Starling Trail
Division Rhyne is one of the drainage channels draining the Brue valley northern Somerset Levels. This land is prone to flooding in the area romantically known as East Waste. East Waste There is very little public access to...
Monthly Archive: January 2018
Mells Snowdrops
Mells The arrival of snowdrops marks the start of the end of winter. A time when I stop following the starlings on the levels and start looking out for the signs of spring. My...
Glastonbury Canal
Its that time of year when I need to get fit again. So I set off on my bike for a ride on the Somerset Levels. Glastonbury Canal The Glastonbury Canal ran for 14 miles...
Milborne Port
It is impossible to drive passed a sign for an 11th century church. So a few days ago (when the sun was out) I stopped to have a nose around. Church of St John...
Starling Trail
From one end to the other, during the last week the starling roost has moved from the wilderness in the east over to Canada Farm and Westhay Heath in the far west. Canada Farm...
Langacre Rhyne
Langacre Rhyne I often look at maps in the evening for lines in the landscape that will line up with the direction of sunrise. Today it was the turn of Langacre Rhyne. The rhyne...
Ridge Road Red
Ridge Road A local route known as the Ridge Road is a series of country roads that join Wells and Shepton Mallet in Somerset. It is a rural rat run used by commuters to avoid...
Starling Trail
All Change For a couple of weeks the starlings have been roosting in the far north of the RSPB Ham Wall nature reserve on the Avalon Marshes in Somerset. Getting good views of this...
Starling Trail
Recently the Starlings have been roosting in the wilderness. Far from the main path in Ham Wall getting good views is difficult – especially as the weather has been so poor. The best place to watch...
Lynchcombe Steps
Lynchcombe The Lynchcombe nature reserve on the Mendip Hills is a sunny south facing grassland slope. It is a beautiful location that needs a lot of management to keep it this way. I am a volunteer reserve...
