Following My Feet

Follow Jeff Bevan across Somerset

Monthly Archive: April 2022

Sunrise from Middledown - Mendip Hills, Nr Cheddar, Somerset, UK. ID JB_0592H

Middledown

Cold mornings at Middledown

With the forecast for some cold mornings.  If it was going to be cold it may as well be very cold, to I headed out high up on the Mendip plateau. On my first...

Spring in the Donkey Field - Uphill, North Somerset, UK. ID JB_0108

Bluebells / Uphill

Spring in the Donkey Field

I often visit the Donkey Field in village of Uphill.  In late winter it is covered in snowdrops, then come the daffodils, and now bluebells, cowslips and buttercups. I think this year has been...

Three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) - Wells, Somerset, UK. ID JB_1271

Wells

Three-spined Sticklebacks

There is a small group of fish living in Wells that are getting a lot of attention.  They are three-spined sticklebacks, which are pretty common in Somerset and the rest of the UK.  However,...

Wood Sorrel - Stockhill Woods, Priddy, Somerset, UK. ID JB_7165

Stockhill Wood / Wood Sorrel

Wood Sorrel

Stockhill Wood is a very popular walking destination, where tracks provide easy routes.  It can be found high in the Mendip Hills of Somerset, not far from the village of Priddy. Much of the...

Cowslips - Cannards Grave, Shepton Mallet, Somerset, UK. ID JB_7414

Cowslips / Shepton Mallet

Shepton’s Cowslips

I finally made it to Cannards Grave roundabout in Shepton Mallet.  This town in the middle of Somerset in the UK has a roundabout that is famous for its concrete sheep. However, this roundabout...

Mist over The Levels - From Ditcheat, Somerset, UK. ID JB_7312

Ditcheat / Mist

Ditcheat Mist

When I got up this morning my plan was to take photographs of the cowslips that surround the roundabout at Canard’s Grave in Shepton Mallet.  However, on the way I was lead astray but...

Bluebells - Park Wood, Wells, Somerst, UK. ID JB_6991

Bluebells / Park Wood

Park Wood

It was time to revisit Park Wood on the edge of Wells in Somerset. Celandines In the damper parts of the wood there was a carpet of yellow celandines. Bluebells But is it the...

Gorse / Mendip Hills

Mendip Gorse

There is not a lot of gorse on the limestone Mendip Hills in Somerset.  However, I have noticed it seems to be doing very well this spring.  Maybe I have not paid it enough...

Speckled Wood - St Andrews, Curry Rivel, Somerset, UK. ID JB_3772

Curry Rivel

Curry Rivel

Following a brief visit to RSPB Swell Wood nature reserve I could not resist checking out the church in the village of Curry Rivel.  I discovered that it was looked amazing at the this...