Dorset Coast Flowers is a collection of photos of wild flowers that I’ve taken whilst on walks along the Jurassic Coast in Dorset. It’s a work in progress so I’ll be adding more photos to this page over the next few months.
Dorset Coast Wild Flower Gallery
![Bee Orchid, Durlston Country Park to Dancing Ledge Walk](https://www.dorsetwalks.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/jurassic-coast-flowers-01-1024x768.jpg)
![Greater Knapweed Flower, Old Harry Rocks Walk, June](https://www.dorsetwalks.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/20200602-old-harry-rocks-140-768x1024.jpg)
![Ox-eye Daisy, Old Harry Rocks Walk, June](https://www.dorsetwalks.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/20200602-old-harry-rocks-147-768x1024.jpg)
![Pyramidal Orchid, Old Harry Rocks Walk, June](https://www.dorsetwalks.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/20200602-old-harry-rocks-130-768x1024.jpg)
![Kidney Vetch, Old Harry Rocks Walk, June](https://www.dorsetwalks.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/20200602-old-harry-rocks-104.jpg)
![Dorset Coast Flowers: Wild Carrot, Old Harry Rocks Walk, June](https://www.dorsetwalks.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/20200602-old-harry-rocks-123.jpg)
Useful Links
If you are interested in learning more about Dorset Wild Flowers then a great place to start is the Dorset Wildlife Trust website which has a visual identification guide
https://www.dorsetwildlifetrust.org.uk/wildlife-explorer/wildflowers
The website also has information about birds, reptiles, insects and butterflies, mammals and trees.
Durlston Country Park is also an excellent place to explore if you are particularly interested in coastal wildlife and is one if the richest areas for wild flowers in Britain with 578 species recorded. Their website will help you to identify some of them.
https://www.durlston.co.uk/wildflowers
Durlston Country Park also organise guided walks and events. A copy of the plant species list is on sale at the Visitor Centre.
![](https://www.dorsetwalks.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/the-best-durlston-country-park-walks-1024x576.jpg)
Dorset Nature is another excellent website to help you identify Dorset wild flowers, butterflies and insects