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Wild Flower Notes
Sadly, we shall be unable to undertake our wild flower walks for now, as this group is "closed, awaiting a new leader".
If you would like to step into this role, even if you are yourself a novice with wild flowers, please contact our New Groups Coordinator (see Contacts in "Members Area").
Our retiring leader Celia left us with these notes (2020):
I thought you might like to know what I have seen in our area recently.
These flowers have all been seen in the hedgerows within 400 yards of my home in Southwell. I have kept to this area in recognition of the Covid advice given by the Govt.
Spring was early this year, after a mild winter, and a warm and sunny April. By my reckoning, plants and trees are flowering at least 3 weeks earlier than usual.
Here is my list- I appreciate there will be lots more further afield, but these can easily be seen locally on roadsides and hedgerows.
Sow thistle; green alkanet; herb Robert; chickweed; thale cress; dog violets; celandine; ivy-leaved toadflax; red- and white- dead nettles; yellow archangel; comfrey; garlic mustard; lge-periwinkle; ground ivy; red campion; ladysmock; wood spurge; blackthorn; privet; cow parsley; bluebell; groundsel; dandelion; daisy; cuckoo pint; honesty( probably a garden escape); meadow buttercup;
A very good hedgerow to visit is New Lane, just before Edingley. Go to where the road starts to descend, and park there( not on the verges,)This is a no- through road, so little traffic. Bee orchids and other limestone lovers flourish there in June
Sadly, we shall be unable to undertake our wild flower walks for now, as this group is "closed, awaiting a new leader".
If you would like to step into this role, even if you are yourself a novice with wild flowers, please contact our New Groups Coordinator (see Contacts in "Members Area").
Our retiring leader Celia left us with these notes (2020):
I thought you might like to know what I have seen in our area recently.
These flowers have all been seen in the hedgerows within 400 yards of my home in Southwell. I have kept to this area in recognition of the Covid advice given by the Govt.
Spring was early this year, after a mild winter, and a warm and sunny April. By my reckoning, plants and trees are flowering at least 3 weeks earlier than usual.
Here is my list- I appreciate there will be lots more further afield, but these can easily be seen locally on roadsides and hedgerows.
Sow thistle; green alkanet; herb Robert; chickweed; thale cress; dog violets; celandine; ivy-leaved toadflax; red- and white- dead nettles; yellow archangel; comfrey; garlic mustard; lge-periwinkle; ground ivy; red campion; ladysmock; wood spurge; blackthorn; privet; cow parsley; bluebell; groundsel; dandelion; daisy; cuckoo pint; honesty( probably a garden escape); meadow buttercup;
A very good hedgerow to visit is New Lane, just before Edingley. Go to where the road starts to descend, and park there( not on the verges,)This is a no- through road, so little traffic. Bee orchids and other limestone lovers flourish there in June