Widecombe-in-the-Moor
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A Lovely Beetle, But What Species?
Spotted this beetle in the field. Not particularly rare, I am sure, but good to see. A beautiful iridescent blue colouring. Can you identify it? I have looked it up online but could not find an exact match.
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Deer – A Common Site
Deer are a frequent visitor to the areas around the East Webburn. In fact, they must live there permanently, moving up and down the valley as they are disturbed, little affected by field boundaries. They are always hard to photograph. this is a recent one:
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Widecombe Nature Notes
Date Title Description July 2017 Pennywort Amazed at this pennywort in one of our walls. It is at least 25 centimetres tall. May 2016 Hemlock Water Dropwort Have started to notice increasing numbers of this poisonous dropwort down in the marsh area. Seems to be following the river course – probably brought down by the…
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Things New and Old Item 26: Snow on the Moor
This is the twenty-sixth item from Robert Dymond’s book: “Things New and Old Concerning the Parish of Widecombe-in-the-Moor and its Neighbourhood” (1876) Back to Contents List Snow on the Moor THE winters of 1814 and 1820 were remarkable for severity and for the depth of snow which fell on Dartmoor. Amongst the fatal accidents was…
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Things New and Old Item 24: Dartmoor Ferns
This is the twenty-fourth item from Robert Dymond’s book: “Things New and Old Concerning the Parish of Widecombe-in-the-Moor and its Neighbourhood” (1876) DARTMOOR FERNS. THE many fern-hunters amongst our readers will thank us for reproducing the following from Cassell’s Magazine :—The common kinds of ferns—common only in the sense of being plentiful—are tobe found almost…