Follow Jeff Bevan across Somerset
Spring reaches its peak in May. This month, flowers of all colours spread across the woodland, grasslands and countryside. Insects emerge from mayflies, dragonflies and butterflies. Friendly rabbits nibble at the grass. Lambs dash...
Lynchcombe Catching up on another month of visits to the Lynchcombe nature reserve. The site has fantastic views across Somerset, and June provided some clear evenings with glorious colours. At the top of the...
Today I returned to Green Down for my forth visit. The views from Green Down are beautiful, but today was not about the views instead it was my last chance to get the pictures of the large blues...
Return to Lynchcombe to find large numbers of butterflies – all brown. During the summer the reserve will be covered by meadow browns, ringlets and speckled woods. Brambles The big change this week was...
The Somerset Wildlife Trust’s Green Down is a steep bank on the side of the Polden Hills in the heart of Somerset. This first view of Green Down was confusing. It does not have the...
South Hill is a postage stamp size nature reserve in South Somerset managed by the Somerset Wildlife Trust. It has open access so I made a detour on the way home from work and spent...
Another visit to Lynchcombe mainly to walk the butterfly transect. A key landmark of Lynchcombe is the group of Sycamore trees at the top of the hill near Cook’s Field and the Deerleap Field. On...
