Category: Shapwick Heath

Station Farm Rainbow - Nr Westhay, Somerset, UK. ID IMG_7604

Starling Trail

Shapwick Heath and Shapwick Moor I arrived too early to wait for the starlings so set off on a walk around the Canada Farm end of Shapwick Heath and Shapwick Moor.  The heath is...

Starling Roost - Shapwick Heath, Somerset Levels, UK. ID JB_3728

Starling Trail

The starlings have left RSPB Ham Wall and are roosting in Natural England’s Shapwick Heath nature reserve.  And they have been putting on an even better displays! Wind It was so windy today, about...

Starling Murmuration - Shapwick Heath, Somerset Levels, UK. ID JB_1572

Starling Trail

Another week visiting the starling murmurations on the Avalon Marshes.  This time the birds selected a roosting site over in the far west side of Shapwick Heath nature reserve. Day One Great sunset this...

Starling Murmuration - Shapwick Heath, Somerset, UK. ID JB1_2336E

Starling Trail

I took half day’s leave from work so I could head across to Shapwick Heath to catch the starlings returning to their overnight roost. The birds had moved from Ham Wall a week before....

Starlings cross the sky - Shapwick Heath, UK. ID DSC_3017

Starling Trail

Starling Roost It’s a new year and the starlings have recently moved from RSPB Ham Wall to a new site in the Roughet at the far end of Natural England’s Shapwick Heath. Its been a...

Starlings - Shapwick Heath, Somerset, UK. ID 824_9880

Starling Trail

There was soft blue hue to the light over Shapwick Heath tonight as we waited for the starlings to return to their roost. Shapwick Heath All our hopes were on the starlings returning to...

Starlings at Dawn - Meare Heath, Shapwick Heath, Somerset, UK. ID 824_9352

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...

Starlings over Meare Heath - Shapwick Heath, Somerset, UK. ID 824_9115

Starling Trail

Waiting for the Starlings Part of starling watching is waiting for them to arrive.  For me a big part of that is capturing the sunset.  Typically, the birds arrive after the sun has dropped...

Mute swan (Cygnus olor) - Shapwick Heath, Somerset, UK. iD 824_6114

Glastonbury Canal

Its that time of year when I need to get fit again.  So I set off on my bike for a ride on the Somerset Levels. Glastonbury Canal The Glastonbury Canal ran for  14 miles...

Starlings Flock - Shapwick Heath, Somerset, UK. ID 809_0993

Starling Trail

On Wednesday I watched the starlings at Shapwick Heath on my own apart from a couple of visitors which I persuaded to follow me down the track. On Thursday I shared the starlings with a dozen...