Dorset Walks

Friday July 16th
Martin Down and Bentley Wood

list of species seen

Trip Report

On a blustery day Martin Down was far too windy to see any butterflies so we had a quick look round between the showers and hurried on to the shelter of Bentley Wood (via the Fox and Goose in Coombe Bisset). Before we left we did find an excellent Frog Orchid.

Bentley Wood came up trumps as usual with a Purple Emperor giving a close fly-past just after we arrived and huge numbers of Silver-washed Fritillaries.

The day's list...

Birds

Buzzard
Kestrel
Wood Pigeon
Carrion Crow
Great-spotted Woodpecker (heard)
Treecreeper (heard)
Nuthatch (heard)
Blackcap
Marsh Tit
Blue Tit
Great Tit
Long-tailed Tit

Butterflies

Large Skipper
Small Skipper
Holly Blue
Purple Hairstreak
Brimstone
Green-veined White
Large White
Ringlet
Small Heath
Gatekeeper
Marbled White
Meadow Brown
Speckled Wood
White Admiral
Red Admiral
Comma
Peacock
Purple Emperor
Silver-washed Fritillary

Dragonflies

Large Red Damselfly
Azure Damselfly
Southern Hawker
Emperor

Plants

Agrimony
Alder Buckthorn
Birdsfoot Trefoil
Black Bryony
Black Knapweed
Bramble
Bristly Ox-tongue
Clematis
Common Elder
Common Ragwort
Field Scabious
Frog Orchid
Greater Spearwort
Harebell
Hazel
Hedge Woundwort
Marjoram
Pedunculate Oak
Sessile Oak
Wild Betony
Wild Parsnip

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Silver-washed Fritillary

Female Silver-washed Fritillary

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White Admiral

White Admiral

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Large Skipper

Large Skipper

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Marbled White

Marbled White

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Gatekeeper

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Azure Damselfly

Azure Damselfly

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Large Red Damselfly

Large Red Damselfly

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hazel nuts

hazel nuts

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Frog Orchid

Frog Orchid

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Greater Spearwort

Greater Spearwort

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