#water meadows

[daveamisdpda]

A November afternoon on the Mead…

It was an afternoon of low sun, long shadows and towards the end of the walk, fading light. Trees that are losing their leaves. It's November. It's autumn moving towards the winter. It's a time to slow down and reflect on a year that has almost passed. It's a time to take stock and, in what I'm finding is an increasingly uncertain life, to try and plan for the coming year…

Location: River Avon, Holm Mead (nr. Bitton), Gloucestershire, UK | Shot: 08.11.25

[tim-dennis]

Boathouse on the River Dee in the golden hour

[daveamisdpda]

Summer beckons

It's May…the latter part of the spring. The trees are in leaf. The meadows are lush with fresh green grass and wildflowers. The sky is peppered with fluffy white clouds. You could almost feel that summer is coming. Here are some shots that celebrate this:)

Location: Holm Mead (nr. Bitton), Gloucestershire, UK | Shot: 06.05.26

[daveamisdpda]

Grey vistas:(

These images were taken on yet another day when we were 'gifted' flat, pale grey cloud with a bonus of mistiness off into the distance. I'm losing count of how many days we're getting like this. Spring is supposed to be a time of optimism. With skies like this being an all too common occurrence, I'm feeling anything but optimistic at the moment:(

Location: Holm Mead (nr. Bitton), Gloucestershire, UK | Shot: 08.03.26

[daveamisdpda]

Water meadows doing their job

The weather has been somewhat wet here in the West Country. River levels have risen. We live quite close to a stretch of the Avon which is flanked by water meadows. Pretty much every winter we've been down here, they've flooded. Which is what they're meant to do in order to protect (as far as possible) settlements further downstream. These meadows aren't grazed, they're used to produce silage to feed cattle. Come the latter part of spring and the early summer, they're carpeted in a beautiful mix of wildflowers before being cropped for the silage. The flooding is just one part of a cycle…

Location: River Avon, Holm Mead (nr. Bitton), Gloucestershire, UK | Shot: 28.01.26

[daveamisdpda]

Waterlogged - 12.2.26

These flooded meadows were seen on a walk upstream along the Avon from Keynsham. It wasn't a long one as the paths were somewhat muddy, making walking a bit tiring to say the least. It was an overcast, fag end of winter afternoon, hence the somewhat muted colour palette. Give it another four to six weeks, with the arrival of spring, it will start to look and feel quite different…I hope…

Location: Holm Mead (nr. Bitton), Gloucestershire, UK | Shot: 12.02.26

[naonicblog2]

Protecting water meadows 'best decision in years' — BBC News

The new status potentially means no future council will be able to build in the area.

[stevebroadbank]

Winchester. 2009