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stevewhiteraven.bsky.social
Morning, Somerset, from the Quantock hills.
#photography #Somerset #QuantockHills
July 14, 2026 at 2:32 PM
seanbowes94.bsky.social
New IG Post:

A walk up in the Quantocks couple days ago, lovely to be around the trees and nature too 💚 🌲 🌳 #outdoors #trees #countryside #quantockhills #forest

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June 7, 2026 at 7:47 PM
paganbirder.bsky.social
On my most wanted list for a lifetime and finally yesterday whilst roaming on the Quantock Hills a stunning Emperor Moth. Just look at those antennae! An absolutely stunning moth and one of a few seen. #somersetwildlife #ukmoth #quantockhills
April 24, 2026 at 6:27 AM
sharkeee.bsky.social
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.
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.
March 21, 2026 at 8:30 PM
fidaisyg.bsky.social
Time for squelching across the #QuantockHills, as #Solmōnaþ arrives in #Somerset
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘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
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February 8, 2026 at 5:16 PM
seanbowes94.bsky.social
New IG Post:

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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February 6, 2026 at 4:15 PM
sharkeee.bsky.social
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
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.
November 30, 2025 at 4:59 PM
paganbirder.bsky.social
Treasure hunting again on the magical Quantock Hills, a very good year for fungi 😀 #quantockhills #ukfungi
October 6, 2025 at 3:19 PM
paganbirder.bsky.social
‘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
October 4, 2025 at 5:32 AM
paganbirder.bsky.social
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
September 25, 2025 at 2:39 PM
timohare.bsky.social
New blog post:

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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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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September 11, 2025 at 9:04 PM
sophiecooper.bsky.social
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
September 6, 2025 at 6:57 PM
sophiecooper.bsky.social
1 of a few holly blue #butterflies on my #QuantockHills #Somerset #butterfly walk yesterday!💚
#nature #wildlife #insects
July 29, 2025 at 5:00 PM
sophiecooper.bsky.social
A little #QuantockHills #Somerset #butterfly walk yesterday and spotted 3 grayling! Not a great pic, but nice to see!💚
#nature #wildlife #butterflies #insects
July 29, 2025 at 4:58 PM
sharkeee.bsky.social
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
July 23, 2025 at 6:59 PM
timohare.bsky.social
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
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.
June 28, 2025 at 7:05 AM
timohare.bsky.social
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
June 24, 2025 at 6:48 AM
timohare.bsky.social
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
June 19, 2025 at 7:42 AM
timohare.bsky.social
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
June 17, 2025 at 6:52 AM
timohare.bsky.social
Something a little different this morning, a 'no ink', miniature #watercolour #painting of fields near #EastQuantoxhead, #Somerset

#art #watercolours #watercolor #watercolors #landscape #Quantocks #QuantockHills
June 16, 2025 at 8:13 AM
dan-j85.bsky.social
Through the trees

#walks #trees #Taunton #WestBagborough #November #phonephoto #photography #autumn #QuantockHills
June 14, 2025 at 11:02 PM
flugelstu.bsky.social
My home for the next few days
#HalswayManor with #EvanCarson & #FordCollier
#QuantockHills
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April 11, 2025 at 8:26 PM
morrismummer.bsky.social
Had a quick walk up on Crowcombe Gate this afternoon. Lovely and sunny but the wind was strong and like a knife. #QuantockHills #Somerset
March 28, 2025 at 4:29 PM
drmaxforrester.bsky.social
Training for the 400 mile cycle ride. #oldchalkway #bikepacking #cycling #Quantockhills
March 19, 2025 at 1:41 PM
happyhiker.bsky.social
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
March 14, 2025 at 9:20 AM