{"id":1381,"date":"2011-06-29T15:02:15","date_gmt":"2011-06-29T20:02:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rdnhs.org.uk\/blog\/?p=1381"},"modified":"2011-06-29T15:02:15","modified_gmt":"2011-06-29T20:02:15","slug":"grangelands-and-cadsden-wood-11-june-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rdnhs.org.uk\/blog\/grangelands-and-cadsden-wood-11-june-2011\/","title":{"rendered":"Grangelands and Cadsden Wood – 11 June 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"

Members travelled further afield on Saturday 11 June for a walk led by Roger Kemp at Grangelands, Pulpit Hill and Cadsden Wood, near Princes Risborough. The field trip was held jointly with the Bucks Invertebrate Group and National Trust Warden Jerry Page was a welcome addition to the party. The walk started across the unimproved chalk grasslands of Grangelands, where sightings included a strangely deformed Bee Orchid, Fragrant Orchids (including some unusual white specimens), Yellow-wort, Horseshoe Vetch and abundant Pyramidal Orchids. Butterfly sightings included Green Hairstreak, Common Blue, Small Heath and Brimstone. Large Roman Snails were common on the site. Walking eastwards along the Ridgeway, the group reached a viewpoint across the valley towards Chequers, with a distant view towards a hillside of native Box bushes. Next stop was the Iron Age hill fort at Pulpit Hill, with Bird\u2019s-nest Orchids growing in the steep beech woods nearby.<\/p>\n

\u00a0After a picnic lunch, Roger found 5 tiny Musk Orchids on chalk grassland. The group then walked\u00a0across to\u00a0Cadsden Wood, where White Helleborine and more Bird\u2019s-nest Orchids were found. In the valley bottom was an open glade with abundant Wild Candytuft, Common Rockrose and a few plants of Hairy Rock-cress.<\/p>\n