As the Bank Holiday weekend doesn’t start until tomorrow we thought it would be okay to take the motorway south to Somerset but we got caught in a traffic jam just south of Bristol (due to an accident involving at least one caravan) but fortunately the delay was not too long.
On the Somerset levels at RSPB Ham Wall it was warm and misty (yes, more excuses for poor photos). but we had a lovely day, saw plenty of birds and had a picnic.
Great crested grebess
Song thrush
Great white egret
Peacock butterfly
Treecreeper
Marsh harrier
Great white egret
Marsh harrier
Marsh harrier
Marsh harrier
Common pochard
Immature female common pochard
On the way home we stopped off at Chew Valley lake briefly; large white birds (mute swans and great white egrets) were the stars again.
Great white egret
Mute swans
Gadwall
Shoveler
Common pochard
Scary great white egret
… and some small birds too
Not sure about this one. I have since been informed it is a white-cheeked pintail, an escapee from somewhere as they don’t live round here – more likely to be found in the Galapagos
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