What turned out to be a “Mediterranean” walk from Barnstaple to Home Farm Marsh produced a Med. Gull among the B-Hs just downstream from the bypass bridge, three Spoonbills feeding on the N. shore approx. half a mile further downstream, seven Cattle Egrets on Penhill Marsh, a Great Egret initially on the sandbanks off Fremington Quay, but later moving to Saltpill Pond allowing a much better view, and a Glossy Ibis in Fremington Creek.
