After breakfast we took a family trip up to the Somerset Levels, our first visit for about two years. It was a somewhat overcast morning with a chill wind, nothing like the expected weather for early May. That being said as we got out of the car a Cuckoo was heard calling, so a nice start to the trip.
We walked out to Shapwick Heath NNR first, passing singing Garden Warblers and hearing Reed Warblers, Cetti's Warblers and Sedge Warblers deep in the reedbeds. Great White Egrets seemed to be the commonest birds with around seven or eight seen. A pair of Marsh Harriers were seen interacting and a second female was also noted. On the lagoon my first Pochard and Coot of the year! Overhead there were loads of Swifts, but we failed to find a Hobby.
We then retraced our steps and walked out on to Ham Wall RSPB going as far as the second viewpoint. It was pretty much more of the same, although if truth be known it was more less of the same. A single Black-tailed Godwit was viewable form the first viewpoint and a Bittern was heard booming. Little Grebe was also added to my somewhat pathetic year list total.
With stomachs starting to grumble we waked back to the car and came on home. A lovely morning trip out.
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