Where to Watch Birds in Somerset, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire by Ken Hall

Author:Ken Hall
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781472966124
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2019-01-10T16:00:00+00:00

Corn Bunting

Access

The primary points of access are junction 18 on the M4 at Tormarton and the A420 that runs through Marshfield, the latter being served by buses running between Bristol and Chippenham. A minor road between Tormarton and Marshfield bisects the most productive area, which is best explored on foot along the network of lanes and footpaths east and west of this road, as far as West Littleton in one direction and West Kington in the other. You may have to cover quite a bit of ground to locate feeding flocks in winter. The sheltered Shire valley that runs between these two villages provides a riverside and woodland contrast to the open fields – it was here that a wintering Red-flanked Bluetail was seen in 2014. The area is often best early in the morning or at dusk, as the Quail in particular tend to call more frequently at these times. The fields can be scanned from the roadsides, but parking opportunities are quite limited and noise from the motorway can be intrusive in the northern part of the area.

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