I decided to do my Broomhill Burrows WEBS when the rain stopped, and walked in along the N side of the Corse to my vantage point where I can see it all at once - there were
4 marsh harriers hunting, mostly together, over the flooded meadows and the upper end of the reedbed. I watched them for an hour, frequently having 3 in my binoculars at once, and for a few magical moments all 4. Three were typical adult females, the 4th all dark apart from creamy head which looked like a first winter bird. Towards the end of my watch, one of the females peeled off, flew west past me along the reedbed and circled back along Kilpaison Burrows.
I did not have my scope but could clearly see large no's of lapwing, golden plover and a black-tailed godwit flock (as the other day) in the distance, plus lots of snipe flying about. Around 140 wigeon were flying about over the reedbed, quite possibly put up by the harriers. I'm hoping the flood lasts until we can do the Corse WEBS!
The E end of the Corse, from the N side, Castlemartin Church on the skyline
