Thanks PB, I am hoping to be back in the area sometime...PimperneBloke wrote: Sun Dec 21, 2025 9:41 am Ham Wall's very good, saw my first Bittern there, and over the road is Shapwick Heath, which is also very good-better than Ham Wall for Marshies. And about half a mile away is Greylake, only been there once and it's a smaller site, but saw bearded tit and water rail. It's a really good area
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PimperneBloke
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Worth making a few days of it, if you can get away with it lol... Slimbridge is probably only an hour away too, and Stearte Marshes. For non-birders, Bath, Wells, Bristol are all sort of localSnappyMac wrote: Sun Dec 21, 2025 10:37 amThanks PB, I am hoping to be back in the area sometime...PimperneBloke wrote: Sun Dec 21, 2025 9:41 am Ham Wall's very good, saw my first Bittern there, and over the road is Shapwick Heath, which is also very good-better than Ham Wall for Marshies. And about half a mile away is Greylake, only been there once and it's a smaller site, but saw bearded tit and water rail. It's a really good area
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A less photographed duck so it is great to see. Gadwall is not a duck I could easily recognise.
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Thanks Jack, I don't see that many of them.Jacksparrow wrote: Sun Dec 21, 2025 8:43 pm A less photographed duck so it is great to see. Gadwall is not a duck I could easily recognise.
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Coal Tit (Periparus ater) - Holding a snack…
Photo taken at: RSPB The Lodge Sandy, Bedfordshire https://www.rspb.org.uk/days-out/reserves/the-lodge

Coal Tit (Periparus ater) by SnappyMac, on Flickr
Species Information: https://www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildlife/coal-tit
Photo taken at: RSPB The Lodge Sandy, Bedfordshire https://www.rspb.org.uk/days-out/reserves/the-lodge

Coal Tit (Periparus ater) by SnappyMac, on Flickr
Species Information: https://www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildlife/coal-tit
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Is that insect teasing the coal tit or has it actually caught it....lovely capture SM
Pardon the Scottish accent
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