Glossy Ibis
The glossy ibis was once a rare vagrant to the UK but recently it is appearing more and more. Here in the Somerset Levels we are particularly blessed. One I had just cycled through...
Category: Somerset Levels
Hart Lake
With all the recent flooding I visited Splotts Moor between Glastonbury and Wells in Somerset. I pulled up near Hartlake Bridge, so to me the flooding could have restored the original Hart Lake....
North Drain
Despite its awful name the North Drain is a beautiful waterway that slowly flows through a series of amazing moors in the wide open flat valley of the River Brue on the Somerset Levels....
Long Drove Floods
More flooding between Wells and Glastonbury. Apparently this is a road. Long Drove is a dead straight road that runs for about 2 miles. This van made it across the deep part. Several other...
Buttercups
The last couple of springs the Somerset Levels have been a sea of yellow buttercups. Barrow Hill, at Panborough, is one of my favourite hills. This is all down to that tree growing out...
Welcome to December
One Day in December The cold weather arrived with December. I stopped on an early morning ride across the Somerset Level to photograph the frost in the fields. Dawn But my day started a...
Windmills in the Sky
There are several windmills in the Somerset but probably the best known are Stembridge, Walton and Ashton mills. Stembridge In South Somerset up on the top High Ham is Stembridge Mill. I found it...
Spring on the Levels
During the lockdown we were allowed out each day for some exercise. So to get fit I went for lots of cycle rides around the Somerset Levels. The moors and levels were looking beautiful...
First Mist
My First Mist I’m not sure that this is the first blanket mist of the year – but it is to me. Recently I have been climbing (walking up) Crook Peak in the dark....
Axe Valley
Somerset Mists On clear cold winter mornings mystical mists hang over the Somerset Levels. High up the south facing slopes of the Mendip Hills is the perfect spot to take in the whole landscape....
