Henton Flowers
Each year I visit the church in the village of Henton in Somerset to see the display of meadow flowers in the church yard, Outside the church celandines are everywhere. In the morning light...
Category: Flowers
Spring Flowers
Spring has sprung across Somerset. Flowers are blooming along roadside verges, gardens, parks and nature reserves. Bratton Seymour As we approach the spring equinox I am reminded of the church at Bratton Seymour. On...
Meadow cranes-bill
This is a patch of Meadow cranes-bill (Geranium pratense) on the corner of the Ridge Road and Old Wells Road above the village of Croscombe in Somerset. This beautiful flower is very common along the local...
Horsington
A morning visit to Horsington in South Somerset. I hoped to photograph the flowers around the stream and pond. The pond was dry but the Red Campion (Silene dioica) was beautiful. And Finally… Horsington has...
Pink Lace
Cow parsley (Anthriscus sylvestris) is a plant most of us take for granted but combined with its spring-time partner the pink coloured Red Campion (Silene dioica) it lines hundreds of miles of roadside hedgerow....
Ragged-Robin
As well as the woodland Withial Combe has a series of damp meadows. These contain the brilliant flower – Ragged-Robin, Lychnis flos-cuculi. After photographing the wild garlic in the woods I could not resist...
GB Gruffy
GB Gruffy is a Somerset Wildlife Trust high up on the Mendip Hills. This is a great place to photograph Bluebells outside of a wood. So I was excited as I drove up to the...
Greater Stitchwort
The hedgerows around the village of North Wootton are full of Greater Stitchwort, Stellaria holostea. This flower is doing really well this year and can be seen all around Somerset. This flower truly is...
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...
Ebbor Gorge
Every now and again you find a secret corner of an area you thought you knew. Today was one of those days, I re-discovered the easy access trail next to the Ebbor Gorge car park....
