Information and pictures about wildlife and nature.
Monday 17th June 2019
Viper’s Bugloss (echium vulgare) growing adjacent the Southern Range Road (Battlesbury Spur Road), Boreham, Warminster.
The flowers start pink but turn blue – the pollen is blue – and the stamens are red. Very attractive to bumble bees.
Photographs taken by Danny Howell on Monday 17th June 2019.
Friday 7th June 2019
Poppies in bloom and in bud adjacent the Southern Range Road (Battlesbury Spur Road) where it crosses Morgan’s Drove, Boreham, Warminster.
Photograph taken by Danny Howell on 7th June 2019.
Friday 7th June 2019
By water in the green bower . . . . a yew tree on the bank of the Bourne Ditch in Primrose Wood, Boreham, Warminster.
Photograph taken by Danny Howell on Friday 7th June 2019.
The Warminster U3A Newsletter, May 2019, includes the following report by Steve Dettmar:
Birdwatching
The group were treated to a trip around Perwood Organic Farm with our guide, Nick Adams, the conservation adviser for the farm. The highlight was the large number of Corn Buntings that over-winter there. March found us at Blashford Lakes where we had excellent views of Brambling in differing plumages and some Redpoll. Goosanders and Goldeneye on the lakes were lovely to see. April found us at Portland where we were treated to more Wheatears than I had seen in one place before. At one point there was a Wheatear on every mound. We also had views of a pristine male Redstart, always a favourite. On visiting the Observatory we were treated to a Willow Warbler which had been rung, in the hand of the Warden (see photo). We finished the day at Lodmoor with close views of Black-tailed Godwits.
Saturday 20th April 2019
Danny Howell writes:
Today, I heard a cuckoo for the first time this year – calling in Battlesbury Wood.
Wednesday 27th February 2019
Harriett James writes:
Another casualty on Smallbrook Road [Warminster] this morning. Near the speed de-restriction sign by Turnpike Cottage.
23rd February 2019
From the Facebook page of Longbridge Deverill Village Hall:
An Eagle Owl has been spotted in Longbridge Deverill in the last week Please keep an eye out for her. She went missing from Mere Down Falconry ten months ago and was last spotted on Sunday in Longbridge Deverill.
Wednesday 1st August 2018
 The Tree Of Heaven at the Chapel of St. Lawrence,
High Street, Warminster.
Photograph taken by Danny Howell
on Wednesday 1st August 2018.
Tuesday 29th May 2018
 Dog roses in the rain at New Drove,
Boreham, Warminster.
Photographs taken by Danny Howell
on Tuesday 29th May 2018.
Tuesday 8th May 2018
A robin at Grange Lane, Warminster.
Photograph taken by Danny Howell
on Tuesday 8th May 2018.
