Flower Walk 5 May 2004

Martyn Stead leads flower walks on the first Wednesday of the summer months - May, June, July and August. The walks start at 7pm from the car park. We do not have an extensive database of botanical information on our site. If you want to know more about any of the flowers listed here, we suggest you visit the Reticule web site. The site will also help you name a flower based on the description you can provide.

Five people attended. The weather was grey and it had rained earlier. Martyn Stead lead the walk with Jonathon Barrit recording.

Two new species were found today: Thyme-Leaved Sandwort and Pendulas Sedge.

Car Park Area.

1. Common Whitlow Grass
2. Thyme-Leaved Sandwort
3. Wall Speedwell
4. Sticky Mouse-Ear
5 Greater Plantain
6. Ribwort Plantain
7. Ragwort
8. Dandelion
9. Shepherds Purse
10. Cowslip

Red Shale Path To Bachlors Bridge

11. Cow Parsley
12. Bluebell (Hybrid)
13. Pignut
14. Garlic Mustard

Bachelors Bridge Area

15. Herb Robert
16. Creeping Buttercup
17. Wavy Bittercress
18. Hedge Mustard
19. Ransoms
20. White Bryony

Red Shale Path From Bachelors Bridge To Malcolms Scrape

21. Chickweed
22. Marsh Marigold
23. Red Deadnettle
24. Ground Ivy
25. Orange Balsalm
26. Bugle

Malcolms Scrape Area

27. Canadian Pondweed
28. Rigid Hornwort
29. Pendulas Sedge
30. Crassula Helmslii
31. Oilseed Rape
32. Teasel
33. Herb Bennet
34. Cuckoo Flower
35. Common Duckweed
36. Lesser Duckweed

Pond Area

37. Meadow Buttercup
38. Angelica

Steps To The Cycle Path

39. Hemlock
40. Horseraddish
41. Hedge Woundwort
42. Germander Speedwell

Along The Cycle Path To Bachelors Bridge

43. Common Vetch
44. Groundsel
45. Cocks-Foot Grass
46. Hawthorn
47. Pendunculate Oak
48. Ox-Eye Daisy
49. Common Birds Foot Trefoil
50. Common Daisy
51. Common Mouse-Ear
52. Cuckoo Pint

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Flower Walk, 5 May 2004