Wet, Wet Wet

 Yesterday's dry but sunny conditions gave way this morning to a greyer and damper vista and for that reason Shozzer and I sought the relative shelter of the hides at Summer Leys instead of the dam at Rutland Water where  we had originally hoped to visit. Good birds were few and rather far between but we saw enough to make our visit worthwhile.

Snipe and Marsh Harrier

I've  only just returned from a rather good Blondie tribute gig so if this post makes even less sense than usual I apologise right now! From Rotary Hide we saw a reasonable selection of wildfowl but not much else, Alan picked out a distant female Marsh Harrier but she moved on pretty quickly. We saw her again on several further occasions though trying to get a decent picture proved  almost beyond my meagre abilities.  Little else of interest was noted on our walk around apart from three Snipe. Having decided to bale out we found ourselves at Little Irchester from where we saw three Glossy Ibis feeding in a flooded field next to the electricity substation. In worsening rain we opted to visit the Coach and Horses in Welly where several very good pints were duly sunk.

Glossy Ibis.