Recently a pair of your fearless editorial staff boldly crossed to the island of Lundy in the Bristol Channel, and saw these ancient Christian standing stones from the fifth and sixth centuries. There are a few other places in the south west or in Wales where such stones are found individually, but this is reputed to be the only spot in the United Kingdom where as many as four Christian standing stones are found in such a small area. More recently, they have been moved and placed together just inside the churchyard, slightly apart from the other more recent gravestones.
photo by Nicky
Lundy is also notable for the work which is done there to assist research into bird migration under the auspices of the British Trust for Ornithology (www.bto.org) This willow warbler has been caught, measured, weighed and ringed, all in a few minutes, and is just about to be released.
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