Category Archives: Stonehenge

Crows, or more precisely, rooks were one bird species much in evidence as we caught the shuttle bus from the visitors centre to the main attraction, Stonehenge. Even though it is only an hour’s drive from home, today was my first ever visit. There was a chill wind blowing and we appreciated our coats and woollen hats. There was high cloud cover blocking direct sunlight. The atmosphere was quite autumnal without being close, or muggy.

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Pied wagtails marshalled the car park, whilst starlings joined the rooks on the grass around the monument itself.

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The visitors centre contained an exhibition showing quite a lot of archaeological artefacts, e.g. flint and bronze tools. It was quite descriptive of what Stonehenge would have been like 4,500 years ago. The 200 burial mounds in the vicinity and the alignment of the stones with the sun at the winter and summer solstices offer some insight into the original purpose of the site. But to the question, “Why?”, the honest answer is presented as, “Don’t know!”