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...
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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
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 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....
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...
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...
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...
Starling Trail
Today at Ham Wall this evening’s wait for the arrival of the starlings flocks started with more showers and another wonderful rainbow. It has been an exciting week at the reserve with the fabulous...
East Harptree Woods
East Harptree Wood This wood is a small woodland situated on the northern edge of the Mendip Hills in Somerset. It is mainly conifers but in the wood’s centre there are some more interesting...
Uphill Again
I folllowed by feet back up the hill at Uphill. As is often the case I there early. Early enough to capture the stars in the night sky above the old church. It has...
