Dark Greens at Blackmoor
Blackmoor So I came to Blackmoor to find the dark green fritillaries. I had never seen one and was beginning to think they were a fantasy butterfly that did not really exist. But, as...
Monthly Archive: July 2022
Blackmoor
Blackmoor Blackmoor is part of the prehistoric lead mining area of the Mendip Hills in Somerset. Like neighbouring Ubley Warren it is covered in gruffy ground – a landscape of hollows, lumps and dumps formed...
Pearls of Ubley Warren
For a long time I have been a volunteer warden on the Mendip Hills of Somerset. On one of the Somerset Wildlife Trusts’ interpretation boards is a photo of a dark green fritillary butterfly....
Lynchcombe Steps
Lynchcombe Catching-up on the start of summer on the Lynchcombe nature reserve. Sitting on the sides of the Mendip Hills in Somerset this is a wonderful spot to get away from it all. Bracken...
Pumping Station Steam Up
A fun day away from landscapes and butterflies visiting a pumping station in the heart of Somerset. Steam Up Westonzoyland is the home of Somerset’s oldest steam-powered pumping station that was used to drain...
