Far From the Madding Crowd: Six Spot Burnet moth

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.

4 comments:

Roy Norris said...: Lovely shot Lyn. These are doing well this year from what I have seen.; 24 July 2013 at 23:47
holdingmoments said...: Lovely shot Linda.
The recent sun has been a real treat, not only for us, but the moths and butterflies too.; 25 July 2013 at 08:39
Richard Pegler said...: Magnificent shot of the Burnet, Linda. Bravo!; 25 July 2013 at 09:27
Linda Yarrow said...: Thankyou Roy, Keith and Richard for you comments. It's good to see the moths and butterflies recovering from last year's summer.; 25 July 2013 at 15:31

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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.