The first boat trip on the River Brue was organised by Nigel Phillips of Somerset Wildlife Trust and held on 30th November 2014. There were 8 of us on the Orca. We were all wrapped up for a cold November day, which turned out to be one of the sunniest and warmest day of the month.
I arrived early with Mo, from Taunton. I heard the swans make a peculiar noise and noticed a dog had entered the water. I thought that there would be a confrontation but the dog made his way past, even taking time to have a drink.
We left the river Brue and went into the Parrot - on to the Steart
breach and then a round trip around Steart island. A few images
below.
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| Mumuring over the Burnham lighthouse |
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| At the mouth of the Parrot |
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| And then there were the avocets |
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| Even upside down flying avocets. Click on the image to see them |
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| Roe deer |
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| Playing about with blending images |
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| Steart breach to assist with the flooding |
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| More murmurings of waders |
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| Wigeon |
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| Murmuring over Burnham |
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| Mo |
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| Mo and Lorne |
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| Nigel |
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| John |
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| Sarah |
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| Spot the kingfisher. You may need to click on the image to spot the blurry blue and orange |
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| Debris on the Brue |
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| Redshank |
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| A blurry snipe |
Other spots - but not by me- were a short eared owl on the Steart peninsula and pintail by Steart island. We saw Shelduck, turnstones, dunlin, knot, wigeon, avocets, heron, kingfisher, mallards and others I have probably missed. A great day out.
