#avalonmarshes keeps giving up the goods with this adorable baby adder! It was a bit cold so we made sure it got off the path safely 😅

Spring is springing! The wrens are singing, the dunnocks, robins and great tits too. The bittern is booming and the harriers are sky dancing 😄
#avalonmarshes

Starlings converging in flocks on their way to roost, you say?
(What to look for in Winter, 2026)
Who is the lead bird with the knowledge? - the eternal question.
#Starlings #AvalonMarshes #SomersetLevels
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Trying to spot the Starling murmuration might be difficult under today’s weather conditions! But Cleo making sure I don’t overdose on news so it’s a win either way.

#shapwick #avalonmarshes

New breed of fish spotted down Somerset Moors today. Happy place #avalonmarshes #somerset

Performer

Saw Kith and Kin in the #Saxon mead hall at #AvalonMarshes archeological park. First class performance by Leela Bunce (www.leelabunce.com) swheritage.org.uk

Few pics of the Honey Buzzard that flew through Shapwick Heath today 02.06.25 #birds #avalonmarshes

A pop to Ham Wall yesterday and I think these are a female Scarce Chaser and a couple of variable damselflies💚
#SomersetLevels #AvalonMarshes #dragonflies #nature #wildlife #insects #Somserset

Up at 3am and off to #SomersetLevels to count #BoomingBitterns! 5 bitterns booming in our patch! Clear skies and chilly start. A perfect spring morning! And, a few swallows spotted on the drive home!💚
#AvalonMarshes #Somerset #nature #wildlife #birds #wetlands #weather #StormHour

But I did hear my first bittern/s of the year!!💚
#BoomingBitterns #AvalonMarshes #SomersetLevels #nature #wildlife #birds

A pair of gadwall. Female (left) and male (coming into breeding plummage) eyeing each other up as potential mates... spring is in the air!
#ukbird #ukbirdphotography #ukwildlife #ukwildlifephotography #wildlifephotography #somersetbirds #bto_somerset1 #rspbhamwall #avalonmarshes #somersetwildlife

For #WorldWetlandsDay I have been so lucky to get to know the #SomersetLevels in the last few years by leading group visits and surveying wildlife such as: booming bitterns, bearded reedlings and snipe! Such a unique & vital ecosystem!💚
#AvalonMarshes #UK #wildlife #nature #StormHour

Blue tit feeding amongst the reed stems on Noah's Lake at Shapwick Heath NR, Somerset, UK.
#ukbirds
#ukbirdphotography
#ukwildlife
#ukwildlifephotography
#wildlifephotography
#somersetbirds
#bto_somerset1
#rspbhamwall
#avalonmarshes
#somersetwildlife

Wigeon in flight over Noah's Lake at Shapwick Heath NR, Somerset, UK. They had been spooked by a marsh harrier.
#wigeon
#wildfowl
#ducks
#ukbirds
#ukbirdphotography
#ukwildlife
#ukwildlifephotography
#wildlifephotography
#somersetbirds
#bto_somerset1
#rspbhamwall
#avalonmarshes
#somersetwildlife

Beavers spotted for first time in Somerset's Avalon Marshes Natural England encourages people not to look for the beavers, as they are a protected species.

Beavers spotted for first time in Somerset's Avalon Marshes

#Somerset #wildlife #AvalonMarshes #Beavers #video #BBC

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Happy new years eve from me and the starlings at Avalon marshes. Ain't nature magical.
#starlings #avalonmarshes

A brown, grey and black bearded tit (also called bearded reedling) clinging on to a reed stem.

Bearded reedling (bearded tit), male showing nicely in the reedbeds at #rspbhamwall
#avalonmarshes #btobirds #rspb #beardedreedling #beardedtit

Nicely marked male marsh harrier with white, grey and brown plummage flying low - quatering the reed beds at RSPB Ham Wall, Somerset, UK.

Nicely marked male marsh harrier quatering the reed beds at RSPB Ham Wall, Somerset, UK.
#marshharrier #birdsofprey #btobirds #rspb #rspbhamwall #birds #ukwildlife #avalonmarshes #raptors

A black, grey and white Pied Wagtail showing feathers fluffed up in the cold weather.

Pied wagtail fluffed up in the cold weather.
#piedwagtailo #btobirds #rspb #avalonmarshes #rspbhamwall
#birds #wildlife

A grey heron standing amongst frosted cut reeds.

A rather chilly looking grey heron. A great time of year to photograph birds if you can suffer the cold!
#avalonmarshes #rspb #rspbhamwall #bto #greyheron #herons #winter #somerset #wildlife #wildlifeuk

Cattle egret in full breeding plummage standing on the back of a cow surrounded by low vegetation

Cattle Egret in full breeding plummage at Catcott Lows.
#birds
#somersetwildlifetrust
#avalonmarshes
#bto
#rspb
#somerset
#wildlife
#herons
#egret

A purple common reed seed head with green convolulus tendril.

Common reed seed head in August. Remember the warmer weather!

#avalonmarshes
#rspb
#rspbhamwall
#summer

Great spotted woodpecker clinging to a post.

Great Spotted Woodpecker at Shapwick Heath, Somerset, UK. Always a treat to see these beautiful birds.
#birds
#hawkandowltrust
#bto
#rspb
#woodpecker
#avalonmarshes
#shapwickheath

Great white egret - a type of large white heron - caught just as it hopped across the water chasing after fish.

Great White Egret caught just as it hopped across the water chasing after fish. I can't resist photographing these elegant birds, which have recently (since 2012) colonised the Somerset Levels and are now spreading across the UK. Shot at RSPB Ham Wall.
#birds
#rspb
#bto
#heron
#egret
#avalonmarshes

A great white egret coming in to land with wings spread

Great White Egret at RSPB Ham Wall in Somerset UK.
#birds
#rspb
#avalonmarshes
#bto
#greatwhiteegret
#herons

A marsh harrier flying low over flooded wetland marsh on the Somerset Levels

Marsh Harrier flying low over the Somerset Levels
#avalonmarshes
#catcottlows
#marshharrier
#somerset