Follow Jeff Bevan across Somerset
Spring reaches its peak in May. This month, flowers of all colours spread across the woodland, grasslands and countryside. Insects emerge from mayflies, dragonflies and butterflies. Friendly rabbits nibble at the grass. Lambs dash...
I’ve visited Longwood, near Cheddar, a couple of times this week to see the bluebells. Each time, I got there walking along the drove through Black Rock. You can forgive people for ignoring this drove. However, Black...
Dog’s Mercury (Mercurialis perennis) forms carpets on the floor of woodlands and beneath hedgerows around the Mendip Hills. It likes alkaline soils is is well suited to the limestone of the Mendip. I like...
At the end of a family walk around Black Rock and Longwood the small glade near the car park was full of butterflies enjoying the pools of sunlight. A short opportunity to take some...
At this time of year Wild Garlic (Ramsons) normally win the battle for best flower. This year the Wild Garlic has been crushed into second place by Hawthorn blossom. Across Mendip the Hawthorn is...
