{"id":3527,"date":"2016-08-30T19:47:29","date_gmt":"2016-08-30T19:47:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/?p=3527"},"modified":"2016-09-03T10:42:16","modified_gmt":"2016-09-03T10:42:16","slug":"the-italian-connection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/?p=3527","title":{"rendered":"The Italian Connection"},"content":{"rendered":"<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a title=\"P1070649.jpg\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ianworsley\/28814100362\/in\/datetaken-family\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c3.staticflickr.com\/9\/8679\/28814100362_0919e58692_b.jpg\" alt=\"P1070649.jpg\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\u00a0A stunning specimen of Viper&#8217;s Bugloss one of several found on route to a disused quarry on the Purbeck coast.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\u00a0<a title=\"P1070615.jpg\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ianworsley\/28301331354\/in\/datetaken-family\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c3.staticflickr.com\/9\/8205\/28301331354_43f85037a2_c.jpg\" alt=\"P1070615.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>One look at the deeply fractured rocks was more than sufficient to persuade me that entering the former quarry wouldn&#8217;t be the wisest of moves.\u00a0First quarried by the Romans historically the stone was\u00a0used for sarcophagi.\u00a0Not what I had planned for a glorious morning\u00a0in mid July.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\u00a0<a title=\"DSC_6338.jpg\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ianworsley\/28814086522\/in\/datetaken-family\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c3.staticflickr.com\/9\/8664\/28814086522_0905d52819_c.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_6338.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>More recently the closest connection with Italy is the\u00a0European Wall Lizard.\u00a0This particular\u00a0 colony appears to be thriving\u00a0despite the close attention of a pair of Kestrels.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\u00a0<a title=\"DSC_6209.jpg\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ianworsley\/28919136405\/in\/datetaken-family\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c6.staticflickr.com\/9\/8311\/28919136405_3435e0079a_c.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_6209.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>In addition to the various abandoned quarries the Wall Lizards\u00a0can also be found at Durlston and\u00a0Corfe Castle.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\u00a0<a title=\"DSC_6293.jpg\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ianworsley\/28633924210\/in\/datetaken-family\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c3.staticflickr.com\/9\/8751\/28633924210_1c7b7ed4b3_c.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_6293.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a title=\"DSC_6256.jpg\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ianworsley\/28303665673\/in\/dateposted\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c2.staticflickr.com\/9\/8364\/28303665673_f6f6259468_c.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_6256.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><\/a><script src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>On this occasion with it being so warm it was literally a case of waiting for the lizards to appear from amongst\u00a0the shadows.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<script src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<script 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