I went on my last birding trip with my friend and former colleague Jim Todd before I head out to Lyon.
We have been to Norfolk and the south coast and this time we headed to the Somerset Levels.
In the first hide we popped into on the off-chance we chanced upon the rarest bird I have ever seen – a baikal teal.
The trip was also a chance for me to try out my leaving present to myself after 23 years at the BBC – a spotting scope.
It enabled me to get this photo of the teal – at the front of this photo with his head tucked in.
I added two more birds to my life list – a cetti’s warbler and cattle egret. It was a great send off.
Next stop French birds.
Thrown to (the) Lyon 