Velvet Bottom
Velvet Bottom In Roman times Velvet Bottom was mined for lead. The remains of settling beds can still be seen along with heaps of black slag created during smelting. For a long time this...
Monthly Archive: December 2017
Lots Grassland
Lots Grassland Today I continued my winter walks – this time to Lots Grassland. This neutral and acid grassland nature reserve is full of bluebells during spring. Today this open access reserve was covered in...
Blackmoor and Charterhouse
Another walk in the snow on the Mendip Hills in Somerset. This time around we made our way to the high ground of Beacon Batch via the Blackmoor nature reserve and the tiny village of Charterhouse. Blackmoor...
Ubley Warren
Ubley Warren Recently I provided some pictures of Ubley Warren in the snow to the Somerset Life magazine. These pictures were taken a few years ago using a much older camera. So when it...
Beacon Hill Snow
Winter in the Wood Its Christmas time and the edge of the wood on top of Beacon Hill hides its secret winter wonderland. In the centre of the wood is an area of mature beech...
Mendip Fog
Ubley Warren With Christmas weather getting worse I head to the hills in an attempt to capture the atmosphere of this other-worldly in the fog. The Somerset Wildlife Trust’s Ubley Warren reserve is scared with deep rakes and...
Woodland Mist
Beacon Hill The weather was not looking promising for the start of the Christmas break. The only hope was for thick fog on the top of the Mendip Hills. Trees provide a sense...
Starling Trail
Ham Wall Car Park For many years cars squeezed into the small car park between Shapwick Heath and Ham Wall. When it overflowed during starling season cars would line the narrow road. Then the RSPB...
Starling Guide
Please observe the Covid advice from the RSPB I have been watching the starlings on the Somerset Levels for over 10 years. I have been at Ham Wall, Shapwick Heath and Westhay Moor hundreds of...
St Cuthberts Wells
I love a good sunrise and for most of the year I can get out and photograph a sunrise or sunset and still find time to go to work in-between. This weekend I had to work both...
