Somerset Year 2022
As is often the case my photograph year started with a sunrise at RSPB Ham Wall. Ham Wall Visits to RSPB Ham Wall to watch the starling murmurations tops and tails each year. This...
Tagged: Mist
South Horrington Chapel
Before sunrise I was standing in a very cold field above the chapel of the former Mendip Hospital just outside the tiny Somerset city of Wells. The hospital generates it own mist. The steeple...
Pen Hill
Pen Hill is the Mendip Hills red light district. The mast is nearly 300m tall and sits on the top of a 300m hill in Somerset. It is surrounded by rough grazing and dry-stone...
December Mist
Judging from the hoar frost on Somerset’s Mendip Hills winter is on its way. Sadly, I missed the best of the frost. The ice crystals were already raining down from the trees. So I...
Starling Trail
Not every day brings the best weather for starling watching. At RSPB Ham Wall it was dark and a bit dull. Only directly overhead could you find a patch of blue sky. Chance to...
Lynchcombe Steps
It has been a quiet time up on the Lynchcombe nature reserve in the Mendip Hills of Somerset. We have a lot of showers recently. The upside of which has been some wonderful rainbows....
Beacon Hill in Autumn
Autumn is sometimes very short, this year seems to have taken that to new levels. Perhaps I was too distracted chasing starlings around Somerset? Beacon Hill Wood is one of my favourites and being...
Lewis Drove Sluice
Sluice gates are a common sight across the Somerset Levels. But with no posts on this blog about these important structures I decided it was time to put this right. I planned a visit...
Windmill Hill to Glastonbury Tor
Running along the southern edge of the Mendip Hills in Somerset is the A39 main road. I’m not sure it is a real main road as it is very narrow in several places. There...
Cold Snap
In the middle of a springtime we are hit by a cold snap and the early morning temperature drop back down below zero. I love these cold mornings, lots of mist and frost. Two...
