Trip reports

Field Trip - West Sedgemoor and Grey Lake RSPB Reserves

Marsh Harrier (female), close up of head

Sunday, 24 February 2008

Location 1 :- West Sedgemoor - RSPB Reserve
Location 2 :- Greylake - RSPB Reserve
Attendance Total :- 24 People
Weather :- Dull, but mostly dry - 10°C.
Bird Sightings Total :- 52
Star bird of the day :- Hen Harrier
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Cormorant
Lapwing
Goldcrest
Little Egret
Dunlin
Long-tailed Tit
Grey Heron
Common Snipe
Coal Tit
Mute Swan
Curlew
Blue Tit
Canada Goose
Black-headed Gull
Great Tit
Wigeon
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Common Treecreeper
Gadwall
Stock Dove
Magpie
Teal
Wood Pigeon
Jackdaw
Mallard
Collared Dove
Rook
Pintail
Pied Wagtail
Carrion Crow
Shoveler
Wren
Starling
Hen Harrier
Dunnock
House Sparrow
Common Buzzard
Robin
Chaffinch
Common Kestrel
Stonechat
Greenfinch
Peregrine Falcon
Blackbird
Goldfinch
Pheasant
Fieldfare
Reed Bunting
Moorhen
Song Thrush
Golden Plover
Cetti's Warbler
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Total Bird Sightings 2007/2008 Season so far :- 97
Notes
Many thanks to the Wardens Steve Meen and Richard Montagu for giving their time to show us around these two reserves.