Tuesday 7 May 2013

Meare Heath NR & Ham Wall RSPB - Mon 6 May

An afternoon out and the sun was still shining! A walk out towards Noah's Lake produced a fly-by Great White Egret and a Wood Sandpiper on the drained lagoon but little else, which was hardly surprising given the clear blue skies, so we headed out to Ham Wall instead, seeing a Cuckoo as we neared the car park.
The "usual" warblers were singing away and we heard a couple of Bitterns booming. From the second viewing platform we had great views of a second Cuckoo singing from the top of a tree but were disappointed to hear that an Osprey had just passed over heading west so presumably flew over our heads as we were walking along...and apparently we missed a flock of Common Cranes too! So another nice trip out despite not seeing much in the way of birds, but several Brimstones, Peacocks and Orange Tips were on the wing.

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