{"id":1097,"date":"2013-06-17T21:38:00","date_gmt":"2013-06-17T21:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/?p=1097"},"modified":"2014-06-30T21:37:00","modified_gmt":"2014-06-30T21:37:00","slug":"parsonage-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/?p=1097","title":{"rendered":"Parsonage Down"},"content":{"rendered":"

Probably the finest area of chalk downland within the UK and within the top 3 SSSI\u2019s\/Nature Reserves we\u2019ve visited. To describe the area as exceptional is an understatement.<\/p>\n

The site is the main stronghold in north-west Europe for the endangered Burnt Orchid. In addition, there are also Frog Orchids and earlier in the season Green-winged Orchids. Birds, mammals and insects are also very well represented.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
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A short video approx 1 min. taken whilst at Parsonage Down.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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If visiting allow plenty of time. Parsonage Down is next to the Iron Age hillfort of Yarnbury Castle (well worth a visit). The turning off the A303 is pretty hairy and easily missed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Probably the finest area of chalk downland within the UK and within the top 3 SSSI\u2019s\/Nature Reserves we\u2019ve visited. To describe the area as exceptional is an understatement. The site is the main stronghold in north-west Europe for the endangered Burnt Orchid. In addition, there Read More …<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[183,4],"tags":[332,333,331],"class_list":["post-1097","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-flora","category-insects","tag-burnt-orchid","tag-frog-orchid","tag-parsonage-down"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1097","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1097"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1097\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1104,"href":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1097\/revisions\/1104"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}