What have you seen

If you make it down this way, Ham Wall starlings are worth the visit. Hard to imagine how there can be up to 1 million in one place. If my maths are correct, that is 50 times what we saw this week.

BM - this is the main reason for the visit! Tell them not to go anywhere soon.

Wherenext  - I do hope you & anyone interested gets to see this starling roost display.  Having seen this mass gathering ‘display’ of starlings in the Ham Wall area a few years ago we found the noise also amazing as they came down to roost in the reeds quite close by.  On our 2nd visit 2yrs ago we were not close enough to see them go down nearby but did see the stunning shape changing formations.  Good luck.

Just back from our trip to Naples, we were there for the football, but obviously went to see the main sites, and we're always on the lookout for birds.

Plenty of Italian sparrows and yellow legged gulls about, and quite a few wheatear, on the move.

We went to Vesuvius crater and saw what looked like water pipits. Unlikely I know, but that is exactly what they looked like, no vegetation up there, but they were running about on the crater rim. Any ideas as to identity very welcome. Don't have a photo, but will try to post one of a gull with Vesuvius in the background.

The weather was not to their liking for much flying displays, but they are roosting very close to the path at the moment. Starting at about 4.00 and lasting nearly an hour until the stragglers turned up.

Wave after wave of cascading birds like a waterfall when they flew in from behind. 

The mass lift off is quite a sight at about 07.00 also

The mass lift off is quite a sight at about 07.00 also

Mrs.WN only knows about one seven o'clock and it ain't the a.m. one.

I know what you mean, but as the days get shorter, the lift off moves in a favourable direction and also you must cross the Somerset meridian just north of Glastonbury which means your clock must go forward about 80 minutes putting lift off at about 08.45.

I would not try to mislead Mrs WN

This is prompting me to go and have a look when we get back from our break. Ham Wall is easy to reach from our home and it's one of those things we keep saying we'll do! I have noticed clouds of Starlings around, no doubt they mass together later in the day.

Here's the Ham Wall LINK

Brue – Thanks for posting link it prompted me to take a look at their ‘Recent Sightings’ - especially liked to the Grey Heron photos which eventually managed to swallow the fish.

How about a Rock Pippit Pliers.