A special day out on the Somerset levels today, the first day in over two years that I have not had to contend with poor vision caused by cataracts.
I didn't take binoculars as I was not sure how soon after the op it would be safe to use them.
First bird of the day was a male Dunnock singing in a neighbours garden.
The next bird of note, 2 actually, were a pair of Peacocks in the road at Mark Moor! Many Grey Herons and Little Egrets on the Moor along with large flocks of Mute swans.
Ham wall produced 3 Male Garganey, male and female Marsh Harrier, 2 Distant Buzzards, 1 Treecreeper, 1 Redpoll, 1 Coal Tit,1 Kingfisher.1 Goldcrest, 1 Lapwing
Lots of Chaffinch, Blue and Great tits, Wrens, Goldfinch, Coots, Mallards, GC Grebes.Lots of Sand Martins flying over all morning
Cetti`s Warblers heard but not seen and Bitterns Booming.
Catcott lows had a few Shoveler, 1 Common Crane and 3 Roe Deer, 2 Doe and 1 Buck.
Trip back across Mark Moor produced 1 Kestrel and another 3 Roe Deer, again a Buck and two Does.
Altogether not a bad day out.
One of the consequences of the recent flooding is that a lot of hedging by the side of the Rhynes is being grubbed out to allow access for diggers to maintain them, understandable but not pleasant to see.
I didn't take binoculars as I was not sure how soon after the op it would be safe to use them.
First bird of the day was a male Dunnock singing in a neighbours garden.
The next bird of note, 2 actually, were a pair of Peacocks in the road at Mark Moor! Many Grey Herons and Little Egrets on the Moor along with large flocks of Mute swans.
Ham wall produced 3 Male Garganey, male and female Marsh Harrier, 2 Distant Buzzards, 1 Treecreeper, 1 Redpoll, 1 Coal Tit,1 Kingfisher.1 Goldcrest, 1 Lapwing
Lots of Chaffinch, Blue and Great tits, Wrens, Goldfinch, Coots, Mallards, GC Grebes.Lots of Sand Martins flying over all morning
Cetti`s Warblers heard but not seen and Bitterns Booming.
Catcott lows had a few Shoveler, 1 Common Crane and 3 Roe Deer, 2 Doe and 1 Buck.
Trip back across Mark Moor produced 1 Kestrel and another 3 Roe Deer, again a Buck and two Does.
Altogether not a bad day out.
One of the consequences of the recent flooding is that a lot of hedging by the side of the Rhynes is being grubbed out to allow access for diggers to maintain them, understandable but not pleasant to see.
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