A late afternoon visit to the Somerset Levels today (I wanted to watch Wales vs Italy in the Six Nations) and Ellie, Tristan and myself made a family trip up to Ham Wall RPSB reserve. We parked at Sharpham and walked west on to the reserve proper.
The evening was filled with bird song, we could hear several Cetti's Warblers and a few Water Rails, and at least three Bitterns were booming.
We walked as far the the main viewing area before retracing our steps and returning to the car. Several fairly large flocks of Starlings passed over our heads as we walked along. A single Chiffchaff was seen feeding with Long-tailed Tits and a few Fieldfares and Redwings also passed by overhead.
Two Ravens flew south and the dwindling duck numbers still held a female Pintail amongst the commoner species.
After a good hour of walking we were back at the car and heading home for dinner after a pleasant evening out and about.
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