#purbecks

[maureen2musings]

@ian.explores

#Old Harry #Isle of Purbeck #Dorset #England #Jurassic Coast #curators on tumblr

[hopefulkidshark]

The Pig - on the beach, Dorset, United Kingdom: Mellow yellow house tucked away along studland bay, the pig-on the beach is truly rural, with uninterrupted views of the long stretches of dorset's sandy beaches and jurassic coastline. Designed in the style that has become the pig’s signature, it features a greenhouse restaurant, panelled cosy retreats with roaring open fires, 28 bedrooms with a touch of luxury but bags of homely charm, and massage treatment rooms tucked away in the shepherd’s huts at the bottom of the gardens.

#The Pig - on the beach #Dorset #United Kingdom #Studland #Isle of Purbeck #England

[sitting-on-me-bum]

Metallic Jumping Spider in Moss, Jumping spider (Evarcha arcuata), Purbeck, Dorset, England

‘The metallic jumping spider is a heathland specialist, hunting its prey in the heather jungle of its environment. The tiny moss plants tower above the spider in this photo, emphasising the small physical size of the spider, though – like all jumpers, with their big central pair of eyes and innate curiosity – they are big in terms of character. Like a lot of macro work in the field, I was on my belly to get the animal’s perspective, but it was worth it for the eyeball-to-eyeballs view’

Photograph: Will Atkins

British Wildlife Photography Awards

#will atkins #photographer #metallic jumping spider #spider #arachnid #moss #evarcha arcuata #purbeck #dorset #england #british wildlife photography awards #nature

[calochortus]

Adonis Blue (Polyommatus bellargus) taking a sweaty drink... by Will Atkins Via Flickr: As I was trying to get a photo of it on some marjoram this male decided to make life a little harder for me by landing on my thumb instead!

#Adonis Blue #Adonis Blue Butterfly #Polyommatus #Polyommatus bellargus #Blue Butterfly #Blue Butterflies #Lycaenidae #Wildlife #Wildlife of Europe #European Wildlife #Animal #Nature #insect #Insects #Insects of Europe #Insects of Britain #Lepidoptera #Lepidoptera of Europe #UK Lepidoptera #Dorset Lepidoptera #British Lepidoptera #butterflies and moths #Butterflies #Butterfly #butterflies of Europe #UK butterflies #Dorset butterflies #butterflies of Dorset #Purbeck wildlife #close up

[dansnaturepictures]

Beautiful views in England, Scotland and Wales this year; at Durlston, Dorset at the weekend, Loch Garten in April and the Range with Holyhead Mountain visible a couple of weeks ago.

#anglesey #loch garten #the range #south stack #highlands #scotland #dorset #purbeck coast #jurassic coast #uk #britain #landscape #views #outdoors #beautiful #england #wales

[historyfiles]

Corfe Castle: the castle's position allows it to dominate a gap in the Purbeck Hills, with the location probably meaning that a fortified site had been established here long before the Norman conquest.

#history #historyfiles #corfe castle #castles #castles of britain #british isles #castles of the world #purbeck hills #normans #norman kings #norman conquest #photos #architectural photography

[turner-the-awkward]

Modern Landscape An example of a mid-sized modern full sun backyard stone landscaping in summer.

#natural materials #purbeck #trees #multi-stemmed #porcelain tiles

[noconcessions]

#Dorset #England #White Cliffs #Sea #Old Harry Rocks #Isle of Purbeck #Handfast Point

[fotocourses]

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#dorset #jurassic coast #photo course #photo courses #photography courses #purbeck

[wildtornado-o]

Protective and Angry Granby <3 (with a bonus of defusing Laurence. I love them)

#granby shouldve shot purbeck i think #let him be a hater!! let him kill people for talking badly of his dragon!! #sorry for the angle of the page i have a cat on my arm #birds-chirps #anyways like. side note. rileys death makes me cry LIKE I KNOW hes not the best person ever (he kind of sucks sometimes) #but like!!!! he was a character who got a lot to him and was friends with laurence and made me laugh at his absurdity. so i liked him #and sure. he and laurence had their falling out bcs of rileys (horrible) beliefs but idk. that was still his friend at the end of the day #and he went down with his ship #and also he had a son. who lost what little of him he could've had #dies #like Riley I suppose DJDKGDMHD #LIKE 'he hoped riley would be mourned. riley deserved to be mourned. laurence was not at all certain that he would be' SOBBING #character deaths always break me tbh. even of i only slightly like the character #sorry for the tangent #i liked that stinky man

[baanimationbournemouth]

We are very proud to announce that 2023 graduate animation The Man Who Loved Flowers has won the ‘David Holman Student Prize’ at Purbeck Shorts Competition at Purbeck Film Festival 2023.

The screening and award announcement took place this Saturday just gone, the 4th of November.

The festival had the following to say about the win:

‘The David Holman Student Prize went to the animation The Man Who Loved Flowers which was an incredibly emotive film about appreciating our loved ones while they are still alive and the director Sonu Thomas gave a speech that was better than most Oscar winners. She is clearly a talent to watch.’

Congratulations team Man Who Loved Flowers!

A well deserved win indeed.

#aub #aub animation #aub animation graduate #festival #graduation animation #festival win #purbeck film festival

[tommyxvx]

Pond Landscape

This is an illustration of a summertime mid-sized modern full sun stone landscaping backyard.

#infinity edged pool #trees #purbeck #elegant garden design #landscape #natural materials #porcelain tiles

[eightmegs]

I was very tempted to trespass on this beach but I was put off by a bunch of alarming signs and surveillance equipment. Turns out that's a nuclear waste water outflow pipe. Bullet dodged, I guess.

#purbeck #beautiful place #nuclear waste

[blueeyeslexilj]

Modern Landscape

Summertime photo of a medium-sized, modern, stone-paved backyard.

#multi-stemmed #purbeck #water #porcelain tiles #infinity edged pool

[galleryantiques]

For sale a #Vintage #Purbeck #Pottery #Wildlife Series Red #Fox #Animal #Figurine Model No. 4421 Designed by Robert Jefferson c.1970s #etsy #vintagefigurine #purbeckpottery #foxfigurine #Purbeckfox #etsyvintage https://etsy.me/3PWdJXk (at Gallery Antiques) https://www.instagram.com/p/CmuItjnIEav/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#vintage #purbeck #pottery #wildlife #fox #animal #figurine #etsy #vintagefigurine #purbeckpottery #foxfigurine #purbeckfox #etsyvintage

[dansnaturepictures]

18th September 2022: Post 1 of 2-Boat trip with Birds of Poole Harbour

We spent some more brilliant time in Poole Harbour during this week off as we went on an autumn cruise with Birds of Poole Harbour this morning/early afternoon. The main hope of the trip was for me to finally see a White-tailed Eagle in the south again after the Isle of Wight reintroduction with a fair few being seen in the harbour especially along the Wareham Channel where we went to Ham Common Viewpoint to overlook on Monday, and on the way back on the boat we did see one. It was an honour to see this gigantic figure gliding through the air as though a log in the sky. Unmissable, unmistakable and phenomenal to see we enjoyed a glorious few minutes seeing it in the air before it went down into land. It was a splendid sight, one to really behold and I was in my element watching it and so happy. They don’t spend much of their day in the air so there is a lot of luck involved in seeing them, and I was over the moon to see one in this year full of big bird of prey experiences for me.

It’s been a very strong year for birds of prey for me, having now seen sixteen bird of prey species this year of the eighteen seen in my life. It’s only the third time I’ve seen a White-tailed Eagle, after a Hampshire rarity that we caught up with at Old Basing in 2011 and one in the Highlands of Scotland in 2018. Seeing it mobbed by birds including an Osprey and Buzzard which was some sight was amazing with an Osprey with fish below the eagle at one point in the air too seeing that in the same binocular view was quite something. What a few minutes it was to see the eagle. 

Before seeing the eagle it had been a raptor fest in the harbour with some astounding views of Ospreys on this sunny morning particularly one. Late on in the time the Ospreys are migrating through this harbour where this species did historically nest for the first time in the south for two hundred years this year in another inspiring reintroduction programme it was a treat and a really notable thing in itself. Seeing their distinctive body and beautiful colours and markings finely shining in the sunlight and seeing them do dives towards the water was fantastic. We saw juvenile and adult, in the best ever year I have had for seeing them I cherished enthralling moments with this one of my very and original favourite birds. I took the fourth picture in this photoset of an Osprey.

It was an autumn bird safari trip and it was a bird fest with so many species seen. Leading the other highlights were yet more Kingfishers seen this week off and this month as we went past the Wareham Channel into the River Frome, the red and blue of the bird as they zipped by enchanted in the sunlight with them seen perched too. Seeing Osprey and Kingfisher together two of my original favourite birds that I have loosely thought of together as they both eat fish that I have had top years for was extraordinary. Marsh Harriers were another top bird of prey to see on the trip. Little Stint, Wood Sandpiper and Common Sandpiper key birds of our year seen nicely again in 2022 were highlights in a pool near the river. Avocet and many Black-tailed Godwits were other wading bird highlights it was nice to see a fair few of the latter feeding in a field beside the river. There were decent amounts of hirundines moving through a constant this week with Swallow, House Martin and Sand Martin seen. More Sandwich Terns this week, Great Black-backed Gull and a stunning Yellow-legged Gull were standout birds on the trip too and so good to see. I took the third and seventh pictures in this photoset of a Shag and Cormorant on the trip other great birds to see today. Away from birds seeing Sika Deers to add to the amazing mammals seen this week was great.

It really was a gorgeous morning and early afternoon with it so sunny, perfect to enjoy the vast landscape of the bright blue harbour and gorgeous green landscape around once more with the reedbed, riverine and lake habitat looking divine in the sunshine too. Seeing Ham Common, Arne, Brownsea Island and Corfe Castle was great as I was able to piece together the geography of places in and around the harbour I have long known or learnt more recently. I took the first two, fifth, sixth and final three pictures in this photoset of views on the boat trip.

It was all so well organised today, the team from Birds of Poole Harbour and the boat crew went out of their way to make it a very enjoyable and informative morning with such interesting and engaging commentary and expert guiding on seeing species. It was so welcoming and friendly, in keeping with the exciting projects underway to really make the harbour and this part of the coast an example to be aspired to on how to support wildlife and help the ecosystem thrive. The team were so enthusiastic and there was a great buzz among all of us in the big moments especially when the White-tailed Eagles and Ospreys were spotted. What an ending to our days off on leave that rather started and ended with a brilliant boat trip making the most of the wonders of the south coast.

Wildlife Sightings Summary: Five of my favourite birds the Marsh Harrier, Buzzard, Osprey, Kingfisher and Little Egret, one of my favourite mammals the Sika Deer, White-tailed Eagle, Carrion Crow, Herring Gull, Yellow-legged Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, Black-headed Gull, Sandwich Tern, Cormorant and Grey Heron well again, Spoonbills well at Arne, Mallard, Gadwall, a fair few Mute Swans nicely, Canada Goose, Egyptian Goose, Black-tailed Godwit, Redshank, Avocet, Oystercatcher, Common Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, Little Stint, Stonechat, Blue Tit looking nice in the reedbed, Swallow, House Martin, Sand Martin, Pied Wagtail, Woodpigeon and wasps.

#poole harbour #brownsea island #arne #rspb arne #river frome #ham common #ham common viewpoint #blue #sea #water #uk #corfe castle #purbeck coast #coastal #england #dorset #world #marsh harrier #white-tailed eagle #buzzard #osprey #kingfisher #little egret #sika deer #herring gull #yellow legged gull #great black backed gull #sandwich tern #cormorant #grey heron