Butterfly Glades
Great Breach Wood is a Somerset Wildlife Trust woodland in the middle of the county south of Glastonbury. It still has lots of ash and oak trees, but today I wanted to explore its...
Category: Butterflies
Draycott Sleights
Draycott Sleights High up on the southern ridge of the Mendip Hills the sleights with their endless views across the Somerset Levels are a big draw with photographers. This Somerset Wildlife Trust nature reserve...
Perry Mead
Perry Mead Perry Mead is a Somerset Wildlife Trust nature reserve in South Somerset. Its a small but beautiful patch of grassland along the banks of the River Cary. To me there is a...
Chalkhill Blues
Draycott Sleights is a Somerset Wildlife Trust nature reserve on the warm south facing slopes of the Mendip Hills. Chalkhill Blues Enter the reserve through the main gate on the left up a very...
Draycott Sleights
Last post I mentioned that I won a photography competition, what I did not mention was that I won a fantastic new camera with a macrro zoom. So on the first opportunity I took...
Rediscovery Trail
Back on the Discovery Trail through the Great Breach Wood in the heart of Somerset. Silver-Washed Fritillaries At this time of year you cannot miss the large silver-washed fritillary butterflies gliding through the rides...
South Hill – Day Dreaming
I had recently seen some old but beautiful backlit images of marbled whites within their grassland. I wanted to try and replicate this style of picture. So there was only one place to go –...
South Hill – Marbles Rock
The Somerset Wildlife Trust of South Hill is becoming a real favourite. Today I returned to find the marbled white butterflies were really rocking. Marble Whites Marbled whites are officially a brown butterfly –...
South Hill – Pyramid Stage
I had been told by the South Hill warden that the nature reserve was covered in Pyramidal Orchids. So this was a must visit to the tiny Somerset Wildlife Trust reserve. I did not...
Black Rock
I’ve visited Longwood, near Cheddar, a couple of times this week to see the bluebells. Each time, I got there walking along the drove through Black Rock. You can forgive people for ignoring this drove. However, Black...
