Tagged: Meadows

Godney Moor, Somerset

Spring Moors

A few more pictures of moors on the Somerset Levels. Photographed on my way home – cows and buttercups in spring.

Spring meadow at Westbury-sub-Mendip, Somerset

Westbury-sub-Mendip

Westbury-sub-Mendip is a village on the south facing slopes of the Mendip Hills Wells and Cheddar.    This spring the fields above the village are covered in bright yellow buttercups.

Uphill in Spring

Uphill

Today I had a day trip to Uphill on the North Somerset coast.  Just south of the village is a large hill made from carboniferous limestone.  This supports  extensive species-rich calcareous grassland meadows.  Today these are full or...

Templecombe Meadows

Temple Lane Meadows

Temple Lane leads east from the village of Templecombe.  It lies on the Somerset-Dorset border and along it length are a series of damp meadows full of buttercups.