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  1. Can’t resist a bit of exposure of ‘s most long lived resident.

    Especially when it makes noticeably smallera than the real McCoy, who comes up to his second rib bone…

    theguardian.com/commentisfree/

  2. CW: rendering of a naked and clearly excited club-wielding man

    "UK re-chalks Dorset's famed and feisty Cerne Abbas Giant"

    dw.com/en/cerne-abbas-giant-do

    "Britain's National Trust is working on replacing the chalk outline of the Cerne Abbas Giant in Dorset. The Saxon-era carving depicts a club-wielding man "still standing tall," as the charity puts it."

  3. Round-leaved sundew and Oblong-leaved sundew; marshy bit of heath near Slepe, Dorset on Thursday. OK so these aren't the *flowers* of sundew, which aren't out yet, but ...

    The "Oblong-leaved" ones aren't actually oblong, but they aren't round.

    #wildflowerHour #carnivorous_plants #wildflowers #Dorset

  4. This walk in #Dorset is an easy circular ramble. It takes you along the flat, ridge of Ballard Down, part of the Purbeck Hills, to Old Harry Rocks. Spectacular views stretching over Poole Harbour to the north and over Swanage to the south. See happyhiker.co.uk/MyWalks/Dorse

  5. May has so far matched the local 1981-2010 mean in #Dorset, the coolest anomaly since September 2025. With 10 days to go, and a heatwave likely, it will be interesting to see how much this mean will increase.

  6. Cruising out of Portland Harbour in 2021 for #MeerMittwoch this week, and this is the breakwater fort built on granite around 1870, largely abandoned by 1956, but now Grade II listed.

    #Photography #SeaWednesday #Portland #PortlandHarbour #Weymouth #Dorset #Fort

  7. Cruising out of Portland Harbour in 2021 for this week, and this is the breakwater fort built on granite around 1870, largely abandoned by 1956, but now Grade II listed.

  8. Cruising out of Portland Harbour in 2021 for #MeerMittwoch this week, and this is the breakwater fort built on granite around 1870, largely abandoned by 1956, but now Grade II listed.

    #Photography #SeaWednesday #Portland #PortlandHarbour #Weymouth #Dorset #Fort

  9. Cruising out of Portland Harbour in 2021 for #MeerMittwoch this week, and this is the breakwater fort built on granite around 1870, largely abandoned by 1956, but now Grade II listed.

    #Photography #SeaWednesday #Portland #PortlandHarbour #Weymouth #Dorset #Fort

  10. Cruising out of Portland Harbour in 2021 for #MeerMittwoch this week, and this is the breakwater fort built on granite around 1870, largely abandoned by 1956, but now Grade II listed.

    #Photography #SeaWednesday #Portland #PortlandHarbour #Weymouth #Dorset #Fort

  11. First cygnets of the year at #Abbotsbury #Swannery in #Dorset today. Male swan was displaying, defending the family. There are about 400 swans and over 100 nests there right now. #photography #BirdPhotography

  12. First cygnets of the year at #Abbotsbury #Swannery in #Dorset today. Male swan was displaying, defending the family. There are about 400 swans and over 100 nests there right now. #photography #BirdPhotography

  13. First cygnets of the year at #Abbotsbury #Swannery in #Dorset today. Male swan was displaying, defending the family. There are about 400 swans and over 100 nests there right now. #photography #BirdPhotography

  14. First cygnets of the year at #Abbotsbury #Swannery in #Dorset today. Male swan was displaying, defending the family. There are about 400 swans and over 100 nests there right now. #photography #BirdPhotography

  15. First cygnets of the year at #Abbotsbury #Swannery in #Dorset today. Male swan was displaying, defending the family. There are about 400 swans and over 100 nests there right now. #photography #BirdPhotography

  16. If photos are more your thing than video...

    📷 Red-spotted Bluethroat
    📷 Red Squirrel (I watch it for so long, I forgot to take a snap when it was out in the open 😂)

    #UKBirding #Dorset #IsleofWight #birds #redsquirrel #birdsofmastodon #nature #wildlife

    mas.to/@Vivthesetter/116477806

  17. If photos are more your thing than video...

    📷 Red-spotted Bluethroat
    📷 Red Squirrel (I watch it for so long, I forgot to take a snap when it was out in the open 😂)

    #UKBirding #Dorset #IsleofWight #birds #redsquirrel #birdsofmastodon #nature #wildlife

    mas.to/@Vivthesetter/116477806