Merlins, red kites and cirl buntings were all affected by heavy rain.

Prawle is also an important site for the Cirl bunting, and supports a rich lichen assemblage.

The Cirl Bunting is the mascot on the signs for the village of Stokeinteignhead.

It contains nationally important populations of greater horseshoe bat, cirl bunting, shore dock and great green bush cricket.

Ireland's first Cirl Bunting is found in Co.

These provide an overwintering habitat for insects, which in turn provides food for the Cirl Bunting and their chicks.

The reed beds found at Broadsands beach are a haunt of the rare Cirl Bunting.

Berry Head also acts as an important staging post for migrant birds; and is home to a significant number of Cirl Buntings.

A very small Cirl Bunting population exists in South Devon in England.

Exminster Marshes, to the east of the village, are a major site for birds, especially migratory ones including the rare Cirl Bunting.

An RSPB guide to Cirl Bunting sites in Devon.

However about 80 environmental campaigners occupied the site-with the approval of most of the residents-claiming that it was a haven for wildlife including the rare cirl bunting.

The South Hams, along with nearby Broadsands in Paignton, is the last British refuge of the Cirl Bunting.

He was also involved in the first British records of Cirl Bunting, Cattle Egret, Little Gull and Gull-billed Tern.

A partnership between Natural England and the RSPB runs the "Cirl Bunting Project", part of a larger project called "Action for Birds".

Of the latter, the Cirl Bunting does not appear to have taken advantage of the increasing scrub, possibly because much of it is on north-facing slopes, and it has now declined in numbers.

The area around the point is a noted area for Cirl Bunting, a localised bird in Britain, while the area has also attracted many rare vagrant birds including Britain's second Chestnut-sided Warbler.

This allows the Cirl Bunting to feed over the winter on the spilt grain and seeds of broad-leaved arable weeds like Fat Hen, Chickweed, and annual meadow grass Poa annua, which grow in the meantime.

The path passes through the Prawle Point and Start Point Site of Special Scientific Interest which is recognised as being an important site for solitary bees and wasps, the rare cuckoo bee Nomada sexfasciata, and the Cirl bunting.