Waldegrave Pond
The Jewell in the crowd for Dragonflies on the Mendip Hills is the Waldegrave Pond. This is part of the former Somerset Wildlife Trust reserve of Priddy Mineries. Sadly the SWT no longer manage...
Monthly Archive: July 2017
Lynchcombe Steps
Lynchcombe does not have any ponds or river. The only water on the reserve runs in from Deerleap through a pipe in a dry-stone wall then in the shade of dense tree cover it...
Draycott Sleights
Last post I mentioned that I won a photography competition, what I did not mention was that I won a fantastic new camera with a macrro zoom. So on the first opportunity I took...
ISS Challenge
I won a photography competition. The competition was for a picture of the International Space Station – the ISS. Of course, I did not have access to a high powered NASA telescope so...
Lynchcombe Steps
I have been doing the Lynchcombe butterfly transect a lot this year. This partly due to the good summer weather this year. In the passed the weather has been so bad that it has...
Whitstone Hill
I photographed Whitstone Hill many times as I pass it twice a day most days. It provides a backdrop to some beautiful skies. Summer Fields The wheat fields are looking golden in the summer...
Lynchcombe Steps
Having a wild thyme on Lynchcombe even when the coppers arrived. Sorry, but today on the steep slopes of the combe in Lynchcombe there were some beautiful and unexpected small coppers (Lycaeena phlaeas) feeding on...
Rediscovery Trail
Back on the Discovery Trail through the Great Breach Wood in the heart of Somerset. Silver-Washed Fritillaries At this time of year you cannot miss the large silver-washed fritillary butterflies gliding through the rides...
Lynchcombe Steps
After the trips to Great Breach Wood it was time for Lynchcombe to demonstrate it can serve up its share of silver-washed fritillaries. It did not disappoint. Silver-washed Fritillaries The silver-washed fritillaries were still...
Silver Washed Fritillaries
After seeing silver-washed fritillary butterflies on Lynchcombe during my butterfly transect I had to make the short trip to the Great Breach Wood where I hope to see many many more. The Somerset Wildlife...
