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Field Meetings
2016in East Sussex
Great Gotely Wood and Brickwall ParkSat.7th May Leaders-Ellen Campbell, Judy Clark
AM Great Gotely Wood – TQ82H + M26 Ancient woodland indicatorsPM – Brickwall Park -41 ha.- TQ82G Woods and pastures
Ophioglossum vulgatumViola canina Photos. Judy Clark
Scotney Castle Estate -Sunday 15th May Leaders – Geoffrey Kitchener, Helen Proctor
A cross border meeting with the Kent Botanical Recording Group (KBRG).The River Bewl forms the Vice County Boundary.27 members attended!
Geoffrey explains the ID features of Viola x intersita.
Photo Helen Proctor
Scotney’s new Sussex records in TQ63X
Ranunculus hederaceus
Viola caninaViola x intersitaCarex caryophylleaCarex piluliferaNeottia ovataNectaroscordum sicula (established in woodland)
Photo. Helen Proctor
Cherry Garden Farm, AshurstwoodWed. 18th May Leaders - Philip Glyn and Helen Proctor
AM -Berry Wood – WET!Carex Strigosa, Orchis mascula
PM – Sandstone Rocks and meadow – DAMP!
Photo.Helen Proctor
Photo. Alison Minns
Rowland Wood and Park Corner HeathSaturday 4th June Leader Roy Wells
Lunch time after surveying the cleared area. Sun at last!140 records including ten sedge species.
New Reserve records:-Carex demissa, C. pilulifera, C. leporina, C. laevigata,C.pallescens.
Photo. Brad Scott
Photo. Brad Scott
Moat Farm, Salehurst Wed. 15th JuneLeaders - Judy Clark, Ellen Campbell
Rother Field – A large field with diverse flora. 15 grass species and an un-named Allium.
Two more fields –wetter but less diverse.Filipendula ulmariaMyosotis scorpioides Photo. Brad Scott
Rathfinney Farm, Alfriston Sat. 2nd July Leader - Peter Smith
Papaver rhoeasGeranium columbinumChaenorrhinum minus
Chalk downland slope :-Arabis hirsuta, Centaurea scabiosaPhyteuma orbiculareAnacamptis pyramidalis181 taxa recordedPhoto.Helen Proctor
Photo. Helen Proctor
Pevensey Levels Saturday 16th July Leader – Jane Birch
A dry suit – the uniform of all serious aquatic botanists!Potamogeton acutifolius was fished out.
Horse-eye Sewer and Scutellaria galericulata
Photo. Helen Proctor
Photo. Helen Proctor
Pevensey Levels Saturday 16th JulyA second meeting!Four latecomers missed the group so held their own meeting.
In TQ60D and TQ60I, Brad and company saw species that we did not, including a Stonewort.
Photo. Brad Scott
Veronica catenata
Samolus valerandiPhoto. Brad Scott
Firehills, Hastings Saturday 13th AugustLeaders Jacqueline Rose, Judy Clark, Ellen Campbell
We monitored a heathland restoration programme
Cuscuta epythymum on Gorse.Erica cinerea, Ulex minorSenecio sylvaticusBrachypodium pinnatum
Photo. Jacqueline Rose
Photo. Helen Proctor
Small patches of Heather are returning.
Seven Sisters Country Park-Wed. 24th AugustLeader – Helen Proctor
At start – 7 members, +4 , +1
Frankenya laevisCarex distansSpergularia rubra, S. media and S. marina behind the shingle bank.
Ruppia cirrhosa in the meanders.Rumex pulcher near here.
Photo. Helen Proctor
Photo. Helen Proctor
A SUMMARY OF THE WEATHER
8 field meetings were dry1 meeting was very wet!
7 meetings were cool to pleasantly mild1 meetings was hot1 meeting – we sweltered in the heat!
A BIG THANK-YOUTO
LEADERS, PHOTOGRAPHERS REPORT WRITERS!