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Weymouth Woods-Sandhills Nature Preserve, Moore County, NC
Weymouth Woods is actually a state park in Southern Pines, on the western edge of Fort Bragg. It has two basic habitats: 1) pine barrens and 2) broadleaf forest. For directions (and to zoom in the place to see what it really looks like), consult this live map. An extra bonus: some scenes from Pinehurst, a neighboring community (since that's where an Eastern Fox Squirrel showed up), and from a recent visit to the nearby Reservoir Park.
Reservoir Park Trail, Southern Pines, Moore County, NC 10/1/21
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| Best guess is Hairy Bush Clover (Lespeza hirta). | Best guess is Hairy Bush Clover (Lespeza hirta). | False Foxglove (Aureolaria pectinata) | False Foxglove (Aureolaria pectinata) | Mystery pea |
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| Poorjoe (Hexasepalum teres) | Smooth Elephant's Foot (Elephantopus nudatus) | Spatterdock Lily (Nuphar lutea) | Another Spatterdock Lily (Nuphar lutea) | Stiff Aster (Ionactis linariifolia) |
Reservoir Park Trail, which goes around the lake, named Southern Pines Waterworks:
Map courtesy of Google Maps
Weymouth Woods-Sandhills Nature Preserve, Southern Pines, Moore County, NC 10/1/21
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| Maryland Golden Asters (Chrysopsis mariana) | Maryland Golden Asters (Chrysopsis mariana) | Narrowleaf Blueberry (Vaccinium angustifolium) | Pine Warbler | Sandhills Chaffhead (Carphephorus bellidifolius) |
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| Southern Pearly Eye | Same Southern Pearly Eye | Tachina Fly | Twistleaf White-Topped Aster (Sericocarpus rigidus) | Twistleaf White-Topped Aster (Sericocarpus rigidus) |
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| Mystery wildflower | White-breasted Nuthatch | Same White-breasted Nuthatch |
10/18/16
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| Pine Barrens Gentian | Same Pine Barrens Gentian with female Zabulon Skipper | Same Pine Barrens Gential with same female Zabulon Skipper | Barklouse | Wildflower with barklouse |
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| Sandhill Chaffhead | Crablike Spiny Orb Weaver | Same Crablike Spiny Orb Weaver | Oak leaf | Eastern Wood-Pewee |
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| Pine Warbler | Pselliopus cinctus | Same Pselliopus cinctus | Snail | Wasp (Campsomeris genus) |
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| Wasp (Campsomeris genus) | White-breasted Nuthatch |
10/31/15
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| American Lady | Partridgeberries | Leaffooted bug | Tachinid fly | Water striders (Rhagovelia choreutes) |
10/31/14
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| Painted Lady (actually seen in downtown Southern Pines) | Crab spider | Wasp (Campsomeris genus) | Bee and wasp (Campsomeris genus) | Aster |
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| Bumblebee |
10/23/12
I'm probably the last person to know, but Weymouth Woods has an established population of Red-cockaded Woodpeckers, no doubt due to their efforts. Still, it was pretty exciting to see one of these endangered birds and photograph it!
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| Red-cockaded Woodpecker (Picoides borealis) | Same Red-cockaded Woodpecker | Same Red-cockaded Woodpecker | Pine Barrens Gentians (Gentiana autumnalis) | Pine Barrens Gentian |
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| Sleepy Orange on Sandhill Chaffhead | Red-cockaded Woodpecker | Chinese Mantis | Ichneumon wasp |
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| Scoliid wasp (Campsomeris plumipes) | Sandhill Chaffhead |
10/6/11
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| Female Meske's Skipper, anomalous in not appearing on a flower. ID confirmed by Harry LeGrand. | Southern Pearly Eye | Sandhill Chaffhead, popular with Clouded Skippers especially | Field Cricket | Tiny skipper. Harry LeGrand thinks it might be a Dun Skipper. |
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| Luna Moth caterpillar, about six inches long. Photo taken by Karl Gottschalk. | Checkered skipper | Crab spider | Dark Fishing Spider, landed on my map | Rosy Camphorweed (Pluchea rosea) buds |
10/5/11
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| Meske's Skipper on Sandhill Chaffhead | Same Meske's Skipper from another angle | Sleepy Orange (winter form) | Leaffooted Bug |
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| Fiery Skipper | Bee or wasp | Sandhill Chaffhead |
11/28/09
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| Tiny scarab beetle, about 3 or 4 mm long | Filmy Dome Spider | Stonefly, about 10 mm long | Aphid |
March 22-23, 2009
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| Pine Warbler, near bird feeder behind the Visitor Center, 3/22. Note the banded leg. | Hermit Thrush, deep in the woods, 3/23 |
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| This wasp (Campsomeris genus, Scoliidae family) was one of many that landed on the sandy trail and seemed to be digging around, 3/22 | A large snail, 3/23 | Leaffooted bug |
Pinehurst, Moore County, NC
10/6/11
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| Brown Thrasher, looking back | Same Brown Thrasher, which was apparently warning all the birds about me | Long-leaf Pines |
3/23/09
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| This large Eastern Fox Squirrel seemed to move more slowly than Gray Squirrels, and climbed a tree rather laboriously. Note the very long tail. | |||||||
Weymouth Woods: Go west (left) from the "A" and make your first right. Follow this to the parking lot of the Visitor Center, which is due north of the "A".
Map courtesy of Google Maps
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