Walton Spring
Walton This small Somerset village sits on the road just west the town called Street. Sadly, the church is yet to welcome its wilder side. It has very few flowers, only a handful of...
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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...
Collard Hill
Collard Hill Each June I visit Collard Hill near Street in Somerset. This year with the pandemic still raging things felt a bit different. But in this landscape social distancing is easy. The grassland...
Cross Plain
Wavering Down Standing guard on the track to Wavering Down I was persuaded to stay and photograph Cross Plain instead. There was a lot of sheep this morning – not all with the same...
Wavering Down
Recently the mists of the Somerset Levels have been breaking like waves against the southern ridge of Mendip Hills. So I headed up Wavering Down in the hope of some more. Wavering Down At...
Large Blue
Back to Collard Hill On my last visit to Collard Hill it was too hot to photograph butterflies. They rarely settled, instead they flew passed quickly disappearing over the horizon. Today, a change to more...
Collard Hill
Last year I visited Green Down hoping to photograph the rare large blue butterfly. This year I decided to give Collard Hill a try. Collard Hill is owned by the National Trust and they have...
Large Blues II
The elusive large blue of Somerset. I decided to spend this week visiting Green Down as often as I could to try and experience the large blue season. Large Blues I think most of...
Ivythorn Hill
I heard on Twitter that large blue butterflies have already been flying this year. This is very exciting so on the way home I stopped at Collard Hill. However, the weather was poor and on finding...
Ivythorn Hill
Ivythorn Hill near Street, in Somerset, is mostly visited by those using the local Youth Hostel or going to Collard Hill to find Large Blue Butterflies. But it is a wonderful strip of calcareous...
