Greylake RSPB, Meare Heath and Ham Wall RSPB - Sat 18 Apr

Arriving at Greylake RSPB in the early afternoon we made for the hide and lucked in at last and were rewarded with good, if somewhat distant, views of the drake Green-winged Teal, I even managed a typically dodgy phone-scoped picture of it!

A couple of male Garganey were also present at Greylake amongst the few remaining wildfowl and I also heard my first Reed Warbler of the year and my first booming Bittern. A very successful stop so on towards Ham Wall and Meare Heath, where a Red Kite over the village of Ashcott was a welcome surprise.
We walked out to have a quick look at the drained lagoon at Meare Heath, another male Garganey was a nice find and a Great White Egret made a brief stop. A fair-sized flock of Black-tailed Godwits were also present and a male Marsh Harrier passed over the far reed bed. As we returned to the car park a Garden Warbler could be heard singing from the scrub but we could not nail it's exact location! A singing Sedge Warbler was another addition to the year list.
A quick walk over to Ham Wall RSPB and I saw my first Swifts of the year, a total of four were seen over the reserve. A couple more Great White Egrets were seen and as we returned to the car a Bittern flew over the reeds, frustratingly I was the only one to see the bird before it was obscured from sight by a stand of trees.
A brilliant day out with some great friends!
UK list for 2015 now at 150 species.