I got up early (ish!) and headed off to RSPB Ham Wall to take advantage of the bright conditions!
Despite the sun, it was a very windy day and was particularly cold up in the Avalon hide! I braved the hide with a few other hardy souls including Chris Hooper, and was rewarded with many views of the nesting Marsh Harriers over the reedbeds, a pair of Glossy Ibis that have made Ham Wall their home, a distant Bittern stalking between a channel in the reeds and a hover-hunting Kestrel!
Elsewhere on the reserve, Chiffchaffs were singing, as were Cetti's Warblers, although these evaded my cameras on this occasion! A Great White Egret flew right past me and disappeared from view.
Ham Wall is a fantastic reserve, especially at this time of year, with lots of special birds. I can't wait to return!
Below are some of the pics taken on Saturday at Ham Wall, plus some other photo's taken since my last blog post;
^Above^ - Glossy Ibis!
^Above^ - Bitterns.
^Above^ - Marsh Harriers.
^Above^ - Tufted Ducks.
^Above^ - Mallard.
^Above^ - Wigeon.
^Above^ - Male and female Teal.
^Above^ - Shovelers.
^Above^ - Male and female Gadwall.
^Above^ - Canada Goose.
^Above^ - Cormorant.
^Above^ - Great Crested Grebes.
^Above^ - Little Grebe.
^Above^ - Female Pochard.
^Above^ - Mute Swan.
^Above^ - Kestrel.
^Above^ - Great White Egret.
^Above^ - Little Egret.
^Above^ - Sand Martin.
^Above^ - Male Reed Bunting.
^Above^ - Robin.
^Above^ - Great Spotted Woodpecker.
^Above^ - Chiffchaffs.
^Above^ - Female (top) and male Chaffinches.
^Above^ - Dunnock.
^Above^ - Great Tits.
^Above^ - Blue Tits.
^Above^ - Carrion Crow.
^Above^ - Buzzard.
^Above^ - Long Tailed Tits.
^Above^ - Magpie.
^Above^ - Some kind of Pipit!
^Above^ - Wrens.
^Above^ - Small Tortoishell Butterfly.
^Above^ - Grass Snake swimming in a ditch before disappearing into the muddy bank!
^Above^ - New growth at Ham Wall.
^Above^ - Backlit reeds.
^Above^ - Daffodils at Ham Wall.
Those were the photo's taken to a wonderful saturday morning at RSPB Ham Wall.
Now for some photo's taken since my last blog post;
^Above^ - Mistle Thrush near Moorland in Somerset.
^Above^ - Great Spotted Woodpecker at Moorland.
^Above^ - Cyclamen at Moorland.
^Above^ - Lesser Black Back Gull in Bridgwater, Somerset.
^Above^ - Little Egret near Bridgwater.
^Above^ - Sand Martins near Bridgwater.
^Above^ - Carrion Crows at RSPB Greylake in Somerset.
^Above^ - Great White Egret at Greylake.
^Above^ - Female Mallard at Greylake.
^Above^ - Little Egret at Greylake.
^Above^ - Male and female Teal at Greylake.
^Above^ - Male and female Wigeon at Greylake.
^Above^ - Curlew amongst the Wigeon at Greylake.
^Above^ - Male Pheasants at Bruton in Somerset.
^Above^ - Treecreepers at RSPB Swell Wood in Somerset.
^Above^ - Nesting Grey Herons at Swell Wood.
^Above^ - Great Spotted Woodpecker at Swell Wood.
^Above^ - Long Tailed Tit at Swell Wood.
^Above^ - Grey Squirrels at Swell Wood.
^Above^ - Female Blackbird in my garden.
^Above^ - Goldfinches in my garden.
^Above^ - Bleeding Hearts in my Somerset garden.
^Above^ - Forsythia near my home.
^Above^ - Primroses in my garden.
^Above^ - Magnolia near my home.
^Above^ - Daffodils at Bruton.