Another day on the Levels today which began wrong when I had my first bust scope in 40 years of birding 🥲Despite that and endless rain it was still great. Water rails at Greylake, double RND at Long Drove, penduline tits and whooper swans at Shapwick @somersetbirds.bsky.social #ukbirding #birds

6 Scaup at Cheddar Reservoir today. (Left to right) 1 imm. male, 2 male, 3 fem.

Water Pipit, Grey Wagtail and Chiffchaff also feeding around the reedbed and frozen channels at @rspb.bsky.social Ham Wall yesterday @somersetbirds.bsky.social #ukbirding #birds #nikon #naturephotography

Male Ring Ouzel near Porlock Weir/Marsh early this afternoon was a fun surprise! Showed super well feeding out in the open from the coast path - much better than this terrible photo suggests! @somersetbirds.bsky.social #UKbirding

Fieldfare, today on Tealham Moor

White-fronted Geese with Grey-lags and Canada Geese today at Sharpham Lane, near Ham Wall

Med Gull at SBR late afternoon plus three Mute Swan (somewhat a scarcity on patch these days). Nothing else of note in dreadful weather conditions.

I like visiting places I've not been before so when 10 White-fronted Goose (Euro / Russian) & 4 Tundra Bean Goose were seen at a place called Pawlett Hams in #Somerset, off I went. Where I parked the car, no wind. Where the geese were, howling! The video is fit only for me. #UKBirding 📷 Tundra BG

Adult Mediterranean Gull at #ChardRes this morning. NFY #PWC2026 Also GWE still present, 15 Tufties, 30+ Mandarin & GC Grebe are slowly returning after the freeze, now 22 from a low of just 5 (39 present before freeze) @somersetbirds.bsky.social @patchbirding.bsky.social

Buzzard today near Burtle

Join us for some #somersetbirding at the SOS Field Meeting at Catcott Reserve this weekend. Hopefully the regular Glossy Ibis will still be around. Details on the website: somersetbirding.org.uk/events/fiell...

A respectable 77 species around Steart Marshes and Stert Point today. Highlights: 7 White-fronted Geese on Otterhampton Marshes. Plus 5 Brent Geese, 2 Little Stint, Med Gull, Short-eared Owl, 3 Water Pipit #somersetbirding

A relaxed start to the new year with local birding in Somerset. Blackcap & Siskins in the garden were a great start, 20+ WF Geese on Wet Moor, excellent views of Water Rail at Greylakes, RN Duck on Decoy Lake and then 46 Cranes at dusk over Wet Moor heading to roost. @somersetbirds.bsky.social

Fieldfare today, Mendip Hills

Bonaparte’s Gull Wet Moor found by Dave Chown, not seen since 14:15 #ukbirding #somersetbirding

One of the Male Greater Scaups at the Axebridge end of Cheddar Reservoir this afternoon. #ukbirds #ukbirding

A couple more pics of this Black-necked Grebe at Cheddar Reservoir on the Axebridge side this afternoon. #ukbirds #ukbirding

Great Northern Diver Clatworthy Reservoir W. Somerset this afternoon. Phonescoped. Came nice and close! #somersetbirding

Blast from the #somersetbirding past

Last Friday at RSPB Ham Wall

Pintail, male today at Catcott Nature Reserve.

Gore Pt ,Porlock On the rising tide 20 Red-throated Diver 1 Guillemot ,Grey Seal , Harbour Porpoise and a Shag in the harbour @somersetbirds.bsky.social

A couple of hours spent on The Blackdowns, Somerset today, gave close views of Dipper & Grey Wagtail, also Kingfisher & a pair of Wigeon, but only 4 Teal. Nearby 2 Stonechat, 6 Skylark & a good count of 34 Snipe, but no Golden Plover or winter thrushes seen! @somersetbirds.bsky.social

Starlings roosting at RSPB Ham Wall Nature Reserve, Glastonbury, Somerset @mybirdcards.com

RSPB Greylake, with male Marsh Harrier, Teal, Shoveler and GW Egret @rspb.bsky.social @somersetbirds.bsky.social

Flood Alert for Somerset coast at Dunster Beaches, Blue Anchor, Steart, Stolford and Brean

Levels birding so far today: 2f Goldeneye Noah’s, good views of Water Pipit Ham Wall Vp1, Firecrest at the Canada Farm parking, and the 2m Ring-necked Ducks at Decoy (yesterday’s reported female a bird-news typo I assume)

The Black-necked Grebe is still at Cheddar Res today

The 2 smart male Ring-necked Ducks are still at Decoy, Shapwick. Blackcap too. Otherwise, f Goosander on Noah’s and 25 Blackwit at Ham Wall.

Red Kite over the Dorset patch this am, also Brambling heard inflight. Dipper on a Somerset stream near Chard late this pm. @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @somersetbirds.bsky.social

A superb achievement by the County Recorder, Editors and all who submitted records. #somersetbirding

2 ad and 1 juv Whooper Swan in fields south of Westhay NNR car park👍

It might be just 3 Pochard, but they're the first of the year on my 10km #PWC2024 !! Seen at #ChardRes this morning. 131st species for the patch to date (153 points) @somersetbirds.bsky.social @patchbirding.bsky.social

The drake Ring-necked Duck is showing nicely at Decoy today, Shapwick. Pretty smart, unlike the other 1 or 2 that are around…

YBW at SBR by outflow stream at 13:55 though mobile. @somersetbirds.bsky.social

The SOS members afternoon and AGM is on Saturday 15th November for anyone with an interest in #somersetbirding somersetbirding.org.uk/events/membe...

Stunning male Marsh Harrier at Somerset WT Westhay @somersetwt.bsky.social @somersetwildlands.bsky.social @somersetbirds.bsky.social

A Firecrest, today at Shapwick Nature Reserve Car Park.

An excellent record for this reserve and posing for photos! #somersetbirding

Stubble fields near Chard today held c.50 Skylark, c.30 Meadow Pipit, c.20 Goldfinch, 2 Stonechat, 1 Grey Wagtail & Peregrine. @somersetbirds.bsky.social

It's always a good day when you find a Whinchat! This one, with 2 Stonechat in set-a-side fields on Chard outskirts. #PWC2025 @somersetbirds.bsky.social

Red Kite over the Somerset levels #birds