{"id":3534,"date":"2016-09-03T15:52:58","date_gmt":"2016-09-03T15:52:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/?p=3534"},"modified":"2016-08-27T15:53:25","modified_gmt":"2016-08-27T15:53:25","slug":"studland-bog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/?p=3534","title":{"rendered":"Studland Bog"},"content":{"rendered":"<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a title=\"P1070854.jpg\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ianworsley\/28887726856\/in\/datetaken-family\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c1.staticflickr.com\/9\/8588\/28887726856_bbd9f0f162_c.jpg\" alt=\"P1070854.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><\/a><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><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Another scorcher and a wander around Studland\u00a0whilst the family were enjoying the beach.<\/p>\n<p>The dry, sandy heathland combined with\u00a0the scents of the various flowering plants and\u00a0the sea\u00a0 are strangely reminiscent of the\u00a0Mediterranean.\u00a0Further down the slope and a shallow valley open up to a number of Bog pools. Dominated by Sphagnum moss its one of the few remaining areas where\u00a0all our native Sundews can be found.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a title=\"P1070793.jpg\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ianworsley\/28887715476\/in\/datetaken-family\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c5.staticflickr.com\/9\/8729\/28887715476_209f4b4497_c.jpg\" alt=\"P1070793.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><\/a><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><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><script src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>Oblong-leaved Sundew.<\/p>\n<p>Black bodied remains of\u00a0various insects being\u00a0digested can be seen stuck to the tips of the plants tentacles.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a title=\"P1070858.jpg\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ianworsley\/28301421804\/in\/datetaken-family\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c5.staticflickr.com\/9\/8227\/28301421804_0faa07ef34.jpg\" alt=\"P1070858.jpg\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a title=\"P1070735.jpg\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ianworsley\/28887706046\/in\/datetaken-family\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c7.staticflickr.com\/9\/8260\/28887706046_033d7b1e37.jpg\" alt=\"P1070735.jpg\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\u00a0Dorset Heath<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0English Sundew<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Two of our rarer plants the Dorset Heath although more common in southern Europe is largely restricted in this country to the Purbeck area of Dorset with Studland being a stronghold. The English Sundew or Great Sundew has a distinct preference for wet, calcium rich soils that are unfortunately an increasingly rare habitat.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a title=\"DSC_6386.jpg\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ianworsley\/28303746133\/in\/datetaken-family\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c6.staticflickr.com\/9\/8603\/28303746133_a43f21cbe8_c.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_6386.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Gatekeeper<\/p>\n<p>In mid July probably the most widely seen Butterfly. Certainly plenty of them around Studland. Also a couple of Silver-washed Fritillaries feeding on thistles close to the car park.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\u00a0<a title=\"DSC_6387.jpg\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ianworsley\/28843436531\/in\/datetaken-family\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c4.staticflickr.com\/9\/8775\/28843436531_35ddf41dbd_c.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_6387.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another scorcher and a wander around Studland\u00a0whilst the family were enjoying the beach. The dry, sandy heathland combined with\u00a0the scents of the various flowering plants and\u00a0the sea\u00a0 are strangely reminiscent of the\u00a0Mediterranean.\u00a0Further down the slope and a shallow valley open up to a number of <span class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"more-link btn btn-transparent\" href=\"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/?p=3534\">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":[183,4,15],"tags":[357,231,447,230,99,648],"class_list":["post-3534","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-flora","category-insects","category-landscapes","tag-dorset-heath","tag-english-sundew","tag-gatekeeper","tag-great-sundew","tag-oblong-leaved-sundew","tag-studland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3534","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=3534"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3534\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3579,"href":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3534\/revisions\/3579"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3534"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}