Wednesday 29 May 2013

Guided walk in Somerset

Off to new territory on the weekend before last for a walk in Somerset with the good parishioners of Kingston Seymour, near Clevedon. Arranged by my sister Rebecca and billed as an 'introduction to the birds of the parish,' it was a friendly stroll around a landscape very different to Dartmoor, with flat fields for miles, bounded by tall hedges of elm and drainage ditches known as rhines (pronounced 'reens').  We were treated to knockout views of a pair of Kestrels, as well as singing Reed Warblers and more.

Shield bug

Walking the lanes near Kingston Seymour

A Song Thrush's snail anvil

Newly opened Hawthorn blossom

Milkmaid

Buttercup

Bugle

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