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[formerly of a different Parish but still posting about] flora & fauna within Purbeck

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@PurbeckWild @purbeckwild.bsky.social · Dec 9

#MyMarvelUniverse

@PurbeckWild @purbeckwild.bsky.social · 22d

Autumn Ladies' Tresses on Studland Heath - Phew! I thought I'd missed them all.

#wildflowerhour #Purbeck #ukflora #dorsetwildlife #orchids #ladiestresses #naturephotography #bloomscrolling #autumn

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@PurbeckWild @purbeckwild.bsky.social · 29d

#Hops ripening in the #autumn hedgerows.

#wildflowerhour #Purbeck #ukflora #dorsetwildlife #beer #homebrew #naturephotography #bloomscrolling #foraging

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@PurbeckWild @purbeckwild.bsky.social · 29d

Wild Hops ripening in the autumn sun... It all starts here.

@PurbeckWild @purbeckwild.bsky.social · 29d

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@PurbeckWild @purbeckwild.bsky.social · Sep 22

funniest foodstuff I've seen in years - had black pudding pizza in Ullapool a few years back but this beats it hands down

@PurbeckWild @purbeckwild.bsky.social · Sep 22

makes me feel very uneasy

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@PurbeckWild @purbeckwild.bsky.social · Sep 22

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

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@PurbeckWild @purbeckwild.bsky.social · Sep 19

You've packed a stack of old NMEs as holiday reading? You old Print Head you.

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@PurbeckWild @purbeckwild.bsky.social · Sep 19

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.

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@PurbeckWild @purbeckwild.bsky.social · Sep 19

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

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@PurbeckWild @purbeckwild.bsky.social · Sep 16

tried it at half three... a Hobby barmy

@PurbeckWild @purbeckwild.bsky.social · Sep 16

moths are goths

@PurbeckWild @purbeckwild.bsky.social · Sep 16

recommend Patsy Dan's Bar in Dunfanaghy, if it's fiddle playing you're after

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@PurbeckWild @purbeckwild.bsky.social · Sep 10

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

@PurbeckWild @purbeckwild.bsky.social · Sep 10

Subsequently discovered it squeaks by virtue of a "saxophone reed" in its proboscis. How come Sir David never gave me heads up regarding that?

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@PurbeckWild @purbeckwild.bsky.social · Sep 10

3-2-1 go!

@PurbeckWild @purbeckwild.bsky.social · Sep 10

Nur wenn du meine Flasche Wodka finden kannst.

@PurbeckWild @purbeckwild.bsky.social · Sep 9

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

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@PurbeckWild @purbeckwild.bsky.social · Sep 8

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?

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@PurbeckWild @purbeckwild.bsky.social · Sep 8

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'

@PurbeckWild @purbeckwild.bsky.social · Sep 8

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

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@PurbeckWild @purbeckwild.bsky.social · Sep 2

sometimes all I need is the AI that I breathe

@PurbeckWild @purbeckwild.bsky.social · Aug 31

Has anyone done 'The Observers Book of Beer'?
Gap on the shelf, gap in the market.

@PurbeckWild @purbeckwild.bsky.social · Aug 31

David Lynch tuning up.

@PurbeckWild @purbeckwild.bsky.social · Aug 31

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

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