First Light at Park Wood
First light is the best time of day, it is just a shame it comes so early at this time of year. It is worth getting up early to catch the low morning light...
Tagged: Woodland
Autumn Woodland
Beacon Hill Wood is a special place in autumn. Golden beach leaves cover the woodland floor providing nutrients for the host of colourful fungi. It is hard to find fungi in perfect condition. So...
Butterfly Glades
Great Breach Wood is a Somerset Wildlife Trust woodland in the middle of the county south of Glastonbury. It still has lots of ash and oak trees, but today I wanted to explore its...
Round Wood
Milton Hill Each lunch time I would walk around the woods above Wells in Somerset. The walk was a barometer telling me the progress of the seasons. When the wood anemones were about to...
King’s Castle
Kings Castle Wood This Somerset Wildlife Trust reserve sits above the small city of Wells. The woodland floor is rich in wild flowers such as bluebells, wood anemones and wood violets. It is possible...
Colours of May
This summer has been so busy. So I have decided the only way to catch up is to write a single post for the whole of May. The Colours of May Spring is a...
Spring!
I have been away for a couple of weeks walking in the national parks of Utah. When I left the UK was still suffering from a long hard winter. On my return the sun...
Beacon Hill Snow
Winter in the Wood Its Christmas time and the edge of the wood on top of Beacon Hill hides its secret winter wonderland. In the centre of the wood is an area of mature beech...
Stockhill Woods
It was the first snow of the year but despite being the weekend I had too much work to do. By lunch time I had done enough so I headed up the Mendips for a mid-afternoon’s...
Stockhill Wood
Autumn colour can be short lived. Often the golden leaves are blown away by the first storm. Tomorrow storm Ophelia, the biggest storm for decades to reach the British Isles will pass just to the west of Somerset....
