Darrell - If I have it right, woolly rhino was the ice-age one, but there were (at least) two interglacial species in Europe, the steppe and the Merck's...
Andy - I'd say quite a few of your respondents look like perfectly respectable chalk ecologists... As for me, I wouldn't claim to be a specialist on chalk,...
Andy - I can understand your concerns about erosion as a general problem, and agree that it at least needs to be considered. The cases you give seem to be...
Hello, All the minor erosion is associated with sheep grazing, none of the land has been ploughed: it is too steep. Some erosion is caused by human activities,...
Hi Andy Some ramblings from a naturalist wearing my Archaeology/ Geography /Land Use hats. Soil movement will have occured annually on your site since the...
Hello, Although ploughing has occurred over the local downs since Neolithic times, certain areas were always too steep. These areas are often the nature...
Hello, Do you think the 'blue' butterfly expert could identify this blue butterfly for me? http://tinyurl.com/b3ef This is the site that they want to graze...
I'd agree with Adonis Blue. Ian ... From: "British Marine Life Study Society" <Glaucus@...> To: "UKBotany" <UKBotany@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Tuesday,...
Hello, Horseshoe Vetch long distance shot on the steep slopes of Mill Hill, Shoreham. http://tinyurl.com/b5gt in the UK Botany photographic vault. Mill Hill ...
Hello, Early Purple Orchid http://tinyurl.com/b8pr Orchis mascula This may be easy for botanists, but what are the black marks on the leaves? Lancing Clump ...
Hello, I am just having an uncertainty period over a common streamside flower. Can anybody identify it by scientific name and suggest the local name in use,...
Hello, If anybody spots any mistakes on the Nature Notes web pages, please let me know. It is hard to imagine that mistakes have not crept in with spelling,...
Hello John, Cardamine pratensis Thanks! That's what I eventually arrived at. The second question (for the group) is: what is the common name in use where you...
Cardamine pratensis - is common in suitable places in West Sutherland, VC 108, where it is called , equally, Cuckoo Flower or Lady's Smock, Pat Evans...
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Hello, I think the Sussex name is most likely to be Cuckoo Flower, second choice Milkmaid. The Sussex Plant Atlas (for the first name) says it is very common...
... These spots are normal for the species (though some specimens don't have them). They are just areas of pigment. What use they are I don't know. Cheers ...
... The colour balance is well off, but I would venture to suggest it is our old friend Cardamine pratensis, otherwise known as lady's-smock or cuckoo-flower. ...
... old friend Cardamine pratensis, otherwise known as lady's-smock or cuckoo-flower.< Hello, The colour balance has not been altered for this image. Is there...
Hello, In the last week of fine weather, I have investigated three areas of the downs: Lancing Clump meadows: wildlflower meadows around the beech copse which...
On the subject of threats to chalk downland, any comments on Big Brother's latest scam? http://media.guardian.co.uk/channel4/story/0,12225,949172,00.html ...
I have always understood the normal colour-range to be very pale pink to mauve.It grows on my wild-life lawn where the colour is almost white. The colour shown...
Hello Andy Also called Cuckoo Flower and Lady smock here in West Yorkshire VC63. As well as stream sides also found in damp unimproved meadows, good source of...
IMO, digital cameras are very poor at flower colours. Even calibrating the white balance you'll get blue orchids. I think Andy's comment that "The colour...
Hello, I have noticed Orange Tip Butterflies, (it is hard to miss them) along the valley from these plants. I made the same connection. I am not sure that...
Lady's Smock has in fact been cultivated; producing white, yellow, pink, lilac, and reddish violet flowers.The blue shown is unusual.It might be worth taking...
Of C. pratensis, Grime et al quote, " ...... much of the locally-occurring morphological variation within the species is attributable to phenotypic ...
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May 12, 2003 5:26 pm
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Hello, I cannot trace any camera aberration in colour with Cardamine pratensis. The most likely error is overexposure because the plant is very light and the...
Subject: Re: [UKBotany] Re: Cardamine pratensis Keep an eye open for small flowered variants of C. pratensis - which may turn out to be the, apparently very...
