Autumn Lady’s-tresses
Towards the end of August I start to look out for this little orchid growing in the short grassland high up on the Mendip Hills. Their name comes from their tiny flowers spiralling around...
Following My Feet Follow Jeff Bevan across Somerset
Somerset Mists
Autumn is the time of morning mists. The Somerset Levels must be one of the best places in the UK to mist watch. The low morning sun brings out the texture of the grassland,...
Early Morning Necklaces
Misty morning down on the Somerset Levels near Glastonbury. Across the moor the cobwebs caught the morning dew. Creating early morning necklaces. Science Bit Pearly drops of water on these silken threads is something we...
Lynchcombe Summer
Summertime on the Lynchcombe nature reserve. My favourite place at my favourite time of year! Butterflies I have carried on counting the butterflies across the year this year. It has been a mixed up...
Back into Summer
Middledown is a limestone grassland nature reserve up in the middle the Mendip Hills above Cheddar Gorge. It is managed by the Somerset Wildlife Trust. Normally, I visit this reserve when it is covered...
Sheep Gate
Sheep are keeping the grass a bit shorter up on the Deerleap field. On the southern slopes of the Mendip Hills this is a very popular spot for a stroll. Sheep everywhere. Over the...
Storm Crows
Recently I have been popping up to Deerleap for an evening stroll. Something I started during the lockdowns as my daily exercise from home. Today, I did not realise that a thunder storm was...
Back to Bagley
Its starting to look distinctly like autumn at the Badley field near Wedmore in Somerset. Long shadows run across the ground early in the morning in August. Lower in the valley of the River...
Cooks Fields
The Cook’s Fields nature reserve overlooks the Somerset village of Westbury-sub-Mendip. On a clear day you can see for miles across to Glastonbury Tor and the Somerset Levels. Today, after enjoying the views, I...
Collard Hill
My annual trip to the National Trust’s Collards Hill nature reserve to photograph the extremely rare large blue butterfly. I did not know what to expect as the trust had not been running their...
