Somerset levels

Spent a few hours walking and birdwatching at Shapwick heath on the Somerset levels this afternoon with M.
Highlights included a fine male marsh harrier hunting over the reed beds,two bitterns seen and three booming males heard,three cuckoos seen close together, and over a dozen hobbies catching newly emerged four-spotted and broad-bodied chaser dragonflies above the reeds.
The whole area was alive with the birdsongs of willow warbler,chiff chaff, whitethroat,blackcap and reed warbler.