South Hill
South Hill is situated just north of Long Sutton off the A372 and is an area of calcareous grassland and scrub blocks. The soils that have developed since the quarrying ceased are very shallow…
Search
Search
Brimley Hill Mire
A mire is an area of swampy or boggy ground; Brimley Hill is a delightful spring-line mire site hidden away on the Blackdown Hills surrounded by woodland.
Keeled skimmer
The Keeled skimmer is a dragonfly of heaths and commons with shallow pools. It has a skittish and weak flight, and is on the wing in summer and early autumn.
The UK’s biggest nature challenge returns this summer, and people across Somerset are encouraged to get involved
Somerset Wildlife Trust is urging the public to spend time in nature this June to celebrate the tenth birthday of 30 Days Wild.
New Hill & Tannager
One of a series of Trust reserves where you can explore the Polden Hills, a low narrow ridge of Blue Lias stretching from Puriton in the west to Street in the east. It comprises of two blocks of…
Wood warbler
Look for the wood warbler singing from the canopy of oak woodlands in the north and west of the UK. Green above, it has a distinctive, bright yellow throat and eyestripe.
Black-tailed skimmer
The Black-tailed skimmer is a narrow-bodied dragonfly that can be seen flying low over the bare gravel and mud around flooded gravel pits and reservoirs. It is on the wing from May to August.
Super saltmarshes
In coastal areas sheltered from waves, slow moving tides gently lap over a flat expanse of fine mud, known as mudflats. Underwater at high tide and exposed during low tide mudflats support a wealth of life: bristle worms, bivalves (molluscs with two hinged shells) and mud snails - food for flocks of wading birds.
Somerset’s second ‘super’ National Nature Reserve (NNR) declared in Mendip Hills
A new ‘super’ National Nature Reserve (NNR) has been declared across the Mendip Hills, bridging together the existing Ebbor Gorge and Rodney Stoke National Nature Reserves, along with 29 nature-…
Shore clingfish / Cornish sucker
One of the most bizarre fish to find on the rocky shore, the clingfish appears an assortment of different animals stuck together!
Mendip Hills
The Mendip Living Landscape encompasses some 30,000 ha and covers the distinctive range of predominantly limestone hills stretching between Frome and Western-Super-Mare. The Mendip Hills are historically a key area of Somerset Wildlife Trust delivery and it’s extremely biodiverse, reflected in numerous designations over a relatively small area.
UK Government risk inflicting ‘hammer blow’ on the countryside, The Wildlife Trusts warn
Today, The Wildlife Trusts are warning that UK Government risk an unparalleled policy hammer blow on the countryside.