Mendip Gold
Autumn can come and go in a heartbeat. For me this was one of those years. A late start followed by a series of storms that removed many of the leaves. Combine this with...
Tagged: Blackmoor
Blackmoor
Blackmoor Blackmoor is part of the prehistoric lead mining area of the Mendip Hills in Somerset. Like neighbouring Ubley Warren it is covered in gruffy ground – a landscape of hollows, lumps and dumps formed...
Wolf Moon
I headed up the hills to the Somerset Wildlife Trust nature reserves. I had been working all day and just had to get out of the house. I arrived a bit late. My plan...
Blackmoor and Charterhouse
Another walk in the snow on the Mendip Hills in Somerset. This time around we made our way to the high ground of Beacon Batch via the Blackmoor nature reserve and the tiny village of Charterhouse. Blackmoor...
Sleeping Partners
Common blue (Polyommatus icarus) – Blackmoor, Somerset, UK. ID JB4_3763. These butterflies were seen on a walk organised by the Somerset Wildlife Trust to Blackmoor and Ubley Warren that was lead by John Dickson....
