{"id":490,"date":"2009-08-29T13:09:39","date_gmt":"2009-08-29T18:09:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rdnhs.org.uk\/blog\/?p=490"},"modified":"2009-09-04T02:43:49","modified_gmt":"2009-09-04T07:43:49","slug":"greenham-common-29th-august-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rdnhs.org.uk\/blog\/greenham-common-29th-august-2009\/","title":{"rendered":"Greenham Common &#8211; 29th August 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Control Tower car park on the north side of Greenham Common was the starting point for the walk on Saturday 29th August, led by Jan Haseler. Plants at the nearest pond included Water-plantain and White Water-lily and also, regrettably, the invasive New Zealand Pigmyweed <em>Crassula helmsii.<\/em> Brown China-mark moths were found in the waterside vegetation. The white spiral flowers of Autumn Lady&#8217;s-tresses, though sometimes hard to spot initially, proved to be widespread and abundant. The Common was very colourful, with the yellow of Dwarf Gorse and the pinks and purples of Ling and Bell Heather. Tall Devil&#8217;s-bit Scabious flowers were indicators of damper patches of ground. The commonest butterfly was the bright orange Small Heath and the group were also lucky to find a Grayling, a large heathland specialist butterfly which was coming to the end of its flight season.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-490 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/rdnhs.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/autumnladiestresses.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/rdnhs.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/autumnladiestresses-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-491\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-491'>\n\t\t\t\tAutumn Lady&#8217;s-tresses\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/rdnhs.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/grayling.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/rdnhs.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/grayling-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-492\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-492'>\n\t\t\t\tGrayling\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/rdnhs.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/greenham-common-001.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/rdnhs.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/greenham-common-001-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-493\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-493'>\n\t\t\t\tRDNHS members at Greenham Common\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><em>Photos by Jan Haseler &amp; 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