Collard Hill
Collard Hill Each June I visit Collard Hill near Street in Somerset. This year with the pandemic still raging things felt a bit different. But in this landscape social distancing is easy. The grassland...
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Lynchcombe Steps
Lynchcombe Spring Spring is arriving at Lynchcombe after a long winter. Not much happens on this reserve over the winter mouths. I am volunteer warden here and the past few months have been quite....
Quantocks
I do not visit the Quantock Hills very often That is a mistake for which I have not excuse. Today was a small step to correct that as I headed out to west Somerset. Heather...
Lynchcombe Steps
A chance to catch-up on my weekly butterfly transect around the Somerset Wildlife Trust’s Lynchcombe nature reserve. It was a cold start to the day, a time when even the flies are trying to...
Round Wood
On Milton Hill, above the small City of Wells, in Somerset is a small wood. It sits on the north side of the hill and spends much of it time in the shade. But...
Ham Wall in Summer
Today I made a rare visit to RSPB Ham Wall in the summer. Not a Starling murmuration in sight, but some great butterflies, damselflies and moths. Including a Red-eyed Damselfly (Erythromma rajas) damselfly near the track...
