Another really hot day, so Ellie and I took off for a visit to Ham Wall RSPB doing one of our favourite walks along the path to Sharpham Tea Rooms.
As we walked along there were loads of Blackcaps singing and we saw a couple of Common Whitethroats. At least one Bittern was booming and at least one Sedge Warbler was singing away deep in the reeds. As we returned from the Tea Rooms (as Ellie is on a diet I had to eat two pieces of cake!) we had a brief stop at the second viewing platform where I noted six Black-tailed Godwits, a Redshank and a Green Sandpiper.
When we got back to the car, Ellie decided to wait in the car and read the paper whilst I popped along to the drained lagoon on Meare Heath NR to take a quick look. There was a good variety of waders present, a couple of Black-tailed Godwits, five Ruff, eight Dunlin, seven Ringed Plover and two Little Ringed Plover. A single adult White Wagtail was also present.
A nice hour or so out and about, though not as many summer migrants as we were expecting.
On the butterfly front, there were an amazing number of Orange Tip butterflies on the wing.
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