Small White and Greater Stitchwort.
The Green-winged Orchids are emerging in numbers now.
Lousewort is starting to flower on the local heaths.
Small White and Greater Stitchwort.
The Green-winged Orchids are emerging in numbers now.
Lousewort is starting to flower on the local heaths.
Lu and I spent the morning on the Purbeck coast, in Dorset, with the aim of seeing the famous Early Spider Orchids. We saw loads and enjoyed a walk along the stunning coastline, before grabbing some lunch at Corfe Castle. A beautiful day in a gorgeous part of the world, and the orchids didn't disappoint.
Dancing Ledge.
Salad Burnet is another new one for me. Plenty seen at Dancing Ledge.
Really delighted to see my first Bog Beacons Mitrula paludosa today - a species of fungus.
Willow Warbler - one of at least twenty moving through the hedgerows of Orcombe Point today - the best showing of this beautiful species, so far this spring and I'm sure I'll have missed a load more.
Not easy to see! I've got a bit of a soft spot for Night Herons, so decided on a quick trip down to Slapton before Joel's afternoon football match. Once I got my eye in I found it fairly easy to pick out, but directing others onto it, not so easy...
Plumage-wise - like a subdued, dull adult with grey-black crown, bluish-grey bill and amber eye. You could sometimes see its yellowish legs and feet. Otherwise the upperparts, or what was visible of them, looked plain grey, and it appeared yellowish-buff around the lores and neck sides. I didn't get a good look at the wing coverts, but the Countess Wear first-summer had buff spots in this area.
This lone Snake's-head Fritillary is underneath the public footpath sign, nearest the Geoneedle.