Birding,Beer NO Skittles

Last night I went to Wayford Woods which is a small privately owned wildlife reserve just outside of Winsham. It is a mixture of mature woodland and ornamental trees and shrubs surrounding a large open meadow with a sizable pond as well.
It can be quite productive for migrant birds in the spring and myself and my mate Andy went looking for Spotted Flycatcher amongst other things. The paths were quite muddy and wet from the recent heavy downpours and it was not easy walking.
As we walked around we picked up the usual woodland species with Nuthatch,Long Tailed Tit, Mistle and Song Thrush all being seen and hearing Chiffchaff and Blackcap. We were also pleased to see that the resident Herons had produced young again this year. It must be the smallest Heronry in the country as there is only ever one pair breeding here.
As the light was starting to go and we started back to the car we were alerted to a Marsh Tit giving its 'sneezy' call and managed to get on it looking very bedraggled and wet. This was to be my only year tick tonight as the expected Spotted Flycatchers did not materialise. We stood by the pond for a while and I spotted a Kingfisher sat in the branches overhanging the water on the far side, but apart from that and a flyover Raven nothing more was to be had so we went onto our next destination.
We now turned our attention to our other hobby and went to the Old Stagecoach Inn at Crewkerne for a 'passport' tick. I had been here many years before when it was called the Queens but for Andy it was a pub tick as well. We were pleasantly surprised as the landlord was obviously a real ale fan and had three beers on.
I started with Moor brewery's Nor'Hop at 4.1% which was a pale flowery/citrus beer and could become a favourite. Next we had The Windy Brewery's 'Flurry', a beer we had both had before but only at the Volunteer at Seavington where its brewed. Also on was Teignworthys 'Old Moggie' at 4.4%.
We then made our way to the Muddled Man at West Chinnock and here both had Hopback's Pioneer at 3.7%. We then decided to call it a night and made our way home.