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...
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Winter Sunrise Over the Axe Valley
A car winds its way towards Cheddar in Somerset. Above it the sky is slowly turning red as dawn brings in some beautiful colours. As the sky turns amber a large flock of crows...
Winter Sunrise Over Wells
There’s something magical about an early winter morning. Today, I made my way up the Deerleap hill over looking the tiny city of Wells in Somerset. The sky was already changing. At first, it...
Starling Trail
The car park at RSPB Ham Wall overflows on every one the few sunny days we have had recently. I’m not surprised as many people love the starlings murmurations. But I suspect those visitors...
Starling Trail
It has been a while but the starlings are back roosting at RSPB Ham Wall. I missed several opportunities in November, but eventually some good weather aligned with my time off from my day...
Stockhill Mist
Probably the best weather for photographing autumn woodland is a combination of mist and a strong early morning sun. The forecast for this morning looked hopeful. Hopeful in the same way I hoped to...
Ashwick Church
I ventured up to Ashwick, near Oakhill, in Somerset expecting its tower to be one which I had photographed through the mist that morning from the top of nearby Beacon Hill. But it turned...
Downside Mist
I was hoping for some autumn colour at Beacon Hill Woods in Somerset. But instead it was the mist hugging the ground north of that hill that took my attention. The blue light of...
Get into Autumn
Autumn is coming as colours switch to golden browns. In Somerset you are never too far from a wood. In the Mendips we have some wonderful woods such as Ebbor Gorge, Beacon Hill, East...
Lynchcombe Update
Time to catch-up on the latest from Lynchcombe. This nature reserve sits on the southern slopes of the Mendip Hills in Somerset. It is surrounded by other reserves and the whole area is very...
