Lynchcombe Steps
Each week my walk around Lynchcombe nature reserve starts with a stroll along the Deerleap path. This is the field next to the popular car park and picnic site at the top of the...
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Blackford Snowdrops
Snowdrops may mark the start of the end of winter, and perhaps that’s is way we love them. They can be found in the open countryside and woods across Somerset. However, my favourite locations...
Mendip Mist
Excitement as I woke to thick fog. I think you would call this fog rather than mist, but the word mist sits better against the Mendips. A quick breakfast followed by a dash to...
Priddy Mineries
Priddy Mineries This small patch of the Mendip Hills has an ancient history of mining. It then became a Somerset Wildlife Trust nature reserve – but no longer. Despite this it is still a...
Autumn Lady’s-tresses
Towards the end of August I start to look out for this little orchid growing in the short grassland high up on the Mendip Hills. Their name comes from their tiny flowers spiralling around...
Early Morning Necklaces
Misty morning down on the Somerset Levels near Glastonbury. Across the moor the cobwebs caught the morning dew. Creating early morning necklaces. Science Bit Pearly drops of water on these silken threads is something we...
Collard Hill
My annual trip to the National Trust’s Collards Hill nature reserve to photograph the extremely rare large blue butterfly. I did not know what to expect as the trust had not been running their...
Dandelion Meadow
Every now and again you stubble on something truly special. This time it was a field in Bagley, near Wedmore, in Somerset. I was on the look out for dandelions this spring when a...
Lynchcombe in August
The height of summer on the south facing slopes of Mendip Hills in Somerset. On the Somerset Wildlife Trust nature reserve at Lynchcombe the musk thistles are still doing well so are the small...
Lynchcombe Steps
Winter has been very mild so far and not much is happening around Lynchcombe. A brief break from the uniform grey sky. A chance for a family walk after Christmas. I tried to place the silhouettes...
