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Shapwick Heath / Ham Wall - 2 May 2013

Shapwick Heath / Ham Wall - 2 May 2013 (short mid-afternoon visit)

12-15 Hobbies - generally insecting low due to the dull cloudy weather with main concentrations above Noah's Lake (6-7) and Walton Heath (6-8).

2 Kestrel (adult males) - one hover-hunting and the other perched in a tree.

2 Marsh Harrier (male and female, both adults) - quartering the reedbed.

8+ Common Buzzard - two pairs soaring and the others perched in trees.

Also:

120+ Common Swift - insecting high above both sites.
2 Raven
1 Cuckoo (heard)
1 Garden Warbler
1 Cetti's Warbler
1 Whitethroat
8 Little Egret
6 Grey Heron

NPW