Holton Snowdrops
Snowdrops mark the beginning of the end of winter and signal that spring is around the corner. This year I missed a number of opportunities to photograph snowdrops in Somerset’s valleys. So I have...
Monthly Archive: February 2017
Rocks Drove
If you follow Wilderness Drove from the eastern entrance to Ham Wall you reach Rock’s Drove. Together these droves form a U-shaped protrusion into the Avalon Marshes. I like this short curious route and have cycled...
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...
Starling Trail
After the storm a string of starlings meanders back to the roost. Storm Doris After a devastating day when Storm Doris hit the UK and there was little hope of a starling display. The...
Starling Trail
The starlings are no longer roosting in Ham Wall instead they have moved to the far end of Shapwick Heath, not far from the Avalon Marshes centre. This late in the season I can...
Snowdrops
I found a rare gap from my day job that is turning into a seven days a week job. So I rushed up to Mells to photograph the snowdrops before the light disappeared from the valley. The clouds...
Starling Trail
The starlings have finally moved away from Walton Heath and Loxtons Marsh. A small group is still dropping down in Walton Heath near the first platform but most of the birds have headed deep into...
Snow Frosting
Just before dawn I looked out my bedroom window. Still full of cold I was feeling a little bit sorry for myself. This all changed when I saw the thin layer of snow coating the car...
Snowdrop Valley
With the bad weather, and being full of a cold, I just about made it out of the house for a short visit to Mells in Somerset to photograph the snowdrops. The Village Snowdrops...
Starling Trail
A couple of days ago, before a storm came in, most of the starlings had chosen Loxtons Marsh as their roost site. Today I returned to RSPB Ham Wall and headed back to marsh in hope of...
