Tagged: Westhay Moor

Stonechat (Saxicola rubicola) - Westhay Moor, Somerset Levels, UK. ID MG_0453

Stonechat

After my last post about hornets, it was time to recover with pictures of something much friendlier and that does not sting.  So this is a rare bird post for me. I saw these...

Hornet (Vespa crabro) - Westhay Moor, Somerset Levels, UK. ID MG_0223

Westhay Hornets

The other day I was at Westhay Moor on the Somerset Levels when I came across a small group of very large hornets.  After spending several scary minutes trying to photograph I had to...

North Drain

Despite its awful name the North Drain is a beautiful waterway that slowly flows through a series of amazing moors in the wide open flat valley of the River Brue on the Somerset Levels....

Old Farm House - Westhay Moor, Somerset Levels, UK. ID MG_5005

Westhay Moor

Recently I have been visiting Tealham, Tadham and Aller moors.  They are fabulous, but they have a neighbouring moor connected to them via the North Drain.  This neighbour can only be Westhay Moor.  ...

Starling evening visit - Shapwick Heath, Somerset, UK. ID DSC_7554

Somerset Starling Guide

My Somerset Starling Guide Over the last few years there have been many changes at the Avalon Marshes.  The number of birds has dropped and the number of visitors has risen.  So I decided it...