Today there was news of a CATTLE EGRET found at Colaton Raleigh in East Devon , so Andy Bond & myself went to see if it was still there & we found it showing well in a field with a LITTLE EGRET but after a short while it flew towards the village of Otterton so we then went over to there to see if we could find it again but we were out of luck this time ! but we did see a DIPPER on the River Otter .
We then decided to go down to West Charleton Marsh to look for the Male LONG TAILED DUCK that has been showing in the bay & it was still there but we only got very distant views .
Our last stop was at Slapton Ley where we saw 11 RUDDY DUCK , 6 TUFTED DUCK & 2 POCHARD at the Torcross end of the ley & a look out into Start Bay got me a GREAT NORTHERN DIVER , we then went to the other end of the ley where we saw 3 GREAT CRESTED GREBE , 3 LITTLE GREBE , a very close MERLIN , 6 CETTI`S WARBLER & 4 WATER RAIL were heard but not seen , we waited until dark in hope of seeing a Bittern but none showed & all we saw were 6 Common Pipistrelle Bat .