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...
Tagged: Mist
Mendip Mist
We know autumn brings golden colours, but don’t forget it also brings us the soft white colours of mist. To make the most of the mist you can either drop down into the valley...
Summer Solstice
I cannot believe it is the summer solstice again. Only one place to be – the top of Glastonbury Tor. Apart from from Stonehenge but thats in neighbouring Wiltshire. Maybe one day I will...
Sunrise Through the Mist
This is one of my favourite finger posts. It is so tall, not sure why as it stands in the flat lands of the Somerset Levels. This morning the landscape was covered in mist....
Surprise Spring Mist
As we approached Easter we had a few days of clear blue skies. The forecast for the following morning was very cold with a good chance of some springtime mist. All this and a...
Deerleap Sunrise
Dawn over the hills surrounding the small city of Wells in Somerset. Taken from the steep hill of Deerleap on the edge of the Mendip Hills. This spot has fabulous wide open views across...
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...
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...
