Colours of May

Buttercup Field – Oxmoor, Clewer, Somerset, UK. ID 825_9792

This summer has been so busy.  So I have decided the only way to catch up is to write a single post for the whole of May.

The Colours of May

Spring is a time that colour arrives across Somerset.  Following a winter that never seemed to stop it suddenly appeared – everything all at once.  The sun came out and so did the flowers all in one big rush.  Gone are the white flowers  – the snowdrops and wood anemones.  Now we have bluebells, yellow buttercups and red campions.

Bluebells

Somerset, and the rest of England, is famous for its bluebells.  Looking back the bluebell show was not the best it has been.  But my favourite Mendip woods always put on a good display.

Bluebells – Park Wood, Wells, Somerset, UK. ID 825_9409

Spring Morning – Longwood, Somerset, UK. ID 825_0621H

Bluebells in the Gorse Plantation – Wells, Somerset, UK. ID 825_9759

Dandelions

This was a bumper year for dandelions.  Fields all over Somerset turned bright yellow.

Dandelion Fields – Deerleap., Somerset, UK. ID 825_0285

The ever beautiful view from Deerleap across the Somerset Levels towards Glastonbury Tor.

Dandelion Fields – Deerleap., Somerset, UK. ID 825_0219

On top of Mendip the Priddy village green was now yellow and green.

Spring Picnic on the Village Green – Priddy, Mendip Hills, Somerset, UK. ID 825_9581

Oil Seed Rape

Dandelions may be a weed to some, and oil seed rape my be an eyesore to others.  But in the evening light the yellow fields are glorious.

Yellow Fields – Whitnell Corner, Nr Wells, Somerset, UK. ID 825_0023

Buttercups

Dawn in Bruton and the yellow buttercups are just opening out for a day below blue skies.

Bruton Dovecote – Lusty Hill, Bruton, Somerset, UK. ID 825_0377H

Buttercup Field – Lusty Hill, Bruton, Somerset, UK. ID 825_0382H

Red Campion

Our road side verges are loosing many of their wild flowers but a patch of red campion near the village of Dulcote has been a target of mine for a few years.

Red Campion (Silene dioica) – Dulcote, Somerset, UK. ID 825_0492

And Finally…

Not all the spring flowers are coloured.  The glades of Kings Wood were full of white wild garlic.

Wild Garlic at Kings Wood – Mendip Hills, Somerset, UK. ID 825_9966

Wild Garlic at Kings Wood – Mendip Hills, Somerset, UK. ID 825_9951