EACH week, your Somerset Leveller scours social media so you don’t have to, in a bid to find the best posts about our county.
The internet is a complicated place, with more information than any of us know what to do with.
So each week, we set about looking for interesting, informative, or just plain weird posts featuring our beloved county – and post them for your delight, disgust or outright confusion!
This week, we have posts about doors in mid-air, a robin gathering food out of someone’s hand, and what Somerset sounded like in the Iron Age (no, really).
We use BlueSky, where you can find us @somersetleveller.bsky.social.
If you find an interesting post about Somerset, do drop us a line at newsdesk@somersetleveller.co.uk
Here are some of the best social media posts about Somerset this week…
Robin eating from a hand
An account named Bath Nature (@bathnature.bsky.social) posted some amazing slow-motion footage of a robin gathering food from their hand.
Amazing!
My #Robin friend Henry gathering food for his chicks. In #Bath #Somerset #UK
#Bird #Birds #Birdwatching #Birding #UKBirding #Ornithology #Nature #Wildlife #UKWildlife— Bath Nature (@bathnature.bsky.social) 24 April 2025 at 19:27
A door in mid air
Heidi the History Mouse (@thehistorymouse.bsky.social) – probably their real name – was in Axbridge this week and posted a great photograph of a ‘door in mid air’ at St John the Baptist Church.
A second #DoorInMidAir #StJohnAxbridge #Somerset #AdoorableThursday
This leading from the rood turret, between crossing and nave suggests that the church had two rood screens (possibly not co-existing) the other (seen earlier) being between crossing and chancel
— Heidi The History Mouse (@thehistorymouse.bsky.social) 24 April 2025 at 20:12
The moment of victory!
On the sporting front, this week has seen cricket return to our feeds, and Somerset CCC (@somersetccc.bsky.social) posted a nice, alternative view of a last-ball win for the team against Surrey…
SOMERSET WIN!!!
#WeAreSomerset
— Somerset County Cricket Club (@somersetccc.bsky.social) 23 April 2025 at 18:15
Classic sloganeering…
From Glastonbury to Bruton, Cheddar to Weston, Somerset boasts some of the finest graffiti in the south west, if not the country.
And on BlueSky, Mark Crean (@markcrean.bsky.social) posted a fine example from Frome, presented in fittingly-dramatic black and white too…
Frome, Somerset, earlier today.
#ClassicMono #EastCoastKin #photography #Blackandwhite
— Mark Crean (@markcrean.bsky.social) 22 April 2025 at 19:53
Hidden art
Art of a different kind was the subject of a BlueSky post by Rosemary Griggs (@ragriggsauthor.bsky.social), who captured a 14th century painting of St George at All Saints Church in Nunney.
Fitting for St George’s Day, of course…
Late 14th century wall painting of St George, All Saints Church, Nunney, Somerset. It was uncovered when Benefactor boards were taken down in 1895.
#WallPaintingsWednesday
#StGeorgesDay— Rosemary Griggs (@ragriggsauthor.bsky.social) 23 April 2025 at 06:56
Sheep or not sheep?
Back to wildlife now, with science writer Chris Simms (Achrisnsimms.bsky.social), who posted a picture of some unusual-looking sheep in Somerset… No, I don’t know what they are, either.
Is it just me or are these ears huge? Are these sheep in disguise as rabbits or rabbits in disguise as sheep?
— Chris Simms (@chrisnsimms.bsky.social) 20 April 2025 at 17:41
Ancient soundtrack
Last but by no means least… We’ve all wondered what Somerset sounded like more than 2,000 years ago, haven’t we?
Well, your question can now be answered thanks to an amazing project by Lost Soundscapes, which was shared by Brigit Strawbridge (@brigitstrawbridge.bsky.social) on BlueSky.
What the internet should really be all about.
See you next time!
Have you ever wondered what the Somerset Levels might have sounded like in the late Iron Age?
Worth a watch….
www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0l8… #soundscapes #SomersetLevels #Birds #birdsong #IronAge
— Brigit Strawbridge (@brigitstrawbridge.bsky.social) 20 April 2025 at 21:32
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