11-422: Blue Pool may refer to: Blue Pool, Dorset Tamolitch Blue Pool , Oregon Blue Pool Bay , Wales Blue Pool, Bermagui, New South Wales Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Blue Pool . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to
22-419: A private nature reserve. Blue Pool is now a popular tourist attraction, especially because it is a place of peace and tranquillity. The pool is surrounded by 25 acres (10 ha) of heathland . The nationally rare Dorset heath and marsh gentian are common to the area. The estate is crossed by a network of sandy paths. There are steps down to the edge of the pool and there are also steps on some paths around
33-661: The Florida Keys [REDACTED] Index of animals with the same common name This page is an index of articles on animal species (or higher taxonomic groups) with the same common name ( vernacular name). If an internal link led you here, you may wish to edit the linking article so that it links directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gray_squirrel&oldid=1247527188 " Categories : Set index articles on animal common names Sciurus Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description
44-509: The eastern United States and southeastern Canada; introduced into the United Kingdom, Ireland, western North America, Italy, and South Africa The western gray squirrel ( Sciurus griseus ), from the western United States The Arizona gray squirrel ( Sciurus arizonensis ), from the southwestern United States and adjacent Mexico The Mexican gray squirrel ( Sciurus aureogaster ), from southern Mexico and Guatemala; introduced into
55-589: The green sand lizard and the smooth snake , live here in considerable numbers. There are also many dragonflies and the rare Sika deer . [REDACTED] Media related to Blue Pool at Wikimedia Commons 50°38′59″N 2°05′36″W / 50.6497°N 2.0933°W / 50.6497; -2.0933 Grey squirrel (Redirected from Grey squirrel ) Gray squirrel or grey squirrel may refer to several species of squirrel indigenous to North America: The eastern gray squirrel ( Sciurus carolinensis ), from
66-408: The intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Blue_Pool&oldid=1143111431 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Blue Pool, Dorset Blue Pool is a flooded, disused clay pit where Purbeck ball clay
77-464: The pool, but there is also a completely flat route around the pool, which is suitable for wheelchairs. The lush vegetation around the pool is inhabited by grey squirrels , rabbits and badgers . The Estate supports numerous rare birds, amphibians and reptiles. Visitors may therefore be lucky enough to spot the Dartford warbler or the nightjar . Both of Britain's endangered and protected reptiles,
88-456: The water, and their leaflets call it “a turquoise jewel set in the heart of Purbeck”. In 1935 a café was opened at the site. There is also a museum and gift shop. In 1985 the estate was declared a Site of Special Scientific Interest . Now law protects the habitat of a variety of rare plants and animals. The site includes nature reserves managed by the Amphibian and Reptile Conservation and
99-413: The water. These suspensions variously diffract the light depending on the particles' size (with differences in size often linked to changes in concentration and pH ), yielding colours from red-brown, through grey and green, to the more typical turquoise . The metallic blue sometimes found in photographs is more likely to be a reflection of the sky, as the attraction's own website makes no such claim for
110-467: Was dug from the pit from the mid-17th century to the early 20th century. The ball clay was used to make fine ceramic products, such as smoking pipes , plates, cups and tea pots . The pit became disused before the First World War , but ball clay is still extracted from other pits in the area. The title 'blue' arose because there are minute particles of clay in colloidal suspension within
121-542: Was once extracted. It is now a lake within the Furzebrook Estate, a 25-acre (10 ha) park of heath woodland and gorse near Furzebrook on the Isle of Purbeck , in the county of Dorset , southern England . Furzebrook Estate is about 3 mi (5 km) south of Wareham and 2 mi (3 km) west of Corfe Castle . The pool started life early in the 17th century as a chalk pit . Purbeck ball clay
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