Comma detail. Detail of 908559 on Hemp Agrimony in high summ…
| Title | Comma detail. Detail of 908559 on Hemp Agrimony in high summer. |
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Comma detail. Detail of 908559 on Hemp Agrimony in high summer.
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Female Common Darter (Sympetrum striolatum) Common Darters are a common sight in autumn along the path along the south side of the woods. As it gets cooler, basking on warm surfaces becomes necessary …
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Norfolk Coast Path behind Holkham Bay
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A windy day at Holkham Bay
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Beach Hut
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Pine and lichen in the dunes
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The Queen Mothers beach hut
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Trackway through Pinewoods at Holkham This trackway threads its way through the landward side of the pinewoods that line the western end of Holkham Bay.
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Pine trees and bracken in the Holkham Meals woodland Photo taken just a few yards from the 'Joe Jordan' birdwatching hide.
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Pine trees and bracken in the Holkham Meals woodland
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At the edge of the pinewoods Willowherb, marram grass, ferns and carline thistles can be found here growing side by side. This large belt of pine trees (Corsican, Scots and maritime pine with holme oa…
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A busy day on the beach at Holkham Bay
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Where dunes and pinewoods meet Willowherb, marram grass, ferns and carline thistles can be found here growing side by side. This large belt of pine trees (Corsican, Scots and maritime pine with holme …
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A Carline thistle (Carlina spec.). See also > 909969 - 909975 - 909981. The carline thistle is a member of the Asteraceae family and native to Europe, north Africa and Asia. The plant has properties w…
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Pines in the dunes The pines at Holkham Meals spread northwards into the dunes. They are controlled but will keep seeding there. These old grey dunes hold an important variety of plants and lichens, w…
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Grey dunes A rabbit burrow shows the dark layer of sand where organic matter has built up. Not far below however is much paler sand.
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Sand Ripples in Holkham Bay Another striking example of the wide open spaces in Holkham Bay, looking westwards and verified by GPS in the absence of obvious landmarks.
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Holkham Iron Age Fort from the Joe Jordon Bird Hide The iron age fort is viewed here from the Joe Jordon hide which is in a raised position overlooking both the fort and an area of water shown to the …
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| Region | England |
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0 mComma detail. Detail of 908559 on Hemp Agrimony in high summer.
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32 mFemale Common Darter (Sympetrum striolatum) Common Darters are a common sight in autumn along the path along the south side of the woods. As it gets cooler, basking on warm surfaces becomes necessary to keep their temperature up.
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250 mNorfolk Coast Path behind Holkham Bay
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262 mA windy day at Holkham Bay
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292 mBeach Hut
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312 mPine and lichen in the dunes
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315 mThe Queen Mothers beach hut
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334 mTrackway through Pinewoods at Holkham This trackway threads its way through the landward side of the pinewoods that line the western end of Holkham Bay.
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341 mPine trees and bracken in the Holkham Meals woodland Photo taken just a few yards from the 'Joe Jordan' birdwatching hide.
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341 mPine trees and bracken in the Holkham Meals woodland
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343 mAt the edge of the pinewoods Willowherb, marram grass, ferns and carline thistles can be found here growing side by side. This large belt of pine trees (Corsican, Scots and maritime pine with holme oaks on the wood edge) runs from west to east inland from the beach. Its eastern end is known as Wells Woods. The trees were planted on the dunes by the 3rd Earl of Leicester in the late 19th century with the intention of creating a shelter-belt to protect the reclaimed farmland. http://www.holkham.co.uk/naturereserve/pinewoodsandscrub.html One of the footpaths leading into the Holkham Nature Reserve can be accessed from the A149 east of Burnham Overy Staithe. The first section of this path leads through marsh pastures > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/908439 - http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/908447 which were reclaimed in the 18th and 19th centuries, beginning at Burnham Overy in 1639 and ending with the construction of the sea wall at Wells in 1859. Further seawards, the marsh pastures turn into saltmarsh > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/908459. Sediments deposited by the sea have built up into a skim of mud and silt and, over the years, evolved into saltmarsh. The middle and upper levels of the saltmarshes at Holkham are covered with plants such as sea aster and sea lavender > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/909205. Leaving the saltmarsh behind, extensive dune systems > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/909088 form an impressive barrier between the saltmarsh and the foreshore > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/909116. The dunes at Holkham sit on old shingle ridges and their landscape is continuously changing due to the effects of wind and water. Holkham beach > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/909862 - http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/909835 consists of many miles of clean golden sands, white sand dunes with mud and shingle patches and an area designated for naturists; there are no beach huts or deck chairs. Voted best British beach for a bank holiday break by readers of The Times, Holkham beach is three miles long and, at low tide it takes a half mile walk to reach the water line.
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349 mA busy day on the beach at Holkham Bay
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357 mWhere dunes and pinewoods meet Willowherb, marram grass, ferns and carline thistles can be found here growing side by side. This large belt of pine trees (Corsican, Scots and maritime pine with holme oaks on the wood edge) runs from west to east inland from the beach. Its eastern end is known as Wells Woods. The trees were planted on the dunes by the 3rd Earl of Leicester in the late 19th century with the intention of creating a shelter-belt to protect the reclaimed farmland. http://www.holkham.co.uk/naturereserve/pinewoodsandscrub.html One of the footpaths leading into the Holkham Nature Reserve can be accessed from the A149 east of Burnham Overy Staithe. The first section of this path leads through marsh pastures > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/908439 - http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/908447 which were reclaimed in the 18th and 19th centuries, beginning at Burnham Overy in 1639 and ending with the construction of the sea wall at Wells in 1859. Further seawards, the marsh pastures turn into saltmarsh > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/908459. Sediments deposited by the sea have built up into a skim of mud and silt and, over the years, evolved into saltmarsh. The middle and upper levels of the saltmarshes at Holkham are covered with plants such as sea aster and sea lavender > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/909205. Leaving the saltmarsh behind, extensive dune systems > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/909088 form an impressive barrier between the saltmarsh and the foreshore > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/909116. The dunes at Holkham sit on old shingle ridges and their landscape is continuously changing due to the effects of wind and water. Holkham beach > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/909862 - http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/909835 consists of many miles of clean golden sands, white sand dunes with mud and shingle patches and an area designated for naturists; there are no beach huts or deck chairs. Voted best British beach for a bank holiday break by readers of The Times, Holkham beach is three miles long and, at low tide it takes a half mile walk to reach the water line.
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391 mA Carline thistle (Carlina spec.). See also > 909969 - 909975 - 909981. The carline thistle is a member of the Asteraceae family and native to Europe, north Africa and Asia. The plant has properties which are believed to relieve dyspepsia and gastrointestinal upsets and to stimulate bile flow and cleanse the liver of fatty deposits. An extract of its root, called Swedish Bitters, is still used as a gastrointestinal remedy. A tea made from the plant's root was used to soothe toothaches. According to folk tradition, the root extracts prepared with wine and water are good for washing out wounds and sores, and studies have indeed shown that the acetone extracts of carline thistle root have strong antibacterial activity.
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400 mPines in the dunes The pines at Holkham Meals spread northwards into the dunes. They are controlled but will keep seeding there. These old grey dunes hold an important variety of plants and lichens, which would be shaded out by young pines.
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417 mGrey dunes A rabbit burrow shows the dark layer of sand where organic matter has built up. Not far below however is much paler sand.
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489 mY2010-M10-D28-T16-40-33
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517 mSand Ripples in Holkham Bay Another striking example of the wide open spaces in Holkham Bay, looking westwards and verified by GPS in the absence of obvious landmarks.
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527 mHolkham Iron Age Fort from the Joe Jordon Bird Hide The iron age fort is viewed here from the Joe Jordon hide which is in a raised position overlooking both the fort and an area of water shown to the right, part of Holkham National Nature Reserve. An English Nature information board inside the hide states that "The raised area of humps and bumps you can see from the windows of the hide are the remains of an Iron Age (650 BC to AD 43) fort, known as Holkham Camp. It is one of only six sites of this type known in Norfolk." It also states that "The site was chosen because it was easy to defend at the time, being at the end of a sand spit that was isolated from the mainland by tidal salt marshes. The only access by dry land to the fort was from the seaward side, along the narrow raised sand spit that can be seen running from beneath the hide to the fort."
