A date for your diary: we have a meeting at RSPB Ham Wall on Saturday 19th September, full details on our Events page. Hopefully the recent good selection of waders and other birds will continue. A visit today produced brief views of the purple heron which has been at Avalon hide for 2-3 weeks, several sightings of osprey, the almost resident group of glossy ibis, several ruff and black-tailed godwit.