I spent a very pleasant, but very cold, day on the Avalon Marshes in Somerset. It was -2C when I set off and didn’t rise above 4C all day. The highlight of the day was a bittern at Catcott Lows but I also particularly liked seeing lots of fieldfare and redwing.
A flock of Canada geese with redwing and lapwings on the Avalon Marshes with Glastonbury Tor in the backgroundFieldfareRedwing2 Egyptian geese flew over Catcott LowsWigeon enjoying a glimpse of the sunA shoveler stretching its wingsA pair of snipeLapwing and starlingReed bunting acting coylyA snipe almost as shyThe warden checking the water levels spooked these water fowlThe bittern walked along the back of the pond and then disappeared for the rest of the day
I managed to see all three egrets that we have in the UK – little, cattle and great white.
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