{"id":74,"date":"2011-06-30T20:56:00","date_gmt":"2011-06-30T20:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/?p=74"},"modified":"2020-04-08T18:51:58","modified_gmt":"2020-04-08T18:51:58","slug":"collard-hill-nt-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/?p=74","title":{"rendered":"Collard Hill NT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"left\">Highlights from a recent visit to the only one of the Large Blue re-introduction sites open to the general public. A stunning area of sun-drenched chalk meadow on the side of a steep hill close to Street in Somerset.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; padding-top: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"Pyramid Orchid\" src=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/DSC_7571_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"Pyramid Orchid\" width=\"600\" height=\"906\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"right\"><em>Pyramid Orchid<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6487\" src=\"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/DSC_7566_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"532\" srcset=\"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/DSC_7566_thumb.jpg 800w, https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/DSC_7566_thumb-400x266.jpg 400w, https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/DSC_7566_thumb-600x399.jpg 600w, https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/DSC_7566_thumb-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/DSC_7566_thumb-420x280.jpg 420w, https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/DSC_7566_thumb-385x257.jpg 385w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"right\"><em>Large Blue Butterfly<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; padding-top: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"Large Blue Butterfly \" src=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/DSC_7543_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"Large Blue Butterfly\" width=\"600\" height=\"903\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Female Large Blue oviposting (egg laying) in Wild Thyme<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; padding-top: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"Greater Butterfly Orchid\" src=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/P1020351_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"Greater Butterfly Orchid\" width=\"290\" height=\"435\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n\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: 50%;\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-74 gallery-columns-2 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\/?attachment_id=70#main'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"290\" height=\"435\" src=\"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/P1020351_thumb.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/P1020351_thumb.jpg 290w, https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/P1020351_thumb-100x150.jpg 100w, https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/P1020351_thumb-133x200.jpg 133w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 290px) 100vw, 290px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/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\/?attachment_id=71#main'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"290\" height=\"435\" src=\"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/P1020359_thumb.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/P1020359_thumb.jpg 290w, https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/P1020359_thumb-100x150.jpg 100w, https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/P1020359_thumb-133x200.jpg 133w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 290px) 100vw, 290px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/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\/?attachment_id=72#main'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"290\" height=\"193\" src=\"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/DSC_7522_thumb.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/DSC_7522_thumb.jpg 290w, https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/DSC_7522_thumb-150x99.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 290px) 100vw, 290px\" \/><\/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\/?attachment_id=73#main'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"290\" height=\"194\" src=\"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/P1020362_thumb.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/P1020362_thumb.jpg 290w, https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/P1020362_thumb-150x100.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 290px) 100vw, 290px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Greater Butterfly Orchid (past its best)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; padding-top: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"Pyramid Orchid and Common Green Grasshopper\" src=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/P1020359_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"Pyramid Orchid and Common Green Grasshopper\" width=\"290\" height=\"435\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Pyramid Orchid and Meadow Grasshopper<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; padding-top: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"Marbled White\" src=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/DSC_7522_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"Marbled White\" width=\"290\" height=\"193\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Marbled White<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; padding-top: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"Restharrow\" src=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/P1020362_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"Restharrow\" width=\"290\" height=\"194\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Restharrow<\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">In addition to the Butterfies and plants it\u2019s also a great site for Spotted Flycatchers and the more common warblers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Highlights from a recent visit to the only one of the Large Blue re-introduction sites open to the general public. 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