We started off with a stop at Wetmoor where there were loads of birds and amongst the gathered wildfowl we found four Bewick's Swans, a great start to the morning, but that paled to insignificance when a stunning male Hen Harrier flew across the moor in front of us...things don't get much better than that. A lone Cattle Egret was also noted as well as around thirty Common Cranes.
We then headed off to the West Sedgemoor RSPB reserve where the pick of the birds were at least two Marsh Harriers and around nine of so Great White Egrets but generally speaking not the numbers of birds we saw at Wetmoor, though a large flock of Golden Plover did take to the air at one point with a loads of Lapwings, a pretty impressive site.
Off then to Ashcott Corner, via a slight diversion that did produce five Scaup on Long Drove and a party of Siskin feeding in a small clump of alders. Parking at Ham Wall RSPB we walked out to Meare Heath to check Noah's Lake where three Whooper Swans had been present all morning in, but it turns out we missed them by 20 minutes and were unable to relocate them at their other favoured site, so a disappointing miss.
Not a lot else to add to the list of birds as the day progressed, but a wonderful time out with friends and some decent birds to boot.
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