A few highlights from a short visit to Studland Heath during late Summer. Sadly also the final post from a couple of weeks camping in Dorset. Incredible luck that we picked the 2 sunniest and warmest weeks of the year. We’ll be back … Read More …
Tag: Marsh Gentian
Spur Bog
Sand Lizard, catching a few rays of afternoon sunshine at Studland Heath, Dorset Although Studland is renowned as being the best place in the country for Sand Lizards a sighting of Britain’s rarest reptile is far from guaranteed. Their cryptic markings are a superb camouflage Read More …
Goodbye Mr Fox
With our final evening down south to be spent watching Badgers we headed out at dusk to watch the Barn Owls, Deer and Foxes. On this occasion the foxes were waiting. Not only fearless but confident enough to sit down and wait. Those sausages Read More …
Gentians, Sundew and Cranberries
The highlight of a quick return to Highfield Moss. In addition to being the north-west’s only remaining stronghold for Marsh Gentians there’s also rumoured to be some isolated specimens of Petty Whin. Hopefully one day I’ll be able to find them ! Round-leaved Sundew 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 …