Somerset Levels Visit 10 & 11 October 2016

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Below is the record for the visit to the Somerset Levels of 10 / 11 October 2016.

10 October 2016 – Westhay Moor

near car park : great white egret^B
Viridor hide : mute swan
Tower hide : not much to see
30 Acre hide : mute swan^B
near Dagg’s screen : great white egret^B, great crested grebe^NB

11 October 2016 – Shapwick Moor

Badger Sett hide : nothing to see
Barbara Handley hide : goldfinch^B, pheasant^B, kestrel^B, chaffinch^B, blue tit^B, great tit
Canada hide : kingfisher^B, coot^B, marsh harrier^B

11 October 2016 – Catcott Complex

north hide : nothing to see (meadows mostly dry)
Tower hide : nothing to see (apart from masses of flies trapped inside the hide)

11 October 2016 – Ham Wall

midway viewing platform : grey heron^NB, cormorant^NB, great white egret^B, mallard
screens near Tor View hide : tufted duck^B, marsh harrier
Tor View hide : grey heron^NB, cormorant, mallard, black-headed gull, little grebe^B

11 October 2016 – Shapwick Heath

Shapwick Tower hide : great white egret^B, little egret, coot, lapwing^B, teal^NB
Noahs hide : kingfisher^B, coot
Meare Heath hide : nothing to see

Note: (B) part of an existing blog – (NB) not part of an existing blog