#PatchGold 2 calling Woodlark over the dam at #ChardRes at 08:40 this morning, a first for site & a scarce bird in Somerset. @somersetbirds.bsky.social #pwc2026 😊

#PatchGold 2 calling Woodlark over the dam at #ChardRes at 08:40 this morning, a first for site & a scarce bird in Somerset. @somersetbirds.bsky.social #pwc2026 😊
A new record count of 69 Mandarin at #ChardRes this morning! Green Sandpiper still present & 29 Teal @somersetbirds.bsky.social
Ditto Tim at both #ChardRes & the Dorset patch! The worst autumn for wader passage here for decades, no idea why.
An hour stroll around set-a-side fields nr Chard gave 3 Whinchat, 6 Stonechat, 16 Skylark, 8 Stock Dove & c.100 Linnet in murky, windy weather. Earlier at #ChardRes the Kingfisher brightened the morning. 12 Mandarin are gaining colour too, 4 Lt Egret & the 'resident' Cetti's Warbler #Somerestbirding