17 July - an afternoon visit with my friend Julia to Ham Wall and Ashcott Corner, on the Somerset Levels. We initially missed the female Little Bittern that is presumed to be feeding young, but I saw it in flight quite well at 7.45pm (photo, copyright Tom Mabbett). A Hobby also flew over there, and several Little Egrets were in the reed channels. The resident Great White Egret was on the far side of Noah's Lake from the hide at Ashcott, with a Little Egret for comparison, and a very obliging Marsh Harrier was soaring around, at times being mobbed by corvids. Later a Bearded Tit called and was glimpsed in flight in the reedbed. A total of 5 Heron species, including a Cattle Egret, even though I missed a brief Great Bittern in flight!
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