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...
Hi I would be interested in hearing of any populations of Carex lepidocarpa and Carex demissa growing sympatrically and particularly if any hybrids between ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
... 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...
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...
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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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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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...
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....
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....
... 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....
... 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...
<<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...
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, ...
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....
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...
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...
... 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...
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...
Looks like foetida to me. Foetida grows at the Steetley quarry site between Conisbrough and Sprotborough, along with Daphne laureola (Spurge Laurel) . I have...
<<Anything unusual Flowering down your way ???>> well, all the spring woodland flowers are out in force, including the wild daffodils in Farndale and...
