Following My Feet

Follow Jeff Bevan across Somerset

Tagged: Dawn

Red sky at dawn - Ham Wall, Somerset, UK. ID JB_5012

Ham Wall / Starling Murmurations

Starling Trail

It has been a while but the starlings are back roosting at RSPB Ham Wall.  I missed several opportunities in November, but eventually some good weather aligned with my time off from my day...

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...

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...

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...

Summer Solstice - Festival site rom the top of Glastonbury Tor, Somerset, UK. ID JB_9448

Glastonbury Tor / Summer Solstice

Life is a Festival

For me Glastonbury festival starts early in the morning at the stop of the tor watching the summer solstice sunrise. There is always an amazing atmosphere up at the top of world.  Yesterday there...

Dipper - River Teign, Drewsteignton, Devon, UK. ID IMG_4666

Bluebells / Manaton

Manaton

A different post today as I ventured over the border from Somerset into Devon.  Staying in the village of Manaton on the edge of Dartmoor.  This was not to see this wonderful alpaca.  Instead...

Sunrise / Wells

Deerleap Dawn

Deerleap This is the name of the narrow lane that runs up the southern face of the Mendip Hills from Wookey Hole.  This steep hill overlooks the valley of the River Axe and the...

Pollarded Willows at Dawn - Westhay Moor, Somerset, UK. ID JB_6462

Westhay Moor / Willow

Willow Line

Pollarded Willows Before dawn and the sun glows from behind Glastonbury Tor. After a long cold wait the sun finally appears. At last some more warmth. And finally… A large flock of starlings from...

Flooding at Splotts Moor - Nr Glastonbury, Somerset, UK. ID JB_5917

Flood / Somerset Levels

Hart Lake

With all the recent flooding I visited Splotts Moor between Glastonbury and Wells in Somerset.   I pulled up near Hartlake Bridge, so to me the flooding could have restored the original Hart Lake....

Starling Dawn - Ham Wall, Somerset Levels, UK. ID JB_6651

Ham Wall / Starling Murmurations

Starling Trail

Winter Morning at Ham Wall The last weekend in November and another trip down to Ham Wall.   This time for a morning, a very cold morning. Winter telling us it had arrived with...