Tranch Pyle old lime works

The white substrate of this old lime works always glares and demands attention whenever browsing satellite images of this area. In recent years Paul Roberts has found species there such as Dactylorhiza incarnata subsp. coccinea and Pyrola rotundifolia subsp. maritima highlighting good potential and it's been on my hit list of places to look for bryophytes. As I had to abandon Kenfig yesterday due to the thunderstorms, I decided to pop in for an hour during which time the rain thankfully turned to sunshine. Obviously the orchids had long gone over, but the Pyrola was still flowering and other prominent vasculars included additional dune slack species such as Salix repens and Molinia, plus quite a lot of Succisa, so an interesting mix. The sward was largely open with expanses of sparsely vegetated ground (click for video) dominated by bryos and species noted (in decreasing levels of abundance) included:

Trichostomum crispulum

Leiocolea badensis

Preissia quadrata

Dicranella varia

Didymodon fallax

Bryum dichotomum

Pellia endiviifolia

Aneura pinguis

Barbula convoluta var. convoluta

Bryum pseudotriquetrum

Campyliadelphus chrysophyllus

Ctenidium molluscum var. molluscum

Homalothecium lutescens

Gymnostomum viridulum

Didymodon tophaceus

Funaria hygrometrica

Campylium protensum

The red line on the map shows the area that I looked at, so there's plenty more of the site worth exploring. For ref,. there's a public footpath running around the site, but when parking it's best to squeeze onto the verge where I've shown on the plan (SS85248127), rather than use the obvious pull in (marked x), unless you don't mind the attentions of the guys at this popular gay pick-up spot. Also wellies are essential to get through the very muddy gate.  

Preissia quadrata - Leiocolea badensis crust