{"id":997,"date":"2010-08-19T05:53:45","date_gmt":"2010-08-19T10:53:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rdnhs.org.uk\/blog\/?p=997"},"modified":"2010-08-19T05:54:24","modified_gmt":"2010-08-19T10:54:24","slug":"dorchester-on-thame-and-isis-18th-august-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rdnhs.org.uk\/blog\/dorchester-on-thame-and-isis-18th-august-2010\/","title":{"rendered":"Dorchester on Thame and Isis – 18th August 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"Introduction
Introduction to Dorchester Abbey<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Thirty-two members and friends (probably a record number for a Wednesday walk) met at Bridge End in Dorchester for a gentle walk beside the River Thame and the River Thames and through the nearby water meadows, now being actively conserved and improved by the local community.\u00a0 The walk started after an engrossing visit to Dorchester Abbey.\u00a0 Ken Thomas, the ever interesting but not always optimistic leader stated that “there is not much natural history in August” so many of the party set about proving him wrong, with little difficulty.<\/p>\n

The hamlet of Overy sounds as if it ought to be very fertile and it proved to be so.\u00a0 The water plants beside the Thame were in excellent condition and a nearby ditch had Trifid Bur-marigold, Water Plantain as well as the ever-delightful Water Forget-me-not.\u00a0 A damp cornfield had a rich supply of arable weeds: members were struck by the unexpectedly pleasant aroma from Creeping Thistles, which were a good source of insect observations including a number of Small Copper butterflies.\u00a0 The Thames-side path was less productive but colour was provided by Purple Loosestrife and the first Michaelmas Daisies.<\/p>\n

A few of us explored Bridge End Meadow and found the rare Greater Dodder and Flowering Rush, surely one of our most beautiful wild flowers.\u00a0 Lunch in the Fleur-de Lys completed a very pleasant morning.<\/p>\n

Text by Chris Bucke<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Hoverfly
Hoverfly on Corn Sow Thistle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Creeping
Creeping Thistle Gall<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Hoverfly
Hoverfly on Trifid Bur-Marigold<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Plants<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Angelica<\/td>\nAngelica<\/em> archangelica<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Birdsfoot Trefoil<\/td>\nLotus corniculatus<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Black Bindweed<\/td>\nFallopia convolvulus<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Trifid Bur-Marigold<\/td>\nBidens tripartata<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bur-reed<\/td>\nSparganium erectum<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Comfrey<\/td>\nSymphytum officinale<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Common fleabane<\/td>\nPulicaria dysenterica<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Common Water Plantain<\/td>\nAlisma plantago-aquatica<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Corn Sow Thistle<\/td>\nSonchus arvensis<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CreepingThistle<\/td>\nCirsium arvense<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fat Hen<\/td>\nChenopodium album<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fool’s Parsley<\/td>\nAethusa cynapium<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Flowering Rush<\/td>\nButomus umbellatus<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fumitory sp.<\/td>\nFumaria<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Goatsbeard<\/td>\nTragopogon porrifolius<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Greater Dodder<\/td>\nCuscuta europaea<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Great Hairy Willowherb<\/td>\nEpinobium hirsutum<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gypsywort<\/td>\nLycopus europaeus<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hogweed<\/td>\nHeracleum sphondylium<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lady’s Bedstraw<\/td>\nGalium verum<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lucerne<\/td>\nMedicago sativa<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Marsh Woundwort<\/td>\nStachys palustris<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Meadowsweet<\/td>\nFilipendula ulmaria<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Purple Loosestrife<\/td>\nLythrum salicaria<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Redshank (Redleg?)<\/td>\nPersicaria maculosa<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Silverweed<\/td>\nPotentilla anserina<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sun Spurge<\/td>\nEuphorbia helioscopia<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tansy<\/td>\nTanacetum vulgare<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Teasel<\/td>\nDipsacis fullonium<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Water Forget-me-not<\/td>\nMyosotis palustris<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Water Mint<\/td>\nMentha aquatica<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wild (Prickly) Lettuce<\/td>\nLactuca virosa<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Yarrow<\/td>\nAchillea millefolium<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Yellow Loosestrife<\/td>\nLysimachia punctata<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Yellow Rattle<\/td>\nRhinanthus minor<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Yellow Water Lily<\/td>\nNuphar lutea<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Birds<\/strong><\/td>\n <\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kingfisher<\/td>\n <\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Great Crested Grebe with young<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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