Tagged: Ferns

Pussy Willow - Deerleap car park, Mendip Hills, Nr Wells, Somerset, UK. ID IMG_5858

Up Yours

On a rare weekend trip away we were strolling around the famous Pavilion in Brighton when one of the guides suggested we put our phones face down on floor and take a picture looking...

Withypool - Exmoor, Somerset, UK. ID IMG_8542

Withypool

Withypool Lets start with the petrol station at Withypool! It is a big tourist draw in the village.   Many people have their photographs taken with these old fashioned Shell pumps. The village sits...

Spring Grassland - Lynchcombe, Somerset, UK. ID IMG_9058P

Lynchcombe Steps

Lynchcombe Nature Reserve Middle of May is probably my favourite time of year.  The spring flowers are out and summer is just over the horizon.  At Lynchcombe, following Blackthorn, the Hawthorn trees are out...

The swan Family go for a swim - Loxtons Marsh, Ham Wall, Somerset, UK. ID 823_8181

Ham Wall in Autumn

Just before we jump into the cold of winter I have put together some of my recent pictures taken around Loxton Marsh that do not have starlings in them. The main railway line track cuts down the...

Oak and Tower - South Brewham, Somerset, UK. ID 823_5102

Kings Alfreds Tower

Mistakenly, I thought Kings Alfred’s Tower was in Wiltshire.  I was so wrong, its just inside Somerset.  To celebrate its new found status I decided to re-visit the tower today. Earlier I had watched the...

Bluebells - Longwood, Somerset, UK. ID 821_9861

Longwood Bluebells

Longwood is the spring jewel of the Mendip Hills in Somerset.  The wood is bursting with colour as bluebells carpet the woodland floor.  Amongst the flowers are butterflies such as this brimstone searching out pools of...

Lynchcombe - Somerset, UK. ID 808_0344

Lynchcombe Steps

Autumn has started at Lynchcombe.  Colours are turning and many berries are out, or like sloes are already over.  At the top of the reserve the sycamore trees are turning brown. Bracken tends to...

Wood Sorrel, Oxalis acetosella

The Wood Sorrel

Wood Sorrel (Oxalis acetosella) is one of my favourite woodland plants. So, a few days ago when I discovered how well it was growing in Biddle Combe I had to return with my camera and...