Spent a very pleasant couple of hours up on the hills today, looking for Dartfords. I think I found three pairs, but they were very mobile, so maybe just four birds.

Staple plain, Quantock Hills.

I was hoping to get back up here to have another go at this location but the window of opportunity is short and the recent wet weather has all but put paid to it for this year for me.

A misty drove road, Quantock Hills

The light was looking promising so a trip to Crowcombe was on the cards for me , i had an idea of the composition i was after but in ever fading light it still proved difficult , it always does, eventually it all fell into place , one of the best skies ive seen at this location , when ive had my camera with me that is ,and so the shutter was pressed and i drove home content with the capture.

Up in the rain and mist , cold , wet , but loving every minute of the Autumn spectacle.

So... After spending a couple of hours stalking Red deer on the Quantock hills, (not those tame Richmond Park ones), I managed to get into position down wind for a nice group shot in the sun, when a bloomin' jogger appeared on the ridge and scattered them... Grrr... Luckily I found a few more down in the woods... Well, it was more like they found me and stopped for a gawp before going on their way.

It's behind you!

I spent most of my time at Kilve looking the way of my previous upload which had the late afternoon sunshine on it. But when I turned around this gorgeous cloud had crept up on me.

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I just love the bright greens at this time of the year , coupled with heavy rain can make for some gorgeous contrast and colour.

One from May this year that didn't get posted...

A recent shoot in Somerset

From a recent shoot from the Quantocks

We are back in Somerset and this is somewhere we loved to walk...a bit misty today but still stunning..

419 approaches Crowcombe Heathfield

Ancient woodland, Quantock Hills

Somerset, UK

Heathland with scattered Holly (Ilex aquifolium) bushes on Black Hill, Quantock Common, Somerset, England.

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One from earlier this year

such a wonderful walk...

A hillside above Bicknoller Combe on the Quantocks in Somerset.

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One of the many semi-wild ponies on the Quantocks. This one at a drinking pool near Wills Neck trig point. This was a nice but only very temporary distraction from the amazing cloud inversion going on in the background.

from North Hill, Minehead

Rain falling, fog bank rolling in from the Bristol Channel. Ten minutes later it was sunny.

View from Triscombe Stone, on the Quantocks.

Looking over the Vale of Taunton and west Somerset from the woods below Wills Neck on the Quantocks.

Weacombe, on the Quantocks.

Handy if there's a shower.

Lyndale Bridge, Watersmeet, Lynmouth

Too good to pass by this morning, I took a short detour onto the eastern edge of the Quantocks.