Lynchcombe in August
The height of summer on the south facing slopes of Mendip Hills in Somerset. On the Somerset Wildlife Trust nature reserve at Lynchcombe the musk thistles are still doing well so are the small...
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Braunton Burrows
Behind the expanse of Saunton Sands in North Devon are the dunes of Braunton Burrows. I have fond memories of a school visit to the burrows to study succession. I cannot believe its so...
Lamyat Summer Dawn
Lamyat Lamyat is small parish in the middle of Somerset north of the town of Castle Cary. At the west end the fields are flat while the east is dominated by the 199m high Creech Hill....
Lynchcombe Steps
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...
Mendip Sunrise
Today I headed up Deerleap in hope of a mist across the Somerset Levels. The mist did not appear so I continued up the hill towards the village of Priddy. I was delighted to...
Lynchcombe Steps
Lynchcombe looked beautiful in the blue skies of late summer. Small Coppers The small coppers were still around having moved from the open grassland down into the combe. The brown argus have followed their every...
End of Summer?
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...
Lynchcombe Steps
As summer days are drawing in and as autumn approaches I hope we get a few more weeks of warm weather. Butterflies Another weekly butterfly transect around Lynchcombe. Every week there are new surprises. The small...
Lynchcombe Steps
Having a wild thyme on Lynchcombe even when the coppers arrived. Sorry, but today on the steep slopes of the combe in Lynchcombe there were some beautiful and unexpected small coppers (Lycaeena phlaeas) feeding on...
Lynchcombe Steps
Today was another walk around the Somerset Wildlife Trust Lynchcombe reserve where I am a volunteer warden. During last weeks visit I had to ring up the farmer to help return some sheep back into the...
