Tagged: Stockhill Wood

Trees in Snow - North Hill above Priddy Mineries, Mendip Hills, Somerset, UK. ID JB_4191

Stockhill Woods in the Snow

Day two of the this weeks winter adventure up in the Mendip Hills of Somerset.  Today we did not just have snow but also thick fog. I parked in the excellent car park at...

Starlings - Ham Wall, Somerset, UK. ID JB_5503

Somerset Year 2022

As is often the case my photograph year started with a sunrise at RSPB Ham Wall. Ham Wall Visits to RSPB Ham Wall to watch the starling murmurations tops and tails each year.  This...

Wood Sorrel - Stockhill Woods, Priddy, Somerset, UK. ID JB_7165

Wood Sorrel

Stockhill Wood is a very popular walking destination, where tracks provide easy routes.  It can be found high in the Mendip Hills of Somerset, not far from the village of Priddy. Much of the...

Priddy Mineries - Mendip Hills, Somerset, UK. ID JB_6154

Mendip Mist

Excitement as I woke to thick fog.  I think you would call this fog rather than mist, but the word mist sits better against the Mendips. A quick breakfast followed by a dash to...

Priddy Mineries - Mendip Hills, Somerset, UK. ID JB_5844

Priddy Mineries

Priddy Mineries This small patch of the Mendip Hills has an ancient history of mining.  It then became a Somerset Wildlife Trust nature reserve – but no longer.  Despite this it is still a...

Stockhill Wood - Mendip Hills, Somerset, UK. ID JB_3580

Stockhill Wood in Winter

I have a mini-project this year to photograph the Stockhill Wood high up on the Mendip Hills in Somerset. I’m hoping to capture rays in the mist that hangs around at the top of...

Stockhill Woods - Mendip Hills, Somerset, UK. ID JB_7843

Stockhill Woods

Focus Stacking Today the weather was poor – dull, grey and wet.  So I took the opportunity to practice focus stacking.  Focus stacking is where you take a series of pictures of the same...

First snow of winter - North Hill, Mendips, Somerset, UK. ID 824_1999

North Hill

Today I went on the trail of this lonesome pine up on North Hill.  This hill had the best of the recent snow in the area.  We do not get much snow so when...