South Hill
South Hill is a postage stamp size nature reserve in South Somerset managed by the Somerset Wildlife Trust. It has open access so I made a detour on the way home from work and spent...
Tagged: Spring
Small Blue
They say small is beautiful so today I headed up to the Stoke Camp reserve hoping to find the Small Blue (Cupido minibus) butterfly. Stoke Camp Stoke Camp is a nature reserve owned by...
Lynchcombe Steps
As the year makes the transition from spring to summer I expected to see a dip in the number of records on my butterfly survey across Lynchcombe. At this time of year hawthorn is in blossom...
Babcary Meadows
I visited Babcary a few weeks ago. Back then in April the hay meadows were still waiting for spring to arrive. Today I returned to the meadows to see if things had progressed. The...
Lots Grassland
Lots Grassland is a Somerset Wildlife Trust nature reserve high up in the Mendip Hills. Being high means this is an acid grassland on sandstone. So a visit here makes a refreshing change from...
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 Steps
Spring lambs and spring butterflies cover Lynchcombe. Lynchcombe is a Somerset Wildlife Trust nature reserve on the steep sunny south edge of the Mendip Hills with fantastic views across Somerset. I’m a volunteer warden for the...
Another Round of Wild Garlic
Even from the outside you can see that something special is happening in Round Wood between Wells and Wookey Hole in Somerset. For many years I walked this wood each lunch time for a break...
April Showers
April showers are part of spring in Somerset. This shower curtain moved slowly across the sky above Wells. Strange Weather After a warm dry start to the spring this week the weather changed direction...
Swell Wood
A second visit to RSPB Swell Wood, not to visit the brilliant herons, but instead I wanted to see the spring flowers on the Scarp Trail. This walk is a sea of bluebells and yellow...
