Bearded Tits in winter sunshine

Male Bearded Tit

Reed Bunting

Male Bearded Tit

 A welcome sign after a number of road closures

Common Buzzard on way home

A chance to visit Westhay Moor was taken up recently on the Somerset levels. The levels were already flooded in places despite there only being one sicfifiant down pour. There were plenty of Starlings feeding on any areas of grass that was not flooded however the main attraction was ahead at the reserve.

Unfortunately the weather was too windy however as I waited for the star performers a Bittern took flight over our heads, always a great sight. Despite hearing a number of Bearded Tits they were just teasing us until a single male came into view on the boardwalk. Up to 24 have been seen together in this location however I can to settle for just three sightings in total all very brief. I managed to snap a Reed Bunting that was taking advantage of the seed, thankfully Brian Thompson kindly forwarded a couple of amazing images for use on the blog.