It took me bloody ages to get their, mainly due to the throng of tourists visiting Wookey hole caves. Well it is the season of wizards and warlocks I suppose...
At the reserve I rejoiced as the sun started to peek out from behind the grey shroud.
Walking along the bank of the Parrett I scanned for Avocets but didnt see any. Plenty of Godwits though along with Shelduck and Lapwing.
I didnt really know where to go so just kept on going straight.
The Harrier didnt seem to be anywhere about. I had a feeling that I may have made a wrong turn...
Is it over there chaps?
I noticed some comotion over the river as a crow was attacking a Kestrel. Who decided to fly pretty close.
After a while I had reached the end of the trail. I stayed, looking over the reeds for about 30 minutes without success. I decided to not get obsessed with finding the Harrier and scan about the place. As soon as I had adopted this more relaxed attitude, this happened...
I was actually texting Andrew at the time. I couldnt believe my eyes. She swept in low and landed in front of me. I dropped all my gear save for my camera and crept as close as I could. I believe its a female Merlin. Absolutely brilliant!!!
The sun was slowly falling and as i went back along the bank a Peregrine flew low from the near bank and scared everything in the river. It was flying quite slowly and dropped into some long grass on the other side. A great sight.
I took a cursory glance across the marsh and didn't see a Harier or an owl. But to be honest Merlin had cast an amazing spell already...
No comments:
Post a Comment