Another family trip up to the Levels and another walk around Ham Wall RSPB reserve. It was a lovely afternoon so with Tristan loaded in to his backpack, Ellie and set off and enjoyed a nice hour or so on the reserve. It was quite interesting to see how many more duck had arrived on site since our visit the week before with good numbers of Wigeon, Teal, Shoveler and Gadwall. Waders were represented by at least one hundred Lapwing and around fifty Snipe. A single Bittern carried out a rather nice fly-past and a male Marsh Harrier glided over the reeds. A Great White Egret was also present, and a sign of how times change as I barely gave it a second glance! A Kingfisher was also seen my me, but much to her disappointment, missed by Ellie.
There were also a few insects on the wing and taking advantage of the Autumn sun, with a few Red Admirals and a Comma representing butterflies, and lots of Common Darters and a few Hawkers of some kind...I don't know enough about Odonata to identify species!
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