{"id":821,"date":"2012-11-05T20:53:00","date_gmt":"2012-11-05T20:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/?p=821"},"modified":"2020-04-04T16:07:11","modified_gmt":"2020-04-04T16:07:11","slug":"worth-matravers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/?p=821","title":{"rendered":"Worth Matravers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\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-width: 0px;\" title=\"Worth Matravers\" src=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/P1070387_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"Worth Matravers\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>\nSitting on top of the chalk downs high above the English channel this has to one of the more picturesque villages we\u2019ve seen. Leading down from the village a footpaths snakes it way through Winspit valley passing the ancient strip lynchets carved into the hillside before finally arriving at Winspit Quarry.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\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-width: 0px;\" title=\"Wild Carrot\" src=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/P1070157_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"Wild Carrot\" width=\"290\" height=\"435\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>\nWild Carrots (also several dead stems of Carrot Broomrape nearby).<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"300\"><a href=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/P1070166.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-width: 0px;\" title=\"Carline thistle and Common Blue\" src=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/P1070166_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"Carline thistle and Common Blue\" width=\"290\" height=\"435\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nCarline Thistle and a female Common Blue Butterfly<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"600\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\">\n<tbody>\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-width: 0px;\" title=\"Ivy Broomrape\" src=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/P1070383_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"Ivy Broomrape\" width=\"600\" height=\"899\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>\nIvy Broomrape. 1 of an incredible 27 stems!<\/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-width: 0px;\" title=\"Small Heath on a Greater Knapweed\" src=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/P1070385_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"Small Heath on a Greater Knapweed\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>\nSmall Heath on a Greater Knapweed<\/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\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><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=\"Autumn Lady's Tresses\" src=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/DSC_2987_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"Autumn Lady's Tresses\" width=\"600\" height=\"903\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>\nSpiranthes spiralis &#8211; Autumn Lady\u2019s Tresses. The last of our native orchids to flower.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the botanical interest during warm evenings in mid-summer glow worms can also be found. Perhaps unsurprisingly the valley is a magnet for migrant birds either waiting to cross the channel or just arriving. And just when you think you\u2019ve seen everything watch out for the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Winspit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Daleks!<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Sitting on top of the chalk downs high above the English channel this has to one of the more picturesque villages we\u2019ve seen. 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