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Kevin Rideout | National Trust Purbeck Wildlife

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National Trust Purbeck Wildlife. Author Archives: Kevin Rideout. November 2, 2016. Settlers from the South. Forty years ago, when I started birdwatching, spoonbill, little egret and Mediterranean gull were all rare species and to find any one of them on a day’s birding was a good achievement. Today, I can go and watch them any day of the week without leaving Purbeck. Perhaps this is a case where climate change has allowed birds to extend their range northwards. September 30, 2016. At almost 2cm long, the...

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Secrets of the Wood Ant | National Trust Purbeck Wildlife

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National Trust Purbeck Wildlife. Secrets of the Wood Ant. July 31, 2015. Walking in areas where heathland merges into woodland, you can’t fail to notice large piles of pine needles and other leaf litter. These are the nests of wood ants, Formica rufa (‘formica’ because they can spray formic acid and ‘rufa’ because of their red bodies). National Trust Visitor Experience Officer based at Studland. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:.

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An idyllic afternoon at Little Sea | National Trust Purbeck Wildlife

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National Trust Purbeck Wildlife. An idyllic afternoon at Little Sea. June 30, 2015. And not a soul to be seen; only a distant dogs’ bark and the faintest of shouts from the beach to indicate a human presence. Perfect. View from the hide. National Trust Visitor Experience Officer based at Studland. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:. Address never made public). You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. ( Log Out.

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Tiered Tooth | National Trust Purbeck Wildlife

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National Trust Purbeck Wildlife. October 16, 2014. A great find on our fungi foray was this fine specimen of tiered tooth, Hericium cirrhatum, growing on an old sallow. The Latin name refers to a hedgehog due its spiny appearance but, to me, it looked like a miniature frozen waterfall with its hanging spines resembling tiny icicles. There are only four previous Dorset records of this unusual wood-rotting fungus that is usually associated with damaged or fallen beech trees. National trust archaeology sw.

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Puzzling Plumage | National Trust Purbeck Wildlife

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National Trust Purbeck Wildlife. June 16, 2015. I came across these feathers back in January when out walking near Little Sea and found them to be a bit of a puzzle. My first thought was that they were from an owl, perhaps long-eared or short-eared, but the barring was too diffuse and the feathers not quite soft enough. Could they be from a buzzard? But the colouration was too rich and the feathers not quite rigid enough. So they have stayed on my desk for the last five months, an unsolved mystery.

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Something fishy | National Trust Purbeck Wildlife

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National Trust Purbeck Wildlife. March 16, 2015. I recently found this strange little fish washed up dead on Studland Beach. I had never seen one before, but the Dorset Wildlife Trust Marine Officer was able to tell me that it was a boar fish, an impressive name for such a tiddler that only grows up to 55 millimetres. National Trust Visitor Experience Officer based at Studland. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:. Larr; Previous Post.

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Small is Beautiful | National Trust Purbeck Wildlife

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National Trust Purbeck Wildlife. June 2, 2015. Monstrous, ‘big as a dustbin lid’, barrel jellyfish may be taking centre stage, but for me, the star of the seashore show is the tiny, but very lovely, cowrie. These lemon-shaped, finely ridged sea snails grow to a length of only one centimetre though some tropical cowries can reach 15 centimetres. National Trust Visitor Experience Officer based at Studland. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Address never made public). Larr; Previous Post.

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Snakes Awake! | National Trust Purbeck Wildlife

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National Trust Purbeck Wildlife. April 2, 2015. Snakes are on the move again after their winter shutdown and, with great stealth and a bit of luck, it’s possible to see all three native British species on National Trust land in Purbeck. Look for adders in the heathland or the edges of open woodland. Interestingly, they have the widest global distribution of all terrestrial snakes and are the only species to occur within the Arctic Circle. National Trust Visitor Experience Officer based at Studland. David...

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Stranded | National Trust Purbeck Wildlife

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National Trust Purbeck Wildlife. April 30, 2015. The recent build-up of seaweed on the beach, accompanied by spider crab shells, cuttlefish bones and whelk eggs, may be seen as a nuisance by visitors but, for wildlife it’s a valuable resource. A range of spiders, flies and predatory beetles move in and sandhoppers, small shrimp-like crustaceans, are super-abundant, providing food for shorebirds such as sanderling and ringed plover. National Trust Visitor Experience Officer based at Studland. Davidbrown4 ...