Colour Field – Blue
Today I took the opportunity to check off blue in my Colour Fields project. These fields of flax near Maperton in South Somerset are almost blue. At least the small flower heads are blue. The days are...
Monthly Archive: June 2015
Lynchcombe Steps
I’m a volunteer warden for the Somerset Wildlife Trust. Each warden gets a reserve. Mine is Lynchcombe a south facing grassland slope on the Mendip Hills. I regularly walk the reserve looking out for...
More Poppies
Having found the perfect poppy field I was not going to give-up after a single visit. The the last couple of days I have stopped on the way to work in the morning and...
Colour Field – Red
Earlier in the year I started a project about different coloured fields. I still have plenty of colours to complete but I had been looking out for poppies so I could tick off red....
Babcary Meadows
I visited Babcary Meadows on the way home from work earlier this year but the meadows were not ready. So today a returned to this Somerset Wildlife Trust reserve. Close to Perry Mead, I...
Wookey and Henton
A few years ago I photographed the evening summer sun on the fields above Henton. Those pictures were taken on my first digital camera (update: these images are now at the end of this...
Withial Combe
Withal Combe is a Somerset Wildlife Trust. I’ve just visited it for the first time as part of the daily commute series. Unlike the grasslands of Whitefield, Babcary and Perry Mead this reserve also has a...
Whitefield
Today I went to the Somerset Wildlife Trust reserve of Whitefield for the first time. Like Perry Mead and Babcary, I sometimes pass this reserve during my cycle back from work across South Somerset. Whitefield...
Oxeye Daisies
At this time of year I see several patches of Oxeye Daisies during my daily commute to work. Oxeye Daisies (Leucanthemum vulgare) love roadside verges, but the passing traffic quickly turns the white flowers dirty. So for photographs...
Perry Mead
I first saw Perry Mead when cycling home from work. This is a small grassland nature reserve owned by the Somerset Wildlife Trust. It is set in the middle of the Somerset countryside. It...
