Photo of the month

After record high temperatures of 16C over the New Year, the first snow of 2022 fell on Exmoor on January 4th.

Julie Schiller captured perfectly the feel of the sudden winter’s chill for our photo of the month, on a day out to Brendon Common.

“It was our last day before returning to work and my husband Nick, who was born in

by Julie Schiller

Simonsbath, spotted the snow on the moors so we decided to take a look,” said Julie.

“I am certainly no expert when taking photos, I use my iPhone, but I love taking pictures of animals on the Exmoor landscape. On this day there were no ponies, but I saw this lone sheep standing against the most spectacular backdrop.” You can find Julie on Instagram: @juliewulie74 The temperature had dropped more than 12 degrees in just 24 hours.

Whether it’s a landscape like this, wildlife, rural life, sports, special events, a local character or something else - please keep emailing us your pictures. We usually only feature one each month in the magazine, but show more on our Instagram and Facebook pages: @MoltonMonthly