South Hill
South Hill is a postage stamp size nature reserve in South Somerset managed by the Somerset Wildlife Trust. It has open access so I made a detour on the way home from work and spent...
Monthly Archive: May 2017
Small Blue
They say small is beautiful so today I headed up to the Stoke Camp reserve hoping to find the Small Blue (Cupido minibus) butterfly. Stoke Camp Stoke Camp is a nature reserve owned by...
Lynchcombe Steps
As the year makes the transition from spring to summer I expected to see a dip in the number of records on my butterfly survey across Lynchcombe. At this time of year hawthorn is in blossom...
Babcary Meadows
I visited Babcary a few weeks ago. Back then in April the hay meadows were still waiting for spring to arrive. Today I returned to the meadows to see if things had progressed. The...
Whitstone Corner
I have been on the look out for fields of Oxeye Daises around Somerset. So far this has not been successful instead I found a couple of truly magical roundabouts. Despite being very busy with traffic...
Spring Meadow
Today was the day I realised that spring was turning into summer. I started in beautiful Biddle Combe near Wells but was I was forced to leave the overgrown shade of the wood and explore the fields around...
Lynchcombe Steps
Spring on Lynchcombe and there are plenty of mothers and lambs around the reserve. This Somerset Wildlife Trust nature reserve is grazed by sheep to keep the grass short. They are told to nibble...
Lots Grassland and GB Gruffy
Lots Grassland is a Somerset Wildlife Trust nature reserve high up in the Mendip Hills. Being high means this is an acid grassland on sandstone. So a visit here makes a refreshing change from...
Spring in Longwood
Today I made a return visit to Longwood. On my previous visit the sun was very bright creating lots of harsh contrast. Today I had hoped for some softer light – things did not go entirely to plan. Poor...
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...
