We parked in front of a feeder in the Greylake RSPB reserve car park and watched the birds until it stopped raining. Then we walked on the trail through the reedbeds and sat in the hide. The sun came out.
There were lots of ducks, some buzzards perched on fence posts drying out their wings, and a marsh harrier. A water rail crossed the path in front of us when we came out of the hide. We walked around the reserve, and saw chiff chaffs, reed buntings, cattle egrets, lots of lapwings.
We drove to the Halfway House pub near Langport for lunch.
After lunch we went to Swell Wood and walked around the trails. Not many birds, but the trees were bright Autumn gold in the afternoon sunlight.
We drove to nearby Hambridge to look at the Vicarage where Cecil Sharp heard gardener John England singing the Seeds of Love in 1903.
It’s a nursing home now.
Then back to the Devonshire Arms, stopping briefly at Burrow Hill cider mill and distillery on the way. There was a tour in progress. A group of people were standing in the yard with some large piles of apples.