Return to Queen’s Sedge Moor
Early Morning My alarm went off very early in the morning. Too early. Most mornings I pull back the curtains to check the weather. It was grey and dull, but the clouds looked interesting....
Tagged: Winter
Moor Flooding
After all the rain over the last few days it was no surprise that the water that fell on the Mendip Hills was going to find its way to the moors on the Somerset...
Swan Field
Across Westhay Moor on the Somerset Levels are a series of flat fields. Each field seems to have been assigned its own type of bird. One field for the cattle egrets, one for the...
The Floods from Glastonbury Tor
I’m a bit jealous of all those people posting beautiful drone images on social media. I would love to get a drone, but I find their noise really annoying. This is probably because they...
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....
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...
Winter Solstice and Full Moon
A few visits to the top of Glastonbury Tor to celebrate the Winter Solstice and last Full Moon of 2023. Torch Light The weather has been mixed this week. On the shortest day of...
Starling Trail
The starlings have left RSPB Ham Wall and are roosting in Natural England’s Shapwick Heath nature reserve. And they have been putting on an even better displays! Wind It was so windy today, about...
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...
Little and Large of Ham Wall
Waiting for the starlings to arrive at RSPB Ham Wall is a great time to search out those small and large birds that are already about. Here are some of my favourite bird pictures...
