All White on the Night

Last night Andy G and myself went over to West Moor near Creech St Michael to see a White Stork that has taken up residence since the weekend. We parked up near the bridge at Charlton and walked out across the fields to where a large expanse of flood water remained after the recent heavy rainfall.
The bird was seen immediately through a gap in the hedge in front of us.

White Stork

As we were watching Andy got a call from another friend of ours Steve, who said he was thinking of going for the Stork and did he know where it was. Andy replied that he was looking at it right now to which Steve replied "good, cos I'm stood by your car" It wasn't long before Steve had joined us and soon after that a our MD from where Andy and I work (also a keen birder) had also joined us.
As well as the Stork there were a large amount of Gulls present, mostly Herring and Lesser Black Back Gulls. An near adult Iceland Gull had been seen but despite trying we could not locate it, but did see one Little Ringed Plover,eight Dunlin and twenty plus Shelduck. Also while we were there a group of four Whimbrel dropped in and began to preen and feed.
Pretty soon Andy and I began to get itchy feet as we were also going to get two more 'ticks' in our pub passport so we made our goodbyes. As we were walking back to the car the four Whimbrel passed over us having completed their wash and brush up and continuing their journey north. A text received from Steve when we were in the car said that he'd located the Iceland Gull as well, but we thought he was joking so carried on, only later seeing his post on the Somerset website confirming it.
We now made our way to our first pub, The White Horse at Bradford on Tone. This pub is unusual as it has a glass pub sign.

The beers were not unusual though as only Sharp's Doombar, Otter 'Bitter' and Exmoor 'Stag' were on. I chose an Otter bitter. We didn't stay too long and soon were on our way to our next destination, the Merry Harriers at Forches Corner.
Here the beers on offer were much the same with Otter 'Head' and 'Hopping' and Exmoor 'Stag' again. I plumped this time for an Otter 'Head' at 5.8%.
With time getting on we then decided to call it a night, a pretty successful one too ! with four year ticks ( I'd also picked up my first Common Whitethroat of the year)and two passport stickers for me. Three more and I get the T Shirt.