ExmoorNatureDiary

Living remotely on the Exmoor Coast. Ranger, amateur naturalist, diary writer for the @exmoormagazine and tea bag supplier to the #RodneyHonestyCafe.

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Common blue on birds foot trefoil #Countisbury

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Green hairstreak on herb robert
#Countisbury

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Mountain ash growing out of an oak tree. Doctors Wood Countisbury.

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Wood warblers in Doctors Wood Countisbury this morning. You will need to turn the sound up.

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Bluebell, in the foreground, I believe showing signs of #fasciation?

Fascinating fasciation.

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I’m on holiday, splitting and stacking logs for next winters heating, hot water and cooking. 3 days in, 1 to go.

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More bluebells, this time alongside the @swcoastpath at Countisbury.

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@BeachWoolacombe To the Lynmouth Foreland Lighthouse. I presume they carried supplies to the Keepers.

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Bluebells in North Woolley Wood ⁦@NTArlington⁩.

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Dramatic clouds this morning on the #Exmoor coast to welcome the month of May, I’ve been waiting for you. Let’s hope rough winds dost not shake your darling buds too much.

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A walk to the top of Warmersturt this morning, despite its name I’m glad I took a coat.

The building at the bottom of the valley is a @NorthDevonNT bothy.

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Sunrise on the #Exmoorcoast the morning after #stormhanna

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A riot of spring colour down at the ‘Wilderness’ @NTArlington.

Bluebells, wild garlic and new beech leaves, wonderful.

A ‘designed landscape’ using nature’s colourful palette.

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The Victorian Garden at @NTArlington is looking fabulous, it is alive with the sound of bees. Good numbers of butterflies too with orange tip, brimstone, green veined white and holly blues being most prevalent.

Great work from the gardeners and volunteers.

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My first holly blue of the year on camellia in our garden at #Countisbury #Exmoor

#hollyblue

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That is believed, predictive text has a lot to answer for.

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It was once beloved that planting primroses upside down, or in a cow pat, would turn them pink. 🤔

These two are growing happily, side by side, in the middle of our drive at Countisbury , miles from any cultivars. . . must have been a cow pat😐

#donttrythisathome

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It’s an unusually good year for goldfinches. . .

I suspect it is also a very good year for the suppliers of niger and sunflower seeds?

Charmed, I’m sure.