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...
October Catching up with another month at Lynchcombe. The month when most of the insects disappear, the fungi come out and the days end in beautiful sunsets. This devil’s coach horse beetle was a...
Lots Grassland is a Somerset Wildlife Trust nature reserve high up in the Mendip Hills. Being high means this is an acid grassland on sandstone. So a visit here makes a refreshing change from...
I’ve visited Longwood, near Cheddar, a couple of times this week to see the bluebells. Each time, I got there walking along the drove through Black Rock. You can forgive people for ignoring this drove. However, Black...
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...
I cannot resist a field of bright red poppies. These were in a field above Hadspen near Castle Cary in Somerset. And finally… This field of poppies had some great butterflies including Green-veined Whites (Pieris...
At the end of a family walk around Black Rock and Longwood the small glade near the car park was full of butterflies enjoying the pools of sunlight. A short opportunity to take some...
