Lynchcombe Steps
Things can be very quiet at Lynchcombe in Somerset. Lynchcombe is a Somerset Wildlife Trust nature reserve on the sunny southern slopes on the Mendip Hills. Situated down the hill from the Deerleap field...
Monthly Archive: December 2021
Deerleap Field
Deerleap is high up in the Mendip Hills of Somerset. To some it refers to a pair of standing stones down the hill towards Ebbor Gorge. To others it is the name of the...
Starling Trail
I was back down RSPB Ham Wall to watch the starling flocks return to their roost for another winter night among the reeds. This robin welcomed me to the reserve as I waited for...
Draycott Sleights
It was really cold standing at the top of the cliffs on Draycott Sleights during a winter’s morning. This is a Somerset Wildlife Trust nature reserve best known for its panoramic views and its...
Starling Trail
A great white egret and a heron watch over the lagoon at Waltons Heath on RSPB Ham Wall. Despite the imminent arrival of Storm Barra the weather today was very good. Strong cold winds...
Museum of the Moon
I think this picture looks better turned on its edge where it becomes a moon and a rocket. Following on from the Festival of the Moon in Wells the Abbey in Bath has the...
Starling Trail
Back again to RSPB Ham Wall to catch the starlings returning to their nightly roost. Thankfully the weather was a lot better to day – although it did rain a bit! After yesterday I...
Starling Trail
In stark contrast to the red skies of yesterday the weather today was dark and grey. At RSPB Ham Wall the starlings return to their roosting site via the backdrop of the Glastonbury Tor....
Starling Trail
December begins with an astonishingly beautiful sunset at RSPB Ham Wall on the Somerset Levels. The starling murmurations were pretty good too! In the evening light the first starlings to arrive do a fly-by...
