It's no good. I have tonnes of work to do but the sun is shining and it is a holiday weekend.
So a quick expedition to the RSPB reserve at Ham Wall a little west of Glastonbury follows.
Even before I have the car door open, I can here the cuckoo calling and then, a little later, that other rare bird, the bittern, is booming from deep in the marshes.
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| Mute swans with their seven cygnets and Glastonbury tor behind. |
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| One of the main drains. |
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| The bittern drifts along the reed bed |
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| Somewhat battered peacock butterfly |
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| May blossom (Hawthorn) |
Later: marsh harrier soar overhead; crested grebes and coots mind their nests; and crested grebes abound. There is plenty of other birdlife. Its a wonderful place on a sunny day, part of a series of linked reserves on the marshy lowlands of the Somerset levels.
More on
Ham Wall here.
Time to put my summer hat on and... go back to work.
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