Sunday 25 March 2018

Early spring on RSPB Ham Wall in Somerset

THE warm weather has kick started spring with amphibians, reptiles and insects appearing at last, and resident birds singing:

toads
brimstone
comma
roe deer
great crested grebes

slow worm
toad

Thursday 28 December 2017

Final Levels visit for 2017

A beautiful, cold and clear day meant only one thing - a visit to he Levels was in order;  nothing new to see today but the sheer number of birds and the closeness of the superstars made it a good one - egrets, marsh harriers, wintering ducks and bitterns were the highlights:











Sunday 26 November 2017

Starlings

ON a cold windy Sunday a few weeks ago I popped down to Ham Wall to view the spectacle of the starlings.  The numbers are high (and will get higher) and with the sunset it was a great experience.