Follow Jeff Bevan across Somerset
Uphill local nature reserve is a patch of semi-improved calcareous grassland sitting on a big lump of carboniferous limestone. The grassland supports a diverse flora including: Cowslips, Primula veris False Oxlip I spotted this...
These pictures of Waldegrave Pool, on the Mendip Hills, were taken during the early morning when the air was so calm the water was completely still. The only ripples caused by the occasional coot collecting nest material....
Dawn and the Stockhill Woods on the Mendip Hills in Somerset are ablaze with the colours of a fabulous sunrise. The dawn is reflected in the Waldegrave Pool which was flat on this rare calm...
We are currently having the strangest weather in Somerset. Sun, rain, hail and even some snow every day. I missed the opportunity to photograph a few storms (showers). So I decided to go up...
Yellow Oilseed Rape fields at Shapwick. I think these fields are part of Kent Farm, but its hard to know when one farm ends and the next starts. These fields are alongside the Hawk...
Today I cycled down to the Hawk and Owl Trust’s Shapwick Moor nature reserve. I normally visit here during the winter when it is used by thousands of Starlings and lots of Lapwings. But its...
I wanted to view the sun rising behind Glastonbury Tor from Wearyall Hill. I knew it was a bit late in the year. But I knew the sun would rise to the left of the...
Lynchcombe is slowly waking up to spring. The hawthorn is beginning to blossom and a few Early-purple orchids are starting to flower. Early-purples The Early-purple orchids (Orchis mascula) are mainly found in the combe under the trees. These...
The Old Church of St Nicholas in Uphill has had a great location overlooking Uphill for nearly a thousand years. The fields surrounding the church are a local nature reserve and each year they put...
Uphill’s Bluebell field is having one of its best years. Earlier was the display of Snowdrops which each year is gradually spreading out over the wood pasture from the neighbouring beech plantation. Early Morning Light...
