We were not expecting much today as the weather forecast was heavy rain all day, so when we woke up to a cloudy but dry sky we decided to get out and about before lunch and make the most of a period of dry weather.
Ellie and I drove up to the Somerset Levels and parked at the Ashcott Corner car park and walked out to Meare Heath. We stopped at the drained lagoon to scan the birds present and saw a few things of interest, most notably a colour-ringed Great White Egret. We also saw a Ruff and Green Sandpiper, two Garganey and a couple of Greenshanks, and over two hundred Black-tailed Godwits. A Marsh Harrier was hunting over the reed beds in the background.
We then walked on to the hide at Noah's Lake but there was nothing out of the ordinary present apart from a late Swift and another Marsh Harrier, so we walked back to the car park and on across the road and out on to Ham Wall RSPB. As we walked along we did not see much in the way of birds other than a fly-over Hobby.
During the course of our morning out we were surprised to see more than a few butterflies on the wing as it was really that sunny. We saw loads of Small Tortoiseshells and Red Admirals, and several Large Whites and Small Whites. A couple of Speckled Woods were seen as were one or two Meadow Browns and Common Blues.
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