A photo of a tiny white nudibranch (type of sea slug) on a the silty floor of a rockpool. It's main features are the many short blunt blobs covering it.

A photo of an orange coloured starfish laying on a rock. The angle of the photo makes this creature appear as a hand with two thumbs and four fingers wearing a prickly textured glove. This starfish has twelve arms in total, the other six arms are just about showing in the background.

A couple of super cool finds by a member of our monthly #rockpoolproject #bioblitz today.
Kilve beach on the #Quantockhills was the location and way out on the low water mark, a nudibranch named, Fuzzy Onchidoris - Onchidoris muricata and a stunning Rose sun star - Crossaster papposus wowed us.

‘It’s sacred and transformative’: Somerset holds Saxon-inspired festival to embrace ‘month of mud’ Community organiser Jon Barrett says event, inspired by the tradition Solmōnaþ, aims to reconnect people with benefits of mud

Time for squelching across the #QuantockHills, as #Solmōnaþ arrives in #Somerset
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A recent break in the current ongoing wet conditions, a trip to Fyne Court nearby. Needed to get outdoors again after what feels like weeks of constant wet weather 🙈🙈 it was nice going there though 🌲 #outdoors #nationaltrust #quantockhills #somerset

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What appears to be a fuzzy white coloured face with a funny hat is in fact a fungus infected beetle body. The hat is its wings.

The infected beetle in entirety. The spore releasing fruiting body to the left, wings and dark brown wing cases to the right. The whole thing is on rotting wood and was laying fungus facing down.

This is not the cheeky cherub it appears to be.
This is a ground beetle species infected by the pathogenic #fungus Entomophthora nebriae.
Found today on the #Quantockhills with @wildlifetoursed.bsky.social
Like the cordycep yesterday, this is not a commonly seen species. #uknature #mycology

Treasure hunting again on the magical Quantock Hills, a very good year for fungi 😀 #quantockhills #ukfungi

‘Look up!’ Porcelain Fungi (Oudemansiella mucida) amongst the Beech trees on the Quantocks. A beautiful looking fungi and one of my favourites, good to see a good crop of them this year. #quantockhills #SomersetWT #ukfungi

A very misty and damp start to our walk on the Quantocks yesterday. After an hour or so the mist cleared, the sun appeared and so did the Fly Agarics. Found them in several areas along our route, a good year it would seem for these beauties 😀🍄 #ukfungi #quantockhills #somersetwildlife

Quantock Paintings – Part 1 #art Driftwood Cafe, Blue Anchor, Somerset In recent summers we have take a series of summer holidays walking in the Yorkshire Dales – first in Swaledale (staying at Low Row near Reeth), then in W…

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Somerset Paintings - Part 1

A few words about our short-break staying in the #QuantockHills in #Somerset in June featuring quick pictures I painted there.

#art #painting #sketching #watercolour #watercolor #watercolours #watercolorsv #Kilve #Crowcombe

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Back to my #wildlife stuff...the last of my #QuantockHills #Somerset #butterfly transects today and the gorse scent was heavenly! A few small copper #butterflies about and a migrant hawker #dragonfly 💚
#nature #insects

1 of a few holly blue #butterflies on my #QuantockHills #Somerset #butterfly walk yesterday!💚
#nature #wildlife #insects

A little #QuantockHills #Somerset #butterfly walk yesterday and spotted 3 grayling! Not a great pic, but nice to see!💚
#nature #wildlife #butterflies #insects

A few hrs Moth trapping on the #Quantockhills last night gave us time to look for other amazing things. Limax cinereoniger -Ash black slugs were about and we managed to witness their impressive mating behaviour. #slugs #ukwildlife #nature

Small ink and watercolour painting showing a view looking through trees to fields beyond. A pink house is visible through an almost round hole in a huge tree root.

I'm still #painting #trees, although I'm calling this one 'Pink House in a Hole'. It's from a photo I took a few weeks ago while walking in the #QuantockHills

#art #watercolour #watercolor #watercolours #watercolors #tree #leaves #pinkhouse #Quantocks #Somerset

I think I am perhaps entering a #tree phase. Today's #ink and #watercolour #painting is a great example of what I call a 'symmetree' spotted a couple of weeks ago on the #QuantockHills above #Crowcombe...

#art #watercolor #watercolours #watercolors #trees #landscape #landscapepainting #somerset

A rare switch from landscape to portrait format as I try to capture this scene of me looking at the view east from the main ridge of the #Quantocks above #Crowcombe

#art #watercolour #watercolor #watercolours #watercolors #landscape #painting #somerset #view #woods #quantockhills

After a mini-break there last week, I seem to be painting a series of Quantock Hills mini-pictures. This one is of Crowcombe Church...

#art #painting #watercolour #watercolours #watercolor #watercolors #landscape #somerset #quantockhills #quantocks #crowcombe #church

Something a little different this morning, a 'no ink', miniature #watercolour #painting of fields near #EastQuantoxhead, #Somerset

#art #watercolours #watercolor #watercolors #landscape #Quantocks #QuantockHills

Through the trees

#walks #trees #Taunton #WestBagborough #November #phonephoto #photography #autumn #QuantockHills

Halsway Manor Quantock Hills

Halsway Manor Quantock Hills

My home for the next few days
#HalswayManor with #EvanCarson & #FordCollier
#QuantockHills

Had a quick walk up on Crowcombe Gate this afternoon. Lovely and sunny but the wind was strong and like a knife. #QuantockHills #Somerset

Training for the 400 mile cycle ride. #oldchalkway #bikepacking #cycling #Quantockhills

Will’s Neck is the highest point in the #QuantockHills in #Somerset. Good views to Exmoor, including Dunkery Beacon, its highest point and  Selworthy Beacon. It is also possible to see the Brecon Beacons, the Mendips and Blackdown Hills. Walk details at tinyurl.com/3pbx28dn

And not to forget the newts (and toad)!
#QuantockHills #Somerset #ToadPatrol! 🐸💚🦎
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Here's my bucket of toads and frogs, rather calmer and about to be released having made it! Hooray!
#QuantockHills #Somerset #ToadPatrol! 🐸💚🦎
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When the world seems as mad as a bucket of frogs, here's a real bucket of randy frogs and toads from tonight's #QuantockHills #Somerset #ToadPatrol! 🐸💚🦎
#nature #wildlife

Lovely images but Lydeard Hill is is on #Quantocks not #Exmoor!

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A winter wonderland like no other — the Quantock Hills blanketed in snow is a sight to behold. ❄️

#WinterVibes #QuantockHills #England #uktravel #snowday #unitedkingdom🇬🇧 @metoffice.bsky.social

Cold sunny morning up at Dead Woman’s Ditch- it’s even creepy in the daylight!
#ghosts #QuantockHills #WinterWalks

Autumn rambles -a wintery sun at the highest point #QuantockHills #Somerset #rambles @quantocklandlore.bsky.social @somersetwildlands.bsky.social @walkiesgame.bsky.social