Collard Hill
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...
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Collard Hill
My annual trip to the National Trust’s Collards Hill nature reserve to photograph the extremely rare large blue butterfly. I did not know what to expect as the trust had not been running their...
Collard Hill
Collard Hill Each June I visit Collard Hill near Street in Somerset. This year with the pandemic still raging things felt a bit different. But in this landscape social distancing is easy. The grassland...
Collard Hill
Collard Hill Exciting times up on Collard Hill near to the town of Street for the annual appearance of the rare large blue butterfly. However, it was the common blue that put on the...
Collard Hill
I normally visit Collard Hill to photograph the large-blue butterflies in summer. But today I returned to find out what the hill is like in autumn. Collard Hill We have been so lucky to have...
Large Blue
Back to Collard Hill On my last visit to Collard Hill it was too hot to photograph butterflies. They rarely settled, instead they flew passed quickly disappearing over the horizon. Today, a change to more...
Collard Hill
Last year I visited Green Down hoping to photograph the rare large blue butterfly. This year I decided to give Collard Hill a try. Collard Hill is owned by the National Trust and they have...
Large Blues at Collard Hill
Its been a while since my last post. There are two reasons for this – first was DIY as my home is extended with a new kitchen; second, the weather has been really bad. Weeks of...
