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Follow Jeff Bevan across Somerset

Tagged: Autumn

Autumn Dawn - Stockhill Wood, Mendip Hills, Somerset, UK. ID JB_2247

Mist / Stockhill Wood

Stockhill Mist

Probably the best weather for photographing autumn woodland is a combination of mist and a strong early morning sun.  The forecast for this morning looked hopeful.  Hopeful in the same way I hoped to...

St James’ Church - Ashwick, Beacon Trinity, Somerset, UK. ID JB_2068

Ashwick

Ashwick Church

I ventured up to Ashwick, near Oakhill, in Somerset expecting its tower to be one which I had photographed through the mist that morning from the top of nearby Beacon Hill.  But it turned...

Dawn mist over Harridge Wood - From Beacon Hill, Nr Shepton Mallet, Somerset, UK. ID JB_1977

Beacon Hill / Mist

Downside Mist

I was hoping for some autumn colour at Beacon Hill Woods in Somerset.  But instead it was the mist hugging the ground north of that hill that took my attention.  The blue light of...

Common Earthball (Scleroderma citrinum) - Beacon Hill Wood, Somerset, UK. ID 823_6301

Autumn / Mendip Hills

Get into Autumn

Autumn is coming as colours switch to golden browns. In Somerset you are never too far from a wood.  In the Mendips we have some wonderful woods such as Ebbor Gorge, Beacon Hill, East...

Dawn Sycamores - Lynchcombe, Mendip Hills, Somerset, UK. ID JB_1868

Lynchcombe / Update

Lynchcombe Update

Time to catch-up on the latest from Lynchcombe.  This nature reserve sits on the southern slopes of the Mendip Hills in Somerset.  It is surrounded by other reserves and the whole area is very...

Hawthorn and Mist - From Deerleap, Mendip Hills, Somerset, UK. ID JB_1763

Axe Valley / Mist

Mendip Mist

We know autumn brings golden colours, but don’t forget it also brings us the soft white colours of mist.  To make the most of the mist you can either drop down into the valley...

North Drain from Jacks Drove Bridge - Tealham Moor, Nr Wedmore, Somerset, UK. ID JB_9199

Tealham Moor

Back to Tealham Moor

I really enjoyed my previous visit to Tealham Moor. So I returned today early to catch the sunrise. There is a small bridge called, Jack’s Drove Bridge, over the North Drain.  It is a...

Brimstone (Gonepteryx rhamni) - Lynchcombe, Somerset, UK. ID JB_7464

Lynchcombe / Update

Lynchcombe Steps

I have been out of the country for a few weeks and have come back to rubbish weather and lots and lots of blackberries. Blackberries cover every bramble bush on the Lynchcombe nature reserve...

Starlings - Ham Wall, Somerset, UK. ID JB_5503

Somerset Year

Somerset Year 2022

As is often the case my photograph year started with a sunrise at RSPB Ham Wall. Ham Wall Visits to RSPB Ham Wall to watch the starling murmurations tops and tails each year.  This...

Beacon Hill Wood - Nr Shepton Mallet, Somerset, UK. ID JB_5610

Autumn / Beacon Hill

Beacon Hill in Autumn

Autumn is sometimes very short, this year seems to have taken that to new levels.  Perhaps I was too distracted chasing starlings around Somerset? Beacon Hill Wood is one of my favourites and being...