{"id":9388,"date":"2026-07-11T16:53:06","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T16:53:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/?p=9388"},"modified":"2026-07-11T17:15:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T17:15:10","slug":"wild-delights-of-thursley-common","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/2026\/07\/11\/wild-delights-of-thursley-common\/","title":{"rendered":"Wild Delights of Thursley Common"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Thursley Common is special, from the moment of arriving at Moat Pond with its sparkling white Water-lilies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The flat boggy area is full of rare and exotic-seeming plants, like the beautiful Bog Asphodel that demands a wet acidic soil, growing lotus-like from the black mud. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The common is a wide area of forest, bog, and little hills covered in heathland with boardwalks across the bog and dry sandy paths across the heath.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Among the delights of Thursley is the glorious Marsh Orchid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Molinia, the bog cotton, is a plant totally characteristic of wild (Northern) moorland. It’s marvellous to see it down here in the South of England. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The bog pools are the home of dragonflies like the Black Darter, which can be seen only in this sort of habitat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Other species like this Keeled Skimmer can be found in lowland streams as well as around bog pools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In the forested areas, handsome lichens like these long branching strands of Ramalina indicate the purity of the air. Leafy Parmelia-type lichens are growing in the background.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A large and handsome parasitic wasp takes nectar from a bramble flower. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Thursley Common is special, from the moment of arriving at Moat Pond with its sparkling white Water-lilies. The flat boggy area is full of rare and exotic-seeming plants, like the beautiful Bog Asphodel that demands a wet acidic soil, growing lotus-like from the black mud. The common is a wide area of forest, bog, and … Continue reading Wild Delights of Thursley Common<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[89,90,88],"tags":[837,1873,429,104,825,1251,454,313,1689],"class_list":["post-9388","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-environment","category-natural-history","category-nature-reserves","tag-bog-asphodel","tag-bog-cotton-2","tag-keeled-skimmer","tag-lichens","tag-marsh-orchid","tag-parmelia","tag-ramalina","tag-thursley-common","tag-white-water-lily-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9388","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9388"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9388\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9409,"href":"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9388\/revisions\/9409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}