Lots Grassland and GB Gruffy
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...
Category: Bluebells
Spring in Longwood
Today I made a return visit to Longwood. On my previous visit the sun was very bright creating lots of harsh contrast. Today I had hoped for some softer light – things did not go entirely to plan. Poor...
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...
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...
Gorse Plantation
The Gorse Plantation is a small patch of private woodland on Priors Hill above Wells in Somerset. This time of year it has a carpet of bluebells A dry-stone wall runs alongside the wood. The...
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...
Steep Holm Wood
Steep Holm is a small wood between Dinder and Dulcote in Somerset. The whole area is a patchwork of little woods and it is difficult to tell from the maps where one ends and another...
Bluebell Dawn
After my recent visit to Park Wood to capture the bluebells in the evening light. Today I got up early to witness the flowers at dawn. Bluebells The sun creeps up slowly creating pools of light and...
Donkey Field
The Donkey Field at Uphil in North Somerset is owned and managed by the Woodland Trust. This small patch surrounded by iron railings provides some of the best displays of spring bulbs. First the...
Bluebell Evening
To get the Easter weekend going I could not resist stopping off at Park Wood to see how the bluebells were progressing. Easter is late this year and the bluebells have been even later...
