Dorset Walks

Monday August 20th 2012 Win Green

Without a doubt the most remarkable part of today's walk was the view from 911 feet up. On a beautifully warm and clear afternoon we could clearly see the chalk cliffs of the Isle of Wight 30 miles away off to the south-east. Off to the left of this was a sizeable chunk of Hampshire with the New Forest easily recognisable. Moving round in an anti-clockwise direction there was nothing easily recognisable but we were presumably looking across Salisbury Plain. Off to the north-west Shaftesbury looked very close at only 3 miles away but through binoculars Glastonbury Tor could be recognised 28 miles away in Somerset! Beyond Glastonbury and slightly to the north a distant range of hills could just be made out - presumably the Mendips just north of Wells.

If you click on the photo below you will see a larger version detailing the view possible from this site. Birds

Kestrel
Sparrowhawk
Buzzard
Red-legged Partridge
Pheasant (heard)
Wood Pigeon
Green Woodpecker (heard)
Swallow
Redstart
Spotted Flycatcher
Blackcap
Chaffinch
Greenfinch
Linnet
Yellowhammer
Insects

Dor beetle
Agriphila straminella?
Agapeta zoegana
Meadow Brown
Small White
Large White
Peacock
Small Tortoiseshell

Plants

Birdsfoot Trefoil
Wild Carrot
Burnet Saxifrage
Wild Plum
Whitebeam
Hawthorn
Harebell
Wild Marjoram
Wild Basil
Hawkweed Oxtongue
Rough Hawkbit

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