Pimperne Long Barrow near Blandford for #TombTuesday. The longest in Dorset and possibly in England. Barrow measures 100m along its axis and 27m at its broadest point. Thought to date from between 3500-4000BC. #longbarrows #neolithic #ancientbritain #dorset

Dog’s mercury (mercurialis perennis) - a sure sign of spring and ancient woodlands. Highly toxic. ⁦BSBI: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland⁩ ⁦wildflowerhour⁩ #wildflowerhour #dogsmercury #spring #wildflowers

My favourite holloway which runs down from Winkelbury Hillfort to Berwick St John in the Chalke Valley. #HollowayWednesday #HillfortsWednesday #sunkenpaths #berwickstjohn #wiltshire #chalkevalley #holloways

Black poplars in this week’s ⁦Country Life⁩. Early post for #ThickTrunkTuesday #blackpoplars #nativetrees #climatechange #trees

Wood Anemone (Anemonoides nemarosa) carpeting a wood in the Chalke Valley ⁦wildflowerhour⁩ ⁦BSBI: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland⁩ #wildflowerhour #woodlandplants #woodanemone #wildflowers

Palm Sunday in Tisbury. #palmsunday #tisbury #wiltshire

The brutal hacking down of an ancient oak by Toby Carvery is nominative determinism at its best. #tobycarvery #ancientoak #saveourtrees

Cuckoo flower (Cardamine pratensis) also known as lady’s smock widespread in wet meadows like this one near the Fonthill Brook in Tisbury. ⁦BSBI: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland⁩ ⁦wildflowerhour⁩ #cabbagefamily #cuckooflower #wildflowers #naddervalley #wildflowerhour

Beating the Bounds Hanwell. ⁦HanwellCarnival⁩ ⁦ILoveHanwell⁩ #beatingthebounds #hanwell #ancienttraditions

Beating the Bounds in this week’s ⁦Country Life⁩ #beatingthebounds #rogation #ancientcustoms

Early purple orchid (Orchis mascula) in long grass near the Fonthill Brook, Tisbury ⁦BSBI: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland⁩ ⁦wildflowerhour⁩ #orchidchallenge #wildflowerhour #wildorchids #wildflowers #wiltshire #earlypurpleorchid

Cotton grass (Eriophorum angustifoliium) like giant cotton wool balls growing in abundance on Great Hill near Chorley Lancashire. ⁦BSBI: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland⁩ ⁦wildflowerhour⁩ #GrassChallenge #WildflowerHour #wildflowers #moorlands #sedges

Blackberries in early July. #heatwave #climatechange #blackberries #tisbury #wiltshire

Prominent Bronze Age round barrow close to Visitor Centre at Hengistbury Head. Excavation in 1911 uncovered high status cremation of young woman with incense cup, amber beads, 2 gold cones and halberd pendant. #TombTuesday #Hengistburyhead #bronzeage #barrows #dorset #goldbarrow

Nature reclaims. #chicksgrove #wiltshire #naturereclaims

Common fleabane (Pulicaria dysenterica) near Fonthill Brook in Tisbury. Is a plant of damp meadows and riversides. Other names include frost-root, poor Robin’s plantain and seaside daisy. #WildflowerHour #daisyfamily #asteraceae ⁦BSBI: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland⁩ ⁦wildflowerhour⁩

Corton Long Barrow - a Neolithic long barrow on the West Wiltshire Downs. Partial excavation by William Cunnington in the early 19th century unearthed 8 skeletons and 2 later cremations in a pottery urn. #TombTuesday #Longbarrows #ancientbritain #neolithic #prehistoric #wiltshire

Autumn at Fonthill. #fonthill #tisbury #fonthilllake #wiltshire

Perfect combination of hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna) and old man’s beard (Clematis vitalba) in a Hampshire hedgerow yesterday. #wildflowerhour ⁦wildflowerhour⁩

A celebration of the railway in this week’s ⁦Country Life⁩ ⁦Network Rail⁩ #Railway200 #countrylifemagazine #naturebytherailway #countrylife