{"id":758,"date":"2012-09-04T21:32:00","date_gmt":"2012-09-04T21:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/?p=758"},"modified":"2020-04-04T16:19:03","modified_gmt":"2020-04-04T16:19:03","slug":"malham-tarn-moss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/?p=758","title":{"rendered":"Malham Tarn Moss"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Highlights from a vist to Malham Tarn Moss. Definitely one of the better National Nature Reserves.<\/p>\n<p>Due to the areas geology and high rainfall the moss has areas of both sphagnum moss bog and fen. This leads to an extremely rich flora. In addition there\u2019s also plenty of Roe Deer, House Martins, Curlews, Siskins and Wheatears.<\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"600\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"300\"><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: 0px;\" title=\"Common Bladderwort\" src=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/P1060852_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"Common Bladderwort\" width=\"292\" height=\"438\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>\nCommon Bladderwort<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"300\"><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: 0px;\" title=\"Close up of the bladders or traps used to catch insects from the pools within the areas of fen\" src=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/P1060863_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"Close up of the bladders or traps used to catch insects from the pools within the areas of fen\" width=\"292\" height=\"438\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>\nTraps\/Bladders on the underwater stems<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"600\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"600\"><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: 0px;\" title=\"Hundreds of tiny traps awaiting an unfortunate water flea to swim by\" src=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/DSC_2348-2_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"Hundreds of tiny traps awaiting an unfortunate water flea to swim by\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>\nA tangle of thousands of underwater traps. Amazingly each tiny trap contains a vacuum. When an unsuspecting water flea swims by it triggers a \u201chair\u201d which in turns opens the trap causing a drop of water and the unfortunate water flea to be sucked inside. The trap instantly seals and the insect is absorbed.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"600\"><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: 0px;\" title=\"The black traps contain a trapped insect slowly being absorbed\" src=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/P1060884_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"The black traps contain a trapped insect slowly being absorbed\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>\nThe black traps are occupied, the green ones are awaiting their next victim.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"600\"><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: 0px;\" title=\"Another unfortunate insect slowly being absorbed by the sticky tentacles of the Round-leaved Sundew\" src=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/DSC_2320-2_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"Another unfortunate insect slowly being absorbed by the sticky tentacles of the Round-leaved Sundew\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>\nAnother more common plant with an interest in passing insects. Whereas the Common Bladderwort is a rare aquatic plant of fenland marshes the Round leaved Sundew is restricted to acidic Sphagnum bog.\u00a0 Although worlds apart their victims share the same fate.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"600\"><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: 0px;\" title=\"Sticky trap land\" src=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/DSC_2290_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"Sticky trap land\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>\nJust to make sure nothing passes by the Sundews even secrete a sweet sticky substance to draw their victims in.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"600\"><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: 0px;\" title=\"A close-up of one of the many Bog Asphodels\" src=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/DSC_2298-2_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"A close-up of one of the many Bog Asphodels\" width=\"600\" height=\"903\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>\nBog Asphodel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"600\"><a href=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/P1060777.jpg\"><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: 0px;\" title=\"Bog Asphodel\" src=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/P1060777_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"Bog Asphodel\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Highlights from a vist to Malham Tarn Moss. Definitely one of the better National Nature Reserves. Due to the areas geology and high rainfall the moss has areas of both sphagnum moss bog and fen. This leads to an extremely rich flora. In addition <span class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"more-link btn btn-transparent\" href=\"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/?p=758\">Read More &#8230;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":752,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[183,4],"tags":[219,218,220,222,21,221],"class_list":["post-758","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-flora","category-insects","tag-bladderwort-traps","tag-common-bladderwort","tag-malham-tarn","tag-national-nature-reserve","tag-round-leaved-sundew","tag-tarn-moss"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/758","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=758"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/758\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6397,"href":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/758\/revisions\/6397"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/752"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=758"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=758"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}