Follow Jeff Bevan across Somerset
Lynchcombe Recently Somerset Wildlife Trust contractors and volunteers have been out clearing scrub and fixing fences around the nature reserve. There are still plenty of sheep sharing the steep Lynchcombe fields with those higher...
Chance to visit Lynchcombe to check on the reserve. Its a time of change as summer beings to fade. The berries are out, while the flowers and their butterflies are disappearing. Late Summer Late summer...
The grassland of the Lynchcombe nature reserve on the Mendip Hills is looking cooked. The sides of the central combe (valley) are brown but the sheltered trees are still looking good. I like this...
Some Like It Hot The heat wave goes on and on. I really like it. But the grass that was very very long early in the year is now very very long and brown. Still...
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...
Berries, mists and sunsets. Autumn can be a special time at the Lynchcombe nature reserve. This Somerset Wildlife Trust reserve sits on the sunny south facing slopes of the Mendip Hills. In autumn berries...
My son is home from university and so we did a final walk together around Lynchcombe. We did not expect to see many butterflies but it turned into a red admiral festival. Red Admirals...
I have a rule – always go out with a plan, a clear idea of what to photograph. Today I broke that rule and found myself visiting my favourite haunts gathering the wide landscapes and...
Back on the Discovery Trail through the Great Breach Wood in the heart of Somerset. Silver-Washed Fritillaries At this time of year you cannot miss the large silver-washed fritillary butterflies gliding through the rides...
After seeing silver-washed fritillary butterflies on Lynchcombe during my butterfly transect I had to make the short trip to the Great Breach Wood where I hope to see many many more. The Somerset Wildlife...
