Tagged: Red Kite

Skylarks - Cooks Fields, Mendip Hills, Somerset, UK. ID IMG_2073

Fighting Skylarks

As March arrives the skylarks return to the Mendip Hills and immediately start fighting. The birds return close to their birthplace and fight over territories.  And you can see why as this is a...

Fox - Lynchcombe, Mendip Hills, Somerset, UK. ID IMG_8148

Lynchcombe Steps

August came and went very quickly.  This morning, it was beginning to feel like autumn.  Out on a walk around the Lynchcombe nature reserve I was on the look out for Rusty the fox....

Blackthorn in blossom - Lynchcombe, Somerset, UK. ID JB_3569

Lynchcombe Steps

Catching up with Lynchcombe on the sunny edge of the Mendip Hills.  A beautiful spot with views that could compete with anywhere.  March is the month in which life seems to return to the...

Westbury Beacon - Mendip Hills, Somerset, UK. ID JB_7523H

Westbury Beacon

Westbury Beacon This is a small patch of grassland on the southern edge of the Mendip Hills in Somerset.  That would be good enough to warrant a visit, but what makes it even better...