Congrats, Dave😀

Got a singing Great Reed Warbler at Noah’s hide, Shapwick. Chilly and breezy here, haven’t seen it yet 🍺🙂👍

I hesitate to post this but the Little Bittern report from Ham Wall today comes from what I view to be an unreliable eBird checklist. Sorry, no nice way of saying it, but there it is. I do hope I’m wrong, I’d absolutely love having those little guys back on the reserve…

1 Spoonbill on the Parrett pools, Otterhampton marsh, Steart this morning @birdguides.bsky.social @rarebirder.bsky.social

Green-winged Teal still at Steart @birdguides.bsky.social @rarebirder.bsky.social

A Wood Sand dropped into Catcott this morning but viewing is extremely difficult with emergent vegetation @birdguides.bsky.social @rarebirder.bsky.social

Dennis Taylor’s just muttered under his breath ‘wow’. Brilliant.

There’s a drake Green-winged Teal on the new wader scrape, Otterhampton west, Steart @birdguides.bsky.social @rarebirder.bsky.social

Wood Sand still at Tealham @birdguides.bsky.social

Wood Sand today on Tealham Moor👍 Also LRP, the male Channel Wag and several Yellow Wags (perhaps as many as 8)

Hanging around at Chew waiting for… Arctic Tern, 1, just appeared, stunning. Equally beautiful yesterday was an elusive female Garganey at Catcott. @birdguides.bsky.social

Ring-necked Duck still at Blagdon Lake @birdguides.bsky.social

Ring-necked Duck still at Blagdon Lake @birdguides.bsky.social

White-tailed Eagle over vp1, Ham Wall just now. Drifted off south, looks the same as the previous bird this winter here but has a lump on its back, presumably a transmitter. @birdguides.bsky.social

1 Ring-necked Duck and c50 Redpoll around vp1 today, Ham Wall @glastobirder.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social

1st yr Bonaparte’s Gull here in a large field with BHGs now - Briantspuddle, Dorset @birdguides.bsky.social

Ham Wall’s ‘2nd’ Ring-necked Duck is still around, skulking just south of vp2 today @birdguides.bsky.social

1 drake Ring-necked Duck again/still on Long Drove near Ham Wall today @birdguides.bsky.social

The/a Lesser Scaup is at Cheddar Res today on the south side with Tufteds. Also 1 LRP, 5 Common Sand, 2 Gt Scaup and many Sand Martins.

Drake Ring-necked Duck on roadside pool just east of the south end of London Drove, Westhay - one of the Avalon Marshes 4 winterers on the move no doubt @birdguides.bsky.social

The male Lesser Scaup is still at Cheddar this evening, plus 3 or 4 Little Gull still, and a beautiful surprise adult Kittiwake @birdguides.bsky.social

The female Lesser Scaup is still at Chew but no sign of the male yet today. 2 female Gt Scaup too, all visible from Stratford hide. The Ring-necked Duck is still at Blagdon. @birdguides.bsky.social

3 Little Gull and 3 Scaup at Cheddar still @birdguides.bsky.social

Sunny and windy. Hmm. 1 Ring-necked Duck still at Decoy, Shapwick; and Jeff H saw a pair of Garganey at Greylake this am👌 @birdguides.bsky.social

The 2 Lesser Scaup are at Herriott’s Bridge, lakeside. Also 2f Gt Scaup there and Osprey not long ago. An Avocet has been swimming around in front of Stratford hide (!) and the Ring-necked Duck is still at Blagdon. Quite a few Swallows and House Martins today. @birdguides.bsky.social

2 Ring-necked Ducks this morning near Ham Wall, 1 on Long Drove and another adjacent on Swan Lake @birdguides.bsky.social

Osprey, Ring-necked Duck, a couple of Swallows and plenty of Sand Martins at Chew this pm

Yesterday: 2 Little Gull at Blagdon and the Ring-necked Duck at Decoy, Shapwick still

Terrific to see the Bonaparte’s Gull at Cheddar today, along with Scaup and Little Gull. Then Wheatear and LRP on Tealham, Pochard x Tufted hybrid on Glastonbury Heath, and a RN Duck at Long Drove. @birdguides.bsky.social

2cy Bonaparte’s Gull at Cheddar Reservoir this morning from Axbridge entrance. Also 1w Little Gull.

6 Little Gull today on the west side of Denny, Chew @birdguides.bsky.social

A long day out around Yeovil: Black Redstart in Wyndham Estate, displaying Goshawk, 4 Red Kites, Water Rail (at last), Cetti's Warbler a pair of Firecrest possibly holding territory. Finished off at Riverside with Woodcock and 4 calling Jack Snipe leaving roost after dusk #ukbirding #somersetbirding

Cracking day in sunny Somerset: 2 Ring-necked Duck, 1 Goldeneye, 5 Ruff, 7 Little Gull, 2 Crane, 1 Peregrine, 2 Brambling and a bunch of Blackwits

7 ad Little Gulls at vp2, Ham Wall today, beautiful @birdguides.bsky.social

Drake Ring-necked Ducks today so far: Long Drove (Ham Wall) and Noah’s (Shapwick, NW corner from the canal path) @birdguides.bsky.social

A second attempt to photograph the Drake Common Scoter, at Blagdon Lake today, was a surprise as they are usually one day birds. But, I’m glad it stuck around, showed well for this species locally….although the flap was a bit distant…#UKBirds

1 Ring-necked Duck still at Decoy, Shapwick today. Distant and elusive 😂 @birdguides.bsky.social

1 Ring-necked Duck still on Long Drove near Ham Wall today @birdguides.bsky.social

2 BN Grebe and m&f Scaup still at Cheddar

Drake Common Scoter at top end Blagdon with Tufteds. A bit distant but lovely in the sun. Drake RN Duck just a bit further along too. At Chew earlier, the 2f Scaup from Moreton, and there’s an Oystercatcher about apparently. @birdguides.bsky.social

Drake Common Scoter at top end Blagdon with Tufteds. A bit distant but lovely in the sun. At Chew earlier, the 2f Scaup from Moreton, and there’s an Oystercatcher about apparently. @birdguides.bsky.social

1 drake Ring-necked Duck on Noah’s, Shapwick this pm @birdguides.bsky.social

Ham Wall this am: Ring-necked Duck from the mini viewing platforms just east of the railway bridge, and at vp1, Peregrine, Spotred and Ruff. 2 Cranes from the reopened Avalon hide. A large flock of Sand Martins went through mid-morning.

Drake Ring-necked Duck still, Blagdon, Top End, plus 2 Red Kites. 1 Common Sand, 4 Goosander, 5 Sand Martin and 30 Cattle Egret at Chew.

Little Gull, Portbury Wharf, N. Somerset this afternoon.

Somerset today: V cool Sibe Chaff & Jack Snipe at Stockmoor; G Ibis at Catcott; 2 Firecrest & 1 RN Duck at Decoy; and a Barnacle Goose at Westhay. Just let down by a v quiet Steart😁 @birdguides.bsky.social Good to see @howardvaughanbeb.bsky.social

2m and 1f Common Scoter from Sutton Wick, Chew, in the gloom. Also the 2f Scaup still. Nice.

For anyone who would like the clip (including George).