Tag: Wroxeter

Wonderful Wroxeter

From autumn onwards, Wroxeter is a great place to see winter thrushes – both fieldfares (left) and redwings (right).

It’s also a great place for atmospheric sunrises:

The church was built using some of the stone from the Roman city, and it also has some entertaining gargoyles jutting out into the Shropshire sky…

On my most recent, visit in October 2023, I was surprised by this beautiful red admiral basking in the autumn sunshine…

And I surprised a buzzard who was minding his own business until he saw me!

There are always sheep around Wroxeter. This pair couldn’t be bothered to be surprised and just lazily slept on!

The Fieldfares and Redwings of Wroxeter

Wroxeter Roman City, just outside Shrewsbury, Shropshire, U.K., is a peaceful and beautiful place. During the winter months, the surrounding fields are home to fieldfares and redwings, seasonal visitors from Scandinavia.

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Watching the fieldfares

And the redwings

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At Wroxeter

From a distance

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Feel the beauty

And the joy

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And the love

For all existence.

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Fieldfare image fomr Pixabay, and redwing image by Ingi Finnsson also from Pixabay

A Robin at Wroxeter

Wroxeter is a beautiful place.

There are the remains of the Roman city, of course, so picturesquely situated within sight of the Wrekin, the Lawley and Caer Caradoc.

There is the beautiful village, with the church partly built using stone from the Roman city, and also from Haughmond Abbey.

When I visited recently a robin perched in the February sunshine for me as I wandered in the peace of the early morning…

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A robin sang

from the branches of a winter tree

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His belly was as bright as the day

his breast red as the sunset

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Gracing my winter spirit

with tones of happiness.

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Robin, Wroxeter, February 2022

Light Dawns at Wroxeter

Celtic spring (“Imbolc”) began this week, on February 1st, and light is slowly beginning to fight back against the predominance of darkness.

I recently photographed this beautiful sunrise at Wroxeter Roman city, and some words by the poet Mary Oliver – “darkness opening into morning is enough” – inspired this short poem:

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The magic

Of the darkness

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Of the morning

Transfigured

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Into light

Is enough.

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