@PurbeckWild
[formerly of a different Parish but still posting about] flora & fauna within Purbeck
- Autumn Ladies' Tresses on Studland Heath - Phew! I thought I'd missed them all. #wildflowerhour #Purbeck #ukflora #dorsetwildlife #orchids #ladiestresses #naturephotography #bloomscrolling #autumn
- #Hops ripening in the #autumn hedgerows. #wildflowerhour #Purbeck #ukflora #dorsetwildlife #beer #homebrew #naturephotography #bloomscrolling #foraging
- Rather striking Grey Dagger moth caterpillar. It really ought to hurry up and pupate - there's a cold northerly wind blowing this morning. #wildflowerhour #ukwildlife #insects #pollinators #ukfauna #dorsetwildlife #naturephotography #autumnwatch #caterpillars #moths #Purbeck
- Sea Buckthorn is so good for you - more #vitaminC than oranges and lemons is just the start of it - and has so many uses I don't know where to begin. I have yet to try ice cream made from its #berries... #wildflowerhour #Purbeck #ukflora #dorsetwildlife #buckthorn #naturephotography #bloomscrolling
- Last of the Nettle-leaved Bellflowers, blooming in the shade of a copse. Is it me or has it been a lousy year for flowers? Too long, hot and dry I guess. #wildflowerhour #Purbeck #ukflora #dorsetwildlife #bellflowers #naturephotography #bloomscrolling
- It begins. The early morning skies are beginning to fill up with Swallows, House and Sand Martins ahead of the long journey south. #wildflowerhour #ukwildlife #365dayswild #ukfauna #dorsetwildlife #naturephotography #autumnwatch #swallows #birds #Purbeck #migration
- Death's Head Hawk Moth crossed the Channel last night and crash landed in town. It squeaked when I picked it up! No better way to start the day. #wildflowerhour #ukwildlife #insects #pollinators #ukfauna #dorsetwildlife #naturephotography #autumnwatch #hawkmoths #moths #Purbeck #SilenceOfTheLambs
- Hummingbird Hawkmoth sheltering from the tail end of whatever named storm it we're in the middle of. Love the #arrowhead at rest vibe. #wildflowerhour #ukwildlife #insects #pollinators #ukfauna #dorsetwildlife #naturephotography #hawkmoths #Purbeck
- Ye shall not pass! Female #Adder had a bit of a hissy fit at me and my big boots. #wildflowerhour #ukwildlife #reptiles #ukfauna #dorsetwildlife #365dayswild #naturephotography #Purbeck #snakes
- This Elderberry's suffered over the decades but it's hanging in there. The younger trees are dying, parched. #wildflowerhour #Purbeck #ukflora #dorsetwildlife #Elderberry #naturephotography #bloomscrolling #DurlstonCountryPark #drystonewalls #drought
- Long-winged Cone-head - not an insult from Star Trek but a lovely cricket resting in the allotment. Including antennae it was a svelte 4" in length. (As a child I was afraid of ovipositors but I'm over it now.) #ukwildlife #insects #crickets #ukfauna #dorsetwildlife #naturephotography #grasshoppers
- Turning over sheets of plywood or corrugated iron is a bit of a compulsion, but when the reward is a shiny bronze slow-worm... #wildflowerhour #ukwildlife #reptiles #ukfauna #dorsetwildlife #365dayswild #naturephotography #Purbeck #slowworms
- Rock Samphire cascading down the cliffs at Winspit. Edible but nowhere near as succulent as Salicornia. #wildflowerhour #Purbeck #ukflora #dorsetwildlife #foraging #naturephotography #bloomscrolling #JurassicCoast
- #Buttonweed - a so-called 'wool alien' - has been naturalised in the UK over the centuries, thanks to their seeds being attached to the fleeces of sheep imported from all corners of the Empire. #wildflowerhour #saltmarshplants #ukflora #dorsetwildlife #invasivespecies #naturephotography #asteraceae
- Yellow Loosestrife, to bookend it. Kind of. #wildflowerhour #ukwildlife #ukflora #dorsetwildlife #365dayswild #springwatch #nature #naturephotography #Purbeck #bloomscrolling #loosestrife
- Now this is why we like #StingingNettles. #Peacock #caterpillars love nothing better. #wildflowerhour #ukwildlife #ukflora #ukfauna #dorsetwildlife #365dayswild #springwatch #naturephotography #Purbeck #bloomscrolling #butterflies #pollinators #BigButterflyCount #foodplants #ButterflyConservation
- Purple Loosestrife messing about by the river. #wildflowerhour #ukwildlife #ukflora #dorsetwildlife #365dayswild #springwatch #nature #naturephotography #Purbeck #bloomscrolling #loosestrife
