On Saturday 18th April, Renee Grayer led a walk in Morgaston Wood near Sherbourne St. John. Setting out from The Vyne Car Park the group had wonderful views across the water to the main house which is believed to have the first portico on a domestic building in Britain. On the water both coots and great crested grebes were nesting and a yellow wagtail posed by the stream. The walk through the woods revealed both early and common dog violet, daphne laureola, several hop vines, Goldilocks buttercups and Townhall Clock plants (so named because the flowerhead has flowers facing each of the four sides (like the traditional clocks seen on town halls). There were examples of St. George’s mushrooms as well as carpets of bluebells in the woods.
Plant species observed
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Adoxa moschatellina |
Moschatel, Townhouse clock |
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Ajuga reptans |
Bugle |
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Alliaria petiolata |
Garlick mustard |
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Anemone nemorosa |
Wood anemone |
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Anthriscus sylvestris |
Cow parsley |
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Arum maculatum |
Cuckoo pint, Lords and Ladies |
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Cardamine pratensis |
Lady’s smock; Cuckoo flower |
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Cerastium fontanum |
Common mouse-ear chickweed |
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Conopodium majus (leaves) |
Pignut |
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Daphne laureola |
Spurge laurel |
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Euphorbia amygdaloides |
Wood spurge |
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Galium odoratum |
Woodruff |
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Geranium robertianum |
Herb-Robert |
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Glechoma hederacea |
Ground-ivy |
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Humulus lupulus |
Hop |
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Hyacinthoides non-scripta |
Bluebell |
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Lamiastrum galeobdolon |
Yellow archangel |
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Lamium album |
White dead-nettle |
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Luzula pilosa |
Hairy wood-rush |
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Melica uniflora |
Wood melick |
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Lysimachia nemorum |
Yellow pimpernell |
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Mercurialis perennis |
Dog’s mercury |
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Oxalis acetosella |
Wood-sorrel |
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Polygonatum multiflorum |
Solomon’s seal |
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Potentilla sterilis |
Barren strawberry |
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Primula veris |
Cowslip |
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Primula vulgaris |
Primrose |
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Ranunculus auricomus |
Goldilocks buttercup |
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Ranunculus ficaria |
Lesser celandine |
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Sanicula europaea |
Sanicle |
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Scrophularia nodosa (leaves) |
Common figwort |
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Stellaria holostea |
Greater stitchwort |
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Veronica chamaedrys |
Germander speedwell |
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Veronica montana |
Wood speedwell |
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Vinca minor |
Lesser periwinkle |
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Viola reichenbachiana |
Early dog-violet |
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Viola riviniana |
Common dog-violet |
Fungi
Coprinus species
Birds:
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Blue tit |
Great spotted woodpecker |
Song thrush |
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Chaffinch |
Great tit |
Willow warbler |
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Chiffchaff |
Pheasant |
Wren |
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Coot |
Robin |
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Butterflies
Comma
Orange tip
