Fozzybear
Ich bin ein Vogelbeobachter
Had a rather toasty week in Dorset last week, at Corfe Castle. Lovely scenery and terrific for wildlife too. I didn't get to as many heaths as I expected as there was so much to do and being on foot they were mostly a little far for me to walk in the heat, though my brother did so and racked up quite a lot of miles! He did get to see Sand Lizards though, but when he was seeing those I was enjoying fantastic views of Weasels and Spotted Flycatchers, so I wasn't really very jealous after all.
We spent some time exploring the chalk ridges east and west of Corfe Castle, took a night-time walk out to the moor and heath a few miles north of the village, where we saw churring Nightjars and lots of Sika Deer, walked out to Swanage and saw my first Marbled White butterfly on the cliff path, saw loads of bats around the village and in the garden of our cottage, plus I took the ferries out to Brownsea Island and saw Red Squirrels (despite all the advice being that you won't see them this time of year), five spot burnet moths, lots of common and sandwich terns, dragonflies, damselflies, wood ants and rather more horseflies than I really wanted to see!
I haven't really sorted out many of my photos or any of the video I shot but will add some bits and pieces as I sort them, but in this weather I'm not really inclined to sit too much at the computer so will take some time to go through it all I think!
Pics from around the castle grounds:
1. Corfe Castle
2. Lords and Ladies
3. Three-pronged Bristletail
4. Pyramidal Orchid
5. interesting plant growing on the ruins
We spent some time exploring the chalk ridges east and west of Corfe Castle, took a night-time walk out to the moor and heath a few miles north of the village, where we saw churring Nightjars and lots of Sika Deer, walked out to Swanage and saw my first Marbled White butterfly on the cliff path, saw loads of bats around the village and in the garden of our cottage, plus I took the ferries out to Brownsea Island and saw Red Squirrels (despite all the advice being that you won't see them this time of year), five spot burnet moths, lots of common and sandwich terns, dragonflies, damselflies, wood ants and rather more horseflies than I really wanted to see!
I haven't really sorted out many of my photos or any of the video I shot but will add some bits and pieces as I sort them, but in this weather I'm not really inclined to sit too much at the computer so will take some time to go through it all I think!
Pics from around the castle grounds:
1. Corfe Castle
2. Lords and Ladies
3. Three-pronged Bristletail
4. Pyramidal Orchid
5. interesting plant growing on the ruins
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