@PurbeckWild
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[formerly of a different Parish but still posting about] flora & fauna within Purbeck
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#MyMarvelUniverse
10 months ago
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#Hops
ripening in the
#autumn
hedgerows.
#wildflowerhour
#Purbeck
#ukflora
#dorsetwildlife
#beer
#homebrew
#naturephotography
#bloomscrolling
#foraging
5 days ago
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Rather striking Grey Dagger moth caterpillar. It really ought to hurry up and pupate - there's a cold northerly wind blowing this morning.
#wildflowerhour
#ukwildlife
#insects
#pollinators
#ukfauna
#dorsetwildlife
#naturephotography
#autumnwatch
#caterpillars
#moths
#Purbeck
12 days ago
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8
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Sea Buckthorn is so good for you - more
#vitaminC
than oranges and lemons is just the start of it - and has so many uses I don't know where to begin. I have yet to try ice cream made from its
#berries
...
#wildflowerhour
#Purbeck
#ukflora
#dorsetwildlife
#buckthorn
#naturephotography
#bloomscrolling
16 days ago
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22
3
Last of the Nettle-leaved Bellflowers, blooming in the shade of a copse. Is it me or has it been a lousy year for flowers? Too long, hot and dry I guess.
#wildflowerhour
#Purbeck
#ukflora
#dorsetwildlife
#bellflowers
#naturephotography
#bloomscrolling
24 days ago
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It begins. The early morning skies are beginning to fill up with Swallows, House and Sand Martins ahead of the long journey south.
#wildflowerhour
#ukwildlife
#365dayswild
#ukfauna
#dorsetwildlife
#naturephotography
#autumnwatch
#swallows
#birds
#Purbeck
#migration
26 days ago
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Death's Head Hawk Moth crossed the Channel last night and crash landed in town. It squeaked when I picked it up! No better way to start the day.
#wildflowerhour
#ukwildlife
#insects
#pollinators
#ukfauna
#dorsetwildlife
#naturephotography
#autumnwatch
#hawkmoths
#moths
#Purbeck
#SilenceOfTheLambs
26 days ago
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Hummingbird Hawkmoth sheltering from the tail end of whatever named storm it we're in the middle of. Love the
#arrowhead
at rest vibe.
#wildflowerhour
#ukwildlife
#insects
#pollinators
#ukfauna
#dorsetwildlife
#naturephotography
#hawkmoths
#Purbeck
about 1 month ago
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Ye shall not pass! Female
#Adder
had a bit of a hissy fit at me and my big boots.
#wildflowerhour
#ukwildlife
#reptiles
#ukfauna
#dorsetwildlife
#365dayswild
#naturephotography
#Purbeck
#snakes
about 1 month ago
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This Elderberry's suffered over the decades but it's hanging in there. The younger trees are dying, parched.
#wildflowerhour
#Purbeck
#ukflora
#dorsetwildlife
#Elderberry
#naturephotography
#bloomscrolling
#DurlstonCountryPark
#drystonewalls
#drought
about 1 month ago
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Long-winged Cone-head - not an insult from Star Trek but a lovely cricket resting in the allotment. Including antennae it was a svelte 4" in length. (As a child I was afraid of ovipositors but I'm over it now.)
#ukwildlife
#insects
#crickets
#ukfauna
#dorsetwildlife
#naturephotography
#grasshoppers
about 2 months ago
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Turning over sheets of plywood or corrugated iron is a bit of a compulsion, but when the reward is a shiny bronze slow-worm...
#wildflowerhour
#ukwildlife
#reptiles
#ukfauna
#dorsetwildlife
#365dayswild
#naturephotography
#Purbeck
#slowworms
about 2 months ago
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Rock Samphire cascading down the cliffs at Winspit. Edible but nowhere near as succulent as Salicornia.
#wildflowerhour
#Purbeck
#ukflora
#dorsetwildlife
#foraging
#naturephotography
#bloomscrolling
#JurassicCoast
about 2 months ago
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#Buttonweed
- a so-called 'wool alien' - has been naturalised in the UK over the centuries, thanks to their seeds being attached to the fleeces of sheep imported from all corners of the Empire.
#wildflowerhour
#saltmarshplants
#ukflora
#dorsetwildlife
#invasivespecies
#naturephotography
#asteraceae
2 months ago
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Yellow Loosestrife, to bookend it. Kind of.
#wildflowerhour
#ukwildlife
#ukflora
#dorsetwildlife
#365dayswild
#springwatch
#nature
#naturephotography
#Purbeck
#bloomscrolling
#loosestrife
2 months ago
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Now this is why we like
#StingingNettles
.
#Peacock
#caterpillars
love nothing better.
#wildflowerhour
#ukwildlife
#ukflora
#ukfauna
#dorsetwildlife
#365dayswild
#springwatch
#naturephotography
#Purbeck
#bloomscrolling
#butterflies
#pollinators
#BigButterflyCount
#foodplants
#ButterflyConservation
2 months ago
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Purple Loosestrife messing about by the river.
#wildflowerhour
#ukwildlife
#ukflora
#dorsetwildlife
#365dayswild
#springwatch
#nature
#naturephotography
#Purbeck
#bloomscrolling
#loosestrife
2 months ago
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Bad hair day for Crow Garlic.
#wildflowerhour
#ukwildlife
#ukflora
#dorsetwildlife
#365dayswild
#springwatch
#nature
#naturephotography
#Purbeck
#bloomscrolling
#crowgarlic
2 months ago
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Hemp Agrimony just coming into bloom, an important late summer nectar source, here enjoyed by a Large Skipper.
#wildflowerhour
#ukwildlife
#ukflora
#ukfauna
#dorsetwildlife
#365dayswild
#springwatch
#nature
#naturephotography
#Purbeck
#bloomscrolling
#butterflies
#pollinators
2 months ago
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Sea Lavender brightening up the saltmarsh.
#wildflowerhour
#ukwildlife
#ukflora
#dorsetwildlife
#365dayswild
#springwatch
#nature
#naturephotography
#Purbeck
#bloomscrolling
#saltmarsh
3 months ago
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No pasaran! Wood Ants' nest hogging the boardwalk in a local nature reserve.
#ukwildlife
#ukfauna
#dorsetwildlife
#365dayswild
#springwatch
#nature
#naturephotography
#Purbeck
#ants
#insects
3 months ago
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Off the reservation for this one. Chalkhill Blue at Martin Down Nature Reserve, Hampshire.
#wildflowerhour
#ukwildlife
#ukfauna
#dorsetwildlife
#365dayswild
#springwatch
#nature
#naturephotography
#Purbeck
#bloomscrolling
#blues
#butterflies
#insects
#pollinators
3 months ago
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Humble flowering
#Bramble
being enjoyed by a Silver-washed Fritillary, plus a decent supporting cast.
#wildflowerhour
#ukwildlife
#ukflora
#dorsetwildlife
#365dayswild
#springwatch
#nature
#naturephotography
#Purbeck
#bloomscrolling
#fritillary
#butterflies
#insects
#pollinators
3 months ago
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Silver-studded Blues having met a sticky end in a
#Sundew
.
#wildflowerhour
#ukwildlife
#ukflora
#dorsetwildlife
#365dayswild
#springwatch
#nature
#naturephotography
#Purbeck
#bloomscrolling
#heathland
#butterflies
#insects
3 months ago
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Great Mullein, interrupted.
#wildflowerhour
#ukwildlife
#ukflora
#dorsetwildlife
#365dayswild
#springwatch
#nature
#naturephotography
#Purbeck
#bloomscrolling
#Mullein
#DurlstonCountryPark
3 months ago
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Viper's Bugloss on an unadopted road.
#wildflowerhour
#urbanplants
#ukwildlife
#ukflora
#dorsetwildlife
#365dayswild
#springwatch
#nature
#naturephotography
#Purbeck
#bloomscrolling
4 months ago
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Aspirant orchids - Sainfoin and Red Bartsia. Nice try.
#wildflowerhour
#ukwildlife
#ukflora
#dorsetwildlife
#365dayswild
#springwatch
#nature
#naturephotography
#Purbeck
#bloomscrolling
#sainfoin
#bartsia
#orchids
4 months ago
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Heath Spotted Orchids, glad for a spot of rain.
#wildflowerhour
#ukwildlife
#ukflora
#dorsetwildlife
#365dayswild
#springwatch
#nature
#naturephotography
#Purbeck
#bloomscrolling
#orchids
#heath
4 months ago
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Common Spotted Orchid, now the
#orchid
most commonly encountered out on the coastal wares.
#wildflowerhour
#ukwildlife
#ukflora
#dorsetwildlife
#365dayswild
#springwatch
#nature
#naturephotography
#Purbeck
#bloomscrolling
#SouthWestCoastPath
4 months ago
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Some thistles are spike free. Milk Thistle isn't one of them.
#wildflowerhour
#ukwildlife
#ukflora
#dorsetwildlife
#365dayswild
#springwatch
#nature
#naturephotography
#Purbeck
#bloomscrolling
#thistles
4 months ago
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Salad Burnet in splendid isolation.
#wildflowerhour
#ukwildlife
#ukflora
#dorsetwildlife
#365dayswild
#springwatch
#nature
#naturephotography
#Purbeck
#bloomscrolling
#saladburnet
4 months ago
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Thrift leading walkers away into the landscape.
#wildflowerhour
#ukwildlife
#ukflora
#dorsetwildlife
#365dayswild
#springwatch
#nature
#naturephotography
#Purbeck
#bloomscrolling
#thrift
#landscape
#SouthWestCoastPath
4 months ago
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Wild Carrot close-up, full in the face.
#wildflowerhour
#ukwildlife
#ukflora
#dorsetwildlife
#365dayswild
#springwatch
#nature
#naturephotography
#Purbeck
#bloomscrolling
#wildcarrot
#SouthWestCoastPath
4 months ago
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Early Gentian. Tiny, challenging to find. Make Snowdrops look like Sequoia.
#wildflowerhour
#ukwildlife
#ukflora
#dorsetwildlife
#365dayswild
#springwatch
#nature
#naturephotography
#Purbeck
#bloomscrolling
#gentians
#DurlstonCountryPark
5 months ago
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Adder's-tongue, a fern which seems to relish the spring sunshine.
#wildflowerhour
#ukwildlife
#ukflora
#dorsetwildlife
#365dayswild
#springwatch
#nature
#naturephotography
#Purbeck
#bloomscrolling
#ferns
#ancientmeadows
5 months ago
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Despite having a bit of a sock puppet thing going on, this has to be the prettiest old
#cowpat
I ever did see.
#wildflowerhour
#ukwildlife
#ukflora
#dorsetwildlife
#365dayswild
#springwatch
#nature
#naturephotography
#Purbeck
#bloomscrolling
5 months ago
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Walkers, quad bikes, horses, cattle - nothing seems to faze the Subterranean Clover.
#wildflowerhour
#ukwildlife
#ukflora
#dorsetwildlife
#365dayswild
#springwatch
#nature
#naturephotography
#Purbeck
#bloomscrolling
#clover
#disturbance
5 months ago
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Greater Celandine getting into the swing of spring.
#wildflowerhour
#ukwildlife
#ukflora
#dorsetwildlife
#365dayswild
#springwatch
#nature
#naturephotography
#Purbeck
#bloomscrolling
#celandine
5 months ago
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#Cowslips
overlooking the ever-lovely
#Swanage
, living up to their colloquial name of St Peter's Keys.
#wildflowerhour
#ukwildlife
#ukflora
#dorsetwildlife
#365dayswild
#springwatch
#nature
#naturephotography
#Purbeck
#bloomscrolling
5 months ago
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Wild Clary. Not an easy plant to capture.
#wildflowerhour
#ukwildlife
#ukflora
#dorsetwildlife
#365dayswild
#springwatch
#nature
#naturephotography
#Purbeck
#bloomscrolling
#Clary
5 months ago
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Walking a child's portion of the
#PurbeckWay
yesterday I counted thirty Wall Browns, but it was only this
#Comma
which didn't flit off.
#wildflowerhour
#butterflies
#ukwildlife
#ukfauna
#dorsetwildlife
#365dayswild
#springwatch
#nature
#naturephotography
#Purbeck
#pollinators
#insects
5 months ago
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Cornsalad. One of our tinier
#pavementplants
.
#wildflowerhour
#ukwildlife
#ukflora
#dorsetwildlife
#365dayswild
#springwatch
#nature
#naturephotography
#Purbeck
#bloomscrolling
6 months ago
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Early Purple Orchid. Not especially early this year.
#wildflowerhour
#ukwildlife
#ukflora
#dorsetwildlife
#365dayswild
#springwatch
#nature
#naturephotography
#Purbeck
#orchids
#bloomscrolling
6 months ago
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Dog Violet. Striking little fella.
#wildflowerhour
#ukwildlife
#ukflora
#dorsetwildlife
#365dayswild
#springwatch
#nature
#naturephotography
#Purbeck
#Violets
#bloomscrolling
6 months ago
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Marsh-marigold flowering at the edge of a damp copse.
#wildflowerhour
#ukwildlife
#ukflora
#dorsetwildlife
#365dayswild
#springwatch
#nature
#naturephotography
#Purbeck
#MarshMarigold
#bloomscrolling
6 months ago
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Cuckoo-flower - though no Cuckoo as yet. Bound to be one sounding off somewhere.
#wildflowerhour
#ukwildlife
#ukflora
#dorsetwildlife
#365dayswild
#springwatch
#nature
#naturephotography
#Purbeck
#LadysSmock
#bloomscrolling
6 months ago
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Gorse is flowering in such profusion this year. Must be the dry weather. And it smells like an explosion in a coconut shampoo factory too.
#wildflowerhour
#ukwildlife
#ukflora
#dorsetwildlife
#365dayswild
#springwatch
#nature
#naturephotography
#Purbeck
#SouthWestCoastPath
#gorse
#bloomscrolling
6 months ago
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First
#orchids
of the year! Green-winged and Early Spider, just a few yards from one another. Sat on my first Thistle too...
#wildflowerhour
#ukwildlife
#ukflora
#dorsetwildlife
#365dayswild
#springwatch
#nature
#naturephotography
#Purbeck
#DurlstonCountryPark
6 months ago
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Primroses giving their PotMums impersonation.
#wildflowerhour
#flowers
#primroses
#ukwildlife
#ukflora
#dorsetwildlife
#365dayswild
#springwatch
#nature
#naturephotography
#Purbeck
6 months ago
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Wych Elm seeds ripening in the sun. Edible apparently, tasting like peas.
#wildflowerhour
#trees
#foraging
#ukwildlife
#ukflora
#dorsetwildlife
#365dayswild
#springwatch
#nature
#naturephotography
#Purbeck
#elm
6 months ago
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One of thousands of plantation pines felled in the development of the
#Purbeck
Heaths National Nature Reserve. I'm sure local wildlife will take such drastic changes in its stride.
#wildflowerhour
#rewilding
#ukwildlife
#NNRs
#dorsetwildlife
#365dayswild
#springwatch
#heathland
#naturephotography
6 months ago
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