Cold mornings at Middledown
With the forecast for some cold mornings. If it was going to be cold it may as well be very cold, to I headed out high up on the Mendip plateau. On my first...
Tagged: Orchids
Lynchcombe Spring
Could not resist another dandelion picture – its the year of the dandelion! Lynchcombe Lynchcombe sits on the steep south facing slopes of the Mendip Hills above Westbury-sub-Mendip. I’m the volunteer warden for this...
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...
Lynchcombe Steps
Spring on Lynchcombe and there are plenty of mothers and lambs around the reserve. This Somerset Wildlife Trust nature reserve is grazed by sheep to keep the grass short. They are told to nibble...
Uphill
Today I had a day trip to Uphill on the North Somerset coast. Just south of the village is a large hill made from carboniferous limestone. This supports extensive species-rich calcareous grassland meadows. Today these are full or...
Bee x Fly Orchid
A trip into darkest Somerset to view this rare Bee-Fly Orchid. This is a hybrid of a Bee Orchid and a Fly Orchid. It is not an Orchid that looks like a bee fly!...
