Tagged: Meare

Bridges over Troubled Waters

Joining Westhay with Wedmore is a road called Blakeway.  It cuts across the flat ground of the Somerset Levels.  Apart from a couple of sharp bends near Sweets Tea Rooms this is a very...

Flooded Meare Pool - Meare, Somerset, UK. ID JB_5342

Meare Pool

In medieval times Meare Pool was a large fishery pool.  But in the 18th century it was drained and today it no longer exists.  But with all the rain recently we have the chance...

Starling Murmurations from Stileway - Nr Meare, Somerset, UK. ID JB_1066

Starling Trial

As we all know you watch a sunset the sky brightens as the sun sits just above the horizon.  The as the sun drops the colours fade.  Only to find 10 to 20 minutes...

Starling Dawn - Ham Wall, Somerset Levels, UK. ID JB_6651

Starling Trail

Winter Morning at Ham Wall The last weekend in November and another trip down to Ham Wall.   This time for a morning, a very cold morning. Winter telling us it had arrived with...

Buzzard on a pile of manure - Westhay, Somerset Levels, UK. ID MG_8555

Westhay Bridge

There is a road that runs north from of the village of Westhay in Somerset.  The OS maps call this Main Road.  While Google maps calls it Blakeway.   Before I noticed this conflict...

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...

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....

Glastonbury Tor from Westhay Bridge - Westhay, Somerset, UK. ID JB_0037

Morning Brue

The River Brue flows very slowly across the Somerset Levels.  Much of its route is really straight, but a small section between Meare and Westhay is all wibbly-wobbly.  So I started a mini-project to...

The Centenary Poppy Wave

The Centenary Poppy Wave A beautiful poppy display to commemorate the ending of the First World War. The communities of Meare and Westhay on the Somerset Levels created a beautiful and creative display. Every knitted...

Super Moon over Wells Cathedral - Somerset, UK. ID 824_8321

Wells Supermoon

Blue Supermoon Like most people on the earth we had a blue supermoon today.  A supermoon is created when a full moon coincides with the closest part of the moon’s orbit. So it looks a...