Away Day Part III

 With continuing failing memory, those of the same vintage will know only to well, there was a brief encounter with a passing

RED KITE
before arriving at

with a jauty welcome from the Warden and

our first batch of

CATKINs
for the year, and where there was some repetition of Bird species but mostly with far better views such as

PINTAIL

feeding with Wigeon in the foreground

and at much

Closer Quarters

The

almost

mandatory

MARSH HARRIER

Along the dyke the 'squeals' of an unseen

WATER RAIL

almost blanked out by what is believed to be the

DEVON AIR AMBULANCE

before reaching my own finest hour. Thus far Dave had spotted or heard everything 'first', "no point in having a Gilly and doing all the work yourself " as alerting me to a 'booming' (their song)

BITTERN

(these 2 'stills' from the archive for clarity)

but it was me, me, me

who first spotted it

In Flight

Every Duffer has His Day!

From the same vantage point close to the

WATER MILL

stunning views of

GREAT WHITE EGRET

almost bringing our ditty

to an end but not before making mention of all the lovely people we met en-route.

Goodbye to Glastonbury Tor and the company of King Arthur and Guinevre, the Nature Reserves and the Wildlife, but again more particularly the Beautiful People!