Starling Trail
It has been a while but the starlings are back roosting at RSPB Ham Wall. I missed several opportunities in November, but eventually some good weather aligned with my time off from my day...
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Starling Trail
As it approached the end of November the starling numbers at RSPB Ham Wall continued to increase. Each day the flock is getting a little bit bigger. Today we were expected them to roost...
Starling Trail
How does RSPB Ham Wall continue to produce such wonderful sunsets. And some great starling displays! A huge cloud of starlings appear out of no where, and float across a colourful sky. Looking over...
Starling Trail
Another week at RSPB Ham Wall watching the famous starling murmurations. Due to my day job I visited mainly during the mornings, in fact I got to the reserve too early. So I passed...
Starling Trail
Three starling tornados raising out above the reeds at RSPB Ham Wall. Another Sunset The end of another week watching the starling murmurations at Ham Wall on the Somerset Levels in the UK. Another...
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...
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...
Westhay Moor
Back in late September I visited the showcase Somerset Wildlife Trust nature reserve of Westhay Moor. Welcome to Westhay Moor It has been a long time since I properly visited this reserve. Back in the...
Starling Trail
A Tufted duck (Aythya fuligula) organises the starlings into line ready to leave their roost at RSPB Ham Wall. Quack! The starlings jump and quickly fill the sky as they fly at speed over my...
Merry Christmas
Another great year in Somerset. Not much snow but a host of beautiful colours, mists and sunsets marking the seasons. January The year started with the starlings roosting in the far western end of...
