2012 in Review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The new Boeing 787 Dreamliner can carry about 250 passengers. This blog was viewed about 1,400 times in...
Monthly Archive: December 2012
Starling Trail
Tonight the Starlings roosted near the Decoy Hide on Shapwick Heath NNR. So park at the Avalon Marshes Centre end of the reserve if you wish to avoid the long walk we had after...
Starling Trail
Another evening watching the Starling Display at the Avalon Marshes. This time the birds had moved from Ham Wall to Shapwick Heath. The best view was from the Meare Heath hide. To reach this...
Starling Trail
On the way to Ham Wall the rain was pouring down and our hopes of going out onto the reserve to see anything were very low. But the rain stopped and a lucky gap...
Starling Trail
As the number of birds rose to one million we were treated to one of the best ever Starling displays at Ham Wall on the Somerset Levels. Helped by clear winter skies and an...
Starling Trail
On Friday I went to Stileway in hope on seeing some Starlings. There were not as many as I had hoped and by far the best view were from the first viewing platform on...
Snapseed
Its coming to the end of the year following the Deerleap Tree so I thought I would play with some of the past images with another of my favorite iOS apps Snapseed. Especially as...
Brean Down Sunset
A family walk last week taught me that I should always carry my camera. But my DSLR is a bit too heavy to carry all day! So when this superb sunset occurred on a...
Starling Trail
It was predicted that the Starling roost this Saturday would be split. Some birds going to Shapwick Heath and some to Ham Wall. Not knowing which end of Shapwick Heath to try I decided...
