{"id":19351,"date":"2017-05-20T20:26:08","date_gmt":"2017-05-20T20:26:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/?p=19351"},"modified":"2024-08-07T16:41:26","modified_gmt":"2024-08-07T16:41:26","slug":"a-morning-in-the-white-peak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/a-morning-in-the-white-peak\/","title":{"rendered":"A morning in the White Peak"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #38761d;\"><strong>I spent this morning, Saturday 20th May, up in the White Peak area of Derbyshire, in search of a few special flowers<\/strong><\/span>. I appeared to be too early for the Orchids that I was looking for, but did manage to find plenty of <span style=\"color: #ffff00;\">Dingy Skipper<\/span> on the wing. I&#8217;m no expert on wild flowers, I&#8217;m on a learning curve and anxious to see some of the special plants that can be found in my home county. So, I discovered <span style=\"color: #ffff00;\">Spring Sandwort<\/span>, a new flower for me, <span style=\"color: #ffff00;\">Meadow Saxifrage<\/span>, another new flower and what I think is Southern Marsh Orchid, a single spike just breaking out into flower. The flower meadows at the Derbyshire Wildlife Trust reserve at Rose-end Meadows, were stunning. Full of Bluebell, Buttercup, Bugle, Meadow Saxifrage, Greater Stitchwort, Red Campion and Germander Speedwell. I&#8217;m sure I missed a lot more, but will save some for another time. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Dingy-Skipper-_M2A9541.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Dingy-Skipper-_M2A9541.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Dingy-Skipper-_M2A9541-150x94.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Dingy-Skipper-_M2A9541-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Dingy-Skipper-_M2A9541-768x480.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Dingy-Skipper-_M2A9541-700x438.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19353\" src=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Dingy-Skipper-_M2A9560.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Dingy-Skipper-_M2A9560.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Dingy-Skipper-_M2A9560-150x94.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Dingy-Skipper-_M2A9560-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Dingy-Skipper-_M2A9560-768x480.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Dingy-Skipper-_M2A9560-700x438.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Dingy Skipper<\/strong> &#8211; Derbyshire &#8211; <em>Tony Davison\u00a9 A scarce butterfly in Derbyshire.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19358\" src=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Spring-Sandwort-_M2A9586.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"989\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Spring-Sandwort-_M2A9586.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Spring-Sandwort-_M2A9586-150x93.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Spring-Sandwort-_M2A9586-300x185.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Spring-Sandwort-_M2A9586-768x475.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Spring-Sandwort-_M2A9586-700x433.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19359\" src=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Spring-Sandwort-_M2A9588.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Spring-Sandwort-_M2A9588.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Spring-Sandwort-_M2A9588-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Spring-Sandwort-_M2A9588-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Spring-Sandwort-_M2A9588-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Spring-Sandwort-_M2A9588-700x467.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Spring Sandwort<\/strong> &#8211; This plant favours spoil heaps of old lead mines &#8211; <em>Tony Davison\u00a9<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19355\" src=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Meadow-Saxifrage-_M2A9607.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1105\" height=\"1600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Meadow-Saxifrage-_M2A9607.jpg 1105w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Meadow-Saxifrage-_M2A9607-104x150.jpg 104w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Meadow-Saxifrage-_M2A9607-207x300.jpg 207w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Meadow-Saxifrage-_M2A9607-768x1112.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Meadow-Saxifrage-_M2A9607-483x700.jpg 483w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1105px) 100vw, 1105px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19356\" src=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Meadow-Saxifrage-_M2A9615.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1033\" height=\"1600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Meadow-Saxifrage-_M2A9615.jpg 1033w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Meadow-Saxifrage-_M2A9615-97x150.jpg 97w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Meadow-Saxifrage-_M2A9615-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Meadow-Saxifrage-_M2A9615-768x1190.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Meadow-Saxifrage-_M2A9615-452x700.jpg 452w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1033px) 100vw, 1033px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Meadow Saxifrage<\/strong> &#8211; <em>Tony Davison\u00a9<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19357\" src=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Southern-Marsh-Orchid-_M2A9575.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"998\" height=\"1600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Southern-Marsh-Orchid-_M2A9575.jpg 998w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Southern-Marsh-Orchid-_M2A9575-94x150.jpg 94w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Southern-Marsh-Orchid-_M2A9575-187x300.jpg 187w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Southern-Marsh-Orchid-_M2A9575-768x1231.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Southern-Marsh-Orchid-_M2A9575-437x700.jpg 437w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 998px) 100vw, 998px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Southern Marsh Orchid<\/strong> &#8211; <em>Tony Davison\u00a9<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19354\" src=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Germander-Speedwell-_M2A9631.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1056\" height=\"1600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Germander-Speedwell-_M2A9631.jpg 1056w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Germander-Speedwell-_M2A9631-99x150.jpg 99w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Germander-Speedwell-_M2A9631-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Germander-Speedwell-_M2A9631-768x1164.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Germander-Speedwell-_M2A9631-462x700.jpg 462w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1056px) 100vw, 1056px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Germander Speedwell<\/strong> &#8211; <em>Tony Davison\u00a9<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I spent this morning, Saturday 20th May, up in the White Peak area of Derbyshire, in search of a few special flowers. I appeared to be too early for the Orchids that I was looking for, but did manage to find plenty of Dingy Skipper on the wing. I&#8217;m no expert on wild flowers, I&#8217;m [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[644,643,172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19351","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-644","category-birdsof2017","category-year"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19351","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19351"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19351\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}