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4th February 2025 – RSPB Ham Wall, Avalon Marshes, Somerset

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There were very few people out and about today and I didn’t stay long as, having caught everything there was to catch in January, I was “taking it steady”.

I didn’t even bother going out again after lunch as it was raining and I had had a very pleasant lunch break in the company of a couple I had met in Cyprus at Christmas and who live in Brentwood in Essex (on the other side of the country) and who just happened to be in the Avalon Marshes Centre at the same time as me. “Small world”, as they say.

Just a few photos to show I did have a camera with me.

Great white egret at RSPB Ham Wall

It was pretty blowy out there but this grey heron coped quite well

Keen to meet up with its mate (hopefully)

Great crested grebe

… trying to attract a mate?

Or simply trying to score more points in the diving contest

Gadwall in flight. I’m sure the sky was never that blue – I must have over-edited it

Northern shovelers

Grey heron with Glastonbury Tor in the background

Well, I can see a common snipe

Dunnock

A cheerful robin

A field full of cattle egret (and a few little egrets) on the way home

… and they seemed to be heading home too.

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