{"id":3953,"date":"2017-08-01T19:27:54","date_gmt":"2017-08-01T19:27:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/?p=3953"},"modified":"2018-01-11T20:58:07","modified_gmt":"2018-01-11T20:58:07","slug":"in-the-mire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/?p=3953","title":{"rendered":"In the Mire"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Beacon

Beacon of the Bog<\/p><\/div>\n

Despite its tiny size this unusual fungi is unmistakeable in the dark shady areas of Dorset’s mires and bogs. Feeding off the remains of mosses and algae the fruiting bodies emerge from the depths to be held just above the water.\u00a0 This particular group was found adjacent to DWT’s Kilwood Nature Reserve at Norden Heath.<\/p>\n

\"The

The appropriately named Round-leaved Sundew.<\/p><\/div>\n

\u200bAlso plenty of Oblong-leaved and Great Sundew in the wetter areas. With the water level being unusually high on this occasion I decided against venturing out for a closer look.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

\"Silver

Silver Y moth – probably the most common of our summer visiting moths.<\/p><\/div>\n

Found shivering in the morning sunshine – an attempt to quickly warm up before continuing its journey north.<\/p>\n

\"\u00a0Female

Female Keeled Skimmer enjoying a spot of sunbathing.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Common

Common Lousewort<\/p><\/div>\n

Unfortunately since the majority of lowland bogs were drained no longer common . Unusual in the fact that its evolved to become semi-parasitic with it obtaining nutrients from the roots of nearby plants. A more subtle approach to life in the nutrient poor bogs than the insectivorous behaviour of the Sundews.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Despite its tiny size this unusual fungi is unmistakeable in the dark shady areas of Dorset’s mires and bogs. Feeding off the remains of mosses and algae the fruiting bodies emerge from the depths to be held just above the water.\u00a0 This particular group was Read More …<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4981,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[183,4],"tags":[721,346,723,330,87,722,724,21,669],"class_list":["post-3953","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-flora","category-insects","tag-beacon-of-the-bog","tag-bog-beacon","tag-common-lousewort","tag-keeled-skimmer","tag-kilwood-nature-reserve","tag-lousewort","tag-norden-heath","tag-round-leaved-sundew","tag-silver-y-moth"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3953","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=3953"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3953\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4989,"href":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3953\/revisions\/4989"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4981"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3953"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}