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Tuesday 19 May, 2020

A world of blue and white above, with green and white beneath

The woodlands fair are richly laced with a creamy flower wreath

Cow Parsley, Three Cornered Leek and Ransoms fill the bowers

A snowy prelude heralding the land of endless flowers

 

No different on the meadows broad where Pale Flax does sway

Where Birds Foot Trefoil, Common Vetch and Daisies line the way

Though late in season Early Purple Orchids hold their towers

The trail of the wave that sweeps the land of endless flowers

 

Walls are no stranger to lively bloom, they carry their fair share

Red Valerian, Honeysuckle and Toadflax all dwell there

They’ll call it home until at last the season finally sours

Until that day they gaily bloom in the land of endless flowers

 

Others dwell within this place; Wall Brown, Adonis Blue

Butterflies find their repose upon a petaled pew

Whitethroats and Goldfinches compete to test their vocal powers

And birdsong fills the air above the land of endless flowers

 

Seaward dwells Sea Campion by pink and hardy Thrift

Rocky cliff and sill alike are touched by natures gift

Herring Gull and Fulmar soar where salty sea breeze scours

Though these crags are no less part of the land of endless flowers

 

A cavalcade of colours hoisted high on leafy stems

Chalk Milkwort and Horseshoe Vetch among these precious gems

Fortunate are we to call this verdant garden ours

And when we wish, to walk among the land of endless flowers


  By Douglas Hart

Todays Information

Weather

Min Temp: 10.2
Max Temp: 15.5
Gusts: 13
Rainfall: 0
Outlook: Sunny

Media

Image title: Sycamore Gall Mites
Image by: Durlston Country Park
Audio File 1: Great Green Bush Cricket by Baudewijn