Ham Wall
Me and my mate Pete headed off and got to site for around 9am. The rain hadn’t hit but it was rather windy. We had only been on site 10 minutes and got a Great Egret. As we advanced around the site we were impressed by the amount of Gadwall and Common Pochard. No Eurasian Bittern seen despite hearing a few booming. 1 Cetti’s Warbler seen and several others heard. A total of 3 Western Marsh Harrier seen with 2 males and a female. We also saw a total of 4 Great Egrets and on leaving, a group of circa 20 distant Sand Martin.
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| Eurasian Coot |
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| Lesser Black-backed Gull |
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| Grey Heron |
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| Great Egret |
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| Common Pochard (Male and Female) |
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| Eurasian Teal (Male and Female) |
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| Gadwall (Male and Female) Common Pochard photobomb!! |
Westhay to Burtle
We had a tip off on the location of the Western Cattle Egret so we headed off on the road between the villages of Westhay and Burtle. In one of the fields we found a total of 5 birds hanging out with 10 Little Egret. A mass of Gulls were in the next field, with manly Black-headed Gull a number of Lesser Black-backed Gull and a few Mew Gull. These were all put up when a party of 3 Common Buzzard and a Eurasian Sparrowhawk flew through.
Westhay NNR
Our last stop of the day. A little disappointing as there was little on offer with the best birds being 2 Greylag Goose. I did however hear a few pings of a Bearded Reedling but couldn’t locate any birds.
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