Skylarks seen on Tealham Moor and a solitary Little Egret sporting aigrette plumes.

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A pair of Sand Martins on Tadham/Tealham at the West end of the moor 22/02/21. An abundance of GWE and Skylarks. Spring???

Little to see on the cold frozen moor this morning apart from two very cold dejected looking Cattle Egrets.

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06-02-2021 Tealham and Tadham Moors,large numbers of Gulls on the flooded  Moor’s, three G-w-Egrets on Tealham Moor , a large flock of up to 200 Cattle Egrets in a field on Tadham Moor, this morning 07-02-2021, the Cattle Egrets had dispersed and were spread around several locations

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Around 6 Bearded Tits located today at Westhay Moor with 2 seen flying over and 2 heard just north of the Island Hide and a further 2 heard between the car park and the main hide. A flock of Redpoll also flew over near the Tower Hide and a few Snipe were seen again near the Island Hide. Redwing also put on a good show with a few flocks seen and Cetti’s Warblers were very vocal around the reserve with a pair seen flying over near the car park. As well as this there were about 3 Marsh Harriers seen. Ducks included Wigeon, Shoveler and Gadwall.

A visit to Westhay this morning produced several small flocks of Bearded Reedling some numbering up to a dozen or more. Flocks of Snipe up to twenty or so were constantly flying backwards and forwards. A marsh harrier made a few distant fly pasts. A kestrel was very active hovering over the reed beds. Small groups of cattle Egrets pasted through on occasion.
Sadly did not spot any of the stonechats that were evident last week.

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An interesting morning, first at Westhay and then a drive around Tealham Moor

Barn Owl seen alongside the River Brue just outside of Westhay village
Flock of about 50 Cattle Egrets flew low over the Westhay nature reserve, heading West
Also seen at Westhay NR were:
A few Bearded Reedlings
Stonechats
Bittern (my first of 2020 mainly due to covid restrictions)
2 Marsh Harrier
2 Kestrel
House Martins

Over on the slighted flooded Tealham Moor, and now in the transition to autumn.
Peregrine on the usual gate post which may also have made a kill
A few Cattle Egrets in the wet fields
Large flock of Starlings
Lapwings
Large flock of Black-headed Gulls feeding on flying and ground based insects
House Martins
A few flying Snipe