{"id":135,"date":"2011-07-12T08:33:00","date_gmt":"2011-07-12T08:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/?p=135"},"modified":"2020-04-02T19:47:43","modified_gmt":"2020-04-02T19:47:43","slug":"crosby-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/?p=135","title":{"rendered":"Crosby"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A quick trip to the seaside. Parked up by the beach at <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Another_Place\">another place<\/a> home to Anthony Gormley\u2019s Iron Men and took a stroll north towards Altcar. In 2007 there was a colony of approximately 140 Bee Orchids around the pumping station with many being up to 45cm high. This year it soon became obvious that I should have been there 4 weeks ago.<\/p>\n<p>Due to the number of dodgy looking characters on mountain bikes drinking cider on top of the pumping station I didn\u2019t hang around.<\/p>\n<p>Highlights elsewhere within the dunes included a spectacular display of Tuberous Peas, Chicory and Kidney Vetch. Further up the coast there\u2019s even tobacco naturalised amongst the dunes.<\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"600\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"300\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"Tuberous Pea\" src=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/P1020888_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"Tuberous Pea\" width=\"290\" height=\"435\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"right\"><em>Tuberous Pea<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"300\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"P1020885\" src=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/P1020885_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"P1020885\" width=\"290\" height=\"435\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"right\"><em>Pale variety of the natualised Tuberous Pea<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"600\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"600\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"Wild Chicory\" src=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/P1020894_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"Wild Chicory\" width=\"600\" height=\"840\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"right\"><em>Chicory another naturalised plant growing in the sand dunes<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"600\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"Kidney Vetch\" src=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/P1020898_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"Kidney Vetch\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"right\"><em>Kidney Vetch<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A quick trip to the seaside. 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