Starling Trail
A night of blood red skies and a hundred thousand starlings at RSPB Ham Wall. But before the starlings arrive a small group of seagulls finds it way home high up in the Mendip...
Monthly Archive: November 2021
Starling Trail
Storn Arwen The biggest storm to hit the UK in years was causing a lot of damage up north. While in Somerset it was not as bad, it was bad enough to make me...
Starling Trail
The starlings return to their roost site at RSPB Ham on the Somerset Levels. The number of birds is still pretty low but enough to get excited about. The starlings drop into the reed...
Starling Trail
Back at the starling roost at RSPB Ham Wall on the Somerset Levels. The first group of starlings for this evening arrive in a glorious sunset. Not a cloud in the sky, just some...
The Lonesome Pine
This lonesome pine stands in the pale moonshine in the middle of the Mendips Hills in Somerset. Known (by some) as the Priddy Tree it grows out of the top of a tumulus overlooking...
Starling Trail
Starling Trail – Back on! This was a day I had looked forward to since the start of the pandemic – a return to watch the starling murmurations over the Somerset Levels at RSPB...
Hidden Gold
Stockhill Woods These woods are Forestry Commission and in the most part they are a uniform plantation of conifers. Added to that this was a dull overcast day, although the light was soft with...
Remembrance Sunday
Remembrance I cycled around my patch of Somerset to see the remembrance displays put on at the village churches. So many villages make such a big effort. Once again Shapwick put on a beautiful...
Barrow Hill
Barrow Hill is a small but perfectly formed hill at Panborough in Somerset. In fact is so perfect that from some angles it looks handmade like a Somerset pyramid. I parked around the corner...
Combe Hill Woods
The Combe Hill Wood near Street in Somerset is easy to access, it has a big car park and lots of well managed foot paths. Perfect for an easy Sunday afternoon stroll. The woods are...
