Starling Trail

Jupiter setting with Starlings – Shapwick Heath, Somerset, UK. ID DSC_7372.

Knock Knock. Who’s there? Jupiter. Jupiter who? Jupiter hurry to Shapwick Heath, or you’ll miss the Starlings.   That is a rubbish joke!  But this is the best time to get down to the Avalon Marshes in Somerset and watch one million Starlings roost in the reed bed.

Obviously this is not really Jupiter but the sunset was real.  Last night was the most stunning sunset over Somerset I have ever seen!  I was putting a bit of vignetting on the image using Lightroom software when the Feather slider slipped and as if by magic Jupiter appeared complete with a giant red storm.

Passing in front of the planet is a trail of Starlings on the may to the other side of the marshes.  As sometimes happens we were standing in completely the wrong part of the reserve.  The sunset well made up for this!

As we watched the mist gradually fell.  On the way home I stopped off at the Canada Farm end of the reserve. No more Starlings but a beautiful view – if very dark.

The Falling Mist – Canada Farm, Shapwick Heath, Somerset, UK. ID DSC_7428