Monthly Archive: December 2013

Frosty Morning at Ham Wall

Starling Trail

Cold frosty morning at the Waltons in the RSPB Ham Wall nature reserve waiting for the Starlings to lift from their roost in the seedbed.  The birds moved around in the reeds creating a...

No.1 Crab Tree Drove

No.1 Crab Tree Drove

I kept passing No.1 Crab Tree Drove, Glastonbury, each day travelling back and forth to the Starlings.  I idea of a small caravan in the middle of a massive field on the levels appealed...

Rainbows and Pot of Gold

Starling Trail

Another evening with the Starlings at Ham Wall.  Back at the Waltons the birds are in a great locations for Christmas visitors.  While waiting the sky was blue, with a series of passing rain...

Explode Again!

Starling Trail

I returned to the reedbed at Shapwick Heath to watch the waves of Starlings explode into the air.  First thing in the morning it was still dark so I resorted to black and white...

A Fence with a view

Lynchcombe Steps

Warden duties do not get much better than walking around Lynchcombe on a cold clear winter’s evening.