Westbury Beacon
Westbury Beacon This is a small patch of grassland on the southern edge of the Mendip Hills in Somerset. That would be good enough to warrant a visit, but what makes it even better...
Follow Jeff Bevan across Somerset
Westbury Beacon This is a small patch of grassland on the southern edge of the Mendip Hills in Somerset. That would be good enough to warrant a visit, but what makes it even better...
It has been very windy recently which has made it difficult to photograph butterflies. Especially those that like resting on wobbly grass. So I headed for a relatively sheltered part of Draycott Sleights to...
Blackmoor So I came to Blackmoor to find the dark green fritillaries. I had never seen one and was beginning to think they were a fantasy butterfly that did not really exist. But, as...
Blackmoor Blackmoor is part of the prehistoric lead mining area of the Mendip Hills in Somerset. Like neighbouring Ubley Warren it is covered in gruffy ground – a landscape of hollows, lumps and dumps formed...
For a long time I have been a volunteer warden on the Mendip Hills of Somerset. On one of the Somerset Wildlife Trusts’ interpretation boards is a photo of a dark green fritillary butterfly....
It had been a while since I visited Priddy Mineries in the Mendip Hills of Somerset. Then I mainly focused (literally) on dragonflies around the Waldegrave Pond. So this summer I spent of couple...
Who does not love small skipper butterflies. They have so much energy. Today was my annual visit to Collard Hill near the town called Street of Somerset. This hill is a wonderful patch of...
Following your feet along this path on the Mendip Hills takes you to a magical spot for watching butterflies. I’m not quite sure why, but it has been years since I spent time photographing...
Middledown is a limestone grassland nature reserve up in the middle the Mendip Hills above Cheddar Gorge. It is managed by the Somerset Wildlife Trust. Normally, I visit this reserve when it is covered...
The Cook’s Fields nature reserve overlooks the Somerset village of Westbury-sub-Mendip. On a clear day you can see for miles across to Glastonbury Tor and the Somerset Levels. Today, after enjoying the views, I...