Hart Lake
With all the recent flooding I visited Splotts Moor between Glastonbury and Wells in Somerset. I pulled up near Hartlake Bridge, so to me the flooding could have restored the original Hart Lake....
Tagged: Starling Murmuration
Starling Trail
Shapwick Heath and Shapwick Moor I arrived too early to wait for the starlings so set off on a walk around the Canada Farm end of Shapwick Heath and Shapwick Moor. The heath is...
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
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...
Starling Trail
It has been another busy week down at Ham Wall. We have had some lovely weather, beautiful sunsets, and about 70,000 starlings. The low slit in the clouds allowed the setting sun to cast...
Starling Trail
You never know what you are going to get when you visit Ham Wall to watch the starlings return to their roost. Sometimes you get wonderful patterns, or a chasing marsh harrier. Today we...
Godney Floods
Floods all around in Somerset at the moment, Godney Moor is no exception. Godney Moor I headed down to the small village of Godney to watch the sunrise over the sea towards Glastonbury Tor....
Starling Trail
I was recently driving passed Wells on the bypass near Morrisons when a large flock of starlings flew overhead. They were on their way to the roost at RSPB Ham Walls. I have seen...
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...
Starling Trail
My starling trail posts are normally from Somerset’s Avalon Marshes. This one is different, it is about what those huge flocks get up to during the day when they are not at their roost...
