Members and wildlife survey volunteers gathered in May 2021 for a walk through the hay meadows at Gable Hook Farm, hosted by Trayton Pont. Trayton was joined by Sue Buckingham who provided wildflower ID. We learned about buttercups, their differences and what their presence or absence in a field may mean to the ecology.
The flower survey was extensive and 50 different flower species were recorded during the walk.
Wildflower list:
Bulbous Buttercup
Meadow Buttercup
Creeping Buttercup
Chequer Tree/Wild Service Tree
Hornbeam
Sweet Vernal Grass
Field Wood Rush
Common Mouse Ear
Common Sorrel
Lesser Stitchwort
Birds Foot Trefoil
Red Clover
Dandelion
Thyme Leaved Speedwell
Midland Hawthorne
Germander Speedwell
Ladies Smock
Glaucous Sedge
Greater Birds Foot Trefoil
Hemlock Water Dropwort
Meadow Vetchling
Meadow Foxtail (Grass)
Green Winged Orchid
Lesser Trefoil
Knapweed
Meadowsweet
Tufted Vetch
Creeping Cinqfoil
Yarrow
Greater Stitchwort
Adders Tounge Fern
Ribwort Plantain
Common Cats Ear
Creeping Jenny
Bugle
Barren Strawberry
Betony
Mouse Ear (not the chickweed)
Jack-Go-To-Bed
Pepper Saxifrage
Yellow Iris
Marsh Bedstraw
Greater Willowherb
Cow Parsley
Hogweed
Cutleaf Cranesbill
Soft Brome
Goat Willow
Celandine
Bluebell
