Starling Trail
Starling Dawn Some say that visiting the starlings on the Avalon Marshes is as good in the morning as it is in the evening. I have been to both many times. Some mornings are better than...
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Starling Trail
Division Rhyne is one of the drainage channels draining the Brue valley northern Somerset Levels. This land is prone to flooding in the area romantically known as East Waste. East Waste There is very little public access to...
Starling Trail
From one end to the other, during the last week the starling roost has moved from the wilderness in the east over to Canada Farm and Westhay Heath in the far west. Canada Farm...
Starling Trail
All Change For a couple of weeks the starlings have been roosting in the far north of the RSPB Ham Wall nature reserve on the Avalon Marshes in Somerset. Getting good views of this...
Starling Trail
Recently the Starlings have been roosting in the wilderness. Far from the main path in Ham Wall getting good views is difficult – especially as the weather has been so poor. The best place to watch...
Starling Trail
Starlings leave Stileway Farm near Meare to fly the short distance to the roost site. The birds often gather in fields near the roost site before flying into Ham Wall or Shapwick Heath in...
Starling Trail
Ham Wall Car Park For many years cars squeezed into the small car park between Shapwick Heath and Ham Wall. When it overflowed during starling season cars would line the narrow road. Then the RSPB...
Starling Trail
Its been a couple weeks since I got down to the Avalon Marshes to watch the starlings return to their overnight roost. During my last visit I saw about 12 birds. This evening I...
Waltons Sunset
A cormorant flies passed the Tor View hide on RSPB Ham Wall. This hide is set in the centre of Waltons Heath and today it seemed like the perfect spot to watch the starlings...
Starling Trail
At the hut in the car park the RSPB volunteers were reporting that the roost was split. It seemed that during the previous week the largest group had been roosting to the north near the village of Stileway....
