Starling Trail
A foggy start to the day so I ventured out to the Tor View hide in RSPB Ham Wall on the Somerset Levels. With limited visibility this hide gets you into the middle of...
Monthly Archive: December 2016
Queens Sedge Moor
The weather forecast has been a bit hit and miss over the Christmas period. But mist was forecast for today so I had to find a few minutes to visit Queen’s Sedge Moor between...
Starling Trail
Its Christmas time and this means everyone else in the house gets up late. So I can sneak out while its still dark and head off to RSPB Ham Wall to watch the starlings...
Ham Wall Lagoon
Dawn at the lagoon in Waltons Heath at RSPB Ham Wall on the Somerset Levels. Every bird was asleep. As the sky brightens the swans were first to wake-up. The ducks swimming and splashing disturbed the...
Starling Trail
I hope this blog has helped tell the story of the fantastic starlings and where to find them. Today I headed off to magical Ham Wall to watch it unleash one million starlings upon Somerset. I sat at...
Starling Trail
Today’s visit to the starlings at Ham Wall was a tale of two halves. I have been to the starlings so many times when the sky was so grey you could barely make out the birds....
Lynchcombe Steps
A break from the starlings this morning for a walk around Lynchcombe. I am a volunteer warden for this Somerset Wildlife Trust nature reserve on the Mendip Hills. I wanted to stroll around checking...
Starling Trail
Boxing Day evening at Ham Wall and as expected the car park is overflowing with visitors. Its good to see so many people taking an interest in nature. The starlings did not make many...
Ham Wall
The RSPB Ham Wall nature reserve on the Avalon Marshes of the Somerset Levels is a beautiful place even without starlings! Glastonbury Tor provides the sole focal point in a otherwise flat landscape. The...
Starling Trail
Boxing day is always busy at Ham Wall, but not in the morning. The birds were still roosting in Waltons West and I waited on my own next to a gap in the wall of...
