It surprises me sometimes how many species you can find in the
most unlikely looking spots. Yesterday I stopped at the cattle grid at the entrance to
the village as there was a bit of tarmac and flushed gravel to look at before I
headed on to my target of the riparian woodland. In the end I spent nearly an
hour in this area where I found a base-rich seepage dominated by Pellia endiviifolia and Dicranella varia as well as a section
of verge with species such as Solenostoma
gracillimum under a mat of Wahlenbergia
hederacea. Plus there was some nice
wet heath adjacent to the road with all the commoner Sphagnum spp., etc. On a few
occasions recently I've found non-fruiting Fossombronia,
which is very frustrating! Hoping to take Alfie for a ‘walk’ in the next tetrad
today...
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| SN63660603 Wahlenbergia verge with 'understory' of Solenostoma gracillimum |
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| SN63680615 cattle grid seepage with abundant Pellia endiviifolia and Dicranella varia |
