Lynchcombe Steps
Lynchcombe Catching up on another month of visits to the Lynchcombe nature reserve. The site has fantastic views across Somerset, and June provided some clear evenings with glorious colours. At the top of the...
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Lynchcombe Steps
Lynchcombe Nature Reserve During spring the volunteering activities organised by the Somerset Wildlife Trust closed down as the country tackled the pandemic. Then in May things started to very slowly return to normal. Now...
Lynchcombe Steps
Today was another walk around the Somerset Wildlife Trust Lynchcombe reserve where I am a volunteer warden. During last weeks visit I had to ring up the farmer to help return some sheep back into the...
Whitstone Corner
I have been on the look out for fields of Oxeye Daises around Somerset. So far this has not been successful instead I found a couple of truly magical roundabouts. Despite being very busy with traffic...
Water ladybirds escape the flood
Water Ladybirds (Anisosticta punctuate) on the entrance gate posts to RSPB Greylake nature reserve on the Somerset Levels. Normally these ladybird spend winter between leaves and in stems of reeds and grass tussocks. I assume as much...
Leaf Beetle and Friend
Leaf Beetle (Cryptocephalus hypochaeridis) – Collard Hill Somerset, UK. ID JB4_5434. I’m not sure if I have correctly identified this beetle. Taken on the walk back to the car park after photographing Large Blue...
