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Shapwick/Meare

Great morning with the following recorded

Noah's Lake
Goldeneye drake
Goosander (3 redheads) - these landed on the channel next to the main path as I was walking back to the car!
Wigeon 500+
Pochard 1
Gadwall 20
Shoveler 31
Great Crested Grebe 8
Great White Egret 3
Kingfisher 1

Meare Heath
Great White Egret 3
Bearded Tit 5
Marsh Harrier 3 (all females and seen to land on prey directly infront of Meare Heath hide)
Reed Bunting 5
Chiffchaff 4
Long tailed tit 29

Good birding all
Ryan

Re: Shapwick/Meare

The 3 goosander flew over Ham Wall yesterday early evening. The starling display here was fabulous last night, from viewing platform 1 to the 'new hide'. Also seen, a couple of gt white egrets, bittern, marsh harrier and a woodcock at dusk (after the starling roost) doing a couple of laps around the Ashcott car park

Re: Shapwick/Meare

Highlights this morning as follows

1 Drake Goldeneye,
2 Bearded Tits in the reeds directly infront of the hide
1 Great White Egret
1 Marsh Harrier