Walking up to the site Working outside the entrance Photos by David Shears.
Site before clearing by volunteers Big pile of brecca (from Italian for rubble)
Volunteers clearing away rubble
Outside the entrance to the cave Finds Table Photos by Greg Villis
A large auroch bone from a previous dig Bones Photos by Joan Goddard
Working inside the cave Photo by Greg Villis
Wild flowers at Sladers Leigh. July 2021. Photos by Judith Tranter
Betony
Betony
Orchid
Meadowsweet Scabious
Tangled vegetation
A perfect bouquet A quiet corner
Small leaved limes flowering
Slader's Leigh 2nd May 2021. Photos by Judith Tranter
Blue bells , windflowers and garlic under the old oak A wild garlic carpet
An ash grove - what will their fate be, will they survive
the dieback
epidemic hidden away in our reserve?A small leaved lime , layered and ready for transplanting
The pond is nearly dry after this last months' drought A bright oasis of Green peace
Fungi in a Wood near Chewton Mendip, April 2020. Photos by Mary Heffernan
