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- Greylag Goose NFY at #ChardRes today. Nearby at Chaffcombe I watched 6 Great Tit & at least 4 Blue Tit 'actively anting' along this kerb. @somersetbirds.bsky.social
- 2 Shelduck were NFY at #ChardRes this morning. Pair Wigeon also present. #PWC2026 @somersetbirds.bsky.social At the Dorset patch a flushed Woodcock was also NFY. Drake Gadwall, 12 Teal, 30+ Tufties also present here. @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social
- A few more photos of #ChardRes taken yesterday after #StormChandra had finished dumping at least 2" of rain. Anyone who knows the hide, I reckon the water level is at least seat height! @somersetbirds.bsky.social
- #ChardRes is well & truly flooded at present, the highest level I've seen for decades & that's before tonights deluge from #StormChandra Many birds seem to move on when it's like this! @somersetbirds.bsky.social
- Patch gold with this superb drake Goldeneye at #ChardRes today (less than annual here) Bit of waterfowl movement with 5 Wigeon & 5 drake Shoveler also present + 9 'local' Tufties. #PWC2026 @somersetbirds.bsky.social
- I think you may be right Steve....drake Goldeneye, 5 Wigeon & 5 Shoveler on #ChardRes today.
- The thaw in the weather had a few things moving today. Pair Pintail & a GWE at the Dorset patch & 7 Wigeon at #ChardRes @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social & @somersetbirds.bsky.social
- Adult Mediterranean Gull at #ChardRes this morning. NFY #PWC2026 Also GWE still present, 15 Tufties, 30+ Mandarin & GC Grebe are slowly returning after the freeze, now 22 from a low of just 5 (39 present before freeze) @somersetbirds.bsky.social @patchbirding.bsky.social
- GW Egret at #ChardRes for its' forth day. At least 4 Blackcap feeding on Mistletoe berries in this impressive tree near Donyatt. Exploring Dowlish Wake STW gave at least 19 Chiffchaff & set-a-side fields held 2 Stonechat, c.100 Linnet, 40+ Chaffinch, Greenfinch & Siskin @somersetbirds.bsky.social
- Now two Redhead & a drake Goosander at #ChardRes Photo taken at dusk this evening. @somersetbirds.bsky.social
- The drake & Redhead Goosander showed quite well from the dam at #ChardRes early this am, shame the light was so poor! #PWC2025 @somersetbirds.bsky.social
