Wednesday 12 April 2017

Summer in Purbeck

This is about the last of my backlog of photos from last year, featuring wildflowers and few insects, from May, June an July seen in the Purbeck area of Dorset. There are lots of photos so in the interests of it not taking me all day I'll just post them and keep comments on them to the bare minimum. First some clovers..



Subterranean Clover - Trifolium subterraneum



Clustered Clover - Trifolium glomeratum 


Zig-zag Clover - Trifolium medium.


Suffocated Clover - Trifolium suffocatum


Knotted Clover - Trifolium striatum


Slender Trefoil - Trifolium micranthum
 
And a couple of violets..


 Hairy Violet - Viola hirta 




Pale Dog-violet - Viola lactea




Shaggy Mouse-ear Hawkweed Pilosella peleteriana



Chrystotoxum Sp. Egg-laying on Tor Grass - Brachypodium rupestre


Feeding pattern of Lulworth Skipper caterpillar 


 Lulworth Skipper Caterpillar
 

An early Lulworth Skipper - Thymelicus acteon
Photographed on May 30th.



Allseed - Radiola linoides
 

Bog Stitchwort - Stellaria uliginosa
 

Fen BedstrawGalium uliginosum


Lesser Stitchwort - Stellaria graminea
 

Three-nerved Sandwort - Moehringia trinervia



 Watercress - Nasturtium officinale


Sea Pearlwort - Sagina maritima


Climbing Corydalis - Ceratocapnos claviculata


 Sticky Mouse-ear - Cerastium glomeratum



Annual Knawel Scleranthus annuus




Field Pepperwort - Lepidium campestre 

 


Shepherd's Needle - Scandix pecten-veneris


Star of Bethlehem - Ornithogalum umbellatum
  


Dwarf Mallow - Malva neglecta


Marsh Cinqufoil -Comarum palustre  


Amorous multi-coloured triple-decker Reed Beetles!!


  
Early Gentian - Gentianella anglica



Sea Milkwort - Glaux maritima


 Slender Speedwell -Veronica filiformis


 
Small-flowered Cranesbill  - Geranium pusillum 


Tufted Forget-me-not - Myosotis laxa  


Common Meadow-rue - Thalictrum flavum
 


Smooth Cat's-ear - Hypochaeris glabra 
 

Smooth Cat's-ear - Hypochaeris glabra with Small Cudweed - Filago minima



Trailing St. John's Wort with unidentified green eyed fly.
 

 Trailing St. John's Wort - Hypericum humifusum



Trailing Tormentil - Potentilla anglica  
 




Hoary Cinquefoil - Potentilla argentea 



Hairy Buttercup - Ranunculus sardous


Hairy Bird'sfoot Trefoil - Lotus subbiflorus


Thread-leaved Water-crowfoot Ranunculus trichophyllus


Caterpillar of Marbled White  


Common Heath - Ematurga atomaria




A very early Silver-studded Blue seen on 6th June 


Sika Deer 

Finally three photos taken at Coward's Marsh not in the Purbeck area but still Dorset. 


 Nodding Bur-marigold - Bidens cernua
 


Tubular Water-dropwort - Oenanthe fistulosa 

3 comments:

Wilma said...

A fine set of images!

ian Andrews said...

Amazing pics as usual; love all the clovers.

Karen Woolley said...

Thanks Wilma and Ian. Kind of you to comment.I appreciate it.