Natural History

Wildlife at Nunney Castle, Somerset

Nunney Castle, Somerset. It was besieged and intentionally ruined by Cromwell’s parliamentary forces in the English Civil War.
Hornet drinking in moat of Nunney Castle. The moat had plenty of tadpoles and smooth newts.
Nunney Castle from the south-west
Large Red Damselfly on lichened stone beside the moat
Wall Rue Spleenwort, a plant of old undisturbed walls, at Nunney Castle