Monthly Archive: December 2022

Starlings - Ham Wall, Somerset, UK. ID JB_5503

Somerset Year 2022

As is often the case my photograph year started with a sunrise at RSPB Ham Wall. Ham Wall Visits to RSPB Ham Wall to watch the starling murmurations tops and tails each year.  This...

Starlings at Dawn - Ham Wall, Somerset, UK. ID JB_0718

Starling Trail

Bonus trip to RSPB Ham Wall during a brief break in days of poor weather.  This time trying out another new location.  Watching from the bench in the south west corner of Waltons Heath....

Starlings at Dawn - Ham Wall, Somerset, UK. ID JB_9714

Starling Trail

Everyone likes the little birds that hang around the paths and hides at RSPB Ham Wall. Starling Murmurations I could not make the evening starling displays at the starling roost over Christmas.  So I...

Christmas Lights - Meare, Somerset, UK. ID JB_8708

Starling Trail

Those that visit RSPB Ham Wall will have seen this wonderful Christmas display in Meare.  I love the line of toilets, and when the lights were added I had to finally take a picture....

Sunset at the Beacon - Uphill, Somerset, UK. ID JB_6911

Sunset at Uphill

A group of seagulls flies back from WWT Steart Marshes passed the old windmill at Uphill in North Somerset. After the sun disappeared behind the Quantock Hills a pink glow builds over Brent Knoll....

Fox - Ham Wall, Somerset, UK. ID JB_6764

Starling Trail

The starlings at RSPB Ham Wall become restless.  Through the noise of a hundred thousand starlings a group of egrets make a quick get away. Just in time, moments later the huge flock of...

Starlings - Ham Wall, Somerset, UK. ID JB_6034

Starling Trail

Today Shapwick Heath turned into a frosty winter land. Perfect day for a very cold bike ride. The frost was only hanging around in the shade, creating a wonderful contrast with the warm evening...

Mendip Hospital Chapel - South Horrington, Wells, Somerset, UK. ID JB_4272H

South Horrington Chapel

Before sunrise I was standing in a very cold field above the chapel of the former Mendip Hospital just outside the tiny Somerset city of Wells. The hospital generates it own mist. The steeple...

Sunrise at Pen Hill - Mendip Hills, Somerset, UK. ID JB_4041H

Pen Hill

Pen Hill is the Mendip Hills red light district.  The mast is nearly 300m tall and sits on the top of a 300m hill in Somerset.  It is surrounded by rough grazing and dry-stone...

Glastonbury Tor in the Mist - From Deerleap, Mendip Hills, Somerset, UK. ID JB_3476

December Mist

Judging from the hoar frost on Somerset’s Mendip Hills winter is on its way.  Sadly, I missed the best of the frost.  The ice crystals were already raining down from the trees.  So I...