At high tide, the water in the Exe estuary comes right up to the retaining wall of the Goat Walk at Topsham. At low tide a long stretch of mud, with patches of seaweed is left exposed.
In winter, that mud is popular with waders which use the estuary as their cold weather home, probing for invertebrates to eat. In summer, the mud isn’t as crowded with bird life, though there’s usually several gulls, and sometimes the odd mallard or two.
Less usual was this female blackbird, poking around among the weed.