This turned out to be @ghostofdatura.bsky.social! Super to meet her, and the stunning Sand Crocus. #WildflowerHour

Sea Mouse-ear, Cerastium diffusum, in the turf at Dawlish Warren. Rabbit dropping for scale. #WildflowerHour

Always nice to go to a different part of the country and see plants I'm not used to seeing. Portland Spurge, Euphorbia portlandica, which I've only seen once before, at Dawlish Warren. Leaves have a small point at tip & prominent mid-rib on underside which Sea Spurge doesn't have. #WildflowerHour

Willows are important #TreeFlowers for early spring pollinators including this Yellow-legged Mining Bee

Finally feeling better after having a horrible cold. So took myself off to Dawlish Warren in the sunshine to see romulea columnae, Sand crocus, and what a beauty it is! I also bumped into @naturelark.bsky.social, was so lovely to meet you.

I thought I'd check in on Sand Crocus (Romulea columnae) at their sole Cornish site (rediscovered in 2002) and was astounded to find hundreds in flower already! I counted at least 564 flowers over two outcrops. @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Very windy at dawlish warren today, the highlights were at least 5 wheatear and 2 beautifully plumaged little grebes on the pond. Also 10+ sandwich terns, single red throated diver, reed buntings, curlews, stonechats. Feels like spring despite the wind! #devonbirds #ukbirds

Dune/Sand/Warren… whatever your preference, this Crocus by any other name would still be super sweet! (Romulea columnae… I like Dune Crocus) #dawlishwarren #wildcrocus #springflowers #wildflowerhour #rareplant #tinyflowers

Found this delightful teeny tiny yesterday at Dawlish Warren (little finger nail for scale). I am told it’s an Early Forget-me-not (Myosotis ramosissima) but am happy to be corrected. It was pretty damned beautiful, anyway! 💙

#BlueskyArtShow #RockinTuesday #EastCoastKin Sea wall defences, Dawlish Warren, Winter 2026 #PhotographersofBluesky #PhotographersUnited #Seascape #Devon

#BlueskyArtShow #RockinTuesday #EastCoastKin Sea stack, Dawlish Warren, Winter 2026 #PhotographersofBluesky #PhotographersUnited #Seascape #Landscape #Devon

Thought the #WhiteFlowers #WildflowerHour hashtags would be at least a week early for the Sand Crocus, but the first emerged yesterday. The earliest in the last 20 years, with 2007, with the average 1st date is 25th March. Less sun today so they remained tightly shut, 🤞for a sunny Easter Weekend.

Earlier this week regular patch birder @duncbye.bsky.social spotted one of our colour-ringed Oystercatchers back in the area at Storwood. This individual breeds in the #LDV (back for its fourth breeding season) and winters at Dawlish Warren in Devon – 402 km to the south @yorkbirding.bsky.social

No early Wheatear or hirundines yet but the 2025 Bird Report has arrived. Thanks to all for their records, photos and support #devonbirding @patchbirding.bsky.social dawlishwarren.uk/2025%20Bird%...

All three have made occasional appearances at the Warren this year, X1 the most frequent visitor.

Lovely spring day at Dawlish Warren

A Little Gull associating with 2 Black-headed Gulls feeding offshore from Dawlish Warren looking towards Exmouth, 2 GN Diver and a GC Grebe. @warrenbirding.bsky.social

i saw a few cool insects at Dawlish Warren today. Although most are quite difficult to identify, here’s some that have been id’ed or just look cool aha:)

Oystercatcher 2C back from Dawlish Warren, Devon today at Kirkapol, Tiree for the third spring running - in amongst hundreds of Oystercatchers now back to breed on the island #BirdingScotland

#BlueSkyArtsShow #clouds Dawlish Warren.

The storms have brought down many smaller Alder branches at the Warren and with it this species, new for the Recording Area. dawlishwarren.blogspot.com/2026/01/frid...

Did the @rspb.bsky.social big garden birdwatch yesterday morning, and some gulling at @warrenbirding.bsky.social which produced less than hoped, but still a couple subad LBBG’s and at least one kittiwake close in off the seawall #devonbirds

The #PatchBirding review of the second half of 2025 finally online dawlishwarren.blogspot.com/2026/01/wild... - now to finish the actual report! #UKbirding #DevonBirds

HN has been recorded here each autumn since ringing but never stayed later than October. Last seen here on 18 Oct 2025.

Previously found on Langstone Rock but no sign last year, only recorded on shady rock faces in Devon but one to look for on the dune Peltigera

Just the one Common Flat-body Agonopterix heracliana for #teammoth so far this year, so time to look forward with a reminder of 2025! dawlishwarren.blogspot.com/2026/01/wild...

The Recording Group 2025 #Coleoptera review and pictures from Alan Keatley dawlishwarren.blogspot.com/2026/01/wild...

A total of 26 flowering species recorded on the Warren for the BSBI #NewYearPlantHunt Similar to recent years but with 56 species over the last five years only a few regulars. This year Dove's-foot Crane's-bill was a new addition with Butcher's Broom, Sea Radish and Red Valerian making 2nd showings

MY TOP 10 BIRDS OF THE YEAR 2025 8: Lesser-crested Tern (Dec 4, Devon) I was at Dawlish Warren before first light, waiting. There was a tangible buzz of excitement as the target bird suddenly appeared and fished in front of us before landing on a buoy and giving itself up. Pic: Peter Coe #ukbirding

The rest of the Hymenoptera for the second 2025 Wildlife Review, including a 2nd for the UK dawlishwarren.blogspot.com/2025/12/wild...

Festive greetings to all. A reminder of the sound of summer with the first Wildlife Review of 2025 - Bees. dawlishwarren.blogspot.com/2025/12/wild... Thanks to Alan Keatley #UKWildlife

Still on the Exe around Turf/Lympstone but no sign at the Warren today

6/12/25 - a great day for me in terms of UK ticks: 2020 (Ring-billed Gull and Sociable Plover) and now, in 2025, this Lesser Crested Tern, at Dawlish Warren, Devon. #birds 🪶🐦