#dorset

A pretty bloody good weekend in #Dorset, all told, combining some #birdwatching with the #SwanageFolkFestival and even seeing a few good steam trains along the way. I can take or leave all of the above, if truth be known, but collectively it played to all our interests. 🚂 🪕 🦅

Portrait of Heather National Trust's Godlingston Heath Nature Reserve, Studland Bay, Dorset #heather #GodlingstonHeath #NatureReserve #StudlandBay #Dorset

A little Centaury on Hartland Way, an old medieval road - now just a track - across Hartland Moor, #Dorset#WildflowerHour

From Tuesday: Common Dodder, a hemiparasitic plant (here on gorse). Upton Heath, #Dorset . Many times I have walked there. #WildflowerHour #BigBigTrain

Amazing underlit #altocumulus at #sunset this evening from Sturminster Marshall, #Dorset.

RE: https://mstdn.crmbl.uk/@dorset_echo_news/116287828329416155 Apparently, #Dorset has bards: “A bard is an honorary cultural role given to a local poet–storyteller who serves as a literary ambassador for the area. Rebecca Danicic was crowned the fourth Bard of Caer Dur [Dorchester] in 2025 after winning an open competition at Dorchester’s Corn Exchange with her own writing and performances inspired by the area’s rich literary history.” #Durotriges #welsh

Winter Wx stats #Wimborne #Dorset: - 1/2 • A very wet winter with almost twice as much rainfall as the previous winter 2024-25 • Surprisingly, not as wet as the winters of 2023-24 (454mm) and my record wettest 2013-14 (559mm)

1/3 February Wx stats #Wimborne #Dorset: - • A VERY mild month compared to the 1982-2010 average, the WARMEST anomaly here since February 2024 • A very mild day on the 25th, but short of my February station record of 17.3°C set on 25th February 2019

These Cladonia lichen always remind me of golf tees. Ironically, these ones were beside a path that crosses a local golf course. Is that where they grow them? #LichenSubscribe #Dorset

General view, Upwey, England between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900. Views of the British Isles Image shows the village of Upwey which is a suburb of Weymouth in Dorset, England. At the lower left is the Old School Village Hall. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2015) England Upwey #Upwey #England #Weymouth #Dorset #EnglandUpwey #English #theFlickrCommons #LoenerNL #photography #historicalPhotos #photochrom

January Wx stats #Wimborne #Dorset: - • Slightly milder than the 1981-2010 mean • 5th wettest month in my series from 2010, 3 of those were Januaries •3rd wettest January in my series from 2010, behind January 2016 (193mm) and 2014 (228mm) 1/2…

Platform, Swanage Railway Station. #photography #Swanage #Railway #station #Dorset