Far From the Madding Crowd: July 2013

Tuesday, 30 July 2013

Brimstone butterfly

Brimstone butterfly, a photo by Linda Yarrow on Flickr.

I have not seen many of these this summer. This was taken at Martin Down.

Saturday, 27 July 2013

Peacock butterfly

Peacock butterfly, a photo by Linda Yarrow on Flickr.

So lovely to see again, the Peacock butterfly. I have not seen many of these this summer until I went to Martin Down where I counted nine.

Wednesday, 24 July 2013

Six Spot Burnet moth

Six Spot Burnet moth, a photo by Linda Yarrow on Flickr.

We went for a walk from Durlston Country Park to Dancing Ledge. We saw plenty of bees, moths and butterflies on our way, all looking good, better than last year's summer.

My Blog

I have taken the title of my blog from Thomas Hardy's fourth novel 'Far From the Madding Crowd' which he wrote in 1874. He took his title from Thomas Gray's poem 'Elegy written in a Country Churchyard' completed in 1750. Thomas Hardy was born in Dorset where he lived for most of his life and where he based the stories in his novels. The word 'madding' means frenzied and there is a sense of freedom I get being out in the countryside and being close to nature away from the frenzied atmosphere of the towns and cities. I live in Dorset and like Thomas Hardy, it is where I have lived for most of my life, my blog is mostly about nature in Dorset. I am a member of the Dorset Wildlife Trust. I will include my garden and anything of interest about the natural world in Britain.