Collard Hill
Who does not love small skipper butterflies. They have so much energy. Today was my annual visit to Collard Hill near the town called Street of Somerset. This hill is a wonderful patch of...
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Who does not love small skipper butterflies. They have so much energy. Today was my annual visit to Collard Hill near the town called Street of Somerset. This hill is a wonderful patch of...
The Combe Hill Wood near Street in Somerset is easy to access, it has a big car park and lots of well managed foot paths. Perfect for an easy Sunday afternoon stroll. The woods are...
My annual trip to the National Trust’s Collards Hill nature reserve to photograph the extremely rare large blue butterfly. I did not know what to expect as the trust had not been running their...
Collard Hill Each June I visit Collard Hill near Street in Somerset. This year with the pandemic still raging things felt a bit different. But in this landscape social distancing is easy. The grassland...
The forecast was for a clear morning, following a cold night, so it was perfect time for an early walk up Glastonbury Tor to see some stars. Stars I climbed up the hill around 6...
I normally visit Collard Hill to photograph the large-blue butterflies in summer. But today I returned to find out what the hill is like in autumn. Collard Hill We have been so lucky to have...
Back to Collard Hill On my last visit to Collard Hill it was too hot to photograph butterflies. They rarely settled, instead they flew passed quickly disappearing over the horizon. Today, a change to more...
Ivythorn Hill near Street, in Somerset, is mostly visited by those using the local Youth Hostel or going to Collard Hill to find Large Blue Butterflies. But it is a wonderful strip of calcareous...