Tagged: Langport

Huish Level and River Parrett - Langport, Somerset, UK. ID JB1_6584

Storm Dennis

Langport Following on from Storm Ciara last week, Storm Dennis arrived over the weekend. Both brought heavy rain and winds.  On the Somerset Levels it also brought floods. The River Parrett burst its banks at Langport...

St Marys Church - Huish Episcopi, Somerset, UK. ID IMG_7045H

Churchyard Flowers

Huish Episcopi I was driving to the heronry at Swell Wood when I came to halt after I caught a glimpse of the flowers in the churchyard of St Mary’s church in Huish Episcopi....

Praenubila form of the Four-spotted Chaser (Libellula quadrimaculata) - Prospect Fields, Langport, Somerset, UK. ID 822_1934

Prospect Fields

Early this year I visited Aller Hill near Langport to photograph the woodland flowers.  I completely forgot that the Aller Hill SSSI also includes some grassland.  So today I put that right and made...

Swell Wood in Spring - Swell, Somerset, UK. ID 810_7789

Swell Wood

The ancient oaks of RSPB Swell Wood is part of the woodland stretching from Langport to the Blackdown Hills which I should visit more often.  This corner of South Somerset is truly a wonderland...

Aller Hill - Near Langport, Somerset, UK. ID 810_2881

Aller Hill

After visiting Aller Wood I decided to go for a walk back around to my car at Turn Hill.  The path through the wood got wetter and wetter and as the weather closed in...