Lynchcombe Steps
Lynchcombe is full of butterflies. Gatekeepers Gatekeepers (Pyronia tithonus) are a common butterfly and a bit prettier than the meadow brown. Today they occurred all over the reserve. The is a more typical perch of the...
Monthly Archive: July 2016
Emerald Flash
For many years dragonflies were my primary photographic subjects. I photographed little else apart from snow and starlings in the winter. Today I returned to Waldegrave Pond, a wildlife jewel high up in the...
Pink Bales
Pink bales are spreading across Somerset again raising awareness for breast cancer research. These fields are near Barton St. David in Somerset.
Edford Meadows
An evening visit to Edford Meadows with other volunteers from the Somerset Wildlife Trust. This was my first ever visit to this reserve and many thanks to the SWT for the evening and especially...
Lynchcombe Steps
A few days ago I came across a group of Marbled White (Melanargia calathea) butterflies while walking around the edge of a field near Castle Cary. So today on one of my regular visits...
Hadspen Poppies
I cannot resist a field of bright red poppies. These were in a field above Hadspen near Castle Cary in Somerset. And finally… This field of poppies had some great butterflies including Green-veined Whites (Pieris...
Meadow cranes-bill
This is a patch of Meadow cranes-bill (Geranium pratense) on the corner of the Ridge Road and Old Wells Road above the village of Croscombe in Somerset. This beautiful flower is very common along the local...
