South Wales Bryophytes

Churchyards provide habitat for a number of bryophytes that are rare or absent from the typical farmed landscape of lowland Monmouthshire...

After last week's visit to the northernmost point of Monmouthshire (VC35) I have now recorded bryophytes at the southernmost point.  ...

A glorious Day 2 in the Black Mountains started and ended with low cloud, but there was bright sunshine in the middle of the day.  I sta...

In contrast to the Brecon Beacons - which Graham and I surveyed systematically in the early/mid 2000s - the Black Mountains are very under-r...

I had a training course at the Coldra Roundabout on the NE side of Newport today, and surprisingly light traffic meant I arrived with half a...

During my visit to Clwyd last week I collected an interesting-looking Orthotrichum from a Sycamore on the calcareous lead mine we were surv...

The above tuft was noted in a young Ash plantation near Pont-Henri, where many of the trees looked to be in very poor health. Essentially ...

 While checking on the Meadow Saxifrage population on the River Neath near Resolven (not in flower yet) H and I came across a nice popu...

Clare took B&J away for the weekend and left me to relax and do what I wanted, so naturally I grabbed my handlens and map and headed out...