{"id":2512,"date":"2015-08-18T20:37:27","date_gmt":"2015-08-18T20:37:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/?p=2512"},"modified":"2015-08-21T20:30:45","modified_gmt":"2015-08-21T20:30:45","slug":"return-to-alners-gorse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/?p=2512","title":{"rendered":"Return to Alners Gorse"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n\n
\"Purple<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Purple Hairstreak feeding on honeydew excreted by aphids on an Ash tree.<\/p>\n

A few highlights from a visit to the Butterfly Conservation Society managed Alners Gorse in deepest Dorset. Although the weather was a bit mixed – a strong north-westerly breeze, plenty to see.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"Purple<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Purple Hairstreak nectaring on Bramble.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
\"A<\/a><\/td>\n\"Spot<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Frustratingly the wings are rarely opened to reveal the purple upper wing found on the males.<\/td>\nHowever, the \u201chairstreak\u201d is fairly obvious<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
\"Painted<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Painted Lady nectaring on one of the many thistles growing amongst the meadows.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
\"White<\/a><\/td>\n\"Silver-washed<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
One of several White Admirals found within the wooded glades. The Bramble proving popular again.<\/td>\nSilver-washed Fritillary. Apparently Alners Gorse is the best site in the country for the rare bronze-green, valezina form. Unfortunately the only one I saw shot past at 30 mph.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
\"Brown<\/a><\/td>\n\"Gatekeeper<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Just the 1 Brown Hairstreak to be found with this one proving to be camera shy.<\/td>\nHowever the sheer number of Gatekeepers was incredible with clouds of them erupting from the hedgerows.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Purple Hairstreak feeding on honeydew excreted by aphids on an Ash tree. A few highlights from a visit to the Butterfly Conservation Society managed Alners Gorse in deepest Dorset. Although the weather was a bit mixed – a strong north-westerly breeze, plenty to see. Purple 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":[4],"tags":[452,449,538,453,454,462],"class_list":["post-2512","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-insects","tag-brown-hairstreak","tag-comma","tag-painted-lady","tag-purple-hairstreak","tag-silver-washed-fritillary","tag-white-admiral"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2512","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=2512"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2512\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2561,"href":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2512\/revisions\/2561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}