{"id":377,"date":"2009-07-07T15:43:44","date_gmt":"2009-07-07T20:43:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rdnhs.org.uk\/blog\/?p=377"},"modified":"2009-07-20T09:33:31","modified_gmt":"2009-07-20T14:33:31","slug":"lardon-chase-7th-july-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rdnhs.org.uk\/blog\/lardon-chase-7th-july-2009\/","title":{"rendered":"Lardon Chase – 7th July 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"
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RDNHS members at Larden Chase<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Nine intrepid\u00a0 members met in pouring rain with the occasional flash of lightning to stroll around the downland and admire the chalk grassland plants.\u00a0 Fortunately, the rain gradually gave way to watery sunshine.\u00a0 Most of the species anticipated were found, with rather fewer pyramidal orchids than expected but plenty of squinancywort, centaury, perfiolate yellow-wort, stemless thistles, thyme and scabious.\u00a0 An area disturbed by rabbit activity was investigated in the hope of rediscovering the white horehound noted in 2006 but that was absent.\u00a0 That area did produce several plants of common gromwell.<\/p>\n

Moving round to Lough Down we were impressed by the different appearance of the grassland: salad burnet was very plentiful and there were many anthills.\u00a0 Detailed inspection of these showed that each had its own ecology, some had a mixture of plant species, some had mainly rockroses, some mainly thyme.<\/p>\n

Some butterflies were seen, mainly meadow browns, but the weather precluded sightings of any rarer species.<\/p>\n

(<\/em>article by Chris Bucke, <\/em>photos & species list by Ricki Bull)<\/em><\/p>\n

Plants<\/h3>\n

Marjoram
\nStemless thistle
\nSelfheal
\nAgrimony
\nSmall scabious
\nBurnet saxifrage
\nDead yellow-wort
\nLadies bedstraw
\nQuaking grass
\nKidney vetch
\nCarrot
\nHypericum perforatum
\nRest harrow
\nRough chervil
\nCentaury
\nSquinancywort
\nThyme\u00a0 (drucei?)
\nCarline thistle
\nHarebell
\nGromwell
\nClustered bellflower
\nNodding thistle
\nEyebright
\nSalad burnet
\nDropwort
\nWild basil
\nSpeedwell
\nRock rose (not in flower)
\nCarex flacca
\nHedge bedstraw
\nHop trefoil
\nRed bartsia
\nRibwork plantain
\nField bindweed
\nBurdock<\/p>\n

Birds<\/h3>\n

Red-legged partridge
\nChiffchaff
\nHarrier<\/p>\n

Invertebrates<\/h3>\n

Moth – Heart and Club<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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