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

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:

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.