We toured a variety of sites today looking for heathland birds.
Starting at Hartland Moor we soon found one of our target birds when a family of woodlarks flew up from right in front of us.
After coffee at Arne RSPB Reserve we took a short walk out to the dragonfly pond at Coombe Heath where we saw small red damselfly and emperor dragonfly.
Next we gave Winfrith Heath a thorough search for hobbies.
We didn't find any but we did get excellent views of a family of Dartford warblers.
After lunch on Wareham we moved on to the Sugar Hill end of Wareham Forest where we came across this beautiful, if a bit tatty, white admiral near Oak Hill.
Crossing the road onto Bere Heath we had a look at the unique patch of North American pitcherplants, Sarracenia purpurea.
Insects
Meadow Brown
Gatekeeper
Small Heath
Ringlet
Marbled White
Grayling
Green-veined White
Small Skipper
Large Skipper
White Admiral
Red Admiral
Small Tortoiseshell
Silver-washed Fritillary
Silver-studded Blue
Small Red Damselfly
Azure Damselfly
Emerald Damselfly
Broad-bodied Chaser
Emperor Dragonfly
Emperor Moth
Cinnabar Moth
Ichneumon Wasp
Wood Ant
Horse Fly
Wood Tiger Beetle
Plants
Lesser Centaury
Round-leaved Sundew
Pitcherplant
Bog Asphodel
Bog Myrtle
White Beak-sedge
Purple Loosestrife
Purple Toadflax
Hemp Agrimony
Cross-leaved Heath