Lynchcombe Steps
Cooks Fields – Mendip Hills, Somerset, UK. ID BR57115
Lynchcombe in September
Autumn thistles – Lynchcombe, Mendip Hills, Somerset, UK. ID BR56051
To me the highlight was the fabulous sunset we had over the Autumn Equinox.
Autumn Equinox – Lynchcombe, Mendip Hills, Somerset, UK. ID BR57509
The side gate into Cook’s Fields that leads to the grass path down to village of Westbury-sub-Mendip was the perfect spot for an evening watching the sun set.
Autumn Equinox – Lynchcombe, Mendip Hills, Somerset, UK. ID BR57352
Lynchcombe boundaries are made of dry-stone walls.
Lynchcombe Wall – Mendip Hills, Somerset, UK. ID BR57160
The golden autumn light shows these at their very best.
Dry-stone Wall – Lynchcombe, Mendip Hills, Somerset, UK. ID BR57163
And the views over the Somerset Levels were spectacular as always.
Axe Valley – From Cooks Fields, Mendip Hills, Somerset, UK. ID BR57117
Looking closer, the bright red hawthorn berries and ivy flowers are abundant across the reserve.
Hawthorn Berries and Ivy Flowers – Lynchcombe, Somerset, UK. ID 825_7574
The berries found an unexpected admirer.
Long-tailed tit (Aegithalos caudatus) on Hawthorn – Lynchcombe, Mendip Hills, Somerset, UK. ID BR56083
… while the ivy nectar remains very popular.
Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta) – Lynchcombe, Mendip Hills, Somerset, UK. ID BR56278
The common darter dragonfly is also abundant. Hazel leaves seeming to be one of their favourite perches.
Common Darter (Sympetrum striolatum) – Lynchcombe, Mendip Hills, Somerset, UK. ID BR56198
Matching the colour of the autumn bracken the small copper butterflies made a late summer flourish.
Small Copper (Lycaena phlaeas) – Lynchcombe, Somerset, UK. ID BR55687
As did the much larger red admiral butterflies who loved the brambles.
Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta) – Lynchcombe, Mendip Hills, Somerset, UK. ID BR57899
This year there was a bumper crop of blackberries.
Blackberries – Lynchcombe, Mendip Hills, Somerset, UK. ID IMB_5578
… and sloes for your gin!
Sloe Berries – Lynchcombe, Somerset, UK. ID JB1_6062
And finally…
I could not resist another sunset. This time from the lookout lower down the combe.
Lynchcombe Sunset from The Lookout – Mendip Hills, Somerset, UK. ID BR58137
A low bank of cloud killed the chances or deep colours, but still another beautiful Mendip evening.
Lynchcombe Evening from The Lookout – Mendip Hills, Somerset, UK. ID BR58113
