Autumn leaves fall
The Deerleap Tree has little time to show its autumn colours. Sitting on top of a windy hill its leaves soon blow away.
Monthly Archive: October 2012
Beacon Hill in full Autumn Colour
Beacon Hill in Somerset is a wonderful wood. This week it has reached the peak of its autumn colour in a year that saw the wet summer months generate the best colours ever!
Starling Trail
In my last post I introduced my guide to watching the Starling displays at the Avalon Marshes on the Somerset Levels. The full guide is available as a PDF: Download the guide [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x17QbnJOqwA&w=560&h=315]...
Starling Trail
I love watching the Starlings at Ham Wall, Shapwick Heath and Westhay. Over the last few years there have been many changes in the number of birds and the number of people that visit...
The Land that Time Forgot
Somerset is famous for its cider orchards, however one Apple still thinks rural England is fighting the war – at least near Weston-super-Mare. Travel south from Uphill and the land returns to black-and-white. The...
Autumn Dawns
The leaves are beginning to turn on the Deerleap tree, but like me it is getting a bit thin on top. Autumn creates a layer of mist in the Somerset Levels over which the...
