Hi Gill Re Coltsfoot Tussilago farfara I found this specimen at Ogden Water Calderdaleb 31/03/07 which seemed to be a food source for this dung fly. It is...
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blackstock8@...
blackstn1
Apr 1, 2007 7:59 pm
Hi I would be interested in hearing of any populations of Carex lepidocarpa and Carex demissa growing sympatrically and particularly if any hybrids between ...
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ryenats
Apr 2, 2007 3:47 pm
Thanks - flat stony ground and canal towpaths agree nicely with the sort of habitat I see it on - mostly stony verges and forest rides. Nice pic. Incidentally...
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colinduke2003
Apr 2, 2007 4:44 pm
Thanks Gill Well Spotted !! Who knows how html works !!!! Yes - Coltsfoot with the unmistakable stem .Soon to follow the big leaves which are at first glance...
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glaucus25
Apr 3, 2007 12:42 pm
Hello, What is the best Vegetated Shingle Beach with an amateur enthusiast(s) for a possible TV programme? Any votes please? Outlying islands may not be...
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paul_mabbott
Apr 3, 2007 9:15 pm
Hello all. On Sunday I saw a solitary hellebore on open, reclaimed land at Conisbrough (near Doncaster): difficult to say much about the soil but this is...
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Malcolm Storey
bioimages2000
Apr 4, 2007 11:44 am
Hi Paul, Looks like H. foetidus. Long time since I've seen one without Phytomyza hellebori leaf-mines! Malcolm...
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maslyni
Apr 4, 2007 12:20 pm
Looks like H foetidus to me also. There is a reasonably substantial, and long standing, population of this species at Conisbrough which was in good flower a...
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philophyte
Apr 4, 2007 6:26 pm
... This is definitely foetidus. The clearest character is the outer leaflets on each leaf sharing a stalk (rather than all joined separately to the petiole as...
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paul_mabbott
Apr 4, 2007 7:17 pm
Dear Martin and all - thanks for the comments. I've never seen a hellebore in the wild so was quite taken with this! This was actually quite a way (2km) from...
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Helen Proctor
hm.proctor@...
Apr 4, 2007 8:50 pm
Four flower heads of Sea Thrift were seen on the cliffs at Hope Gap near Seaford on Saturday 31st March. Is this a record for earliness? Helen Proctor East...
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Helen Proctor
hm.proctor@...
Apr 4, 2007 8:50 pm
Andy, My vote would be for Rye Harbour NR. Also, vegetated shingle surveys are being done by a volunteer group at Tidemills, near Newhaven. Let me know if...
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ryenats
Apr 4, 2007 9:58 pm
Agreed - the pink edge to the 'petals' in the second pic is also a giveaway, as is the rather upright habit. quite unlike H. viridis. This plant looks...
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Rodney Burton
rodney_m_burton
Apr 5, 2007 7:37 pm
Andy, obviously the huge shingle banks of Dungeness and Chesil Beach have a lot going for them, but in my view the most telegenic is at Aldeburgh in Suffolk....
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peter_wkhm
Apr 6, 2007 4:14 pm
Can anyone help me with the Id of an aquatic plant? The picture (photo in my album Peter W) was taken today in the River Wandle, a south London chalk stream....
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Malcolm Ogilvie
malcolmogi2000
Apr 7, 2007 2:52 pm
In message <ev5rfq+mj6t@eGroups.com>, peter_wkhm <peter.wakeham@...> writes ... Potamogeton natans? -- Malcolm Ogilvie, Isle of Islay...
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peter_wkhm
Apr 7, 2007 3:38 pm
... Thanks for the suggestion Malcolm, in this area I have only found P. natans growing in still or slow moving water whereas the Wandle is very fast flowing....
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Malcolm Ogilvie
malcolmogi2000
Apr 7, 2007 5:36 pm
In message <ev8ds0+c8du@eGroups.com>, peter_wkhm <peter.wakeham@...> writes ... The submerged leaves of P.natans are very elongated and Preston ...
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peter_wkhm
Apr 8, 2007 6:02 am
... produce ... flowing ... This fits well, I wasn't aware that it could grow in such a fast current nor that the appearance of the leaves could change quite...
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ryenats
Apr 8, 2007 10:48 am
<<I wasn't aware that it could grow in such a fast current nor that the appearance of the leaves could change quite so radically.>> same here - this certainly...
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Keith Hatton
kjhatton2000
Apr 8, 2007 11:00 am
I can't see the picture very clearly. Is this just a fault with my machine? The colour is suggestive of P.lucens, but that's all I can say from the image, ...
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peter_wkhm
Apr 8, 2007 12:02 pm
I don't think it's your machine Keith - what with reflection on the water, movement in the current and some quality loss on uploading it's not a brilliant pic....
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Keith Hatton
kjhatton2000
Apr 8, 2007 12:51 pm
Peter, Thanks. I won't have to upgrade just yet then! It is usually fairly difficult to get a good picture of aquatics. They are usually out of reach, as well...
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Malcolm Ogilvie
malcolmogi2000
Apr 8, 2007 1:13 pm
I've been using Preston's Pondweeds and, although there are a few hybrids which look a bit like the photograph, none of them has ever been found anywhere near...
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Malcolm Storey
bioimages2000
Apr 8, 2007 2:25 pm
... But that's true of so many aquatic plants. Couldn't tell from the photo whether the plant was branched, or whether the leaves all came from the base (in...
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colinduke2003
Apr 10, 2007 8:54 pm
Hi Folks I trust all had a good easter. Just a quick one for discussion/ confirmation .Ivy Leaved Speedwell ? Any confriimations observations ...
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ryenats
Apr 10, 2007 9:41 pm
Definitely ivy-lf speedwell, almost certainly the lilac-flowered subsp. Nice pics, especially the close-up. Gill...
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colinduke2003
Apr 10, 2007 9:57 pm
Hi Gill Many Thanks. I am ashamed to say I wandered past it and decided to follow some bees to see what they where nectaring on . At first glance I thought it...
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John Law
planetjohnlaw
Apr 10, 2007 10:31 pm
Looks like foetida to me. Foetida grows at the Steetley quarry site between Conisbrough and Sprotborough, along with Daphne laureola (Spurge Laurel) . I have...
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ryenats
Apr 11, 2007 9:15 am
<<Anything unusual Flowering down your way ???>> well, all the spring woodland flowers are out in force, including the wild daffodils in Farndale and...
