IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Compton Dundon, SOMERTON, TA11 6QA
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to TA11 6QA by members of the Geograph project.
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Image Map
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Notes
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- The higher the marker number, the further away the image location is from the centre of the postcode.
Image Listing (14 Images Found)
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Image
Details
Distance
1
Collard Hill
Pines on the south west slope of this important National Trust nature reserve
Image: © Alan Hunt
Taken: 22 Jun 2010
0.08 miles
2
Collard Hill
The long haul from the entrance on the B3151 to the top of the hill.
Image: © Alan Hunt
Taken: 22 Jun 2010
0.14 miles
4
Wild Thyme, Collard Hill
A thyme covered hummock. Thyme is the foodplant of the Large Blue butterfly. Note the short sward which is a habitat requirement for this butterfly. The large Blue has an intimate relationship with an ant, Myrmica Sabuleti, whose nests it pupates in. This ant can only nest in very short sward, and will be replaced by other species of ants if the sward grows to more than a few centimetres, leading to the extinction of the butterfly on the site.
Image: © Alan Hunt
Taken: 22 Jun 2010
0.15 miles
5
On the Polden Way over Collard Hill - view NW
Image: © Colin Park
Taken: 2 Sep 2017
0.15 miles
6
Large Blue, Collard Hill
A female Large Blue (Maculinea arion) egg laying on Thyme. This is one of Britain's rarest butterflies. The original species became extinct in 1976 on Dartmoor, since when it has been successfully re-introduced to a number of sites from Swedish stock, under the auspices of Butterfly Conservation and the National Trust. Collard Hill is the only open access site for this butterfly. The caterpillar will be tended by ants of the Myrmica spp who will carry the caterpillar to their nest to pupate. The caterpillar "sings" to the ants to fool them into believing that it is an ant grub, as well as exuding a sweet sap which is very attractive to the ants.
Image: © Alan Hunt
Taken: 22 Jun 2010
0.16 miles
7
View to Pages Hill
Looking west from the B3151 at Collard Hill.
Image: © Jonathan Billinger
Taken: 16 Jan 2009
0.17 miles
9
Rural road
The B3151 runs through Compton Dundon village. Just beyond (north of) the village a track goes left to the Ivy Thorn farms, and from the entrance to the track there is a good view to the fields on the slopes of Collard Hill.
Image: © Neville Goodman
Taken: 4 Aug 2007
0.20 miles
10
Collard Hill
Path cutting across the steep slope of the hill. The small group of people under the tree are all here for one reason, the Large Blue butterfly which can be found on this reserve.
Image: © Alan Hunt
Taken: 22 Jun 2010
0.24 miles
