Hard to believe its 2013. Apart from the parking restrictions I don’t think this view has changed for the past 40 years The flowerhead of Ivy Broomrape. Again leaves and chlorophyll aren’t required Vipers Bugloss growing amongst Birdsfoot Trefoil. Coincidentally the area Read More …
Category: Landscapes
Durlston Country Park
An outstanding and relatively unspoilt country park in Swanage. Even at weekends the park remains relatively quiet. In addition to seacliffs, former quarries, chalk downs and woodlands the park is a migration hotspot that frequently hosts many interesting birds varyig from Aquatic Warblers to Wrynecks. Read More …
Barn Owls and Bowland
A few highlights from a grand day out at Morecambe Bay and the Trough of Bowland. There’s nothing quite like watching 4 Barn Owls hunting over the mosses in late afternoon. Fortunately along the coastal marshes of Morecambe Bay they’re still relatively common. Apparently there’s Read More …
Worth Matravers
Sitting on top of the chalk downs high above the English channel this has to one of the more picturesque villages we’ve seen. Leading down from the village a footpaths snakes it way through Winspit valley passing the ancient strip lynchets carved into the Read More …
Sika
Sika Stag at the RSPB’s nature reserve on the Arne peninsula in Dorset. Stag and one of this year’s fawns. Despite arriving at one of the rutting sites before dawn this year the rutting season appeared to be starting later than usual. What an amazingly Read More …
Butterworts and all
More from East Creech Heath. Bogland within Creech Heath. The mossy carpet home to both the Common and Pale-leaved Butterwort can be seen in the distance. In addition all 3 of our native Sundews can also be found. Pale Butterwort Another specialist typically found in Read More …
Highfield Moss
Another day of sunshine and torrential downpours. Spear Thistles growing at the edge of one of the fields of Barley between “The Travellers Rest” and Highfield Moss. Young Meadow Grasshopper on Purple Moor Grass Marsh Gentian protesting about the lack of sunshine. The Read More …
Fossil Forest
Located just to the east of Lulworth Cove inside the military firing ranges the fossil forest is one of the highlights of the “Jurrasic Coast.” Towards the end of the Jurassic period the sea level dropped creating a group of islands surrounded by salty lagoons. Read More …
Durlston Country Park
Another very impressive National Nature Reserve and country park to the west of Swanage town centre overlooking the bay. To date it’s the best public park I’ve been to in this country it really is a superb area. Even if you can’t visit the park Read More …