Monday at RSPB Ham Wall

With most of our local reserves still closed and being huge fans of Ham Wall, which is open, we decided to take advantage of the last of the good weather and go for a drive down.

We had a fabulous day, we arrived about 12:30 so not the best time of day for the heat but you have to do what you have to do!

We parked in the RSPB car park and walked slowly to the first platform and were rewarded very quickly with a Bittern flying over the reeds, it was fairly distant, so I didn't bother take any snaps, just watched and enjoyed. You don't get one of those down Old Hill Canal!

There were plenty of Egrets about, both Great White and Little...

So With hides and screens closed we wandered around and made the best of what presented itself;
Willow Warbler,

 Marsh Harrier,

 Hobby,

 Mute Swan with Cygnets,

 Damselflies,

 Cygnet,

 Whitethroat,

 Dragonflies,

Very distant Cuckoo!

It was a lovely day, we had a great chat with Paul a chap from Costa Rica, but originally from Rotherham! Who is stuck here and can't get home. We chatted about Costa Rica as we were there a few years back and various other things, it all felt quite normal. With social distancing rules of course.
I have now added his blog to those we follow, on the right hand menus. But if you can't see it go to: https://birdsforbeer.com/ for some great photos of what you can see over there and more.

We saw a total of 41 species at Ham Wall and our year list crawled up to 113.