Autumn Ladies' Tresses on Studland Heath - Phew! I thought I'd missed them all.
#wildflowerhour #Purbeck #ukflora #dorsetwildlife #orchids #ladiestresses #naturephotography #bloomscrolling #autumn
#Hops ripening in the #autumn hedgerows.
#wildflowerhour #Purbeck #ukflora #dorsetwildlife #beer #homebrew #naturephotography #bloomscrolling #foraging
Wild Hops ripening in the autumn sun... It all starts here.
funniest foodstuff I've seen in years - had black pudding pizza in Ullapool a few years back but this beats it hands down
makes me feel very uneasy
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
You've packed a stack of old NMEs as holiday reading? You old Print Head you.
Ah, that would explain the appearance of this fine chap in Swanage on the morning of the 8th... Exciting wasn't the half of it.
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
tried it at half three... a Hobby barmy
moths are goths
recommend Patsy Dan's Bar in Dunfanaghy, if it's fiddle playing you're after
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
Subsequently discovered it squeaks by virtue of a "saxophone reed" in its proboscis. How come Sir David never gave me heads up regarding that?
3-2-1 go!
Nur wenn du meine Flasche Wodka finden kannst.
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
A hotel waiter once asked Best, surrounded by money, a Miss World, and champagne, "Oh George, where did it all go wrong?" - "I spent a lot of money on booze, birds & fast cars, the rest I just squandered."
Pickled egg?
reckon I'm going to have to compile an old lady video montage and set it to And The Native Hipster's 'There Goes Concorde Again'
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
sometimes all I need is the AI that I breathe
Has anyone done 'The Observers Book of Beer'?
Gap on the shelf, gap in the market.
David Lynch tuning up.
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
You lecture on sweets, you read Viz comic - Glam-Racket
Wife dropped mobile down drain dog walking;
Retrieved with kids pink fishing net.
Not MES, just what happened at midday.
Crass - Feeding of the 5000
Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
Magazine - Secondhand Daylight
The Fall - Hex
PiL - Metal Box
Killing Joke - Killing Joke
(I can't count and I don't like rules [see 1st pick])
Shudder. The Ugly Bridge. Used to drive under it on the way to see my former in-laws in Epsom.