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...
Bit by bit Somerset seems to be going slightly more yellow. I’m not talking buttercups, cowslips or even primroses – but brassica plants. Confusing Brassica Brassica is a genus of plants in the cabbage...
It is that time of year when yellow is everywhere. The Glastonbury Canal that flows through the middle of the RSPB Ham Wall nature reserve is lined with bright yellow Oilseed Rape. It is...
Number 36 on the Ann Heeley Hertitage Trail is the Butleigh Cross War Memorial. Butleigh is a small village just south of Glastonbury in Somerset. As the First World War ended, it was decided...
South Cadbury is a small village next to Cadbury Castle. The castle is a ancient hill-fort, at the top of the hill, and is often associated with King Author and the legend of Camelot. With...
Recently I have been looking out for fields of Oilseed Rape across Somerset. Today it was the turn of the hamlet Green Ore on the top of the Mendip Hills. Green Ore is turning...
Yesterday I talked about my new project – photographing the landscape on my daily commute to and from work. Today I started with two visits to East Lydford. This village is on the Fosse Way...
Fields of yellow Oilseed Rape at Sparkwood in South Somerset. I choose this field to two reasons: the first is because the area is obviously beautiful; and second because at the time of day I...
The green countryside of Britain may be turning yellow as Oilseed rape production increases. As someone who loves the environment the crop does have its critics: its yellow colour for one: the link between the pesticides used...
