{"id":499,"date":"2009-09-05T09:09:39","date_gmt":"2009-09-05T14:09:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rdnhs.org.uk\/blog\/?p=499"},"modified":"2009-09-24T09:25:04","modified_gmt":"2009-09-24T14:25:04","slug":"cottingtons-hill-5th-september-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rdnhs.org.uk\/blog\/cottingtons-hill-5th-september-2009\/","title":{"rendered":"Cottington’s Hill – 5th September 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"
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RDNHM members at Cottington's Hill<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Members enjoyed fine views over the Enborne and Kennet valleys from Cottington’s Hill, near Kingsclere on Saturday 5th<\/sup> September. The walk, led by Graham Saunders, started across recently-harvested corn fields which had an interesting collection of arable weeds. White Dead-nettle flowers on the sheltered side of a wood had attracted several different types of bumble-bee. The leaves of Hound’s-tongue were identified in ground which had been disturbed by rabbits. The woodland on the northern slope of the hill was remarkable for the apparent old age of the Buckthorn, Spindle, Blackthorn and Wayfaring-trees, all of which were covered with colourful berries. Small Scabious was found next to the path through the wood. The return journey up a steep field yielded Autumn Gentian just coming into flower and Clustered Bellflower. A Green Woodpecker, Chiffchaffs and a mixed flock of Long-tailed and Great Tits were seen on the climb back up the hill.<\/p>\n

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Small Scabious<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Plants<\/span><\/p>\n

Traveller’s-joy\u00a0 Clematis vitalba <\/em><\/p>\n

Common Poppy\u00a0 Papaver rhoeas <\/em><\/p>\n

A Goosefoot\u00a0 Chenopodium sp <\/em><\/p>\n

Common Orache\u00a0 Atriplex patula <\/em><\/p>\n

White Campion\u00a0 Silene latifolia <\/em><\/p>\n

Knotgrass\u00a0 Polygonum aviculare <\/em><\/p>\n

Black-bindweed\u00a0 Fallopia convolvulus <\/em><\/p>\n

Field Pansy\u00a0 Viola arvensis <\/em><\/p>\n

Hedge Mustard\u00a0 Sisymbrium officinale <\/em><\/p>\n

Shepherd’s-purse\u00a0 Capsella bursa-pastoris <\/em><\/p>\n

Wild Mignonette\u00a0 Reseda lutea <\/em><\/p>\n

Cowslip\u00a0 Primula veris <\/em><\/p>\n

Scarlet Pimpernel\u00a0 Anagallis arvensis <\/em><\/p>\n

Blackthorn\u00a0 Prunus spinosa <\/em><\/p>\n

Hawthorn\u00a0 Crataegus monogyna <\/em><\/p>\n

Dewberry\u00a0 Rubus caesius <\/em><\/p>\n

Agrimony\u00a0 Agrimonia eupatoria <\/em><\/p>\n

Common Bird’s-foot Trefoil\u00a0 Lotus corniculatus <\/em><\/p>\n

Dogwood\u00a0 Cornus sanguinea <\/em><\/p>\n

Spindle\u00a0 Euonymus europaeus <\/em><\/p>\n

Petty Spurge\u00a0 Euphorbia peplus <\/em><\/p>\n

Dog’s Mercury\u00a0 Mercurialis perennis <\/em><\/p>\n

Buckthorn\u00a0 Rhamnus cathartica <\/em><\/p>\n

Fairy Flax\u00a0 Linum catharticum <\/em><\/p>\n

Dove’s-foot Cranesbill\u00a0 Geranium molle <\/em><\/p>\n

Fool’s Parsley\u00a0 Aethusa cynapium <\/em><\/p>\n

Hogweed\u00a0 Heracleum sphondylium <\/em><\/p>\n

Autumn Gentian\u00a0 Gentianella amarella <\/em><\/p>\n

Field Bindweed\u00a0 Convolvulus arvensis <\/em><\/p>\n

Field Forget-me-not\u00a0 Myosotis arvensis <\/em><\/p>\n

Hound’s-tongue\u00a0 Cynoglossum officinale <\/em><\/p>\n

Red Dead-nettle\u00a0 Lamium purpureum <\/em><\/p>\n

White Dead-nettle\u00a0 Lamium album <\/em><\/p>\n

Wild Basil\u00a0 Clinopodium vulgare <\/em><\/p>\n

Basil Thyme\u00a0 Clinopodium acinos <\/em><\/p>\n

Selfheal\u00a0 Prunella vulgaris <\/em><\/p>\n

Hoary Plantain\u00a0 Plantago media <\/em><\/p>\n

Ash\u00a0 Fraxinus excelsior <\/em><\/p>\n

Common Toadflax\u00a0 Linaria vulgaris <\/em><\/p>\n

Common Field Speedwell\u00a0 Veronica persica <\/em><\/p>\n

Common Eyebright\u00a0 Euphrasia nemorosa <\/em><\/p>\n

Red Bartsia\u00a0 Odontites vernus <\/em><\/p>\n

Knapweed Broomrape\u00a0 Orobanche elatior <\/em><\/p>\n

Harebell\u00a0 Campanula rotundifolia <\/em><\/p>\n

Clustered Bellflower\u00a0 Campanula glomerata <\/em><\/p>\n

Hedge Bedstraw\u00a0 Gallium mollugo <\/em><\/p>\n

Lady’s Bedstraw\u00a0 Gallium verum <\/em><\/p>\n

Field Madder\u00a0 Sherardia arvensis <\/em><\/p>\n

Wayfaring-tree\u00a0 Viburnum lantana <\/em><\/p>\n

Small Scabious\u00a0 Scabiosa columbaria <\/em><\/p>\n

Field Scabious\u00a0 Knautia arvensis <\/em><\/p>\n

Pineappleweed\u00a0 Matricaria discoidea <\/em><\/p>\n

Mugwort\u00a0 Artemesia vulgaris <\/em><\/p>\n

Spear Thistle\u00a0 Cirsium vulgare <\/em><\/p>\n

Marsh Thistle\u00a0 Cirsium palustre <\/em><\/p>\n

Creeping Thistle\u00a0 Cirsium arvense <\/em><\/p>\n

Dwarf Thistle\u00a0 Cirsium acaule <\/em><\/p>\n

Common Knapweed\u00a0 Centaurea nigra <\/em><\/p>\n

Lesser Burdock\u00a0 Arctium minus <\/em><\/p>\n

Nipplewort\u00a0 Lapsana communis <\/em><\/p>\n

Perennial Sow-thistle\u00a0 Sonchus arvensis <\/em><\/p>\n

Prickly Sow-thistle\u00a0 Sonchus asper <\/em><\/p>\n

Insects<\/span><\/p>\n

Green Carpet\u00a0 Colostygia pectinataria<\/em><\/p>\n

Small Square-spot\u00a0 Diarsia rubi<\/em><\/p>\n

7-Spot Ladybird<\/p>\n

Bombus hortorum<\/p>\n

Bombus pascorum<\/p>\n

Mammals<\/span><\/p>\n

Field vole<\/p>\n

Birds<\/span><\/p>\n

Green Woodpecker<\/p>\n

Chiffchaff<\/p>\n

Great Tit<\/p>\n

Long-tailed Tit<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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