Beautiful alchemy in action on the Quantocks this morning… the wonder of hair ice. It is associated with the presence of the fungus Exidiopsis effusa within decomposing wood. It has a component which stabilises the ice in the hair form as it extends from the pores of the wood, only occurring at a specific moisture level, temperature and temperature differential between the wood and air. #quantocks #quantockhills #hairice #wondersofnature
Happy New Year and good morning from Friends of the Quantocks - perfect was to start 2024
#quantocksaonb #quantockshills #quantocks #lovethequantocks #somerset #2024 #somersetwalking
Maybe no snow but plenty of wintery scenes on the Quantocks for the first day of meteorological winter ❄️ 🥶
#quantockshills #quantocks #winter #meteorologicalwinter #somerset #quantockwalks
Catching a glimpse of rainbow above Dowsborough, looking across from Black Hill
#quantocks #LoveTheQuantocks #quantockhills #bridgwaterbay #rainbow #somerset #quantockwalking #somersetlife
What a beautiful Quantock morning as the mist lifted around Hares Knapp and Hodderscombe, leaving bejewelled cobwebs in its wake 🕸️ .
Spotting a fantastic minotaur beetle, fox moth caterpillar and some lovely fungi too. #quantocks #quantockhills #cobwebs #minotaurbeetle #foxmoth #lovethequantocks #quantockwalks #somersetlife #somersetwalking #fungi
The heather is looking wonderful on the hills at the moment, giving them a wonderful pink hue.
All three types of heather found in the UK can be seen on the Quantocks - common heather or ling (Calluna vulgaris), bell heather (Erica cinerea) and cross-leaved heath (Erica tetralix). See if you can spot all three on your next visit 😊 - if you’re unsure the iNaturalist app can help with ID from a photograph not only for Heather but any living things you see 😊
#quantockhills #quantocks #heather #quantockwalks #lovethequantocks #somersetviews #somerset
Rain clouds gathering over the Quantock coast line this evening
#quantockwalking #quantocks #quantockhills #quantockcoast #lovethequantocks #quantocklife #somerset #somersetviews #somersetlife
A white ball about the size of polystyrene travelling through the woodland grass 🤔… a wolf-spider with her silk egg-sac 😊
Female wolf spiders carry around their egg-sac attached to their spinnerets at the back of their abdomen until their spiderlings are ready to hatch; they then carry them around on top of their abdomen until the spiderlings disperse using silk ‘parachutes’ to float away on the wind 🪂 🕷️. #wolfspider #quantocks #quantockwildlifewatch #quantockshills
The beautiful gardens and views at Court House, East Quantoxhead that were open today as part of the National Garden Scheme
#LoveTheQuantocks #eastquantoxhead #courthouse #quantocks #quantockhills #jurassiccoast #somerset #nationalgardenscheme #opengarden
Beautiful even in the drizzle!
The views today below Dowsborough; across Holford Combe, down to Woodland Hill and beyond
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When you go down to the woods today … look out for these Quantock woodland characters 😜
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#quantockwoods #facesintrees #woodlandcharacters
Wonderful colours and dramatic sky between showers around Holford and Longstone Hill today
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