Starling Trail
The fields around Glastonbury Tor are covered in water pouring out of the Brue. I was hoping for a reflection of the Tor but the wind was too strong. The rippled water destroying any...
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Chasing a Sunset
At this time of year, when viewed from the Ridge Road between Wells and Shepton Mallet, the sun sets behind Glastonbury Tor. However, even with an app that tracks the angle of the sun,...
Starling Trail
I have not been able to visit RSPB Ham Wall in the evenings recently so instead I have tried to make the most of the mornings. The weather has not been very great, with...
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...
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....
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...
Starling Trail
It has been an amazing start to the starling season at RSPB Ham Wall on the Somerset Levels. Not only have the number of birds easily reached half a million. They have been roosting...
Beacon Hill in Autumn
Autumn is sometimes very short, this year seems to have taken that to new levels. Perhaps I was too distracted chasing starlings around Somerset? Beacon Hill Wood is one of my favourites and being...
Autumn Equinox
This year I decided to re-interpret the date of equinox. Officially, the precise moment of the equinox at Glastonbury is Friday, 23 September 2022, 02:03 BST. Obviously, if it occurs in the middle of...
Isle of Wedmore’s Eastern Achipelago
The Eastern Archipelago The Isle of Wedmore sits at the centre of the Somerset Levels. It is surrounded to the north and south by the shallow seas feed by the rivers Axe and Brue....
