{"id":1870,"date":"2014-07-24T20:47:00","date_gmt":"2014-07-24T20:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/?p=1870"},"modified":"2014-09-08T21:00:44","modified_gmt":"2014-09-08T21:00:44","slug":"heath","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/?p=1870","title":{"rendered":"Dorset Heath"},"content":{"rendered":"<table border=\"0\" width=\"600\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"600\"><a href=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DSC_9105.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"Male Sand Lizard at Higher Hyde Heath\" src=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DSC_9105_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"Male Sand Lizard at Higher Hyde Heath\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"600\">Male Sand Lizard at Higher Hyde HeathAlways great to see these wonderful lizards. It\u2019s just a shame that the Kestrels appear to be far better at finding them than me.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"600\"><object width=\"600\" height=\"337\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/A4jd6ndQPpo?hl=en_US&amp;version=3&amp;rel=0\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/A4jd6ndQPpo?hl=en_US&amp;version=3&amp;rel=0\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"600\">Plenty of debris for the lizards to hide in. Also a few Slow-worms and Common Lizards around and a brief glimpse of a snake disappearing into the bramble. Could have been an Adder or Smooth Snake. Unfortunately with it being so hot the snake was gone before I had chance to identify it.<\/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=\"300\"><a href=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/P1030109.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"Coombe Heath, Arne\" src=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/P1030109_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"Coombe Heath, Arne\" width=\"298\" height=\"199\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"300\"><a href=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DSC_9067.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"Bell heather\" src=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DSC_9067_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"Bell heather\" width=\"298\" height=\"198\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"300\">More typical heathland \u2013 Coombe Heath, Arne<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"300\">Bell heather and golden stems of the grasses<\/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\"><a href=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DSC_84334.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"Silver Studded Blue\" src=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DSC_84334_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"Silver Studded Blue\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"600\">Amongst the Bell Heather still quite a few Silver Studded Blue\u2019s around.<\/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=\"300\"><a href=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DSC_8426.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"Silver Studded Blue (female)\" src=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DSC_8426_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"Silver Studded Blue (female)\" width=\"298\" height=\"198\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"300\"><a href=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DSC_8446.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"Silver Studded Blue (female)\" src=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DSC_8446_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"Silver Studded Blue (female)\" width=\"298\" height=\"198\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"300\">Silver Studded Blue (female)<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"300\">And with the wings briefly open<\/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\"><a href=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/P1030379.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"The nationally rare Dorset Heath. \" src=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/P1030379_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"The nationally rare Dorset Heath. \" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"600\">\n<p align=\"center\">The nationally rare Dorset Heath.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Male Sand Lizard at Higher Hyde HeathAlways great to see these wonderful lizards. 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