Stone Circles And Nature

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The Common seal

The Common seal (Phoca vitulina)

 

The Common seal or Harbour seal as it is sometimes called, is not as common as the Grey seal around UK waters. However, we are privileged to have about 40% of the European population of Common seals, (accounting for 5% of the worlds population) around our coasts, about 50,000-60,000 individuals.

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The Grey seal

The Grey Seal (Halichoerus grypus)

The Grey Seal, is Britain’s largest carnivore. Also known as the Atlantic Seal. Adult males growing up to 2.5m or 8 feet long, and weighing up to 275 kg. The females are usually smaller. Grey Seals are generally rare, but in the UK, we have about half the worlds population living around our shores.

The Green Woodpecker

The Green Woodpecker (Picus viridis)

This post is dedicated to ‘Woody’ a little Green Woodpecker chick, which was rescued from a certain death on the road she was sitting in. In her short time on this Earth she gave much pleasure to all who saw her and a close insight to these beautiful, shy birds. Not many people are lucky enough to see a Woodpecker so close. She was taken to the vets but all their care could not save her, she was just too weak! She will be sadly missed but never forgotten. Bless her.

The Sand lizard

The Sand Lizard (Lacerta agilis)

 

The Sand lizard is a colourful lizard, commonly found all over Europe-from Scandinavia to Mongolia. However, only a handful of places in the British Isles have natural surviving colonies of Sand lizards. Because of this, they are Britain’s rarest lizard.

The Common Lizard

The Common Lizard (Zootoca vivipara)

 

 

In the early morning, you may find, resting on a log or on the heather in the heathland of the New Forest, a Furze Evvet (local name of the common lizard). Basking and warming its cold blooded body in the rays of the rising sun.

For some people, they may be surprised to learn we have lizards living in Britain. There are in fact, three native species of lizards living in the UK. The Common lizard, the Sand lizard and the Slow worm (a legless lizard).

Scorhill Stone Circle

Scorhill Stone Circle (Near the village of Gidleigh, Dartmoor, Devon. SX6587)

Looking down towards Gidleigh common in the wild and remote Dartmoor landscape nestles a  mysterious place  known as, ‘Scorhill Stone Circle’.

Scorhill was once described in 1848 by, Reverend Samual Rowe as; ‘ the sacred circle of Scorhill…by far the finest example of this rude kind of relic in Devonshire’.