Somerset Snowdrops
This is one of my favourite times of the year, because it is the time when the snowdrops signal the beginning of the end of winter. Somerset has a wealth of places to...
Monthly Archive: January 2024
Deerleap Dawn
Deerleap This is the name of the narrow lane that runs up the southern face of the Mendip Hills from Wookey Hole. This steep hill overlooks the valley of the River Axe and the...
Blackford Snowdrops
Blackford First, just so there is no confusion… of the three villages called Blackford in Somerset, this is the one in South Somerset. In the grounds of the beautiful Church of St Michael the...
Bishop’s Kingfisher
Bishop’s Palace The kingfisher that lives in the moat at the Bishop’s Palace may be the most famous kingfisher in Somerset. This is a beautiful location and is worth a visit even without this...
Glastonbury Tor Sunset
Tor Silhouette In Somerset there is a location between Wells and Shepton Mallet which is special. Special because at this time of year the sun sets directly behind Glastonbury Tor. Of course there are...
Swan Field
Across Westhay Moor on the Somerset Levels are a series of flat fields. Each field seems to have been assigned its own type of bird. One field for the cattle egrets, one for the...
Willow Line
Pollarded Willows Before dawn and the sun glows from behind Glastonbury Tor. After a long cold wait the sun finally appears. At last some more warmth. And finally… A large flock of starlings from...
The Floods from Glastonbury Tor
I’m a bit jealous of all those people posting beautiful drone images on social media. I would love to get a drone, but I find their noise really annoying. This is probably because they...
Glossy Ibis
The glossy ibis was once a rare vagrant to the UK but recently it is appearing more and more. Here in the Somerset Levels we are particularly blessed. One I had just cycled through...
Hart Lake
With all the recent flooding I visited Splotts Moor between Glastonbury and Wells in Somerset. I pulled up near Hartlake Bridge, so to me the flooding could have restored the original Hart Lake....
