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Tag: Avalon Marshes

  • 30th January 2024 – Catcott Lows, Avalon Marshes

    30th January 2024 – Catcott Lows, Avalon Marshes

    It was cold on the Avalon Marshes today and the brighter weather that the forecasters predicted never materialised. This is one of my favourite spots for birding but today, even though I saw some interesting birds , I wasn’t enthused by my day out. Never-mind, I know it will be worth coming again.

    Marsh harrier looking for lunch

    Great white egret didn’t have a flask of coffee to keep it warm

    Little egret joining the party

    Northern shoveler

    Wigeon

    Marsh harrier

    Little egret

    Great white egret

    Lapwing

    Robin

    Mute swan

    Slideshow of today’s photos:

  • 16th January 2024 – Avalon Marshes, Somerset

    16th January 2024 – Avalon Marshes, Somerset

    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 background

    Fieldfare

    Redwing

    2 Egyptian geese flew over Catcott Lows

    Wigeon enjoying a glimpse of the sun

    A shoveler stretching its wings

    A pair of snipe

    Lapwing and starling

    Reed bunting acting coyly

    A snipe almost as shy

    The warden checking the water levels spooked these water fowl

    The 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.

    Cattle egret

    Little egret

    Great white egret

    Slideshow of today’s photos: