Just to keep this thread up to date.’  A Black Winged Stilt present today from around 1000 still there at 1500. One Little Ringed Plover and 65 Blk Wits. No sign of yesterday’s Greenshanks!

10-Apr-017
just after you left, Alan, at about 15:00 a lone Glossy Ibis flew-in to the scrape from the direction of Ham Wall. It was still present when we left there at 16:30.

2 Greenshank on the scrape today plus around 65 Blk tld. G’Wits.
I Saw 2 Glossy Ibis off VP2 Ham Wall mid morning where a pair of Garganey were also present as were 2 male and one female Pintail

New the scrape were

8 Cattle Egret
1 Knot

Still there are the Godwit and single drake Garganey.

The Glossy Ibis were over on Ham Wall

7-Apr-2017
The 2 Glossy Ibis still present this morning, as was a single drake Garganey and 52 Blk-t Godwits, plus 2 Grt W Egrets. The Otter showed at about 11:20, fishing in the far RH corner and eventually running across the far RH mud to disappear into the reedbed. At least 2 Bearded Tits on 70-Acre (behind the elevated hide). Walking back towards the Ashcott Cnr car park at 11:45 surprised to see a juvenile female Goshawk rise up above Meare Heath eastern tree-line and circle in a soaring flight gradually gaining height until but a speck in the sky, it then slowly drifted away to the north.

For a distant photo of the Otter click on this link https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C8z4yn7WAAAjfUQ.jpg

3 drake GARGANEY together on the scrape, present from mid-day and still there when I left at 1500hrs.  2 Glossy Ibis and a couple of dozen of the usually present duck specirs., plus 50+ Blk wits one of which is ringed details forwarded to CR birding.

5-April-2017
The 2 Glosy Ibis still present this morning, as were the 72 Blk-tailed Godwits. Also 3 Grt W Egrets, and 11 (4+7) Bearded Tits, the 7 flying around and perching some 60 metres behind the hide - looking onto 70-Acres.

For today’s photo of one of the Glossy Ibis click on this link https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C8rBC7yVYAAcNGr.jpg

At last the scrape water level has come down enough to expose some mud. ( problems with valves apparently! )  Today 72 Black Tailed G’Wits were present together with 2 Glossy Ibis and a few sundry duck. yesterday following a surge in water level compared with last Friday one Redshank was here. Catcott which has looked right for waders for the last two weeks had none at lunchtime today.