Today is my birthday so like I always do on it I went birding ! to start with I had a look at Bowling Green Marsh in Topsham & saw 30+ AVOCET , 6 GREENSHANK , a RUFF & a single CHIFFCHAFF .
I then met up with my mate Andy & we went up to the Mear Heath Reserve in Somerset & we saw a CATTLE EGRET . a LITTLE EGRET , a GLOSSY IBIS that spent most of its time in the far side of the reserve behind the reedbed , 4 RUFF & 2 PECTORAL SANDPIPER were also seen , we then walked on to Noah`s Lake & were lucky enough to see the long staying GREAT WHITE EGRET but it was quite distant .