Axbridge levels, winter afternoon
All too often, the sky in winter is overcast and the light is dull. Sometimes, the sun breaks through and then the landscape is transformed. These were taken around 16:30 in the afternoon on a short stroll down to the river. On the way back, a huge flock of starlings which flew silently over our heads --- we failed to get a photograph, we were too busy rubbernecking. It was rather impressive --- a dense, swooping flock of several thousand birds and barely a whisper of sound in the still air.