The final session for 2025 was an evening one, on May Day, Thursday the 1st, at Cutt’s Orchard, Brockweir. With very varied habitats, from natural woodland by the stream to the steep-sided grassland and finally the boggy section further up the stream, we recorded our highest tally of the year, a total of 50 plants. Here is the list, with thanks to Tony Murrell for keeping tabs on the night.
Greater stitchwort
Bugle
Bird’s-foot trefoil
Black Medick
Barren strawberry
Bulbous buttercup
Field woodrush
Pig nut
Common dog violet
Germander speedwell
Common vetch
Ramsons
Lesser celandine
Dog’s mercury
Harts tongue fern
Wavy Bittercress
Yellow archangel
Enchanted nightshade
Wood Avens
Herb Robert
Red campion
Wood Speedwell
Red Sorrel
Marsh thistle
Cuckoo flower
Foxglove
Tormentil
Opposite-leaved golden saxifrage
Wood sorrel
Self heal
Chickweed
Wood anemone
Cat’s-ear
Yarrow
Common spotted orchid
Meadow vetchling
Creeping thistle
Thyme-leaved speedwell
Ragwort
Mouse-ear
Yellow rattle
Red clover
Knappweed
Angelica
Hemlock water dropwort
Valerian
Watercress
Mint
Lesser Spearwort
Yellow Pimpernel