{"id":3444,"date":"2016-07-06T20:59:13","date_gmt":"2016-07-06T20:59:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/?p=3444"},"modified":"2016-07-06T20:59:13","modified_gmt":"2016-07-06T20:59:13","slug":"alien-encounter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/?p=3444","title":{"rendered":"Alien Encounter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-3444 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-large'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/P1070274.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/P1070274-600x400.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Dog Rose\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/P1070274.jpg 600w, https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/P1070274-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/P1070274-400x267.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3480'>\n\t\t\t\tDog Rose\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/P1070377.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/P1070377.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/P1070377.jpg 600w, https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/P1070377-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/P1070377-400x400.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/P1070467.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/P1070467-600x400.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Sea Holly\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/P1070467.jpg 600w, https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/P1070467-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/P1070467-400x267.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3467'>\n\t\t\t\tSea Holly\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/P1070380.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/P1070380.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/P1070380.jpg 600w, https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/P1070380-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/P1070380-400x400.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/P1070286.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/P1070286-600x400.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Six-spotted Burnet\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3478\" srcset=\"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/P1070286.jpg 600w, https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/P1070286-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/P1070286-400x267.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3478'>\n\t\t\t\tSix-spotted Burnet\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/P1070378.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/P1070378.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/P1070378.jpg 600w, https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/P1070378-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/P1070378-400x400.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<br \/>\nA return to the sand dunes of the Lancashire coastline.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3518\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3518\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3518\" src=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/P1070393-1.jpg\" alt=\"Broad-leaved Everlasting Pea\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/P1070393-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/P1070393-1-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/P1070393-1-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/P1070393-1-600x401.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3518\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Broad-leaved Everlasting Pea<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Amazing to see the sheer diversity of plants and insects. Amongst the more common native plants an interesting selection of aliens. These include several naturalised garden escapes with the Broad-leaved Everlasting Pea being particularly striking. Also plenty of Asparagus and even tobacco plants.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-3444 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-full'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/P1070416.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/P1070416.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Marsh Helleborine\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-3470\" srcset=\"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/P1070416.jpg 400w, https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/P1070416-100x150.jpg 100w, https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/P1070416-267x400.jpg 267w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-3470'>\n\t\t\t\tMarsh Helleborine\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/P1070426.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/P1070426.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Dune Helleborine\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-3471\" srcset=\"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/P1070426.jpg 400w, https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/P1070426-100x150.jpg 100w, https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/P1070426-267x400.jpg 267w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-3471'>\n\t\t\t\tDune Helleborine\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/P1070446.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/P1070446.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Dune Helleborine\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-3469\" srcset=\"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/P1070446.jpg 400w, https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/P1070446-100x150.jpg 100w, https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/P1070446-267x400.jpg 267w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-3469'>\n\t\t\t\tDune Helleborine\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/P1070460.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/P1070460.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Pyramid Orchid\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-3468\" srcset=\"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/P1070460.jpg 400w, https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/P1070460-100x150.jpg 100w, https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/P1070460-267x400.jpg 267w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-3468'>\n\t\t\t\tPyramid Orchid\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/P1070367.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/P1070367.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Bee Orchid\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-3477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/P1070367.jpg 400w, https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/P1070367-100x150.jpg 100w, https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/P1070367-267x400.jpg 267w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-3477'>\n\t\t\t\tBee Orchid\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Great to see many of the\u00a0more specialised native plants &#8211; in particular the various Orchids. Perhaps not quite as many Pyramid Orchids as last year but the relatively cool and wet June may have set them back a week or two.<\/p>\n<p>Surprisingly just the one Dark Green Fritillary seen. As per usual no sign of any Sand Lizards however one superb male\u00a0recently put in appearance at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SeftonCoast\/posts\/1197200280324844\">Ainsdale Discovery Centre.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A return to the sand dunes of the Lancashire coastline. Amazing to see the sheer diversity of plants and insects. Amongst the more common native plants an interesting selection of aliens. These include several naturalised garden escapes with the Broad-leaved Everlasting Pea being particularly striking. <span class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"more-link btn btn-transparent\" href=\"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/?p=3444\">Read More &#8230;<\/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":[183,4,101],"tags":[338,443,637,438,36,8,446,638],"class_list":["post-3444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-flora","category-insects","category-seashore","tag-bee-orchid","tag-broad-leaved-everlasting-pea","tag-dog-rose","tag-dune-helleborine","tag-marsh-helleborine","tag-pyramid-orchid","tag-sea-holly","tag-six-spotted-burnet"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3444","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=3444"}],"version-history":[{"count":46,"href":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3444\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3521,"href":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3444\/revisions\/3521"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}