Milton Hill
Wild Garlic – Round Wood, Nr Wells, Somerset, UK. ID JB_1701
I recently made a few visits to Wattles Hill near Wookey Hole in Somerset. Around that hill are several woods, but I had no idea what the names of those woods were, or even if they had their own names.
Over the same period I also visited the woods of Milton Hill on the the other side of Wookey Hole village. The maps show two woods on that hill one called Round Wood, and the other called Folly Wood. But it is not very clear where one wood stops and the other begins. So I have made the best guesses I could.
At this time of year Folly Wood and Round Wood are both carpeted of glorious white wild garlic.
Wild Garlic – Round Wood, Nr Wells, Somerset, UK. ID JB_1705
The garlic on the north side of the hill are best visited in the afternoon once the sun has moved around the hill.
Wild Garlic – Folly Wood, Milton Hill, Wells, Somerset, UK. ID JB_2319
Recently, the trees along the edge of the wood have been cleared. I’m not sure if this is due to ash dieback? So now we have open views across to Model Farm.
Wild Garlic and cut down Ash – Folly Wood, Milton Hill, Wells, Somerset, UK. ID JB_2367H
… and who does not love lambs.
Lambs – Model Farm, Milton Hill, Nr Wells, Somerset, UK. ID IMB_0531
It is not all wild garlic, outside the wood the fields are covered in dandelions.
Pink Cottage – Wookey Hole, Somerset, UK. ID 803_0784
And beautiful early-purple orchids can be found around the edges of the wood towards Arthur’s Point.
Early Purple Orchids (Orchis mascula) – Milton Hill, Somerset, UK. ID JB3_6298
Earlier in the spring there was also a good display of wood anemones.
Wood Anemones – Folly Wood, Nr Wells, Somerset, UK. ID JB_4172
