Lynchcombe Steps

Lynchcombe Valley – Mendip Hills, Somerset, UK. ID JB_9005

It has been a quiet time up on the Lynchcombe nature reserve in the Mendip Hills of Somerset.  We have a lot of showers recently.  The upside of which has been some wonderful rainbows.

Lynchcombe from Deerleap – Mendip Hills, Somerset, UK. ID JB_8970

At last we are getting some mist across the Somerset Levels.

Lynchcombe – Mendip Hills, Somerset, UK. ID JB_5724H

Lynchcombe has wide views across a patchwork of small fields.

Axe Valley from Lynchcombe – Mendip Hills, Somerset, UK. ID JB_5744H

The starlings may be roosting at RSPB Ham Wall, but each morning large flocks return to fields across Somerset.

Cows and Starlings – Deerleap, Mendip Hills, Somerset, UK. ID JB_5852H

The landmark sycamore trees at the top of the reserve has lost their leaves for another winter.

Lynchcombe – Mendip Hills, Somerset, UK. ID JB_8935

Elsewhere the leaves are golden.

Autumn Leaves – Lynchcombe, Somerset, UK. ID 826_2809

Waxcap toadstools are getting harder to find.

Snowy Waxcap (Cuphophyllus virgineus) – Lynchcombe, Somerset, UK. ID IMG_0596

They do add a splash of colour.

Golden Waxcap (Hygrocybe chlorophana) – Lynchcombe, Somerset, UK. ID JB3_3721

And finally…

Another sunset.

Sunrise – Lynchcombe, Somerset, UK. ID JB1_4277