Get ready for April
Despite the endless rain of this March and the flooding across the Somerset Levels. We have been promised that spring is on its way. Spring is may peoples favourite season as flowers and butterflies...
Follow Jeff Bevan across Somerset
Despite the endless rain of this March and the flooding across the Somerset Levels. We have been promised that spring is on its way. Spring is may peoples favourite season as flowers and butterflies...
It has been a very busy summer, and I have not been able to spend as much time up on the Lynchcombe nature reserve as I would like. The reserve is owned by the...
When I last posted we had no idea how quickly things were about to change. In a time of spring sunshine we are staying at home. Who knows what is ahead and when or...
Sorry, no birds just butterflies and moths. Lynchcombe At the moment the Lynchcombe nature reserve on the Mendip Hills of Somerset is like a butterfly farm. They certainly seem to be enjoying the hot...
Today I visited the Somerset Wildlife Trust’s Great Breach Wood on the Polden Hills in the middle of Somerset. I wanted to check on the progress of autumn. How were those colours? Hawthorn Colour...
Today was the day I realised that spring was turning into summer. I started in beautiful Biddle Combe near Wells but was I was forced to leave the overgrown shade of the wood and explore the fields around...
Perry Mead is a Somerset Wildlife Trust nature reserve in the heart of the Somerset. This neutral grassland sits on the north side of Perry Hill stretching down to the meandering River Cary near Perrys...
Spring lambs and spring butterflies cover Lynchcombe. Lynchcombe is a Somerset Wildlife Trust nature reserve on the steep sunny south edge of the Mendip Hills with fantastic views across Somerset. I’m a volunteer warden for the...
Lynchcombe is full of butterflies. Gatekeepers Gatekeepers (Pyronia tithonus) are a common butterfly and a bit prettier than the meadow brown. Today they occurred all over the reserve. The is a more typical perch of the...