Picture shows a bird called a Red-spotted Bluethroat, facing the camera with blue,red,blue and red rings round the throat standing on the edge of a muddy path next to green grass, at Swineham
Red-spotted Bluethroat, Swimeham from this morning showing well intermittently. #dorsetbirdclub
#dorsetwildlife
#birdguides
2/2 This is exactly the same spot 2 yrs ago to the day - a m (b&w) lying-out with a f.
I hope the male is still alive - I didn't see him last year.
This location is subject to a very high degree of dog walker disturbance & I'm not hopeful for their survival here. #conservation #Dorsetwildlife
First Adder sighting for 2026 in Clayton Meadow, Dorset.
#reptiles #snakes #conservation #nature #adders @arc-trust.bsky.social #Dorsetwildlife
A pair of mating slugs found on a local woodland floor.
#gastropod #slugs #macrophotography #ukwildlife #OM-1 #dorsetwildlife #forestfloor
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
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
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
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
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
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
Last of the summer flowers provide nectar for bees in Clayton Meadow.
Possibly a buff tailed bumblebee- I.D.confirmation anyone?
#bees #bumblebees #meadow #nature #DorsetWildlife
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
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
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
Adonis Blue on yellow flower
Adonis Blue on white flower
Grayling sitting amongst dried grass
Wall Brown on dried grass
Some lovely butterflies from Lulworth Cove, Dorset earlier this week: Adonis Blue (Polyommatus bellargus), Grayling (Hipparchia semele) and Wall (Lasiommata megera), not species I see very often. #UKButterflies #DorsetWildlife
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
A ladybird on the Knapweed, part of the Daisy family of wildflowers, in Clayton Meadow.
#pollinators #DaisyFamily #wildflowers #insects #nature #conservation #meadows #wildflowerhour #ladybird #DorsetWildlife
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
#Knapweed and #Marjoram lead the popularity stakes for pollinators in Clayton Meadow in Dorset.
#PollinatorPals #wildflowerhour #DorsetWildlife #wildflowers #butterflies #meadows #bees #moths
Rock Samphire cascading down the cliffs at Winspit. Edible but nowhere near as succulent as Salicornia.
#wildflowerhour #Purbeck #ukflora #dorsetwildlife #foraging #naturephotography #bloomscrolling #JurassicCoast
A Painted Lady butterfly in Clayton Meadow. They only have a brief lifespan so their primary focus is on reproduction.
#butterflies #BigButterflyCount #nature #conservation #meadows #dorsetbutterflies @lgspace.bsky.social #DorsetWildlife
The Small Copper butterfly is attracted by the Wild Marjoram in Clayton Meadow. The flower is a magnet for the butterflies in the meadow at this time of year.
#butterflies #BigButterflyCount #wildflowers #meadows #nature #conservation #DorsetWildlife
#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
Yellow Loosestrife, to bookend it. Kind of.
#wildflowerhour #ukwildlife #ukflora #dorsetwildlife #365dayswild #springwatch #nature #naturephotography #Purbeck #bloomscrolling #loosestrife
Large White butterflies in Clayton Meadow on the ivy and Field Scabious.
#BigButterflyCount #butterflies #wildflowers #nature #conservation #meadows #DorsetWildlife
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
Plenty of Knapweed and Scabious for the bees in Clayton Meadow.
#bees #pollinators #meadows #DorsetWildlife
Plenty of moths in Clayton Meadow including a Garden tiger moth.(help with ID appreciated)
@dorsetmoths.bsky.social @chrispoole050.bsky.social #DorsetWildlife #moths
