{"id":8232,"date":"2022-07-04T13:59:37","date_gmt":"2022-07-04T13:59:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/?p=8232"},"modified":"2023-02-19T23:28:38","modified_gmt":"2023-02-19T23:28:38","slug":"a-walk-in-aston-rowant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/2022\/07\/04\/a-walk-in-aston-rowant\/","title":{"rendered":"A Walk in Aston Rowant"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"946\" height=\"1024\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSCN1091-AR-Burnet-Moth-946x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSCN1091-AR-Burnet-Moth-946x1024.jpg 946w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSCN1091-AR-Burnet-Moth-277x300.jpg 277w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSCN1091-AR-Burnet-Moth-139x150.jpg 139w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSCN1091-AR-Burnet-Moth-768x832.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 946px) 100vw, 946px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Burnet Moth on Scabious<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"957\" height=\"385\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSCN104234-AR-Dark-Green-Fritillary-in-Motion.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSCN104234-AR-Dark-Green-Fritillary-in-Motion.jpg 957w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSCN104234-AR-Dark-Green-Fritillary-in-Motion-300x121.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSCN104234-AR-Dark-Green-Fritillary-in-Motion-150x60.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSCN104234-AR-Dark-Green-Fritillary-in-Motion-768x309.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 957px) 100vw, 957px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Dark Green Fritillary &#8230; in Motion &#8230; come on, you take the camera, and see if you can get a better shot of one &#8230; they&#8217;re very flighty. But you can certainly see the green underwing coloration, with big rounded white spots, in the third photo. The High Brown Fritillary is very similar but vanishingly rare&#8230;. mind you, this species could well be called the High Velocity Fritillary, so there. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"1080\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1920 \/ 1080;\" width=\"1920\" controls src=\"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSCN1023-Yellow-Rattle-with-sound.mov\"><\/video><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Rattling a Yellow Rattle &#8211; yes, really, play the video and listen! The plant is important in flowery meadows, as it parasitises the tougher and taller grasses, weakening them and letting in the smaller and prettier wild flowers. An old farmers&#8217; name for it is accordingly &#8220;Poverty&#8221;: guess they preferred money to beauty and diversity in them there days. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"960\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSCN0996-AR-Shiny-Green-Leaf-Beetle-1024x960.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8237\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSCN0996-AR-Shiny-Green-Leaf-Beetle-1024x960.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSCN0996-AR-Shiny-Green-Leaf-Beetle-300x281.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSCN0996-AR-Shiny-Green-Leaf-Beetle-150x141.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSCN0996-AR-Shiny-Green-Leaf-Beetle-768x720.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSCN0996-AR-Shiny-Green-Leaf-Beetle-1536x1440.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSCN0996-AR-Shiny-Green-Leaf-Beetle-2048x1919.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A gloriously shiny and iridescent green leaf beetle, <em>Cryptocephalus hypochaeridis<\/em>, on Hawkweed<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSCN1012-AR-Chiltern-Gentian-probably-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8241\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSCN1012-AR-Chiltern-Gentian-probably-scaled.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSCN1012-AR-Chiltern-Gentian-probably-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSCN1012-AR-Chiltern-Gentian-probably-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSCN1012-AR-Chiltern-Gentian-probably-113x150.jpg 113w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Chiltern Gentian, probably<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSCN1020-AR-Pyramidal-Orchid-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8248\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSCN1020-AR-Pyramidal-Orchid-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSCN1020-AR-Pyramidal-Orchid-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSCN1020-AR-Pyramidal-Orchid-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSCN1020-AR-Pyramidal-Orchid-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSCN1020-AR-Pyramidal-Orchid-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Pyramidal Orchid<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"568\" height=\"1024\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSCN1054-AR-Dark-Mullein-568x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8249\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSCN1054-AR-Dark-Mullein-568x1024.jpg 568w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSCN1054-AR-Dark-Mullein-166x300.jpg 166w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSCN1054-AR-Dark-Mullein-83x150.jpg 83w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSCN1054-AR-Dark-Mullein-768x1385.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSCN1054-AR-Dark-Mullein-852x1536.jpg 852w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSCN1054-AR-Dark-Mullein-1136x2048.jpg 1136w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSCN1054-AR-Dark-Mullein-scaled.jpg 1420w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 568px) 100vw, 568px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Dark 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