Ready, Moon Set, Starlings Go
I got to RSPB Ham Wall early in the morning just in time to watch the moon set. It was the morning after the winter solstice, the morning after a wonderful evening watching the...
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Starling Moon
A special day at RSPB Ham Wall, not just because it was the winter solstice with a full moon, but also because my son came along! Dawn Early morning and I swapped my bed...
Starling Trail
It is surprising how a dull grey day can unexpected turn into a beautiful evening. Today at RSPB Ham Wall a gap in the weather coincided with the arrival of the starlings back at their...
Starling Trail
After some beautiful skies today the weather was poor. All Change I expected the starlings to drop into the reeds at the far end of RSPB Ham Wall near the Wilderness Drove then roll...
Starling Watch
Today’s starling watch was a game of two halves – the first looking south with a deep red sunset, the second looking north with wonderful patterns. First Half The starlings arrive and fill the sky...
Starling Watch
It is 7am and immediately in front of the Tor View hide the starlings flatten the reeds. Morning The wind was howling around. The first wave takes off and is blown back from the fierce...
Starlings, Rainbows and Lapwings
A rainbow makes landfall in the golden reeds of a winter evening at Ham Wall. Nearby a Marsh Harrier hunts for the pot of gold. Lapwings In the distance a flock of lapwings can be...
Starling Watch
The starling season is well underway on the Somerset Levels. This was my first week on the starling watch so here is a quick catch-up. Sunday The first of a series of large flocks...
Starling Trail
All Change For a couple of weeks the starlings have been roosting in the far north of the RSPB Ham Wall nature reserve on the Avalon Marshes in Somerset. Getting good views of this...
Waltons Sunset
A cormorant flies passed the Tor View hide on RSPB Ham Wall. This hide is set in the centre of Waltons Heath and today it seemed like the perfect spot to watch the starlings...
