On The Last Day Of June 2015 At Coldharbour, Warminster

Tuesday 30th June 2015

David Jordan Hawkins has very kindly shared with us another of his Vermilion Studios film clips uploaded to Youtube. This time he has captured some of the nature of the Coldharbour area of Warminster which he witnessed on a walk today (Tuesday 30th June 2015). On what has been probably the hottest day of the year so far in Warminster, David saw butterflies and bugs, and the epitome of June ~ the dog roses in bloom. Sadly, this green and pleasant paradise on the town’s doorstep is destined to become part of the West Warminster Extension ~ planners and developers have got their way to replace the hedgerows and the fields adjacent the Were stream with bricks and tarmac. It will be a much wider urban landscape we will eventually view from Cley Hill and Arn Hill. To watch the film clip, which David has titled ‘Summer In The Warminster Countryside’ and which has a duration of 2 minutes 37 seconds, click on this link: 

www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVRHR1FxvIQ

Our thanks again to David for recording the film and for sharing it.

Trees Look So Dramatic In Cold Air

Saturday 21st February 1981

From a Nature Diary, writer unknown:

21st Feb [1981]. Went to Warminster, then on to Shaftesbury. Rabbits, Lapwings, poss. Redwings/Fieldfares. Trees look so dramatic in the cold air – especially up Elm Hill with Tumuli at top. Saw red dead-nettle in flower.

The ‘tumuli’ referred to was the single tumulus in the distance at Colloway Clump.