Oxeye Daises
To many countries the oxeye daisy is an invasive species that needs to be controlled. But luckily for us, in the UK it is a native species that lives happily around our towns and...
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To many countries the oxeye daisy is an invasive species that needs to be controlled. But luckily for us, in the UK it is a native species that lives happily around our towns and...
It was time to spend some quality time on the Lynchcombe nature reserve on the edge of the Mendip Hills. As a volunteer warden I was checking on the condition of the reserve for...
Henton is a small village set in the Somerset countryside just a few miles west of the small City of Wells. Each spring I look forward to visiting the church to photograph the flowers....
My last post about the cold snap that brought springtime snow to Somerset. This time focusing on snowdrops. Who doesn’t like a snowdrop in snow? The combination of thick snow that hid most flowers,...
Today I went on an adventure over the border out of Somerset into the neighbouring county of Dorset. Shaftesbury Snowdrops Shaftesbury Snowdrops is a fanastic project to create a legacy from the Queen’s Diamond...
Each year I make a visit to the Bishop’s Palace in Wells. This is a beautiful place to visit, and you can return all year on the same ticket. What’s not to like! They...
We are approaching the arrival of snowdrops. The earliest snowdrops are already here – such as those in the Donkey Field at Uphill. But in this post I wanted to focus on the snowdrops...
I recently made a few visits to Wattles Hill near Wookey Hole in Somerset. Around that hill are several woods, but I had no idea what the names of those woods were, or even...
Stockhill Wood is a very popular walking destination, where tracks provide easy routes. It can be found high in the Mendip Hills of Somerset, not far from the village of Priddy. Much of the...
I finally made it to Cannards Grave roundabout in Shepton Mallet. This town in the middle of Somerset in the UK has a roundabout that is famous for its concrete sheep. However, this roundabout...