Ivythorn Hill
Ivythorn Hill near Street, in Somerset, is mostly visited by those using the local Youth Hostel or going to Collard Hill to find Large Blue Butterflies. But it is a wonderful strip of calcareous grassland packed with wildflowers. Today it was full of Cowslips and Bluebells.
Ivythorn Hill
Oak
I never realised before how the colour of new oak leaves looks more autumnal than spring like.
Oak Leaves, Ivythorn Hill
Bluebells
A single beautiful British bluebell. All of its delicate deeply coloured flowers hanging to same side.
Bluebells, Ivythorn Hill
Bumble Bees
I do not know much about bumble bees. I do know they like bluebells and I also know they are really hard to photograph. They do not take good portraits as they they bury their heads in flowers and rarely stop. Close-up they are hard to focus on as the depth-of-focus is so small and the bees are so big, round and furry – its hard to get a whole one in focus!
Bumble Bee on Bluebell, Ivythorn Hill
Bumble Bee on Bluebell, Ivythorn Hill
Cowslips
Cowslips (Primula veris) have become one of my favourites this year and Ivythorn Hill is covered in them.
Cowslips, Ivythorn Hill
Cowslips, Ivythorn Hill
Cowslips, Ivythorn Hill
