tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15728799578932464552024-03-21T11:28:18.704-07:00Pishiobury LNR DiaryNews and events from the Friends of Pishiobury Park.Bob Reedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01139699346653589450noreply@blogger.comBlogger55125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1572879957893246455.post-33750503605968192232024-03-21T11:27:00.000-07:002024-03-21T11:27:23.066-07:00Dawn Chorus 2023.<p> At the start of May last year a sound recording was made of the dawn chorus and a video vlog added later in the day. National Dawn Chorus day 2024 will be May 5th to enjoy again but you must be there at dawn which is about 4am with sunrise at 5.17am. Follow the link below to hear the chorus.</p><p><br /></p><p>https://youtu.be/uBn1UOzbVPQ?si=m5KcEffkqgunszcl</p>Bob Reedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01139699346653589450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1572879957893246455.post-18847445445512672672024-02-23T02:00:00.000-08:002024-02-23T02:00:52.120-08:00Be a Tree Detective.<p> At this time of year one of the most reliable ways of identifying a tree is by looking at its bark and winter buds. The first one is the Lime. When the tree is young the bark is quite smooth but as it gets older it develops cracks or 'fissures'.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfYkaweAC_1aUWqKciH-F4AfXkr65nd7VA7DoLMPVjQo_u1gumxdGpbSmlKDHRtK-uTw9eOHWvHzFHrcy9sL99YuN3BYQK2d-0WKSSMnXO5mGNuB9-PcY-veY2bRn8XjnctHlg01fk2pLLB6cmlznw_Auyk09yj0Y-b3eVMCQIibot9L6BgcFFMHi2qaPy/s2048/lime3.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfYkaweAC_1aUWqKciH-F4AfXkr65nd7VA7DoLMPVjQo_u1gumxdGpbSmlKDHRtK-uTw9eOHWvHzFHrcy9sL99YuN3BYQK2d-0WKSSMnXO5mGNuB9-PcY-veY2bRn8XjnctHlg01fk2pLLB6cmlznw_Auyk09yj0Y-b3eVMCQIibot9L6BgcFFMHi2qaPy/s320/lime3.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">.The buds are blunt and rounded and positioned alternately on the stem. They are usually red or purple in colour.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqj6gjcPigJzXFq8X4PdyoINY61jymJcMiR3dNcTG04d1-KwHYyCVeIFER8PP7wLeS0YqgKzu4ibKky3U-hrmKHhyu5P13HVZKgDgGDgPHPH1hs1QWMSUIajZoG5KUv-naXmxF5WblsU6dyiJxBlqXs5SCxgb7QxFMHnmhurTNDpZr2v7glsC8WyLPLtSH/s1280/lime5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1280" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqj6gjcPigJzXFq8X4PdyoINY61jymJcMiR3dNcTG04d1-KwHYyCVeIFER8PP7wLeS0YqgKzu4ibKky3U-hrmKHhyu5P13HVZKgDgGDgPHPH1hs1QWMSUIajZoG5KUv-naXmxF5WblsU6dyiJxBlqXs5SCxgb7QxFMHnmhurTNDpZr2v7glsC8WyLPLtSH/s320/lime5.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The next tree is the Field Maple. The bark is grey or dark brown and there are fine, shallow fissures on the bark which get more obvious with age. The older bark is often flaky.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga4gdgqr8yqiPrKUdH6Er3-DXaBBI01QiXkFc_6HSWHUknR43XLdiumoF_GnOZ9FTvOfNsYw6ubQu80O_atvfoUW8WAVPI0P9uhsxpEe-xQ3MOiZXc07ZR0cqH6B_AER1WSVnGrXcHLrpODc3oHpKXtd3QUixcLCeb_0sHJf0vHLd5ovYg4QTHRWYQesYH/s2048/maple.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga4gdgqr8yqiPrKUdH6Er3-DXaBBI01QiXkFc_6HSWHUknR43XLdiumoF_GnOZ9FTvOfNsYw6ubQu80O_atvfoUW8WAVPI0P9uhsxpEe-xQ3MOiZXc07ZR0cqH6B_AER1WSVnGrXcHLrpODc3oHpKXtd3QUixcLCeb_0sHJf0vHLd5ovYg4QTHRWYQesYH/s320/maple.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>The buds are reddish brown with white hairy edges and they are found in opposite pairs on the stalks.<div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhig0fVho6aCU0AzNEpnrtu1uOtYgTz0LsXfAqeXDDDgFW7qudCrOAwizSjf-s2CcvlzywIIIHXlSLMP36FSDRfUpqG94dVLPtqGmmvLSKeS55DRFW_c-5aM4KsJWwup0gB7ue7Mv95sFj330GApTDaVRjRaxrrl6c0gRcz1HHAQ_DatNZ3Zk6GdGwXe60w/s1280/FM2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1280" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhig0fVho6aCU0AzNEpnrtu1uOtYgTz0LsXfAqeXDDDgFW7qudCrOAwizSjf-s2CcvlzywIIIHXlSLMP36FSDRfUpqG94dVLPtqGmmvLSKeS55DRFW_c-5aM4KsJWwup0gB7ue7Mv95sFj330GApTDaVRjRaxrrl6c0gRcz1HHAQ_DatNZ3Zk6GdGwXe60w/s320/FM2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Next is the Horse Chestnut. The bark is grey-brown and often covered in powdery lichen and algae. As it gets older it becomes flaky and the edges start to lift off the tree.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzWZLXbI0BJYctKgP-86QThFQZ7AAJ3yAjcLKCrRegoeswFKzeqjxQ20RGD3D1Hq7nDxD6Ewz4fHnL4gGQl_UyyzRPaDnI2_oIpiEd8iuvzRpWQ54PeYvGibAsaAnEaaqLyPJiJbDBG5_uychx7RwgnwZvhHxoBCPp-qcctyDtjwAmVKdstzj3JnGBHXby/s2048/chesnut.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzWZLXbI0BJYctKgP-86QThFQZ7AAJ3yAjcLKCrRegoeswFKzeqjxQ20RGD3D1Hq7nDxD6Ewz4fHnL4gGQl_UyyzRPaDnI2_oIpiEd8iuvzRpWQ54PeYvGibAsaAnEaaqLyPJiJbDBG5_uychx7RwgnwZvhHxoBCPp-qcctyDtjwAmVKdstzj3JnGBHXby/s320/chesnut.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>The buds are sticky with large visible scales. They are usually found on short stalks.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5RYxhK1immsdCwWxrva7DxwgqcrXfoxdbohoB7OfskDx78nHd1YC8MSjS3pUQPAEyKbTG7TgtzIomRpO7MpQE4kvlGo-l7rwu4zAlbiUovjtE7vrUcT7qJLpvANQSSBRcYZV0nK3LOlqJT9avOfutpsfGZKo4a-53h5gN3E9ouZ-6VloxaxKo4P3alFEJ/s1280/chestnut.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1280" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5RYxhK1immsdCwWxrva7DxwgqcrXfoxdbohoB7OfskDx78nHd1YC8MSjS3pUQPAEyKbTG7TgtzIomRpO7MpQE4kvlGo-l7rwu4zAlbiUovjtE7vrUcT7qJLpvANQSSBRcYZV0nK3LOlqJT9avOfutpsfGZKo4a-53h5gN3E9ouZ-6VloxaxKo4P3alFEJ/s320/chestnut.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div> Next is the Ash. The bark is smooth when young but on an older tree it is pale grey and heavily lined with vertical fissures.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhItp6xMHjhvSPN-BM9zjHVBp6KvGd3_ijVOa4FrHmePUBkAMoLw9HCy9Q_zPqn4HU5kp7dOl68NX_Sd7nsCHx81FCMTr64_-5ddOaN8mdwl6EJ2TQnl7u-Dzz9JaCqXfmt259KKf8gEbnPNc0OCkZRZqhQr8UTidzhTvHRSnUAI4K1CeRxjfLozkFqYe7E/s2048/ash.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhItp6xMHjhvSPN-BM9zjHVBp6KvGd3_ijVOa4FrHmePUBkAMoLw9HCy9Q_zPqn4HU5kp7dOl68NX_Sd7nsCHx81FCMTr64_-5ddOaN8mdwl6EJ2TQnl7u-Dzz9JaCqXfmt259KKf8gEbnPNc0OCkZRZqhQr8UTidzhTvHRSnUAI4K1CeRxjfLozkFqYe7E/s320/ash.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>The buds are velvet matt black in opposite pairs with the terminal bud being the largest.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirSuJ9tQCXJSnHF0sjVAlfZkK6xlK-m6vgzP8HzIa5hyphenhyphenbMMRamj-_A2opllopD-8fkDMUi1xyTHsHzZ79Aip0KUIwqNUjUNVq9nMET7YSG51OYEGIdBMns2kVeU8e73wPUkHNbBIqIyQJWva4fudUWbNjcAEe7FY8ep17aZoUhg1evAI5r1-yoBRvo2ESw/s1280/ash.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1280" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirSuJ9tQCXJSnHF0sjVAlfZkK6xlK-m6vgzP8HzIa5hyphenhyphenbMMRamj-_A2opllopD-8fkDMUi1xyTHsHzZ79Aip0KUIwqNUjUNVq9nMET7YSG51OYEGIdBMns2kVeU8e73wPUkHNbBIqIyQJWva4fudUWbNjcAEe7FY8ep17aZoUhg1evAI5r1-yoBRvo2ESw/s320/ash.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>Now the Wild Cherry. The bark is an orangey brown colour with horizontal lines called lenticels or 'breathing pores'.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0eQgRtp9Y9esSom7g8dEcmQueV7tcpb6wWLskIoDQUj0mRuCFtcxHecHGnoAp21RnjEVx3PwwTXDM2C3Ad_tp_dYSsNTWFQlBQ42xbcxOHicus_8ikTY05h6lVNXCX316D6uPz8iXYT9v3LprGNIRJtA57_6kLk0qM5SgTz5qOcPxfEMBF8pCfHX6lFm9/s4000/cherry%20-%20Copy.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0eQgRtp9Y9esSom7g8dEcmQueV7tcpb6wWLskIoDQUj0mRuCFtcxHecHGnoAp21RnjEVx3PwwTXDM2C3Ad_tp_dYSsNTWFQlBQ42xbcxOHicus_8ikTY05h6lVNXCX316D6uPz8iXYT9v3LprGNIRJtA57_6kLk0qM5SgTz5qOcPxfEMBF8pCfHX6lFm9/s320/cherry%20-%20Copy.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">You will find two types of buds, the first are those that will become leaves and secondly those in groups which will be the flowers later on.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCMpYtFDW5lV_p8oP3ctuoeIq6d8T6t5TiOrVQn5oXaN4aFew3unw4ygFa9gxnVIVUr5ExethPK6lJtn9aExmaq4Mi5SxvhyfsXNQODi_yknbNOjsevRtR3ySRY26vvFtmoxWz8uUIRMfnEc6Uy9oP_YtOQpDDIEelp8F_2ybosSQLwoQtx8VhC5kXA7IT/s1280/cherryleaf.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1280" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCMpYtFDW5lV_p8oP3ctuoeIq6d8T6t5TiOrVQn5oXaN4aFew3unw4ygFa9gxnVIVUr5ExethPK6lJtn9aExmaq4Mi5SxvhyfsXNQODi_yknbNOjsevRtR3ySRY26vvFtmoxWz8uUIRMfnEc6Uy9oP_YtOQpDDIEelp8F_2ybosSQLwoQtx8VhC5kXA7IT/s320/cherryleaf.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF_bIb-thujJxRe4vZEIYL-WIMnNvebdINnRlrK7s1omTpfF_w-NH9SlaHRD-c6xz_a1bmSL51p4kXfzOQ-AvvkwsQwAYT6kD3WG_fE_67VJuZRd6DPSygoxVNQE5b0LIcxz1HiQ2R3i1ns1NYdUQNdau5YAutPnfwnc_3cGQgDV4qrlRMbNmdp4SrsY7A/s1280/cheeryflower.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1280" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF_bIb-thujJxRe4vZEIYL-WIMnNvebdINnRlrK7s1omTpfF_w-NH9SlaHRD-c6xz_a1bmSL51p4kXfzOQ-AvvkwsQwAYT6kD3WG_fE_67VJuZRd6DPSygoxVNQE5b0LIcxz1HiQ2R3i1ns1NYdUQNdau5YAutPnfwnc_3cGQgDV4qrlRMbNmdp4SrsY7A/s320/cheeryflower.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And now the Hornbeam.The bark is grey and smooth when young but it develops 'angles' as it gets older. Some old trees have furrows.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUcpZ4oFNU_aoePUnm1j47AEumdpxhQk82ivd1psTVo6L-NHGKeDU12TEnexXad60UORkIt_CxNsHmYkcgxDw4OzCKa9GeM7ZOIkkI_R4FOCHjdvNevO4_o761MX-1Fs42uu9oE1g0LarQcaBNxysQNWrp79TebH1oenEhdRMSraEW2irCGnbz7BWJ_6e3/s4000/hornbeam2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUcpZ4oFNU_aoePUnm1j47AEumdpxhQk82ivd1psTVo6L-NHGKeDU12TEnexXad60UORkIt_CxNsHmYkcgxDw4OzCKa9GeM7ZOIkkI_R4FOCHjdvNevO4_o761MX-1Fs42uu9oE1g0LarQcaBNxysQNWrp79TebH1oenEhdRMSraEW2irCGnbz7BWJ_6e3/s320/hornbeam2.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The buds are pale brown in colour with long scales. They sometimes curve inward slightly.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhFHsOHD19Rzlaivd-MigBQ_fjlfNAi73bXlEniP0wGTZOfRTRXNumt3dHzpEmtQJ7zZooeL3FmBTLwVjr5PU60jk5OIlDcgDPEegmtqj_roujUdzmun0H5dzUiqSPtEzH6jCvfLQxGcxthUnnZyMVlrnTYtVBhN3gPUBMR_bb-m1bv4NhjF6v2MqbGHfC/s2048/hornbeam2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhFHsOHD19Rzlaivd-MigBQ_fjlfNAi73bXlEniP0wGTZOfRTRXNumt3dHzpEmtQJ7zZooeL3FmBTLwVjr5PU60jk5OIlDcgDPEegmtqj_roujUdzmun0H5dzUiqSPtEzH6jCvfLQxGcxthUnnZyMVlrnTYtVBhN3gPUBMR_bb-m1bv4NhjF6v2MqbGHfC/s320/hornbeam2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></div>Bob Reedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01139699346653589450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1572879957893246455.post-36126751642280850852023-11-03T04:23:00.001-07:002023-11-03T04:23:53.223-07:00Benchmarks Project.<p> A benchmark in geographical or landscape terms is a fixed point of reference in the landscape. At Pishiobury we have at least 19 wooden seating benches many of which are oak and represent fixed points in the landscape of the Park. The Benchmarks Project suggest to people that instead of rushing hither and thither then take 10 minutes to sit on a bench of their choice and concentrate on the sights, sounds and smells of the area in front of them. Appreciate the natural landscape and any wildlife that can be spotted. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcAJakw4PWQQjEffG7xRl7D8K3pTDC0TfFXNgc4Tlgut1bHJZ0ZhVLeFVlt6mohchHVvXOjqYeNmLAPKxrqbKas13avzHloVQzMjVpM0rcJlYPkmlek-9_BG0BvvQd0n2XlitSJv2zUKI_4zi6VJ5xJA7bG6rUSan6BbDIibcAtOfqOgXRaQDBkg_9IRPW/s2048/waestview.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcAJakw4PWQQjEffG7xRl7D8K3pTDC0TfFXNgc4Tlgut1bHJZ0ZhVLeFVlt6mohchHVvXOjqYeNmLAPKxrqbKas13avzHloVQzMjVpM0rcJlYPkmlek-9_BG0BvvQd0n2XlitSJv2zUKI_4zi6VJ5xJA7bG6rUSan6BbDIibcAtOfqOgXRaQDBkg_9IRPW/s320/waestview.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p> Here are some panoramic views with suggestions of what might be observed.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi63ZzwEb7ONEsmMXWHqrA6FUybhzgaIMW1bVFjhJktdVyFNOKFFMziP1lFAHK-EH_kGjbOfvOQY3GxMbMaF42wf4DZK9STr2O9BEPRld-kd-7HZYRbLb9V-2bP9zmbddFCjcN58jP20CmR5_5C1fBdcAvw_JtTd6dp0utlTfQ79A2xY9RtylnboGqgEtzF/s8632/IMG_1495.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2424" data-original-width="8632" height="143" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi63ZzwEb7ONEsmMXWHqrA6FUybhzgaIMW1bVFjhJktdVyFNOKFFMziP1lFAHK-EH_kGjbOfvOQY3GxMbMaF42wf4DZK9STr2O9BEPRld-kd-7HZYRbLb9V-2bP9zmbddFCjcN58jP20CmR5_5C1fBdcAvw_JtTd6dp0utlTfQ79A2xY9RtylnboGqgEtzF/w510-h143/IMG_1495.JPG" width="510" /></a></div><br /><p>This is the view from the Holloway Bench. There are hedges and field edges on both sides, naturalising grassland in the foreground, and old hedge in the distance and the floodplain of Plovers Mead.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsUxMFBe4-vtnQGlxo9WTT_eV30iamJMZUhHqMCZs-DA4hogo8IaPuR_AD3IJCBNYcchdkLW-Ib9_STogyITdyqKXuMVmHuKcBn92i0DvRjk0YsCJpfwxCdmszkIkooxrk9ZxqnA3FpRdvSsafW2k71LIDblkXCGMWbItBnXKVF1mLf4LwpkGUDQjSErhB/s8974/IMG_1498.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2332" data-original-width="8974" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsUxMFBe4-vtnQGlxo9WTT_eV30iamJMZUhHqMCZs-DA4hogo8IaPuR_AD3IJCBNYcchdkLW-Ib9_STogyITdyqKXuMVmHuKcBn92i0DvRjk0YsCJpfwxCdmszkIkooxrk9ZxqnA3FpRdvSsafW2k71LIDblkXCGMWbItBnXKVF1mLf4LwpkGUDQjSErhB/w570-h148/IMG_1498.JPG" width="570" /></a></div><br /><p>Here is a panoramic view of Plovers Mead at a 180° angle. On the left a large Weeping Willow on the right, Black Poplar, in the middle distance a young oak, in the far distance the old field hedge of Springhall Meadow, in the near distance the wet floodplain.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuu6vAzPXawHafw9KaWBWghLE8Gyb6xUkTu9Gc-RUFyMm7NQDxqjc2ezHhovhVB4l9-ck5iX3vcOIZOJsyEFr_C_-VI-Y-lT2EiL7vL1VmByeW571P2YE2yXvyNhok74TkMZXL4UN_OOd6pLpvP2uE8giNQWaUngT9NfTNUmGTXbmDi_0t51cFZSc_SZgS/s8984/IMG_1499.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2332" data-original-width="8984" height="147" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuu6vAzPXawHafw9KaWBWghLE8Gyb6xUkTu9Gc-RUFyMm7NQDxqjc2ezHhovhVB4l9-ck5iX3vcOIZOJsyEFr_C_-VI-Y-lT2EiL7vL1VmByeW571P2YE2yXvyNhok74TkMZXL4UN_OOd6pLpvP2uE8giNQWaUngT9NfTNUmGTXbmDi_0t51cFZSc_SZgS/w570-h147/IMG_1499.JPG" width="570" /></a></div><br /><p><br />A panoramic view from the Osier Bed bench. On the right Alder trees and wet woodland, on the left large hybrid Poplars and in the middle distance a bend of the Old River Stort, floodplain in the far distance. </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY3hwWbEre1Jw4PDgWJCFWVyImVF7lvAUSzwmsjbuvJVoqgr8FOR6gHaKyKQqf1uZ-Ia8mkiljeDtHc9gmjBJeq-7zW0O3EmhW7pi8DPSWuR-PRu9wysoBbv3Bn0lJDy5lpigHxq0zR3Be_Gp_iBzgBJjH7peT6ahyphenhyphenwr8ep8nwBOTJ237rskhJSZSJtyG3/s9874/IMG_1500.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2332" data-original-width="9874" height="139" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY3hwWbEre1Jw4PDgWJCFWVyImVF7lvAUSzwmsjbuvJVoqgr8FOR6gHaKyKQqf1uZ-Ia8mkiljeDtHc9gmjBJeq-7zW0O3EmhW7pi8DPSWuR-PRu9wysoBbv3Bn0lJDy5lpigHxq0zR3Be_Gp_iBzgBJjH7peT6ahyphenhyphenwr8ep8nwBOTJ237rskhJSZSJtyG3/w587-h139/IMG_1500.JPG" width="587" /></a></div><p></p><p>A panoramic view of the gravel pit. On the left, Nursery Wood, in the distance on the left the Osier Bed with tall Poplars, on the right in the distance the Vale with a 'roundel' and cluster of conifers.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPTugO_o5clrCyF3jKSqnGsxy1Nu0uok0pMguA7K6MGBXV0NTI-x7UgIen4eKvU68pk8Gdl3lLNpTbdO-zZ8eLeJe_fv6FmcvnCC_KE-DS_WFY4DJ726nqR1vTCMluen0Mlw4PPNeZe8ZbYYjKAFz47ypG3YrNDPqTLZT9WD71uibyBiQfJDj0mfFb0Yeq/s8868/IMG_1502.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2332" data-original-width="8868" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPTugO_o5clrCyF3jKSqnGsxy1Nu0uok0pMguA7K6MGBXV0NTI-x7UgIen4eKvU68pk8Gdl3lLNpTbdO-zZ8eLeJe_fv6FmcvnCC_KE-DS_WFY4DJ726nqR1vTCMluen0Mlw4PPNeZe8ZbYYjKAFz47ypG3YrNDPqTLZT9WD71uibyBiQfJDj0mfFb0Yeq/w607-h160/IMG_1502.JPG" width="607" /></a></div><p></p><p>A panoramic view from Margaret's bench looking south. A veteran oak on the right, Oak Walk on the left, the ditch running along the bottom of this dry valley and Harlow New Town continuing development in the far distance.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXygR0DmwyVidTqEhZwjhjk5y4vz1f5LeU79UfGHRUpDYv3pimLIzeosUQ3PUtfs_xNmkWgdfJXK2sSvB_9t4QQX072lMsjhF2N3mgDaWZxLuvxLgg2FPd_q9nTGVESUWPXmEp0gvKXUKMckwh4nfpMUZAw6fe-Q55uulropY8CrWa9I_IQ939RecCybzb/s8752/IMG_1508.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2430" data-original-width="8752" height="158" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXygR0DmwyVidTqEhZwjhjk5y4vz1f5LeU79UfGHRUpDYv3pimLIzeosUQ3PUtfs_xNmkWgdfJXK2sSvB_9t4QQX072lMsjhF2N3mgDaWZxLuvxLgg2FPd_q9nTGVESUWPXmEp0gvKXUKMckwh4nfpMUZAw6fe-Q55uulropY8CrWa9I_IQ939RecCybzb/w567-h158/IMG_1508.JPG" width="567" /></a></div><br /><p>A panoramic view from the Maple Bench accentuating the rise and fall of the land. Bramble and Horse Chestnut on the right and a strongly growing young Cedar of Lebanon on the left. Tracks made by cattle and people in the foreground.</p>Bob Reedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01139699346653589450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1572879957893246455.post-14499474455526889672023-10-30T08:59:00.001-07:002023-10-31T08:13:56.608-07:00Fruits and Seeds on the Park in Autumn.<p> The Field Studies Council gives an excellent fold out guide to fruits and seed dispersal. This post is going to work through the guide and see how many examples we have on the Park.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNo4BPKf0no3ZCWxX92fciLWRlGrDqGJOJyfMuzv5iAXbBnmotERP7F3SZCHIDhj6maFNzqbwOijC5y4zibJRIJQLkw4bjzY-pEhIQvajmtGhE3b_j6QJMx4b1YEpovyDKDU7b1XkAa1GZvxBwjlosunKrd1NH5NtRTNalP2Q48902Of15mcYsbCSvfw9b/s965/page1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="965" data-original-width="679" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNo4BPKf0no3ZCWxX92fciLWRlGrDqGJOJyfMuzv5iAXbBnmotERP7F3SZCHIDhj6maFNzqbwOijC5y4zibJRIJQLkw4bjzY-pEhIQvajmtGhE3b_j6QJMx4b1YEpovyDKDU7b1XkAa1GZvxBwjlosunKrd1NH5NtRTNalP2Q48902Of15mcYsbCSvfw9b/s320/page1.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><br /><p>The first page deals with what they are referring to as 'takeaways'.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The first is Blackberry which have now all gone and been eaten by animals. Their seeds pass unchanged through the animals digestive system.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoj5hsZajHWCM_0hCWc0Bt63JVUrmOZVG4qgofIlC6BmRze9G1ZN5Wtj6OId3TkgmUtPIMmO2nzZAmJnzA-IHBdCtMMRbHrGg5XIOsMdonBh0UB4l2GZx80J18LTFDBy63G2hYCDLwNvnY3EHH58yopm0ffFMrjSlvI4tuAyH7DcE4FpRglTHRhIuu3Vvp/s1920/blackbig.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoj5hsZajHWCM_0hCWc0Bt63JVUrmOZVG4qgofIlC6BmRze9G1ZN5Wtj6OId3TkgmUtPIMmO2nzZAmJnzA-IHBdCtMMRbHrGg5XIOsMdonBh0UB4l2GZx80J18LTFDBy63G2hYCDLwNvnY3EHH58yopm0ffFMrjSlvI4tuAyH7DcE4FpRglTHRhIuu3Vvp/s320/blackbig.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPwtMLILo63xzDWZTmDRjpLN7dPjW-XwWxO7I9DIoQ0NeOuRiz2Fpft4gGIoUJMKTyIr-kPvFxLwN-8Kmnm0gW3ARzGYpHrgJudIQz8Zs12VHCN_WXLub4Yl7KNeib6RmFz3qJf5XSRvBz6BdbGlqhGl_kMoa4DIndzYVql6UvUKS6hQUDgbLQfIunDRgn/s1920/blacseeds.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="157" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPwtMLILo63xzDWZTmDRjpLN7dPjW-XwWxO7I9DIoQ0NeOuRiz2Fpft4gGIoUJMKTyIr-kPvFxLwN-8Kmnm0gW3ARzGYpHrgJudIQz8Zs12VHCN_WXLub4Yl7KNeib6RmFz3qJf5XSRvBz6BdbGlqhGl_kMoa4DIndzYVql6UvUKS6hQUDgbLQfIunDRgn/w282-h157/blacseeds.jpg" width="282" /></a></div></div><br /><div>The second is the Holly, there are not many Holly trees on the Park and they are mostly on the west side nearer to the road. The berries will be eaten by birds which are attracted to the red flesh with a seed inside.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLnA6SBoiDfCpOgqBucMqy_ZXHg9nava7ENjA0AMAkgqo8i1b1IOZA9_yylApzFVmMQcZk9f_kpvxEUciKZzhtzmp7U35gbR1NmjJCJ644WTS916_oLE-3GtHGAz-zRcLDIJNKfafJrPxsXEEAaXWYc-pr7VWCIynEGGtQbhgVS-4cHbGeRR3PIIlO-QlD/s2048/hollybig.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLnA6SBoiDfCpOgqBucMqy_ZXHg9nava7ENjA0AMAkgqo8i1b1IOZA9_yylApzFVmMQcZk9f_kpvxEUciKZzhtzmp7U35gbR1NmjJCJ644WTS916_oLE-3GtHGAz-zRcLDIJNKfafJrPxsXEEAaXWYc-pr7VWCIynEGGtQbhgVS-4cHbGeRR3PIIlO-QlD/s320/hollybig.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>Elderberries seem to ripen quite early in the Autumn and are soon dispersed, almost certainly being eaten by birds.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgalNocDoQaOKRl-peJ3_JbBXjoABsX6YqLiW_yDnVS5-NtOXtv9yUXDv5ZNU95bE4DtOq-co4CAQX_iuW23zzT6i5xeAyU6tMHUIsZrcvkL39mUumnz8fvMsv2TzEp6tP6tzWzUDTBnIUsLelrsT7LoDxsioXxfI7q0NPtxrK4t8GsWMCGnzgqec20lllp/s2048/elder.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgalNocDoQaOKRl-peJ3_JbBXjoABsX6YqLiW_yDnVS5-NtOXtv9yUXDv5ZNU95bE4DtOq-co4CAQX_iuW23zzT6i5xeAyU6tMHUIsZrcvkL39mUumnz8fvMsv2TzEp6tP6tzWzUDTBnIUsLelrsT7LoDxsioXxfI7q0NPtxrK4t8GsWMCGnzgqec20lllp/s320/elder.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Hawthorn berries are prolific this year. We have got the Common Hawthorn as opposed to the Midland Hawthorn. The Common Hawthorn has just a single seed which once again passes through the digestive system of birds and animals which eat it.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbogCFaLg9umdwpD5HxOnpZXxuZwVvXocfW3TPqNzT1bfPdCi-z3lJDRMLu9kKqwziBgh5sI6L4zHastUkOjZcM6VkHDJG1Dq2aoEyB8kELfa2PxHB1l-o7ZJfz9enjlLTkLP_Wqo3xGdfe3ZrH9REr6KiH9TkiNdqLuw3gfoBaZBncLHVTZHFUA9nsqf7/s2048/HTbig.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbogCFaLg9umdwpD5HxOnpZXxuZwVvXocfW3TPqNzT1bfPdCi-z3lJDRMLu9kKqwziBgh5sI6L4zHastUkOjZcM6VkHDJG1Dq2aoEyB8kELfa2PxHB1l-o7ZJfz9enjlLTkLP_Wqo3xGdfe3ZrH9REr6KiH9TkiNdqLuw3gfoBaZBncLHVTZHFUA9nsqf7/s320/HTbig.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwibNTZa-LUFNZb4-0a1a5dQdaXtb5B85yzyF2dJAcMJBZN0NahO4oW926ULXe_py2L848W-zu6sLgzM8bPueQ_dUDCWepEpY-_T0lWLUtS0iM6jNFRPYefyt8rEWhBv_KcUroz47KPnspdJ7p1gBr20ghWl9hq7l7JSdEU7NGXeBj-sTx5ufQMpjAxnrx/s1920/htorncut.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwibNTZa-LUFNZb4-0a1a5dQdaXtb5B85yzyF2dJAcMJBZN0NahO4oW926ULXe_py2L848W-zu6sLgzM8bPueQ_dUDCWepEpY-_T0lWLUtS0iM6jNFRPYefyt8rEWhBv_KcUroz47KPnspdJ7p1gBr20ghWl9hq7l7JSdEU7NGXeBj-sTx5ufQMpjAxnrx/s320/htorncut.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div>Sloes are the fruit of the Blackthorn shrub. They are virtually inedible until ripe and contain a single stone hidden in the flesh.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWe38at14_JxccwuIaA1mUPPHTV0xtAi_-kZVKie3-9NCpAWY93eFUPodkjuMcWOtLALo9qJ_z3dZMT8Klmo5YbkpUTrjKByPeGG3ks-iJFFhiOqDI0wXnGMEIsVPk1GXfTvXgWeL3WOVHAF9Kiy9GY-sfrUKOcHcuzcm_gQoFWBcEtYU3etsiLrWxasEY/s2048/sloebig.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWe38at14_JxccwuIaA1mUPPHTV0xtAi_-kZVKie3-9NCpAWY93eFUPodkjuMcWOtLALo9qJ_z3dZMT8Klmo5YbkpUTrjKByPeGG3ks-iJFFhiOqDI0wXnGMEIsVPk1GXfTvXgWeL3WOVHAF9Kiy9GY-sfrUKOcHcuzcm_gQoFWBcEtYU3etsiLrWxasEY/s320/sloebig.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQYmacU20adCaqWe4sKyFouSmZwcMi_oIJ1PfvxTtIjSzZwpQS93YSVV-y-t4XNltbBpUc3z1yS9CeDp-pyeLDN3sxKQRLKtL3W3VOOKkdtMIdTF5bquwbrNVavqxHpi4CYPMbRkqUq84tDQNnmkj1S4tT692vGrPvkhtku0dqH5yhyphenhyphenDHJ5vWn8fXKRrhx/s1920/sloeseed.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQYmacU20adCaqWe4sKyFouSmZwcMi_oIJ1PfvxTtIjSzZwpQS93YSVV-y-t4XNltbBpUc3z1yS9CeDp-pyeLDN3sxKQRLKtL3W3VOOKkdtMIdTF5bquwbrNVavqxHpi4CYPMbRkqUq84tDQNnmkj1S4tT692vGrPvkhtku0dqH5yhyphenhyphenDHJ5vWn8fXKRrhx/s320/sloeseed.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>Crab apple trees are not common on the Park but they do fruit prolifically. The actual fruit is very hard and sour being virtually inedible until it ripens and falls to the ground. It contains seeds as apple pips.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIEd2zQBtziD-2IIrzJ29hJFo2q9Nr2L4BYo5eGqStcf62fumjnJIwFeH2LmJxth5eFVPMEHgNhZuiAhVnYbq4J_hToxW1F7vEpVv8txN_6pXlj6Z2ml13jOIEn7hNdzc_MkST2PTbllNPgc9OpMrPvhH5H_SSfmPuQizelgi2shfX6lZgr0cpURUNwKGq/s2048/crabs.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIEd2zQBtziD-2IIrzJ29hJFo2q9Nr2L4BYo5eGqStcf62fumjnJIwFeH2LmJxth5eFVPMEHgNhZuiAhVnYbq4J_hToxW1F7vEpVv8txN_6pXlj6Z2ml13jOIEn7hNdzc_MkST2PTbllNPgc9OpMrPvhH5H_SSfmPuQizelgi2shfX6lZgr0cpURUNwKGq/s320/crabs.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF1G5tt5W_YmQuJes4oBKbKsP-naEKzJiDR_ghOyqAi4d9MJdZq7CMxLETx4RrvwjfRVTiKmQ3fC3aPbLDr_KCrjBFulnG2z1I5nCu8zjtYNkguDoFayZssVuRMhUMZUiiX6nHZxYXZNwffrPSMNEnameozR0RRqkJFE0kv7rlx7aHGqbstvhRIZbeMHG0/s1920/crabopen.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF1G5tt5W_YmQuJes4oBKbKsP-naEKzJiDR_ghOyqAi4d9MJdZq7CMxLETx4RrvwjfRVTiKmQ3fC3aPbLDr_KCrjBFulnG2z1I5nCu8zjtYNkguDoFayZssVuRMhUMZUiiX6nHZxYXZNwffrPSMNEnameozR0RRqkJFE0kv7rlx7aHGqbstvhRIZbeMHG0/s320/crabopen.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>The Wild Rose produces 'hips' whose red colour attracts birds to eat the fleshy fruit with seeds inside.<div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWr4QNnjL4QXMX5hzF0UjGTJawJDZQ9OULbJxHZ5epxWCgzk80VxheWia8bSWqXDpxcUyWD6wYD_EXYLVqbTKp-EDlbqPY3tzuZGi5Ea3ELqB9TH_14AKV3hlQsg2jaKyLdZJby-27jGdtsbwlHKPY9HhyphenhyphenWPRgfXSYTO23Qf2H-HZ91JwXxmCU0Lg_bcsj/s2048/rosehips.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWr4QNnjL4QXMX5hzF0UjGTJawJDZQ9OULbJxHZ5epxWCgzk80VxheWia8bSWqXDpxcUyWD6wYD_EXYLVqbTKp-EDlbqPY3tzuZGi5Ea3ELqB9TH_14AKV3hlQsg2jaKyLdZJby-27jGdtsbwlHKPY9HhyphenhyphenWPRgfXSYTO23Qf2H-HZ91JwXxmCU0Lg_bcsj/s320/rosehips.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXx6nvy499VrU5iNvyMe1wkiv4pRjiAYnROejjKnyDcCHUFk0IsSn_OdGWsEA6Rtg4hohCwryHvpe1cn7vPpMNsrO1YGIOmhLATK7Fpa3rw8D4K8F2TsU_qYS-_p0DT0A3ChayErxEUf5FXTew5udtlmakcMR3fqtu0foIn7UggoAD0PpFc6ba-9y3gk4c/s1920/hipbig.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXx6nvy499VrU5iNvyMe1wkiv4pRjiAYnROejjKnyDcCHUFk0IsSn_OdGWsEA6Rtg4hohCwryHvpe1cn7vPpMNsrO1YGIOmhLATK7Fpa3rw8D4K8F2TsU_qYS-_p0DT0A3ChayErxEUf5FXTew5udtlmakcMR3fqtu0foIn7UggoAD0PpFc6ba-9y3gk4c/s320/hipbig.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCe75Ab3aV_IgEpjAdzgl1r60ze9fWOeXq60mc7Tr-W6-VEkG6V4CQ4drf4OOXIWjMhibjN5aSnT_wpbY_SRi2i3aUtwsUcsV9j6ScgIci0OaQZ8KpYL4T4oy3nkcLtMkF8b6nSm3Zpg_ZwzCY4jPbVIC3RknpPGTTe-dOxWIgCXjG6kcaIFSfHZ53s9Qv/s1920/hipseeds%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCe75Ab3aV_IgEpjAdzgl1r60ze9fWOeXq60mc7Tr-W6-VEkG6V4CQ4drf4OOXIWjMhibjN5aSnT_wpbY_SRi2i3aUtwsUcsV9j6ScgIci0OaQZ8KpYL4T4oy3nkcLtMkF8b6nSm3Zpg_ZwzCY4jPbVIC3RknpPGTTe-dOxWIgCXjG6kcaIFSfHZ53s9Qv/s320/hipseeds%20(2).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><br /><div>The next section deals with large seeds. These usually fall to the ground where most are taken away and eaten by animals. The first one is the fruit of the Horse Chestnut or 'conker'.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDzfouR7drKsymFYl04xEc44dKPb20sARElu0HQIzzSSIiKe-FU9gdDUI7djnKnInT6co7oFqO0kdHxiY1ECl3aOz_7TrdO9teRz6aWFBg6EE4hHcHFoI3PbX6DvcnrkK_xpuf20D04WcUb73iU59pUvXLo3v6dy2_elU05_DPKZQGQCbbBup9R8Oxcvw0/s976/page2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="976" data-original-width="680" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDzfouR7drKsymFYl04xEc44dKPb20sARElu0HQIzzSSIiKe-FU9gdDUI7djnKnInT6co7oFqO0kdHxiY1ECl3aOz_7TrdO9teRz6aWFBg6EE4hHcHFoI3PbX6DvcnrkK_xpuf20D04WcUb73iU59pUvXLo3v6dy2_elU05_DPKZQGQCbbBup9R8Oxcvw0/s320/page2.jpg" width="223" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5puaHHb5p6Iy8TESRfkWoma0YQEATVEGB_x7XJF4eFDJkwCpB4WariJrh6hRfeQDb0rFvQO94i4aKt0-8rbO9vG-JYVvi0mftwY29zfn5DtQeT2JTXR9yHzFJ9PzGQAsGpqzWpBj9zIqt_6vx-1wM1sjoXSZ1Bczsy1nw77zlzCX13dbHRqqZqOWNol0R/s2048/conker.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5puaHHb5p6Iy8TESRfkWoma0YQEATVEGB_x7XJF4eFDJkwCpB4WariJrh6hRfeQDb0rFvQO94i4aKt0-8rbO9vG-JYVvi0mftwY29zfn5DtQeT2JTXR9yHzFJ9PzGQAsGpqzWpBj9zIqt_6vx-1wM1sjoXSZ1Bczsy1nw77zlzCX13dbHRqqZqOWNol0R/s320/conker.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div>The second are acorns as fruit of the Oak tree. They develop inside a 'cup' and fall to the ground in large numbers where they are collected and taken away by a variety of animals including Grey Squirrels and Jays which often bury them to be eaten later in the year.<br /><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgycBgdXphPqQxatxnhUcoUwMNP_xzv2qbslNA0GZbPmKG_6a-rziyrI1RNp_O4uDdsF-O6pSHrSNO5MDA-wa3a_HfNpBBKqiGUp8m2z8YyO8qad-NfH_7Td5dZKFXBb1NUjXCEGd0W-HV2ykAj9OobXeLn1W0b1jSYOMJqrOTHaIdtaCpMLkeN3PNKVr5N/s2048/acornbig.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgycBgdXphPqQxatxnhUcoUwMNP_xzv2qbslNA0GZbPmKG_6a-rziyrI1RNp_O4uDdsF-O6pSHrSNO5MDA-wa3a_HfNpBBKqiGUp8m2z8YyO8qad-NfH_7Td5dZKFXBb1NUjXCEGd0W-HV2ykAj9OobXeLn1W0b1jSYOMJqrOTHaIdtaCpMLkeN3PNKVr5N/s320/acornbig.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3INy2ghwAOLyuO64HE8nOpktTqv5egeJkgEtwN-UdoD4F74SrNBdlzwA6EJIbm1QG7rFIIc8k5kANvw0QueOtvgG8ppxgpUzMtFmcohiNg5UpwJpLRw2QXbg9kpitGjrSQ8lFd8UndZUXnIz7D764oK9BLWb_AzcNMu39FAmE1nPVPHvpKmtoVjvuo8X2/s1920/acorncup.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3INy2ghwAOLyuO64HE8nOpktTqv5egeJkgEtwN-UdoD4F74SrNBdlzwA6EJIbm1QG7rFIIc8k5kANvw0QueOtvgG8ppxgpUzMtFmcohiNg5UpwJpLRw2QXbg9kpitGjrSQ8lFd8UndZUXnIz7D764oK9BLWb_AzcNMu39FAmE1nPVPHvpKmtoVjvuo8X2/s320/acorncup.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Hazel nuts which develop inside a leafy cup before falling to the ground. They are a major food resource for a wide variety of animals in autumn. <div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX9Uo1XnByHSLJm5bjlwIKgg3vVi6x9c5UM2c0DJBq8FjRtsHJ_1VITi_M-qplO6tDgMmRm9y_26kRvPzVS8cmZY1lQgYX_oMKJ23CaoTAVC8H3TIt1q0BR9yE3AeAvnIROPGP3-j8oGVgvKcEj0y89LMM_lOBKLWQWBv_YY50JrlDw9HJoKiB8yzoo1Ew/s2048/hazel2.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX9Uo1XnByHSLJm5bjlwIKgg3vVi6x9c5UM2c0DJBq8FjRtsHJ_1VITi_M-qplO6tDgMmRm9y_26kRvPzVS8cmZY1lQgYX_oMKJ23CaoTAVC8H3TIt1q0BR9yE3AeAvnIROPGP3-j8oGVgvKcEj0y89LMM_lOBKLWQWBv_YY50JrlDw9HJoKiB8yzoo1Ew/s320/hazel2.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDdLZscY9AB1eDLkvtU5SRcySlvY0X-W_SaoM6T1263-rl5H6hOSvvTAfuhnShnmH-jGeopy9xv5ei_gx0NbHMhyYkFEX8n59Tuhs7FMa65lS1i-1HEvSRKqPG8nJLUUqKWtRrfk4OlNoevfqr8FGm9eYW7wKfylU1JguXud9b7NkdI8WTYv7IOL96hE2Z/s1920/hnut.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDdLZscY9AB1eDLkvtU5SRcySlvY0X-W_SaoM6T1263-rl5H6hOSvvTAfuhnShnmH-jGeopy9xv5ei_gx0NbHMhyYkFEX8n59Tuhs7FMa65lS1i-1HEvSRKqPG8nJLUUqKWtRrfk4OlNoevfqr8FGm9eYW7wKfylU1JguXud9b7NkdI8WTYv7IOL96hE2Z/s320/hnut.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>We have a small number of Beech trees on the Park. They usually produce seeds every year but only in certain 'mast' years are the 'beech nuts' swollen and fertile.<div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjywQF0wnlbdIqz7tGCzbxE4bESy21hvg31KfbZS4kKY43h-BpqGQu3MdrDwFF3XLSsquFtR2dBwuHDGSHICoFfB6-O-snKx_UAdWdytpfjOAaaGEGoweIVOy3jLk6nGZ5wmmrTaZ4NFUm3g6M_VntXS9Ga_d5JLhXY3hVd9h-4CXhzIQB_dpH5HCUA1msw/s2048/beech.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjywQF0wnlbdIqz7tGCzbxE4bESy21hvg31KfbZS4kKY43h-BpqGQu3MdrDwFF3XLSsquFtR2dBwuHDGSHICoFfB6-O-snKx_UAdWdytpfjOAaaGEGoweIVOy3jLk6nGZ5wmmrTaZ4NFUm3g6M_VntXS9Ga_d5JLhXY3hVd9h-4CXhzIQB_dpH5HCUA1msw/s320/beech.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH9NdPe2RzjML4GyJGTl29VeejUQzJ90YJiCCVoT6n5r9dfIR-5q9icO1opyo0ctsuywch1t11LA5szJnJztadHaQnJ2ymp9o7MRB-iH7tyOnkE80CMeXVbl4VpC8aHH2FG9Rzed7IVU871OQ81pjgBFAIxiZw-1gBUUk7apyRoHVti5-WDaDyhaOBa3Qo/s2048/beechcases.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH9NdPe2RzjML4GyJGTl29VeejUQzJ90YJiCCVoT6n5r9dfIR-5q9icO1opyo0ctsuywch1t11LA5szJnJztadHaQnJ2ymp9o7MRB-iH7tyOnkE80CMeXVbl4VpC8aHH2FG9Rzed7IVU871OQ81pjgBFAIxiZw-1gBUUk7apyRoHVti5-WDaDyhaOBa3Qo/s320/beechcases.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNdLsA-uJpeMxJ6gx_KUqtarPwzNvdQWWVu7dMuENu58nGEfKDyYWqz7E6oEUGBxGhkrqBOzX77o-DmxBiH7a_b2lhlmRHoDpuJgh-omMm91Cw_4_J_Zwpimxloshc-MPxE37L8aZqKlptTFKr_WbxXrG9NwSMeqVbm3M1gL7c5wInsifjMSOEa7sUkCSR/s2048/beechinside.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNdLsA-uJpeMxJ6gx_KUqtarPwzNvdQWWVu7dMuENu58nGEfKDyYWqz7E6oEUGBxGhkrqBOzX77o-DmxBiH7a_b2lhlmRHoDpuJgh-omMm91Cw_4_J_Zwpimxloshc-MPxE37L8aZqKlptTFKr_WbxXrG9NwSMeqVbm3M1gL7c5wInsifjMSOEa7sUkCSR/w247-h186/beechinside.JPG" width="247" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh96ujpg1o76_u5lADjwOzBb6VPf_Fdk5ZzvKBPSihS4I7ezwA66kEPqgjxbKsRd4Aezk7xy6tDEuawR0GwqDUgq02u2VR5FDBTWJsDu1f7GyAiiS8PkQqGHuJlKuN5sVu6w5bco08_KO8cYLpoimfH_MjJgHKfkuALyU1kWkHrQdgne3iRMEv0LZYkpEDx/s1920/bnut.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh96ujpg1o76_u5lADjwOzBb6VPf_Fdk5ZzvKBPSihS4I7ezwA66kEPqgjxbKsRd4Aezk7xy6tDEuawR0GwqDUgq02u2VR5FDBTWJsDu1f7GyAiiS8PkQqGHuJlKuN5sVu6w5bco08_KO8cYLpoimfH_MjJgHKfkuALyU1kWkHrQdgne3iRMEv0LZYkpEDx/s320/bnut.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div>The next group are described as 'hitchhikers'. We get the occasional plant of Burdock growing in the area of the car park. It has hooked seeds which catch onto your clothing.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicrr2OzX_ixisn6Ux_CONLZRAFa7JbBmI1qb7SOoPnkWRpt7K9E0bUToTtuWcJu4GavFgAyuKhFDWgqbr60Evyita5ECUJ3Hc4pAPr0hS9CG-kkF3iRHkxhKFF2UNd0PjaLyQgJZuaVvjwMJZ-KbYpkciFm09BQSP2U3L-fP0WsMSpkr7fd8TnPN4iBq7P/s976/page2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="976" data-original-width="680" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicrr2OzX_ixisn6Ux_CONLZRAFa7JbBmI1qb7SOoPnkWRpt7K9E0bUToTtuWcJu4GavFgAyuKhFDWgqbr60Evyita5ECUJ3Hc4pAPr0hS9CG-kkF3iRHkxhKFF2UNd0PjaLyQgJZuaVvjwMJZ-KbYpkciFm09BQSP2U3L-fP0WsMSpkr7fd8TnPN4iBq7P/s320/page2.jpg" width="223" /></a></div></div><br /><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH7bouYU3AV7lQZ8H08MwNhnVRYj1datedb28KxT_9k2cNe3wjFVHXWNjGp39rOnbevoJ4K3T4E8DYQ9b0nMeksEeyTU1XQWZMD_MQcNks82Tz3ahOpSkLTerMfeba3rQK_nj9fhU5hwQGry6kipnkCoQWlC4Paz1gi6_Lv_TlsLLlF1N1LK9cDZIg7KwQ/s1920/burd1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH7bouYU3AV7lQZ8H08MwNhnVRYj1datedb28KxT_9k2cNe3wjFVHXWNjGp39rOnbevoJ4K3T4E8DYQ9b0nMeksEeyTU1XQWZMD_MQcNks82Tz3ahOpSkLTerMfeba3rQK_nj9fhU5hwQGry6kipnkCoQWlC4Paz1gi6_Lv_TlsLLlF1N1LK9cDZIg7KwQ/s320/burd1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>Along the Woodland Walk you may find 'Cleavers' the seeds of which appear to be sticky but instead they have have minute hooks which hang onto clothing.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6luUNARHE7bsEP0pjT24YTAJ2lhp5ifWQD6WnC8UIjbB3wx_Zx1EupGTr3WNI8oMzmHETW6xY5R-lV2hidq_vGAswaN3GWOdEQtO5r-U2Pe3-HWUSSKxViekwYvsi7-FwfYjOX1wPp4_FI-dRDCFdi8JO00l1YYcvdA-ShxBCb3S39Qzh_bfEPXp-poRM/s1884/cleaversrender.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="942" data-original-width="1884" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6luUNARHE7bsEP0pjT24YTAJ2lhp5ifWQD6WnC8UIjbB3wx_Zx1EupGTr3WNI8oMzmHETW6xY5R-lV2hidq_vGAswaN3GWOdEQtO5r-U2Pe3-HWUSSKxViekwYvsi7-FwfYjOX1wPp4_FI-dRDCFdi8JO00l1YYcvdA-ShxBCb3S39Qzh_bfEPXp-poRM/s320/cleaversrender.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>On the open grassland you can find the yellow flowering Agrimony in the summer and once again the seedheads have hooks which will catch on to clothing or passing animals.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeI6ln30dRS114g9PfauP17uoX2kILRsO7OR3Gf5VBanJEaufJsPNJ9XAIQyiYWcUV8aC_Upy2aNPzmRSRp7BGhiq3hJX-XFmmUygrHy4jUcHZhOvb8DSft-RsDkYVfnmMyHtCx9OAj6MmrWkkBQ1hPhfi-Qdah-Td0Uv-YUItapZaFhSldsxqe6953NiS/s1201/agrimonyflo.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1201" data-original-width="901" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeI6ln30dRS114g9PfauP17uoX2kILRsO7OR3Gf5VBanJEaufJsPNJ9XAIQyiYWcUV8aC_Upy2aNPzmRSRp7BGhiq3hJX-XFmmUygrHy4jUcHZhOvb8DSft-RsDkYVfnmMyHtCx9OAj6MmrWkkBQ1hPhfi-Qdah-Td0Uv-YUItapZaFhSldsxqe6953NiS/s320/agrimonyflo.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitxHXaXewYlLil4Vwwflk2JxEqVEMYNnVil57Y7o8_IYbKeE0TFAyRfY1F8AtxgmJ7n9CCo9QCfwtMejBiqp2ExCiqTRAWubWWyHscJXtIusIkCcQ4rN8YyMBLv4S4jh6XdA3femEVCrD8Ld4uUTpaN_jyO2UOgUkEmtEAmV-ggeM_dVkOXSeNMYBc_FNX/s1920/agrimony.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitxHXaXewYlLil4Vwwflk2JxEqVEMYNnVil57Y7o8_IYbKeE0TFAyRfY1F8AtxgmJ7n9CCo9QCfwtMejBiqp2ExCiqTRAWubWWyHscJXtIusIkCcQ4rN8YyMBLv4S4jh6XdA3femEVCrD8Ld4uUTpaN_jyO2UOgUkEmtEAmV-ggeM_dVkOXSeNMYBc_FNX/s320/agrimony.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>The last one listed is the Plantain which grows on the open grassland. I am not convinced that the seeds have effective hooks or barbs but?</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrR5OEgo8uVredRsjJkOqe_14mXqLYJ0kGVA-AlC7v2hfbw85naOz15A_9TmjUS_ecGDzLGKEDkzAEVgMY5hbUZLPsANBujjswLfIzvdSgBTWMPZSE8ADxLHv_nM4shBh9MjU7_yV1sdsUoKHL_vs794RKFnnZowRXufv3S934ezUTmFsaLVVq2Yv8xeZ9/s1920/plantain1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrR5OEgo8uVredRsjJkOqe_14mXqLYJ0kGVA-AlC7v2hfbw85naOz15A_9TmjUS_ecGDzLGKEDkzAEVgMY5hbUZLPsANBujjswLfIzvdSgBTWMPZSE8ADxLHv_nM4shBh9MjU7_yV1sdsUoKHL_vs794RKFnnZowRXufv3S934ezUTmFsaLVVq2Yv8xeZ9/s320/plantain1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRAHfb7aVwbEbqs0NviPDKKhShOWRlKwkcW9M-wo3hUdf1rS9aqWkGCwWDSBGZAC2PwlVxowXWaxOCVmHBqQSixP4_XNDh9PeolaXXndne-xWpBidpoCZ2KJJHdBCulJubDVYicK4GKNr5-pdNVnthDEjrxEcvky7bLl67ZKZacxIyIqcqNXzuULNSaOuO/s1920/plantain2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRAHfb7aVwbEbqs0NviPDKKhShOWRlKwkcW9M-wo3hUdf1rS9aqWkGCwWDSBGZAC2PwlVxowXWaxOCVmHBqQSixP4_XNDh9PeolaXXndne-xWpBidpoCZ2KJJHdBCulJubDVYicK4GKNr5-pdNVnthDEjrxEcvky7bLl67ZKZacxIyIqcqNXzuULNSaOuO/s320/plantain2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaSBLgRpp_1Jj0kuJvWPn2qiFj61OXAYbVdPPtShJRiteNcwyoZxe5krchYDkzBXRXWpJP7xh04-PEu49B_M_hvbvxCnWbBD0amFCEpCOT0PECnDjtFMgkdg_lpbfEOQUqTE5eHPobW0BZDj6eDTegvgt35gl_r3Q73R2kMVk3uYgl1OmnksFp0l_allpw/s976/page3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="976" data-original-width="685" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaSBLgRpp_1Jj0kuJvWPn2qiFj61OXAYbVdPPtShJRiteNcwyoZxe5krchYDkzBXRXWpJP7xh04-PEu49B_M_hvbvxCnWbBD0amFCEpCOT0PECnDjtFMgkdg_lpbfEOQUqTE5eHPobW0BZDj6eDTegvgt35gl_r3Q73R2kMVk3uYgl1OmnksFp0l_allpw/s320/page3.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div>The next are the seeds which are dispersed by the wind called 'the spinners'. The first are the 'aeroplanes' of the Field Maple.</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyPN-epzt-1V71terEtAqhZajxGC9jIXSFKBFAZ3PpiW8Q4gkM9-ThCEs3S_xTS2Z_fCrKyKkFXO_IBhErs4woR6iJ7MOJL9Kvc5wCGEDzwDi2TucV_pLzjT7cVqeliCoPVkRY3vjax2E3GJ8cf_yJcA2g3fbsJsv6eu3RWmZniU54Li3222efmldOXojx/s2048/maple.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyPN-epzt-1V71terEtAqhZajxGC9jIXSFKBFAZ3PpiW8Q4gkM9-ThCEs3S_xTS2Z_fCrKyKkFXO_IBhErs4woR6iJ7MOJL9Kvc5wCGEDzwDi2TucV_pLzjT7cVqeliCoPVkRY3vjax2E3GJ8cf_yJcA2g3fbsJsv6eu3RWmZniU54Li3222efmldOXojx/s320/maple.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi34uvu8xF-VtvaY5u9SZZzuA0mNAg6etTYjKizUafdmhbpjqTbf0ID9o7bA6dhzfiC5fpQzH407FUDgNkImneox914FAwPfGAJHSwaIVw_6IR7mDbxlyHhLCbj6wDe5933uyQmY8qqSFjK_v8lEtKzTNoasa67OMhyYqg2S8JpKXr5XrNN3IX_prC4lTQa/s2048/maplebig.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi34uvu8xF-VtvaY5u9SZZzuA0mNAg6etTYjKizUafdmhbpjqTbf0ID9o7bA6dhzfiC5fpQzH407FUDgNkImneox914FAwPfGAJHSwaIVw_6IR7mDbxlyHhLCbj6wDe5933uyQmY8qqSFjK_v8lEtKzTNoasa67OMhyYqg2S8JpKXr5XrNN3IX_prC4lTQa/s320/maplebig.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Hornbeam is quite a common tree on the Park and produces huge amounts of seed which have wings and spin down to the ground.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq9s9GJWs2UC_YJDa2Tzd3nUVErPJz-8Jgl2vWorUIQYZaAp2CAFESqAdPBSujRggD4z13tvg6qKizkMBb45M7GgSVONVo2nzO4VP_uJobQN2QxJuMX9C7atWe8IF0SksU2euCEGdOnKhDgU6dcCHoxY8S2EkgLtPCNGYZt0YgUaSsjgG9fSkvwVMb-eAv/s2048/hbeamfloor.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq9s9GJWs2UC_YJDa2Tzd3nUVErPJz-8Jgl2vWorUIQYZaAp2CAFESqAdPBSujRggD4z13tvg6qKizkMBb45M7GgSVONVo2nzO4VP_uJobQN2QxJuMX9C7atWe8IF0SksU2euCEGdOnKhDgU6dcCHoxY8S2EkgLtPCNGYZt0YgUaSsjgG9fSkvwVMb-eAv/s320/hbeamfloor.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisgIw-pQV_oobTJtgb-GRVWcUdikpZf4tdrqjZ9gLCKrsY4oO2O7NMNe21o1EoVX0Rsi-8qZlj4fOp583rRuyG0EWxgPI3hzznPcc5kL7JauJDo4BSCuvmtkBP30eRviV8C5A9Od6BviDge97KRJNciQ4ywDcNUOfbOxu-T1hb5Tfo1CliTU7umr6-T8Fr/s1920/hbeamseed.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisgIw-pQV_oobTJtgb-GRVWcUdikpZf4tdrqjZ9gLCKrsY4oO2O7NMNe21o1EoVX0Rsi-8qZlj4fOp583rRuyG0EWxgPI3hzznPcc5kL7JauJDo4BSCuvmtkBP30eRviV8C5A9Od6BviDge97KRJNciQ4ywDcNUOfbOxu-T1hb5Tfo1CliTU7umr6-T8Fr/s320/hbeamseed.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>The Ash tree produces what are called 'keys' in large bunches. When ripe, they come spinning down to the ground.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8PCx0B9M6Dt06Y1wRnJ70NdUDNjgJ3wks0EPujQHo2KMY3LHPaj0fJAwBMsUmrsletoBXh1XDlznI-Ih-95htkAQnrIXFW8qwgyNQ9eU6vipIu5l7y1LKmisovv48FBRiOHy8S8Rn3JF3PYLE19jPbEF6jkN1TEoXvq5L67odXUUZbWjk77wmC8AWI3m7/s4000/ashkeys.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8PCx0B9M6Dt06Y1wRnJ70NdUDNjgJ3wks0EPujQHo2KMY3LHPaj0fJAwBMsUmrsletoBXh1XDlznI-Ih-95htkAQnrIXFW8qwgyNQ9eU6vipIu5l7y1LKmisovv48FBRiOHy8S8Rn3JF3PYLE19jPbEF6jkN1TEoXvq5L67odXUUZbWjk77wmC8AWI3m7/s320/ashkeys.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwcFC44gWmcQyAvHNGwcxes3AC_xcFFF-BxeSj0arwtEgfugRbHwecLEfIhseX_nDpanLOK4eAH770jI174PFOJPIZHkaDzZV0UKA8GfTE4WCgu4EpgqcHyA7ozk62JjmXX93L4A9rD2lLO3JCP_WlUrXWDMu2Bhj7sHkJjgTQYpW0OtE-3SL1WzGZUyLw/s1920/ashkey.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwcFC44gWmcQyAvHNGwcxes3AC_xcFFF-BxeSj0arwtEgfugRbHwecLEfIhseX_nDpanLOK4eAH770jI174PFOJPIZHkaDzZV0UKA8GfTE4WCgu4EpgqcHyA7ozk62JjmXX93L4A9rD2lLO3JCP_WlUrXWDMu2Bhj7sHkJjgTQYpW0OtE-3SL1WzGZUyLw/s320/ashkey.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>There are not many fir trees on the Park but they all produce cones and inside the cones are seeds with a papery wing. When the cones ripened and the scale is open the seeds fall out and spin down on the wind. The first is the Cedar of Lebanon cone and the second is a Scots pine type tree.</div><br /><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3-PftUhPhCsZD91HFDUA9zZYTx4LiWE9kRJPBXVI5FEexdDalVhrgRSEiVi60VqUDzjCducloCkByItaXYzEhGZA3m_XG2pY8PTArlLDrNeOLDufLQK7FcknjxLZRuYdpyVEPokQ-pvkFH9uhm0cVDd76gmU8rcI_uXZ8L2XoeCRfGsT0TpgG6_sKZFN0/s4000/cedarcone.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3-PftUhPhCsZD91HFDUA9zZYTx4LiWE9kRJPBXVI5FEexdDalVhrgRSEiVi60VqUDzjCducloCkByItaXYzEhGZA3m_XG2pY8PTArlLDrNeOLDufLQK7FcknjxLZRuYdpyVEPokQ-pvkFH9uhm0cVDd76gmU8rcI_uXZ8L2XoeCRfGsT0TpgG6_sKZFN0/s320/cedarcone.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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The first is the Yellow Flag Iris which grows by the freshwater spring. The seed containers are large and I think that the seeds must be buoyant.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw9TwzVPBOhfbI09Hpk_SivdGR8seYNzpEiIG974bEDipNoEPXota5R5qrLIQpk5ECA4PHv4eHVmna_4HTT3BHuWE3WTsc7SwRzjzXfDaD5h2KHlbz_bveubPvsQ43vUMiqNpm60EJDnvz_ow6rFm0S1xT_VfaEdxNO01MQl5xzOx3V81FJao3TIx9QRSN/s2048/irisbig.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw9TwzVPBOhfbI09Hpk_SivdGR8seYNzpEiIG974bEDipNoEPXota5R5qrLIQpk5ECA4PHv4eHVmna_4HTT3BHuWE3WTsc7SwRzjzXfDaD5h2KHlbz_bveubPvsQ43vUMiqNpm60EJDnvz_ow6rFm0S1xT_VfaEdxNO01MQl5xzOx3V81FJao3TIx9QRSN/s320/irisbig.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJly77XskamQOmIGWpcZgmxJVF8iIHrr67ZZALQNyRgLXxuILpIO6557ACYdInvRzZe8iGc04e7wL6c8njI5FnOxxN-yEBdbPkA7urjLP9PTGeEhvEDEkOzx4XCLyMzaEHy8EsNMNBW4beR_-11hfRttJSs7apuG0ndZ8GyYdc7TZRQrcyBwjH0Qi7TSlC/s1920/iris.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJly77XskamQOmIGWpcZgmxJVF8iIHrr67ZZALQNyRgLXxuILpIO6557ACYdInvRzZe8iGc04e7wL6c8njI5FnOxxN-yEBdbPkA7urjLP9PTGeEhvEDEkOzx4XCLyMzaEHy8EsNMNBW4beR_-11hfRttJSs7apuG0ndZ8GyYdc7TZRQrcyBwjH0Qi7TSlC/s320/iris.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcrG8SV5fm7w8EYyHo9ht3bdFL_K8VR4ZolfEw_vbCIT_VeF7iz-FwUuNsTAU6ecUIV8hbAolnH8rU07yzK2HBRQEevNt7TjQqcEwBWuL0Ft9Q1dJB67I7dJsn3R3eg9lilvC77sZg5A2f_RCaNvuYWKvRdcRdRimvhG8G1UaMaYObafP3frZ9SDJ4GrlR/s1920/irisseed.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcrG8SV5fm7w8EYyHo9ht3bdFL_K8VR4ZolfEw_vbCIT_VeF7iz-FwUuNsTAU6ecUIV8hbAolnH8rU07yzK2HBRQEevNt7TjQqcEwBWuL0Ft9Q1dJB67I7dJsn3R3eg9lilvC77sZg5A2f_RCaNvuYWKvRdcRdRimvhG8G1UaMaYObafP3frZ9SDJ4GrlR/s320/irisseed.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>The second is the Alder tree which grows in the Osier Bed. The tree produces small cones and the seeds are very tiny and light.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKnyg1h_ff9yriF5olCVq8JLgCXX5PlUfD65S8Q3kN5RlgrQEdAXUobQ4p1C7BkZodwUF_eo8O5Hn9owW1IPyBz_PzxA1K03VFlmCR72Fb7Sj1CWi-zlE9CFbR4L0Vial9Cej-sxXwh2X7M2vxlzS_nLv26rNNOo-zx4jKIOaLycwcj6l4vTK4NJP2YAhK/s2048/aldercone.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKnyg1h_ff9yriF5olCVq8JLgCXX5PlUfD65S8Q3kN5RlgrQEdAXUobQ4p1C7BkZodwUF_eo8O5Hn9owW1IPyBz_PzxA1K03VFlmCR72Fb7Sj1CWi-zlE9CFbR4L0Vial9Cej-sxXwh2X7M2vxlzS_nLv26rNNOo-zx4jKIOaLycwcj6l4vTK4NJP2YAhK/s320/aldercone.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>The next are often referred to as the 'slingers' which means that they have some way of throwing the seed away from the parent plant. The first is the Himalayan Balsam which is an invasive plant by the river. It's green seedpods build up an internal tension until they finally explode and throw the seeds in all directions.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRf1ZsMlRhrgfwnxj00HdR6nlHFJl8CAtLSWS_uXyNr7iXnJEm5dAP1c1h_DXKOizZ7x407-_w3WYW49cpOhliZd51mvfSQ4PQSRZ_1WaIJUszRXQl9COxijJaRWHB7jm-gup__xjZwUGWKHm9KuWJ4DeRaoL8iSdSLrfyQgcBA_5zYrGeyMcuHBR2bsAf/s1920/PICT0919.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRf1ZsMlRhrgfwnxj00HdR6nlHFJl8CAtLSWS_uXyNr7iXnJEm5dAP1c1h_DXKOizZ7x407-_w3WYW49cpOhliZd51mvfSQ4PQSRZ_1WaIJUszRXQl9COxijJaRWHB7jm-gup__xjZwUGWKHm9KuWJ4DeRaoL8iSdSLrfyQgcBA_5zYrGeyMcuHBR2bsAf/s320/PICT0919.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdt9odMUi-HCXXlC57AM5Tc_RrmvLX5_tGpj0CNoEtUM8_8OToO1L5CqwQDbvsDP0iQsiPvpTnaHxp3aCuDKxYW1CWeen9t2EjNJaVVJeY2fE5hsxlgC8KVk6cGsyJgmPQPhyXcwpyrJrNQD4kYSOL3U3491_Bcoh_OwiFz8L0bOzcS8zI1yqYNgJhlsx9/s1920/PICT0921.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdt9odMUi-HCXXlC57AM5Tc_RrmvLX5_tGpj0CNoEtUM8_8OToO1L5CqwQDbvsDP0iQsiPvpTnaHxp3aCuDKxYW1CWeen9t2EjNJaVVJeY2fE5hsxlgC8KVk6cGsyJgmPQPhyXcwpyrJrNQD4kYSOL3U3491_Bcoh_OwiFz8L0bOzcS8zI1yqYNgJhlsx9/s320/PICT0921.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>The second plants that produce seedpods are ones such as the Meadow Vetchling. As the seedpods dry and ripen they gradually build up an internal tension and all of a sudden the pod splits and twists throwing the shiny seeds in all directions.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHfq7aWh41gdpwsp5xFkUuyawfqPq1wvXLl48a-twC1aEIhLXu64hWDAMHX71CiCKz8UQI2eNvbM5sMF6vO95stRGEQSwfQfCrWAbsXA1qZw1La7ebSDiemq6qMPfxwdl2w9WixuHs2h2PZ7yMuj93k1YHlBv6dQigqTvHhF03pQ2IycCW3U9oGQAmx6Lv/s1920/pod1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHfq7aWh41gdpwsp5xFkUuyawfqPq1wvXLl48a-twC1aEIhLXu64hWDAMHX71CiCKz8UQI2eNvbM5sMF6vO95stRGEQSwfQfCrWAbsXA1qZw1La7ebSDiemq6qMPfxwdl2w9WixuHs2h2PZ7yMuj93k1YHlBv6dQigqTvHhF03pQ2IycCW3U9oGQAmx6Lv/s320/pod1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWHgqscC6oLzNA3cWLfPHWPKs5Nxp026-s3W8DCldI1GZaUXAdBqoxoVqIlzKtoNYRHcYEQCJmQqpm6ujomqs_EIvtJJ9kEzHj-AXq_-SMsM1GTrc6H4q1y_8hL3JrxGoSqK4fepv1XPXGEqBc8RTeMivsraeX2CYR53jTxscTAhKP_kGylXJXZxh8w2Ek/s1920/pos2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWHgqscC6oLzNA3cWLfPHWPKs5Nxp026-s3W8DCldI1GZaUXAdBqoxoVqIlzKtoNYRHcYEQCJmQqpm6ujomqs_EIvtJJ9kEzHj-AXq_-SMsM1GTrc6H4q1y_8hL3JrxGoSqK4fepv1XPXGEqBc8RTeMivsraeX2CYR53jTxscTAhKP_kGylXJXZxh8w2Ek/s320/pos2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqsi0XuspLtRI-21eUdWcU2Apr-voYPvyI-WB1MEF_Kf-WJ73yeV0zpbEY8__s6BYsb-KgdTa8xu_qb2Dl9BmA5MU3dBCRy8ibyA3whTJeLYeoIvYnwCjJght16l_hIV0g7dSNo_yREEqCr4BGgfv1VK4BMyVa9manlMwnI1vlOMSwzkBvq0jMqjdln2qH/s1920/podseed..jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqsi0XuspLtRI-21eUdWcU2Apr-voYPvyI-WB1MEF_Kf-WJ73yeV0zpbEY8__s6BYsb-KgdTa8xu_qb2Dl9BmA5MU3dBCRy8ibyA3whTJeLYeoIvYnwCjJght16l_hIV0g7dSNo_yREEqCr4BGgfv1VK4BMyVa9manlMwnI1vlOMSwzkBvq0jMqjdln2qH/s320/podseed..jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>The last group are referred to as plants that carry out self dispersal as 'pepperpots'. The best-known of these are poppies but we do not have them on the Park because the Poppy is a plant of cultivated ground. The nearest example is the Teasel which grows down by the river. It produces quantities of small needle like black seeds which fall out when the seed head sways about in the wind.<div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8U71EDLN91Ub5lH-LEFAGPCscmnxmW3N_5JK9aCVgJ-cQpbak9qbhU7G2Of4J20MdE7cdHjNhBF_dhfg265b4FhiF39IM02lt_QkS71MAInTqAUgXU0_LifeAS7ymligObfVP8xxdYuBnaKsQYeaXOgRU_L-TwZkrU5S8fEc7wjxlOccl3wYC9M4-Z17K/s2048/teasel1.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8U71EDLN91Ub5lH-LEFAGPCscmnxmW3N_5JK9aCVgJ-cQpbak9qbhU7G2Of4J20MdE7cdHjNhBF_dhfg265b4FhiF39IM02lt_QkS71MAInTqAUgXU0_LifeAS7ymligObfVP8xxdYuBnaKsQYeaXOgRU_L-TwZkrU5S8fEc7wjxlOccl3wYC9M4-Z17K/s320/teasel1.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjsmDmlTpyM-NkR2Z8p4SgiLe_YZOYD4djlkgB87WsXVpoi-QOB-rSgux10zM1vgM3bGbmte7B64fwELrZWALVxszMuVTEKkabDM00s3HQ2hrOQQzlrvQoL65vC25eyQatfYAJdTMuhnXYkrE3Nz00A5EWh_Cc_UjxMNyv11EHn2RzEgqYnVWWCzSNZ64T/s1920/teasel.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjsmDmlTpyM-NkR2Z8p4SgiLe_YZOYD4djlkgB87WsXVpoi-QOB-rSgux10zM1vgM3bGbmte7B64fwELrZWALVxszMuVTEKkabDM00s3HQ2hrOQQzlrvQoL65vC25eyQatfYAJdTMuhnXYkrE3Nz00A5EWh_Cc_UjxMNyv11EHn2RzEgqYnVWWCzSNZ64T/s320/teasel.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>Late Summer to Autumn is a good time to look out for fruits and seeds but don't forget that many of the smaller plants actually produce seeds during the summer months so keep an eye out for any of them at this time of year.</div></div></div>Bob Reedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01139699346653589450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1572879957893246455.post-7262898356806249282023-10-10T06:20:00.000-07:002023-10-10T06:20:42.220-07:00Tuesday 10th of October 2023.<p> The unseasonably warm weather continues with daytime temperatures in the middle 20's. Heavy overnight dew makes spiderwebs particularly obvious and visible.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVMsr5tjv15_IP3PDiimmBMSVXOO1K9K7ze4kL1y5A07IRt5vQ0zmkrU34m0sInn5K5VXTo1liJQee9D17zqDSINi1yi-Gl5EuWn_EagzBIQhrrCjFM0W073OPgHZdsqrDAhpcTgRUNHNhfUmXMz9eSo_3x8XAgM92NU2sMG8MIIwdASbxphXBQ5wL5WPn/s2048/dew.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVMsr5tjv15_IP3PDiimmBMSVXOO1K9K7ze4kL1y5A07IRt5vQ0zmkrU34m0sInn5K5VXTo1liJQee9D17zqDSINi1yi-Gl5EuWn_EagzBIQhrrCjFM0W073OPgHZdsqrDAhpcTgRUNHNhfUmXMz9eSo_3x8XAgM92NU2sMG8MIIwdASbxphXBQ5wL5WPn/s320/dew.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>Some of the webs are made by 'money spiders' and are often referred to as patch webs. Others can be found in dead Thistles as 'tangles' and yet others particularly in Bramble as 'hammock' webs.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgExTg_GD1YWvlcPf7l1uAgpJL6gOpWciZX3UX8OXsmYwqq-TT17mMNsnrMUIIJo66ZuJLR9RLN_gOCGLM0fm2Hp1-TYrMh48TFtWnBlBFvbQQ07OuyE4arySVR8LQRDMyhLpg_SB5Tg55T97nHYaCNFOsvQLiOsHqFh3yqOsDeyvAGOWSVVIsBp4YhonXS/s2048/hammock.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgExTg_GD1YWvlcPf7l1uAgpJL6gOpWciZX3UX8OXsmYwqq-TT17mMNsnrMUIIJo66ZuJLR9RLN_gOCGLM0fm2Hp1-TYrMh48TFtWnBlBFvbQQ07OuyE4arySVR8LQRDMyhLpg_SB5Tg55T97nHYaCNFOsvQLiOsHqFh3yqOsDeyvAGOWSVVIsBp4YhonXS/s320/hammock.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSUn9HJSVQ1vDAtBUWrePiuEAfupsaJKxm_pvWJoTa1hYui06QhWFAtF6h127i9JzXROgiN5DOvgycHMwMuqtv0A1mUtxhgwJUvkJCO2EpW6SA9LVXzUlA0ph50w7fuJQOp1wTGqR90B2Lc5li0-D2skT_eVlWHAgR75b3T5WH36TDvqXL6hV2wqryhOLD/s2048/mesh1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSUn9HJSVQ1vDAtBUWrePiuEAfupsaJKxm_pvWJoTa1hYui06QhWFAtF6h127i9JzXROgiN5DOvgycHMwMuqtv0A1mUtxhgwJUvkJCO2EpW6SA9LVXzUlA0ph50w7fuJQOp1wTGqR90B2Lc5li0-D2skT_eVlWHAgR75b3T5WH36TDvqXL6hV2wqryhOLD/s320/mesh1.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigt07FB3Y9XzoDzw5Slm3_FvU1S68DUSgIaE8Z57q4iub46M_JRJoKM971sXYdkv1DFPnqEmPsKIbs8sln9EQK38j53XM0jqsnRyWKf4Lq7gqx1pQAKg2ZmX2XJPVLro_5l5OvC7VhnFEKYd70U-LNdrdmvvb84o8ATBI1YDrWisTIwT_yEjc1SQRX_JBm/s2048/patch.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigt07FB3Y9XzoDzw5Slm3_FvU1S68DUSgIaE8Z57q4iub46M_JRJoKM971sXYdkv1DFPnqEmPsKIbs8sln9EQK38j53XM0jqsnRyWKf4Lq7gqx1pQAKg2ZmX2XJPVLro_5l5OvC7VhnFEKYd70U-LNdrdmvvb84o8ATBI1YDrWisTIwT_yEjc1SQRX_JBm/s320/patch.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtv4ir0yFXhCMP2OfkQ2ZmpQio6DiO-6eEGByL0AYdh5-DsMOCMYBX_HDg_kFiSo07vpYy36R1FGII8iNkQW6EZ7ePbzcgB9M8Aet51JttXRll2wc7ladXuW82u4UhIhkNGZtwQAt-v50SZzPuKamx8kD1MZd-HuWtFnk5gm1jD_YhWcLU3li_xWooU6N9/s2048/tangleweb.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtv4ir0yFXhCMP2OfkQ2ZmpQio6DiO-6eEGByL0AYdh5-DsMOCMYBX_HDg_kFiSo07vpYy36R1FGII8iNkQW6EZ7ePbzcgB9M8Aet51JttXRll2wc7ladXuW82u4UhIhkNGZtwQAt-v50SZzPuKamx8kD1MZd-HuWtFnk5gm1jD_YhWcLU3li_xWooU6N9/s320/tangleweb.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>With the coming of autumn there is the start of fruits and seeds with a wonderful show of Wild Rose berries in Nursery Wood.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDXgz67oSHAN5cyaW_eNeJ7d1hfWtjxIqhgXC3Jl1e7kC2ezmF9Y8ll2PrH5NdQnbU87usBqQ2LODW-VS9ZmxL6FMhrbVnRL-BOF-kRM9mdOGRJnQALeL46qIAl4Og6smO9IXg1iEfmfEguXpCEGMrHcet3lvMun8riZXF7-Q_mwsYAbg7484QAlLKLcYD/s2048/rose101023.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDXgz67oSHAN5cyaW_eNeJ7d1hfWtjxIqhgXC3Jl1e7kC2ezmF9Y8ll2PrH5NdQnbU87usBqQ2LODW-VS9ZmxL6FMhrbVnRL-BOF-kRM9mdOGRJnQALeL46qIAl4Og6smO9IXg1iEfmfEguXpCEGMrHcet3lvMun8riZXF7-Q_mwsYAbg7484QAlLKLcYD/s320/rose101023.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>Also in Nursery Wood there was a lot of disturbance caused by a small flock of Ring Necked Parakeets arguing with Jackdaws probably over hole nesting sites the next year. This is not a great photograph taken against the light but they are something which we will probably have to get used to on the Park.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1mMOtbJiX6h-hd_qnyXIM7hLWW_V6vv6uL_Z7vImSWEYSER_RFIUypG0KX-ZLca5Sz0hyphenhyphenhT-odDl-68c_5PN44HcaE_TdeMPCN-QIcgh_FzfQMJzXdAzmpgC5c7KCk3TF_5bUiiBW2gVfII5aiio28l7v2j6Pf7yS9d6ce1Mk13NKHTZW4X_WoxI8l6LM/s1412/parakeet101023.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1412" data-original-width="1349" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1mMOtbJiX6h-hd_qnyXIM7hLWW_V6vv6uL_Z7vImSWEYSER_RFIUypG0KX-ZLca5Sz0hyphenhyphenhT-odDl-68c_5PN44HcaE_TdeMPCN-QIcgh_FzfQMJzXdAzmpgC5c7KCk3TF_5bUiiBW2gVfII5aiio28l7v2j6Pf7yS9d6ce1Mk13NKHTZW4X_WoxI8l6LM/s320/parakeet101023.jpg" width="306" /></a></div><br /><p>And finally for this post, I thought that there was a new type of plant on the dry gravelly soil near to the gravel pit but closer inspection shows that it is a type of gall made by a gall midge on Germander Speedwell. The midge larva causes the terminal bud to grow and make it look furry. Inside there are a number of cocoons where young midges are developing.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhuD2TpZ0CAXuRGUUJYfruSYkyrtAEnKSogLWPnjhFwXlPx_BaKTzbdCHv6CqmE8Otq-wVhuGSPtXbKHkNhwJY60axUUXX99s6AEeBdaEoux4KCEB7MR1XzQsN56md_tEKkP4izU0W9hXI5JvrWZyDNipHVGE_w9h3phkCmiLV-9NiVOdFPbDdLeF4xCRM/s1920/cocoons.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhuD2TpZ0CAXuRGUUJYfruSYkyrtAEnKSogLWPnjhFwXlPx_BaKTzbdCHv6CqmE8Otq-wVhuGSPtXbKHkNhwJY60axUUXX99s6AEeBdaEoux4KCEB7MR1XzQsN56md_tEKkP4izU0W9hXI5JvrWZyDNipHVGE_w9h3phkCmiLV-9NiVOdFPbDdLeF4xCRM/s320/cocoons.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipQlDtU-iU2gOJ_IN4_ug0NDUAMv2ptfSX2CGeSU0hwGBoihED7XAX_BqAqEAlfMNpTYdZ6EHKmpzqKOYATSPlRBEFpzW8tEI0qaaD5ZLBEYHwKu6caaqKE1w-rD_fBAaTrxJfkew1agvoDWBa0YFp_4y_nowovyd98K_iR_bDBFJK8gu9vf8WoiP7f4Dj/s2048/germander101023.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipQlDtU-iU2gOJ_IN4_ug0NDUAMv2ptfSX2CGeSU0hwGBoihED7XAX_BqAqEAlfMNpTYdZ6EHKmpzqKOYATSPlRBEFpzW8tEI0qaaD5ZLBEYHwKu6caaqKE1w-rD_fBAaTrxJfkew1agvoDWBa0YFp_4y_nowovyd98K_iR_bDBFJK8gu9vf8WoiP7f4Dj/s320/germander101023.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge1mIcZVmD3R4GsEaAJhpkCgYQwubxgWITvFd8eilwDDRkd7cW1-YIhKh_GFDaw7WhlX5_xnmnc-aLa_Dv623gFuNPNEgu28sWnL3uIuT4th2HmoT3vC8Accr4vUj_6OCOeKJzPgUtPq79ny679z4npgCK95FUt3oesD40S969AvSOoG0graHsTdxCUsJR/s1920/sidegall.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge1mIcZVmD3R4GsEaAJhpkCgYQwubxgWITvFd8eilwDDRkd7cW1-YIhKh_GFDaw7WhlX5_xnmnc-aLa_Dv623gFuNPNEgu28sWnL3uIuT4th2HmoT3vC8Accr4vUj_6OCOeKJzPgUtPq79ny679z4npgCK95FUt3oesD40S969AvSOoG0graHsTdxCUsJR/s320/sidegall.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFmB1vv_fx2-TDXVTcVPDMo5NPPlV-ZFuBBYb-BBKtmhiwj8iIUjwR5qI6f3ameYoJ3OXE4KTudDreTuuuJn0XCvHgtXgbURLG0FRqfKyr7_G7LlWfzyoNy9JQA2zKOe0iT40G_D_8mDl-DmdtFAHWUbV04Wv4_o4kVROMlW1_z34p7sllqKH0LME2XZoi/s1920/topgall.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFmB1vv_fx2-TDXVTcVPDMo5NPPlV-ZFuBBYb-BBKtmhiwj8iIUjwR5qI6f3ameYoJ3OXE4KTudDreTuuuJn0XCvHgtXgbURLG0FRqfKyr7_G7LlWfzyoNy9JQA2zKOe0iT40G_D_8mDl-DmdtFAHWUbV04Wv4_o4kVROMlW1_z34p7sllqKH0LME2XZoi/s320/topgall.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Bob Reedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01139699346653589450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1572879957893246455.post-31940037330100818372023-08-31T03:28:00.002-07:002023-08-31T03:28:27.792-07:00
Big Park Flora Survey 2023. Stage 1.
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<p> It is the end of May and the survey has started. There are several ways in which you can carry out the survey, firstly, you can just simply walk and identify and enjoy the wild flowers and plants, secondly, you can take part in the 'structured walk" survey. To do this, you select one of the areas shown on the map below and walk a very large W, as you walk you stop every 5 m or so, look around you and record the plants you see, walk on another 5 m and do the same until you have completed 10 points making up the W. If you wish to do this part of the survey there is a specially constructed sheet to record on and it can be forwarded to you on request. It is this data which would enable us to properly assess the quality of the grassland. Below you will see a gridded map on which I have outlined the survey areas, these are based on what I already know and in particular the type of soils which are very variable on the Park.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvrefFCg0KybAHOLNzpAGr0CstDT-UHvdMZhskPrwHpHOoelxtqdAMpaNWKX9apEKI5WqJLnVmRCKefjv_Gs7SsS9kVcGO84wdidGiMgoOUcZa0l8iu0PPaohrTXaqycCinOKCDAc2MFxVS2rKuXOZKgG2TJjCJZ9wYN7OxK_H-P8dvGHqA3Enu_4G/s1161/map2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="828" data-original-width="1161" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvrefFCg0KybAHOLNzpAGr0CstDT-UHvdMZhskPrwHpHOoelxtqdAMpaNWKX9apEKI5WqJLnVmRCKefjv_Gs7SsS9kVcGO84wdidGiMgoOUcZa0l8iu0PPaohrTXaqycCinOKCDAc2MFxVS2rKuXOZKgG2TJjCJZ9wYN7OxK_H-P8dvGHqA3Enu_4G/w575-h410/map2.jpg" width="575" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">To help with identification of the flowers, here are a series of photographs of those which are on bloom now. I will keep coming back as the summer progresses and add to the list.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh19bCm0YzWULiV_O_feP1Qh940XXGlauTBL4vkxXyunKXwQsGxZCmtFUM1d_qQinbOoSS5nZ7Tl7NXl5hy48c--oV9NOxfcQfUg4d6AfqyoBPd84XTbbYNHBnW5Y1P4jLb3HEKyCxfbdY9bBFtQS5CHsHYeGXcB9qzb6NF4mecEcF5UJ4K1ZakXPHe/s2048/P1140138.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh19bCm0YzWULiV_O_feP1Qh940XXGlauTBL4vkxXyunKXwQsGxZCmtFUM1d_qQinbOoSS5nZ7Tl7NXl5hy48c--oV9NOxfcQfUg4d6AfqyoBPd84XTbbYNHBnW5Y1P4jLb3HEKyCxfbdY9bBFtQS5CHsHYeGXcB9qzb6NF4mecEcF5UJ4K1ZakXPHe/s320/P1140138.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7wIr6pGBDbRGm1Jz--HZ_9IEJN3-t_7yJV3I6EYOo1pUd18viWcZdEyy3RmdaSq5p1wEmBejyHqcGBcLqK3DVcgEoLfuRc7p9BWcysJvEFLuzc-2G0UWJ1j_bT91vxG3N0_t_h5DTGUr5hiOZIpg2RCkVZf-LIGRGi-tkuQnEIWHVJFEwghQG-zkT/s2048/P1140140.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7wIr6pGBDbRGm1Jz--HZ_9IEJN3-t_7yJV3I6EYOo1pUd18viWcZdEyy3RmdaSq5p1wEmBejyHqcGBcLqK3DVcgEoLfuRc7p9BWcysJvEFLuzc-2G0UWJ1j_bT91vxG3N0_t_h5DTGUr5hiOZIpg2RCkVZf-LIGRGi-tkuQnEIWHVJFEwghQG-zkT/s320/P1140140.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The top flower is the Bulbous Buttercup with turned back or reflex sepals or bud leaves. The bottom flower is the Meadow Buttercup which is generally a taller plant and the sepals are not bent back.</div><p>The second is the Pignut. It is not a very tall plant and can get confused with Cow Parsley. The Pignut is shown first along with a close-up of the flower head. A magnifying glass or hand lens would be a very useful acquisition to take a close look at the magnified beauty of plants.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAP55_ZYsip49V10E0rtIyAgbL9J9Ax2-_lG2gCQo0QLgX4XhQBl12r-eFdLFLFdJVCllTauLWMJb8iKz2sLmnfkARofFYiNs6yyikjijfb3TufGc196cBCJax0nVhiZdBxWw8apt4ICCcHGPFiAMYL-NK_jco3t5OLfLvYvLJWOfbhz5t0emwggUe/s2048/P1140128.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAP55_ZYsip49V10E0rtIyAgbL9J9Ax2-_lG2gCQo0QLgX4XhQBl12r-eFdLFLFdJVCllTauLWMJb8iKz2sLmnfkARofFYiNs6yyikjijfb3TufGc196cBCJax0nVhiZdBxWw8apt4ICCcHGPFiAMYL-NK_jco3t5OLfLvYvLJWOfbhz5t0emwggUe/s320/P1140128.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXqIPPSwBKL1hFjIPcgkSMmNQyUJDTp9PgTOa9jBw3QT-apsYVIvQzjsBBfzeCIc5ro9z-MAUaVkeo6drOjqGzcXYdw8YkuYtK9JMyIusvAUKKX29TRlqNqmj18RNwBh0cwbYWYGwoJN8_l6REvuwzRG7wfMguvFlPYEjg13oUeTyVRIGN88pLzhSc/s1920/PICT0493.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXqIPPSwBKL1hFjIPcgkSMmNQyUJDTp9PgTOa9jBw3QT-apsYVIvQzjsBBfzeCIc5ro9z-MAUaVkeo6drOjqGzcXYdw8YkuYtK9JMyIusvAUKKX29TRlqNqmj18RNwBh0cwbYWYGwoJN8_l6REvuwzRG7wfMguvFlPYEjg13oUeTyVRIGN88pLzhSc/s320/PICT0493.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p> And now the Cow Parsley.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3hQM8xdiXdj70-Z57qwu1pH4U2UXChL6FJ9lviKmnnXidQ_q2fb7Nv6-fNjTpBvRyRhMu9z0zULsJxQUJMxJ84LJuKe-HSwWrnweaviSVdi4CIJB2oVHh6pPg6LFOqrJiZFoVc4M6mIfHHMcVaPBDYiogy8yv4sWS6PQs2IBtro7kDNELL8ERNkqC/s2048/P1140151.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3hQM8xdiXdj70-Z57qwu1pH4U2UXChL6FJ9lviKmnnXidQ_q2fb7Nv6-fNjTpBvRyRhMu9z0zULsJxQUJMxJ84LJuKe-HSwWrnweaviSVdi4CIJB2oVHh6pPg6LFOqrJiZFoVc4M6mIfHHMcVaPBDYiogy8yv4sWS6PQs2IBtro7kDNELL8ERNkqC/s320/P1140151.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXNfpWsB6qDLZurHXRQ0cwy-eEZ5rBhBBsXMI-HhyFJGyDC9i2boHgxVHHgXeofIQWR2_TICHY2J5p8ze0i9nR4HpxkqtxwND23GV-dkk685O0u_VYDg6Z99B0O_lL_aTZlygRc2fbN8Trokkpa5Y6WNLHlSfJT21zlXY7oxG6BfSbTJ4BJezifjBb/s2048/P1140152.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXNfpWsB6qDLZurHXRQ0cwy-eEZ5rBhBBsXMI-HhyFJGyDC9i2boHgxVHHgXeofIQWR2_TICHY2J5p8ze0i9nR4HpxkqtxwND23GV-dkk685O0u_VYDg6Z99B0O_lL_aTZlygRc2fbN8Trokkpa5Y6WNLHlSfJT21zlXY7oxG6BfSbTJ4BJezifjBb/s320/P1140152.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDJdJI-FAR3dTYkuV7PlXC541ralSP1z1o4NZwrNMyGwa-S8nX829ToBF-cCCcfckW_pFMeopq-Q14Ozbb_t8jaC1WNfD3c4-j_lmoqI_TVzdf5ksJ5jm1nqrHMnvRL5OBgTYHVeQl7VaShNdkz3uADNdln1X3HmgH0jPshQG-Un2Oe5EVxKQBRtLw/s1920/PICT0477.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDJdJI-FAR3dTYkuV7PlXC541ralSP1z1o4NZwrNMyGwa-S8nX829ToBF-cCCcfckW_pFMeopq-Q14Ozbb_t8jaC1WNfD3c4-j_lmoqI_TVzdf5ksJ5jm1nqrHMnvRL5OBgTYHVeQl7VaShNdkz3uADNdln1X3HmgH0jPshQG-Un2Oe5EVxKQBRtLw/s320/PICT0477.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p> Note the coarser, fernlike leaves and the asymmetrical flowerheads.</p><p>Next is a relative of the Dock which is the Common Sorrel. Once again, it has surprisingly beautiful and very much overlooked flowers.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_JZPXWPElvqghnJqCmuoeQ-jVGw_n51rfzYpatKxBC0_MRIAZCxLDREVi_yIGaicy16wwtbQezmILHDoTI77IiOftQpsWT9IfERXW6IAOHJjgpUXXfGM-0QBAXv_r86WIah9halbOWDkxVTUzhjJjHOtCjoyP8yVmcJxCiiIQKoXSEsJ1RfuSlmsI/s2048/P1140149.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_JZPXWPElvqghnJqCmuoeQ-jVGw_n51rfzYpatKxBC0_MRIAZCxLDREVi_yIGaicy16wwtbQezmILHDoTI77IiOftQpsWT9IfERXW6IAOHJjgpUXXfGM-0QBAXv_r86WIah9halbOWDkxVTUzhjJjHOtCjoyP8yVmcJxCiiIQKoXSEsJ1RfuSlmsI/s320/P1140149.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdzcV3Bj0aBNd72aAK8K0lB9W-DVuEqPOloKwNAzzmE9yVOjxHoR2TCX7TgDLrqyFunBmgw8TLNv7dnEBVt2kcSbBmbmaUTJlvRQVTx5S3Kup7NF8yrZEBArim3tw7MiIOy8MTL7bLPfPiIvfs34t_aKJbMxuek_02Yc8ROi8Yz7jDaRp-oIdAfMqf/s2048/P1140150.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdzcV3Bj0aBNd72aAK8K0lB9W-DVuEqPOloKwNAzzmE9yVOjxHoR2TCX7TgDLrqyFunBmgw8TLNv7dnEBVt2kcSbBmbmaUTJlvRQVTx5S3Kup7NF8yrZEBArim3tw7MiIOy8MTL7bLPfPiIvfs34t_aKJbMxuek_02Yc8ROi8Yz7jDaRp-oIdAfMqf/s320/P1140150.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX-q4pGv0f-UgquT4yy5_3UHjhthaEYlLZELZl7ItqyLW0BedRStBMQJhE5ooqMmptWwSvWTlFojcJGFHm36C_Kx0Gh2d6DBrzRX2APV0LAJWRE6a_dRA7HAX-br_fM-EcBwWAhOtypXTrX4C7nNihEualLxIElyXqqhXoQ3FWQdaU_wgkpkNiZyeQ/s1920/PICT0469.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX-q4pGv0f-UgquT4yy5_3UHjhthaEYlLZELZl7ItqyLW0BedRStBMQJhE5ooqMmptWwSvWTlFojcJGFHm36C_Kx0Gh2d6DBrzRX2APV0LAJWRE6a_dRA7HAX-br_fM-EcBwWAhOtypXTrX4C7nNihEualLxIElyXqqhXoQ3FWQdaU_wgkpkNiZyeQ/s320/PICT0469.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>One of the indicators of very old grassland is the Field Woodrush. This has now been on flower for some weeks and the photograph shows the brown 'nutlet seeds'. Because it came on flower earlier it is now been overtaken by other plants and will need to be searched for carefully.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLYFJLIo4GlaByz1g59E0vTw5qpf5_0MBHJut_u_j48VKCtNb3JGNGT7-L-n8MUtjFTIphTNhXKv1rYZ8SYXDFIlucY1hdh0Pjc9f__ykig25lHOZ6_dxCDmrYuBSuJhlXc6PSkdTWFuIJkndmWUxgxyJSKkZHQMe2s8Q65jC_nSpAYt3KxkAEfPOR/s2048/P1140158.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLYFJLIo4GlaByz1g59E0vTw5qpf5_0MBHJut_u_j48VKCtNb3JGNGT7-L-n8MUtjFTIphTNhXKv1rYZ8SYXDFIlucY1hdh0Pjc9f__ykig25lHOZ6_dxCDmrYuBSuJhlXc6PSkdTWFuIJkndmWUxgxyJSKkZHQMe2s8Q65jC_nSpAYt3KxkAEfPOR/s320/P1140158.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDod6c0nwQBQgpUBjGwuePgeKTCNa0BlnmKkSmVo56f22wJ2WPW7ZA02cSdnryGIUYF2SGvt4O_huVQGWHFYeOXuJgbWzzALaalU3UVc6in_pMTCm1wE1byKyNKMyGGsAx3c4ez-AevfzfhZ3P5OEHJgk9IPsHx3hhZ6qdUvSGRltkVtkEEsbK7dTv/s1920/PICT0500.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDod6c0nwQBQgpUBjGwuePgeKTCNa0BlnmKkSmVo56f22wJ2WPW7ZA02cSdnryGIUYF2SGvt4O_huVQGWHFYeOXuJgbWzzALaalU3UVc6in_pMTCm1wE1byKyNKMyGGsAx3c4ez-AevfzfhZ3P5OEHJgk9IPsHx3hhZ6qdUvSGRltkVtkEEsbK7dTv/s320/PICT0500.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>A beautiful little blue flower growing low down is the Common Speedwell.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8LxJ96M1-RWIc4FQ0HHg0SWwM1rXxVl2PQGJWnBBrVS26c5whDYeW5zAXmuX1476024rA-q5Yf96hLlxTZwxyDGrV6KOyVXMcj4QtrpqMMJ2F06Klt1DclDozowqLpXiA073U3Ip5ZT4yZJSYDKTPNzFMuV5DWeY1rC75PVeKtF4ryZqUMigrOGIJ/s2048/P1140136.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8LxJ96M1-RWIc4FQ0HHg0SWwM1rXxVl2PQGJWnBBrVS26c5whDYeW5zAXmuX1476024rA-q5Yf96hLlxTZwxyDGrV6KOyVXMcj4QtrpqMMJ2F06Klt1DclDozowqLpXiA073U3Ip5ZT4yZJSYDKTPNzFMuV5DWeY1rC75PVeKtF4ryZqUMigrOGIJ/s320/P1140136.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4OMIhIRo4tpavBfvLMlpDa6e3Kt2fySg5pN0qid0xybPp7x4S-_x4QHh2rvfZkeD_0J5CVKlWRbHw76VyJ2XYixwY1JZ8CIgNHSqkUPItYDThKuwArDMu8FonEjbVqtJwCEIOQ4V4gWtch6b40eSUS-J6tk1qeWTilTvE-xj7uDM3tgwrDDLD0p2R/s1920/PICT0488.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4OMIhIRo4tpavBfvLMlpDa6e3Kt2fySg5pN0qid0xybPp7x4S-_x4QHh2rvfZkeD_0J5CVKlWRbHw76VyJ2XYixwY1JZ8CIgNHSqkUPItYDThKuwArDMu8FonEjbVqtJwCEIOQ4V4gWtch6b40eSUS-J6tk1qeWTilTvE-xj7uDM3tgwrDDLD0p2R/s320/PICT0488.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>Cowslips have now set seedheads but look carefully for the clumps of leaves because they will gradually die down as the season and advances.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVjnXe1LU3vOMx9srxb0jdeSAa4xp_IHV90Vtyri5Kt92IhJi4lFW7MKpO8Grhs2oNRZWnosOr5alVyyXmJri9VVHLovXCrhjQIoVjH1Ad5_fE9tuL7PYV0Wf6WpqZvYhTuS55St8h-8wQ_3BDutp2AuzVhyywPXMdjI6R8s79sgldXcMGmwEafN-W/s2048/P1140167.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrPUewkdqgOT8Ew-7SdzjcdqAtaLXPJmpN0l-sAaTeFiHbMxkN86zzlxlGdvkYS6qIod3i5ZOZgbbjIhpjGcdM7F_xtEeOOBuvI10YRmrZCaIBjmqtppUbnl1wZFO4M9Fm_IT6-bFB-tORM1D3VSKUiTIhx9CfXl0m0bgZibmbDsVuXOotIRPZP-jF/s2048/P1140166.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrPUewkdqgOT8Ew-7SdzjcdqAtaLXPJmpN0l-sAaTeFiHbMxkN86zzlxlGdvkYS6qIod3i5ZOZgbbjIhpjGcdM7F_xtEeOOBuvI10YRmrZCaIBjmqtppUbnl1wZFO4M9Fm_IT6-bFB-tORM1D3VSKUiTIhx9CfXl0m0bgZibmbDsVuXOotIRPZP-jF/s320/P1140166.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>The next to flower is one of the Cranesbill family, so-called because of the shape of the seed head. They are difficult to pin down to an exact identification.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigRqNgRPCMypGfZXz7leFwY8rfz_7Ct90r8vc8PgeTkxJUmOSPCPyabLcDzKd8b7XoPau3xKRtEetH2HxhvHFETXLIA7NLPCDDYMAbjz1WeyOW-amibrUtNgGpTI1peul1Pn-6jMyQEjt6Pebn85tF6oKfjAtea-cI477qYQ7V94ceDkyWImEvgDOb/s2048/P1140145.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigRqNgRPCMypGfZXz7leFwY8rfz_7Ct90r8vc8PgeTkxJUmOSPCPyabLcDzKd8b7XoPau3xKRtEetH2HxhvHFETXLIA7NLPCDDYMAbjz1WeyOW-amibrUtNgGpTI1peul1Pn-6jMyQEjt6Pebn85tF6oKfjAtea-cI477qYQ7V94ceDkyWImEvgDOb/w418-h314/P1140145.JPG" width="418" /></a></div><br /><p>At the moment, the Yarrow can only be found in the form of its fernlike leaves that we can find the white flower later on.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCk-WE0Z4N0p18hWTFPG2PYoekmXrBJfe1JXhEM02tiGT2yrtVLINQNb9XJRHPrWobhpJ9Np0_PFzRUy7lO_UWL6yP34TiY-ndqzCYijmsiPP34pNIbWox3SzFdEXeVcdgbiI3XxDSq4EyaWpZgk4eeZo06qEW7XE1-cdQ5F2nLzkggdODEZ8UKxaZ/s2048/P1140147.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="327" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCk-WE0Z4N0p18hWTFPG2PYoekmXrBJfe1JXhEM02tiGT2yrtVLINQNb9XJRHPrWobhpJ9Np0_PFzRUy7lO_UWL6yP34TiY-ndqzCYijmsiPP34pNIbWox3SzFdEXeVcdgbiI3XxDSq4EyaWpZgk4eeZo06qEW7XE1-cdQ5F2nLzkggdODEZ8UKxaZ/w436-h327/P1140147.JPG" width="436" /></a></div><br /><p> This is the Hoary or Ribwort Plantain. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf58ULiAd9OZwbK__nwpMCVel_-VR88TxUk3549UD83gBIAbVxYH7c1qhKMvyFRmGhU9EAqYjGoVDQsXUeC4zss0sZs8VkesIfz1QfQLm7Ez_XC4_6BNvDfj9e5f4AMQN-UeudgAuzbYvlYCLOAmF089LTMrQHGFJgVjc1xPmtCuJJYSeAIwNj8Zmi/s2048/P1140156.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf58ULiAd9OZwbK__nwpMCVel_-VR88TxUk3549UD83gBIAbVxYH7c1qhKMvyFRmGhU9EAqYjGoVDQsXUeC4zss0sZs8VkesIfz1QfQLm7Ez_XC4_6BNvDfj9e5f4AMQN-UeudgAuzbYvlYCLOAmF089LTMrQHGFJgVjc1xPmtCuJJYSeAIwNj8Zmi/s320/P1140156.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUyXIXTNVC3F6LT6tNQnfFtBpZ1470NgXJQGAj-5O3bYt1yBxF8cuMpUsKs4W-rHfSVebiNYGerC1TaRYSF9KqexRA4M4kpvAESgZcKqxcAeHb6LYcqFgIbkGY4Rt_thx-1CZooakHp8mKQ53GzuEWkpaJnUOTNnUGfQKD9CmfqcSzycl3OrAS8YvQ/s1920/PICT0514.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="282" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUyXIXTNVC3F6LT6tNQnfFtBpZ1470NgXJQGAj-5O3bYt1yBxF8cuMpUsKs4W-rHfSVebiNYGerC1TaRYSF9KqexRA4M4kpvAESgZcKqxcAeHb6LYcqFgIbkGY4Rt_thx-1CZooakHp8mKQ53GzuEWkpaJnUOTNnUGfQKD9CmfqcSzycl3OrAS8YvQ/w502-h282/PICT0514.jpg" width="502" /></a></div><br /><p>Now it starts to get a bit more difficult with the grasses. The first one is the Soft Brome.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk2leJhVYvAc-GOxzcCXI7_yC6Q3fwFC0Cxp4pBqzkRwi8tcmoxxDjeO2lp5Ta7YYzC5x6P6ayvpTPfaeFtCg7S6BlIEdJ2xzwk5wQ_7QrFsTbkiCNQaCvj-jSzogoS1bJa_VwMLB___RCTNiy42jG9ftME7dn-0jBakge-mtcsscyEfpOjHIGrqGj/s2048/P1140142.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk2leJhVYvAc-GOxzcCXI7_yC6Q3fwFC0Cxp4pBqzkRwi8tcmoxxDjeO2lp5Ta7YYzC5x6P6ayvpTPfaeFtCg7S6BlIEdJ2xzwk5wQ_7QrFsTbkiCNQaCvj-jSzogoS1bJa_VwMLB___RCTNiy42jG9ftME7dn-0jBakge-mtcsscyEfpOjHIGrqGj/s320/P1140142.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1Z1GmY7p-nfTnC3v-a5TsG55_mxNx2UYy9uJxKekDNKsL1GR9S8HwZWP-Z__JoXby04JTEX1T5mXFofOZwKvi2D7Wb6vN1jRDmqbSRMtZiM7xZXV4iXaEi2H3woVBBb0yTeImqYxfuJ7BkVtzvCsD6DfAZmxS6wTdIkritLO-O2fOQhLf1tfX6izY/s1920/PICT0525.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="262" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1Z1GmY7p-nfTnC3v-a5TsG55_mxNx2UYy9uJxKekDNKsL1GR9S8HwZWP-Z__JoXby04JTEX1T5mXFofOZwKvi2D7Wb6vN1jRDmqbSRMtZiM7xZXV4iXaEi2H3woVBBb0yTeImqYxfuJ7BkVtzvCsD6DfAZmxS6wTdIkritLO-O2fOQhLf1tfX6izY/w466-h262/PICT0525.jpg" width="466" /></a></div><br /><p> Next is the Meadow Foxtail grass.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9ftVPbX4fziHe9Om89Nv4GFLtJDc04gFh0nJcOhgZBcp51eLuV3l_htDW63OViazktOxWlR7iuPtem3a9A18cUvUTA8ymDPHyMdFnYW9McyruOtoz9AyfeFk-J_I5QIynx5LOPKQWR3lFgOVR5FPKOsnYImcc4_ZMyt3cZOd5EJNoK38Tja_wWYnH/s2048/P1140143.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9ftVPbX4fziHe9Om89Nv4GFLtJDc04gFh0nJcOhgZBcp51eLuV3l_htDW63OViazktOxWlR7iuPtem3a9A18cUvUTA8ymDPHyMdFnYW9McyruOtoz9AyfeFk-J_I5QIynx5LOPKQWR3lFgOVR5FPKOsnYImcc4_ZMyt3cZOd5EJNoK38Tja_wWYnH/s320/P1140143.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHMK19WBNDaM38sbCMVTMrNvp9NzAL50DqnmVzBkQcFsASShpFuFEFZeXrK9rD87sGXBaQK263WHkVSetDbnCxmNUKSFps-hLClm4bzriO1YMdu3fkvmowgLp25bGowlzZWRBPohsy8qmA4m2LhOU_NsJYC5uoliVtDmtwwBloraEORxR7T8-mCp7W/s1920/PICT0522.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHMK19WBNDaM38sbCMVTMrNvp9NzAL50DqnmVzBkQcFsASShpFuFEFZeXrK9rD87sGXBaQK263WHkVSetDbnCxmNUKSFps-hLClm4bzriO1YMdu3fkvmowgLp25bGowlzZWRBPohsy8qmA4m2LhOU_NsJYC5uoliVtDmtwwBloraEORxR7T8-mCp7W/w452-h255/PICT0522.jpg" width="452" /></a></div><br /><p>And finally, in this first post, we shall be looking for what we call Negative Indicators. All the ones that have gone before are Positive Indicators because they are showing that the grassland is in good health. Negative Indicators show that the grassland could be deteriorating and one of the first ones of these to keep a look out for and record is the Creeping Thistle. It is actually a good nectar source for butterflies but can start to take over the grass sward.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOUxUsKl8y8nt4azzH7BuGtgCLwNmCKq5oBD-ImaQiiXrRHbqs23WB1sFPfCKce3qrgL4JjzXLqAHTjPF709j8uKedVe2Q7J3MsPESJNQ5Tdv-wf2fE5D6HSD9LZzxc9aJpYoY1oivZ6EQrIs6Z-9cnwx08jYEdZvsceabz79cYAyq2ah6gkXBebaJ/s2048/P1140144.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="295" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOUxUsKl8y8nt4azzH7BuGtgCLwNmCKq5oBD-ImaQiiXrRHbqs23WB1sFPfCKce3qrgL4JjzXLqAHTjPF709j8uKedVe2Q7J3MsPESJNQ5Tdv-wf2fE5D6HSD9LZzxc9aJpYoY1oivZ6EQrIs6Z-9cnwx08jYEdZvsceabz79cYAyq2ah6gkXBebaJ/w393-h295/P1140144.JPG" width="393" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>
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Post: EditPosts moved to TrashBob Reedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01139699346653589450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1572879957893246455.post-30147712410728628372023-04-25T01:17:00.000-07:002023-04-25T01:17:48.634-07:00Invasion of the Few Flowered Leek.<p style="text-align: center;"> Few Flowered Leek/Garlic - Alium paradoxum, is well established in the north west corner of the Park. See the area marked in red.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigX_wTdoKP8mntpgxhBZnbEShJiEspTXrykCUz0nRrbY2EWMpaVKHbXUH8tvxUoO-cX33fIqv7djUnFdQLlISmnK36rRD_neYafwRi-mAux5xWSrmpTbb-2DV4Eck9KOVt4Ac5mCBJYExc1Gg1-K_mCoVV1npvKA26oGHMmc70VnVHSq9rJc1ObxRr-A/s2338/fewfloweredleek.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1654" data-original-width="2338" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigX_wTdoKP8mntpgxhBZnbEShJiEspTXrykCUz0nRrbY2EWMpaVKHbXUH8tvxUoO-cX33fIqv7djUnFdQLlISmnK36rRD_neYafwRi-mAux5xWSrmpTbb-2DV4Eck9KOVt4Ac5mCBJYExc1Gg1-K_mCoVV1npvKA26oGHMmc70VnVHSq9rJc1ObxRr-A/s320/fewfloweredleek.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsZSxK0IlrrtgfLuQVwY4FTwaUJ1PTUULeKwY7tVjSBgmWpn2SfQLybZklPyP36XwLI7ukX86Ams0yJH5D76fPPkVXeI0UCyn7Y_yYflN_cjkvZ3otdB_T8ut-o9p6ECoAKvaxmBcKFleNVEIELym5BK4R_qGcm_falojfwJp-fOiZH44sim7bfmCylQ/s1639/FFLeek18423.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="917" data-original-width="1639" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsZSxK0IlrrtgfLuQVwY4FTwaUJ1PTUULeKwY7tVjSBgmWpn2SfQLybZklPyP36XwLI7ukX86Ams0yJH5D76fPPkVXeI0UCyn7Y_yYflN_cjkvZ3otdB_T8ut-o9p6ECoAKvaxmBcKFleNVEIELym5BK4R_qGcm_falojfwJp-fOiZH44sim7bfmCylQ/s320/FFLeek18423.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This plant is a native of the Caucasus and probably came to this country along with imported potted plants. In our case, it may well have come from the Rivers Nursery where it is also established. It is an almost perfect invasive species . It does not have proper flowers and does not need pollinating in order to reproduce, instead, it produces firstly a prolific number of 'bulbils' in the flower head and secondly offsets from the main bulb in the ground. Nothing eats it (apart from humans!) because it has a strong smell and is distasteful. And lastly, it forms such dense clumps that it shades out any other plant including native ones which should be there.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The 'flower' and bulbils.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP7Ivq4xd-gtfR28-aEsl51IuTGntKRE4-Q-XU9c-pGEClOf49JnG9uNGyuQHsaRUgn5S9Vc4X1LEPJ0BmpUAQT3Tbqbd1AYYhI-sZL5GEe2TomZPCmXE3niYk-OkYqyCLAKTPOI8IuN6P1jiqud3VxWcQ_8i3a0hueS5s8n8qAem7oEV4G_Q0VLXA0w/s1920/FFflower1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP7Ivq4xd-gtfR28-aEsl51IuTGntKRE4-Q-XU9c-pGEClOf49JnG9uNGyuQHsaRUgn5S9Vc4X1LEPJ0BmpUAQT3Tbqbd1AYYhI-sZL5GEe2TomZPCmXE3niYk-OkYqyCLAKTPOI8IuN6P1jiqud3VxWcQ_8i3a0hueS5s8n8qAem7oEV4G_Q0VLXA0w/s320/FFflower1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8f5oRMckeMS_qNRpMQ6PSp3NZkBNfllb4Eh_1dobWpWlh6zf4zqLhWimGT3aLkd4WYluQHz7CV2rHVy-NWTBwggw9Q2_a3C7WG6PosFRTqS07VEmSUr7Qox9S4fQeOVXB_YFSUplORSt3ERbArGbwmjMPOLmc_RwKMptiAzBYSiR82yZOf9fAWqm5kA/s320/ffbulb3.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Masses of bulbs in the ground lead to a very dense clump which excludes other vegetation.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggaEUZokUgOZYuZRmJWQNJs5TG1fWwZNMGaEKqqmWAqpFnL-3nogW0441DLrG91S0BxO-TfFFoW46pwYHSornUzOoio9GBc6u83e3qGWMuIckYQkCMT0Yv76pqTtfiPyUbVCHCyVujbuQeVGLsdCM-fpVRHOMwqKToeD6CCzRp649CjMmexOfFoSHrjg/s2048/FFbulbs.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggaEUZokUgOZYuZRmJWQNJs5TG1fWwZNMGaEKqqmWAqpFnL-3nogW0441DLrG91S0BxO-TfFFoW46pwYHSornUzOoio9GBc6u83e3qGWMuIckYQkCMT0Yv76pqTtfiPyUbVCHCyVujbuQeVGLsdCM-fpVRHOMwqKToeD6CCzRp649CjMmexOfFoSHrjg/s320/FFbulbs.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Initially there is a single leaf but as the bulbs multiply in the ground the size of clump steadily increases. A single bulbil in the centre of native Dogs Mercury will soon overwhelm the plant that should be growing there.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6dFZBi9mT4P80VRIcsFXM5TvrGKyfTD8AtYojQW3EADNwcasUzBoDBLqhUIw_oGDzf-6IkbtgW__nxY0ED7jj2UP99KXy4AlMhJQq4wcOWZsEuodaQpTWuVQGi4PoXY-wg6AfBQMK7s2mcr5hJbK0lLtZ_QU37ZGB9GgYY6uNJEAlIVE2otn5lacdNg/s2048/Ffsingle2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6dFZBi9mT4P80VRIcsFXM5TvrGKyfTD8AtYojQW3EADNwcasUzBoDBLqhUIw_oGDzf-6IkbtgW__nxY0ED7jj2UP99KXy4AlMhJQq4wcOWZsEuodaQpTWuVQGi4PoXY-wg6AfBQMK7s2mcr5hJbK0lLtZ_QU37ZGB9GgYY6uNJEAlIVE2otn5lacdNg/s320/Ffsingle2.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixKADsGQHaBnUGm5TCubS9oUPENBbu6tEeoehGXC9GBW5g_Ag22jwrjrY0X6cZdhxuldpOC5rR89An7IWeEGerCSr_5Vzr8MfV6ePs56nqWJf34n_jYvlp7NGkL61-fBDnUVZbPLE9_XAsDnmStoVwnbVo4CyecKJdC2hI7HexwNzwlbxMzCLzBY8sXQ/s2048/FFclump1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixKADsGQHaBnUGm5TCubS9oUPENBbu6tEeoehGXC9GBW5g_Ag22jwrjrY0X6cZdhxuldpOC5rR89An7IWeEGerCSr_5Vzr8MfV6ePs56nqWJf34n_jYvlp7NGkL61-fBDnUVZbPLE9_XAsDnmStoVwnbVo4CyecKJdC2hI7HexwNzwlbxMzCLzBY8sXQ/s320/FFclump1.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8KypAUz1U7sa6MoUVDTE9LEaXMNMy2PdM49E-cpujmziMULmlQAQBWvCObJaGDCkzquTdjfwB9fn5J6ZPMRVtip52PaqY4NEwcYQhHLsWSVwpTbXOTpKKjV-wymbX9bzjyjlLZsOlBm-Z7G-mxJYRMo7ezB2zWf-VXSdC2equVqy1AO7mvfQBpLuKCg/s2048/FFplusDM.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8KypAUz1U7sa6MoUVDTE9LEaXMNMy2PdM49E-cpujmziMULmlQAQBWvCObJaGDCkzquTdjfwB9fn5J6ZPMRVtip52PaqY4NEwcYQhHLsWSVwpTbXOTpKKjV-wymbX9bzjyjlLZsOlBm-Z7G-mxJYRMo7ezB2zWf-VXSdC2equVqy1AO7mvfQBpLuKCg/s320/FFplusDM.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Where this plant is growing is the oldest section of woodland on the Park and probably pre-dates the Park itself. If we value the native woodland flora then not trying to control it is not an option. Efforts so far have included hand digging and pulling- it comes up quite easily and cutting with a hand scythe and collecting up the leaves and flowerheads which may weaken the bulbs and will prevent bulbils falling on the ground. It will be best to try and remove plants near to the path because it is known that the bulbils can be transported on boots and dogs paws. A realistic solution might be to not work on eradication but to limit the spread by making it one of the Work Party tasks on an annual basis. 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Feb 23rd 2023.<p> Before the Great Gale 1986/87 there was a stately Cedar of Lebanon in a prominent position overlooking the Osier Bed. The tree was substantially damaged by the gale and felled to make it safe and convenient. Today, I made a rubbing of the trunk to show the growth rings. Planting date comes out at about 1880+ or minus excepting it stopped growth in the mid-1980s.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi9YTb210BX9We9TXlhA-FPIBDvIWwnY4ZOEQfCUxWYWBtGGq_XRWtfK4At9NQ2Pi506jjaSyTWdWrnQKB0CHxuKMlkBJg-1Yl4MpoSvdpBfaiO3BcuuCcyv8RQtFG-Uj_EV2ahEyaNg2m7z8CFp72dIr1oVOEhR2jtRoNvvYdWnpE8PmTtmB9GtzCtg/s2048/cedar1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi9YTb210BX9We9TXlhA-FPIBDvIWwnY4ZOEQfCUxWYWBtGGq_XRWtfK4At9NQ2Pi506jjaSyTWdWrnQKB0CHxuKMlkBJg-1Yl4MpoSvdpBfaiO3BcuuCcyv8RQtFG-Uj_EV2ahEyaNg2m7z8CFp72dIr1oVOEhR2jtRoNvvYdWnpE8PmTtmB9GtzCtg/s320/cedar1.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijY-KLyV1CTqwT6mE-h0rBVNLp5_EWIeWh05e2Sxr9NjQ2QBUS_ggtfnBmRPID3vAtDm6v7bx9qxwIyLqwQ2Jur4Z0v7L8baUo-Lkw7liJM9aY80usJsCFdiWsZ0jt6cll8rBKisTOMnPEBpcTl5NA2zLDpQ1ktHS2qm2XOs7orC9jgu6f2KbnIhSeyQ/s2040/cedar2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="872" data-original-width="2040" height="227" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijY-KLyV1CTqwT6mE-h0rBVNLp5_EWIeWh05e2Sxr9NjQ2QBUS_ggtfnBmRPID3vAtDm6v7bx9qxwIyLqwQ2Jur4Z0v7L8baUo-Lkw7liJM9aY80usJsCFdiWsZ0jt6cll8rBKisTOMnPEBpcTl5NA2zLDpQ1ktHS2qm2XOs7orC9jgu6f2KbnIhSeyQ/w530-h227/cedar2.jpg" width="530" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Bob Reedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01139699346653589450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1572879957893246455.post-57570258447468604432022-10-21T03:03:00.001-07:002022-10-21T03:03:51.478-07:00October 2022.<p> . What a strange year it has been weatherwise. Now the Park has recovered somewhat from being totally parched off, and we have had a small amount of rain we have the peculiar spectacle of plants on flower at the same time as they are on fruit, as can be seen from these blackberries, where we have got flowers and fruit on the same plant.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqhT-DcVVdW0q10Shnd1LSuwgHoJcRb-h8xPKYiFWErwZ6Bs-fUHUA3LsmbHnzPprYBiF5_UDGM2fxkZlxMT3x6bSPxL0Wf7A6ccIg5EpV5pahHUvRQNnmPx7C7PoYFGrTXlSugEGumNWK4ptCsig3mNPSxipHlnduxgbUqOkHA9sLWsnFPrSqWS-AeQ/s2048/octbrambflos.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqhT-DcVVdW0q10Shnd1LSuwgHoJcRb-h8xPKYiFWErwZ6Bs-fUHUA3LsmbHnzPprYBiF5_UDGM2fxkZlxMT3x6bSPxL0Wf7A6ccIg5EpV5pahHUvRQNnmPx7C7PoYFGrTXlSugEGumNWK4ptCsig3mNPSxipHlnduxgbUqOkHA9sLWsnFPrSqWS-AeQ/s320/octbrambflos.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHAV1uy2ly9aUfEIFQzrFgzxu8eyjKhFq3_fYde0O0wPy4fFkSCH7_U5f-DFNz59v6mHX83J1CxGwanwCiQgEpFGanDblm4uM30LM9JQIgsXabWd5Gh45OtG11rS1nDjTQF_KFDJe-Trq-tP6JRtfx4f8nKGMCshBCzoRtabrPiBiYJRJgFxwqGynR9A/s2048/octbramble.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHAV1uy2ly9aUfEIFQzrFgzxu8eyjKhFq3_fYde0O0wPy4fFkSCH7_U5f-DFNz59v6mHX83J1CxGwanwCiQgEpFGanDblm4uM30LM9JQIgsXabWd5Gh45OtG11rS1nDjTQF_KFDJe-Trq-tP6JRtfx4f8nKGMCshBCzoRtabrPiBiYJRJgFxwqGynR9A/s320/octbramble.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>There are some interesting sheet webs in these same bramble patches.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfonQNcioKvOG0P1XfmwltNPUUDl51r6HLCQS9drWaLWpnceH6-Zl05JMfbc6bcqVutqe_Ey_X2ZfhZdW-6KNIPVOh_4XeCuoppAv_WFwUhAxRr3-BMCddqnZdUX9wr7_uSaN2GG-0lPJa33rlRslsVeuQGio7EQpIk5mIBQSffR3GLlMudVbeOAkdBQ/s2048/web2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfonQNcioKvOG0P1XfmwltNPUUDl51r6HLCQS9drWaLWpnceH6-Zl05JMfbc6bcqVutqe_Ey_X2ZfhZdW-6KNIPVOh_4XeCuoppAv_WFwUhAxRr3-BMCddqnZdUX9wr7_uSaN2GG-0lPJa33rlRslsVeuQGio7EQpIk5mIBQSffR3GLlMudVbeOAkdBQ/s320/web2.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div>Where the bark mulch was put down over the muddy areas it seems to have created a new type of habitat. Moles are busy burrowing underneath it, Docks, Stinging Nettles and Thistles have been able to seed and root into it and there are various types of toadstool growing, probably on the wood as well as from the soil underneath.<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH3XxSJXlGa10X5cjvj8BXq24CjOJk3-UgFEw_3KC1rUNx9JMRym0NMlAcdtPeEpApiVQiWxHMbODIDKFjpaT_5lARpqi_r7L5J0Z9X0r2AukhCQQfhk11uWBzFG1gRudSMwAC53F__i1TjxVh_TB0YolVcbLY64u6dLq5fRfxStWhC7P3ohd_TXtSSQ/s2048/mulch1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH3XxSJXlGa10X5cjvj8BXq24CjOJk3-UgFEw_3KC1rUNx9JMRym0NMlAcdtPeEpApiVQiWxHMbODIDKFjpaT_5lARpqi_r7L5J0Z9X0r2AukhCQQfhk11uWBzFG1gRudSMwAC53F__i1TjxVh_TB0YolVcbLY64u6dLq5fRfxStWhC7P3ohd_TXtSSQ/s320/mulch1.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Identify them from their bark and buds.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiN1qkbkGbDZok_Mk--f2JV0Uo4gbChYhzLnPcTc74pwgcGWFT1X3-cQ7ta5EglNMLyNWDGZ5fpHmJ_Sl_pQIJZjLe9NdNUqjBIxd1WxxY-c1vxj1g_ukYfjpDE1G4fe7-Jvj1eldepB2o4ENTqZ5Umee_SMpQ51_AGBmKVEo58mntu6gkhW7k7d6Qu5w=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="184" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiN1qkbkGbDZok_Mk--f2JV0Uo4gbChYhzLnPcTc74pwgcGWFT1X3-cQ7ta5EglNMLyNWDGZ5fpHmJ_Sl_pQIJZjLe9NdNUqjBIxd1WxxY-c1vxj1g_ukYfjpDE1G4fe7-Jvj1eldepB2o4ENTqZ5Umee_SMpQ51_AGBmKVEo58mntu6gkhW7k7d6Qu5w=w245-h184" width="245" /></a></div>Lime bark and bud.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhbSd5J0zbROysuGK2wurhw-5vw46b8WkiUZ4GAzlx2jno-O7-Kk1u9jtZcoCdGCKnHpqxvrL3F4tVMfrYNNdoXRWCiPIEfXltD58QI8r-dGP-YDbPMAMGcq5k6txqe1ln0J2tUQKdZkzg7GyjyaQir7gywRi6SldvdgpOcdUI7aowc4VviZ23_yUrzsQ=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhbSd5J0zbROysuGK2wurhw-5vw46b8WkiUZ4GAzlx2jno-O7-Kk1u9jtZcoCdGCKnHpqxvrL3F4tVMfrYNNdoXRWCiPIEfXltD58QI8r-dGP-YDbPMAMGcq5k6txqe1ln0J2tUQKdZkzg7GyjyaQir7gywRi6SldvdgpOcdUI7aowc4VviZ23_yUrzsQ=w256-h192" width="256" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh3jW6dX2oSGqwDfpxv5FmsYsKDvnvQ70y2EmJREI4beDvIfrTeZXZGAsCw_CPQaseryzC-Q7aCqiJ144cH9XCtiYD6iG7l2io3BHCpL9Ko6Gqi9DQcuMBAQS9MY0tCM_aKPL21HjQihyDjnRIY8hC2irX5jOBmglT2auwOZ1fpR2lgvbPSzyF5Njv8PQ=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh3jW6dX2oSGqwDfpxv5FmsYsKDvnvQ70y2EmJREI4beDvIfrTeZXZGAsCw_CPQaseryzC-Q7aCqiJ144cH9XCtiYD6iG7l2io3BHCpL9Ko6Gqi9DQcuMBAQS9MY0tCM_aKPL21HjQihyDjnRIY8hC2irX5jOBmglT2auwOZ1fpR2lgvbPSzyF5Njv8PQ=w266-h200" width="266" /></a></div>Ash bark and bud.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgisMxveUE-XJlwrbzTrLfXUuOQVWCIjGt3Po-Lqr5LM9s0DVpsY5Co0NrGbb5mPp0jSIO2ZYha1y-V7JQINvU4hLns-bC_OFDg-NmsrPJoWkBCI01OxfgkD5YDxrZLPSBNnTU3WpNQHGH8qgbV3KsnRTvH8os83hy1o9pedzQ3zgDZessfGVwO2OeSvA=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgisMxveUE-XJlwrbzTrLfXUuOQVWCIjGt3Po-Lqr5LM9s0DVpsY5Co0NrGbb5mPp0jSIO2ZYha1y-V7JQINvU4hLns-bC_OFDg-NmsrPJoWkBCI01OxfgkD5YDxrZLPSBNnTU3WpNQHGH8qgbV3KsnRTvH8os83hy1o9pedzQ3zgDZessfGVwO2OeSvA=w256-h192" width="256" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj6v8KKsqb0Jzo1iSAIuA-t884Ks1euXOXH9e1ZgZmv-mEev4NhcflFAtAMORnKm6yH7q9eI5WaOdGKTvPyMrOmsxsKP7wvqenVLh20PGL8XNb7rJcFJ3SlaikzyGEErCCO4JK9eT6S1XppaiMw68SNo6F-hRqRdEYZIpaHRqKff_0kHlc-_jNfZPSjeQ=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="202" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj6v8KKsqb0Jzo1iSAIuA-t884Ks1euXOXH9e1ZgZmv-mEev4NhcflFAtAMORnKm6yH7q9eI5WaOdGKTvPyMrOmsxsKP7wvqenVLh20PGL8XNb7rJcFJ3SlaikzyGEErCCO4JK9eT6S1XppaiMw68SNo6F-hRqRdEYZIpaHRqKff_0kHlc-_jNfZPSjeQ=w269-h202" width="269" /></a></div>Horse Chestnut bark and bud.<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEit__kgVC4cnY1FgqVBIO04ThpfUDrEtAhA2clzAvJjfYjWVFj1ldteAYGykDrEAxA6wtKyC5QyxhZMLr2IBlPMu5DiPL3K1dH5ZzyiU3kepWhv98jkKWfD63w84b2o8wa6jDItaZWj_8NFIuXodfoOIqIAUsSiufQoox6p__6wxC9z-CcEe0G37tLEcA=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="201" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEit__kgVC4cnY1FgqVBIO04ThpfUDrEtAhA2clzAvJjfYjWVFj1ldteAYGykDrEAxA6wtKyC5QyxhZMLr2IBlPMu5DiPL3K1dH5ZzyiU3kepWhv98jkKWfD63w84b2o8wa6jDItaZWj_8NFIuXodfoOIqIAUsSiufQoox6p__6wxC9z-CcEe0G37tLEcA=w268-h201" width="268" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Find areas of molehills. It will be one mole per area of molehills. So how many moles to think we might have on the Park?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhSYmSyxAnkU5YA4a6oPfu4iUR8DsPpg2orAZ1ucJS2AI02L5xKkG7TRmz1h6Se_yz2V25zfNdjsYLjG34eIsOBHMqKw4WKjv0pOkuzAa1uL2E505fORtghzFS1oOIp5SwjAdKGllCAYhj-uQw3d99vDJuW98UMPb-8YVMyDkPa_-NFE0Oi54UDGUfKrQ=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="205" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhSYmSyxAnkU5YA4a6oPfu4iUR8DsPpg2orAZ1ucJS2AI02L5xKkG7TRmz1h6Se_yz2V25zfNdjsYLjG34eIsOBHMqKw4WKjv0pOkuzAa1uL2E505fORtghzFS1oOIp5SwjAdKGllCAYhj-uQw3d99vDJuW98UMPb-8YVMyDkPa_-NFE0Oi54UDGUfKrQ=w273-h205" width="273" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Find the old veteran Lime tree which has finally collapsed. Find the mistletoe still growing on one of the live limbs.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhxgrQE_Fq1cQR0b6c2tRlxqs0ED2zb6KiWlmKwEawUvTlc6_ppmxJrrfGENAWKHUIB5zr4ReXNnkd4-7j_0RW8g-xPvzLVpq6QeyhoLF4_dsLT3UB0xUvE0adIKFsZ7D3RVkwskZss-DqGZGpGiyMnFGoMHejYzwcO4CC3_M5Kx9Fd3Fjd1mpcFbBrvg=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="201" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhxgrQE_Fq1cQR0b6c2tRlxqs0ED2zb6KiWlmKwEawUvTlc6_ppmxJrrfGENAWKHUIB5zr4ReXNnkd4-7j_0RW8g-xPvzLVpq6QeyhoLF4_dsLT3UB0xUvE0adIKFsZ7D3RVkwskZss-DqGZGpGiyMnFGoMHejYzwcO4CC3_M5Kx9Fd3Fjd1mpcFbBrvg=w268-h201" width="268" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjscWct1mB_FOc3hTY9mdqCddM1TFtdYxOQP949P4uCM-wdLReSVlX_7uBJGyLukoORGkjnRiv8DnsdOBAnkds2MrSveQMGj2uPBleTww5JZ2vKtj56Rns0ZN-EocYAlnOH3ucDa1lvTdu-d_aU2CyBP22NK7uKfldVLa-u3qYa8QQsSCpgwTGRBHxypw=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="208" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjscWct1mB_FOc3hTY9mdqCddM1TFtdYxOQP949P4uCM-wdLReSVlX_7uBJGyLukoORGkjnRiv8DnsdOBAnkds2MrSveQMGj2uPBleTww5JZ2vKtj56Rns0ZN-EocYAlnOH3ucDa1lvTdu-d_aU2CyBP22NK7uKfldVLa-u3qYa8QQsSCpgwTGRBHxypw=w278-h208" width="278" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Look for signs of rabbits. Find these small holes that they have dug and marked with dung pellets. Look out for areas of dead grass which they marked with pellets and urine. See if you can identify the rabbit trackway across the grassland.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjR_X7tNE0xST85h_zYOc0-oZ4oEB21mBSoroMS2Fs9otVqY37Ol0UIj2UEcFusJDiVhVfDl6w_JYQYNiSL-hy0bneUqarhf6fsJDJFS5JPXoXaM9lHEDRAMLCVqXoMHzlEHjjkx7GjSXShTPTtaTjPqQtZ46f73zKaZEg8osxulV2U2M9Vk1r1bmQ6xg=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="176" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjR_X7tNE0xST85h_zYOc0-oZ4oEB21mBSoroMS2Fs9otVqY37Ol0UIj2UEcFusJDiVhVfDl6w_JYQYNiSL-hy0bneUqarhf6fsJDJFS5JPXoXaM9lHEDRAMLCVqXoMHzlEHjjkx7GjSXShTPTtaTjPqQtZ46f73zKaZEg8osxulV2U2M9Vk1r1bmQ6xg=w234-h176" width="234" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjQfkmrhWBlVFd5OnqsFvpenIoz0efzX6eNMgEYoxWhExQv2vW9uZ4UqMGbMkeA9JQ4AYjlYMEB2zozQGBKZwpT2Zfhd-nZQY-56f8fy1E7MCv7lHEJvlA5OZoTRl6_xfKlJ-NJcxCKxfdniZEkF6Mb5ZLu4BioC747NLj6Bk8flQy9cSZHj_p89YVmcg=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjQfkmrhWBlVFd5OnqsFvpenIoz0efzX6eNMgEYoxWhExQv2vW9uZ4UqMGbMkeA9JQ4AYjlYMEB2zozQGBKZwpT2Zfhd-nZQY-56f8fy1E7MCv7lHEJvlA5OZoTRl6_xfKlJ-NJcxCKxfdniZEkF6Mb5ZLu4BioC747NLj6Bk8flQy9cSZHj_p89YVmcg=w256-h192" width="256" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh_cxFGBQj9MLFI6j_rfUcDDyL1VuAc1QOe7ZuJKKAHMSfCJGA-jEu8cYKPfz8LgZRWklwjZWH3YRbRheVtg2CnOC5xD7BZ_42bfA5iM62uIbEetsYPBTPmWcppdB5mS-kjtT3qFeMEf3hjI_nUWrfkqkeQEjSGxjONkP90BIA4pHOYPH1ec3xqd1Nmvw=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh_cxFGBQj9MLFI6j_rfUcDDyL1VuAc1QOe7ZuJKKAHMSfCJGA-jEu8cYKPfz8LgZRWklwjZWH3YRbRheVtg2CnOC5xD7BZ_42bfA5iM62uIbEetsYPBTPmWcppdB5mS-kjtT3qFeMEf3hjI_nUWrfkqkeQEjSGxjONkP90BIA4pHOYPH1ec3xqd1Nmvw=w267-h200" width="267" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhHfzkWR5PfEPEe23fisD0USgUA8ZE3e2I0uvUVwpDHcoD7tLEDUeUysT_l2Q6PGocF4i6CSewe1bW_XGcCoA8vwMYHoCzEiwfQ2A9EfBlt9IrBe1KT7UcWp6iBextgoN7gk5QbSsc6auRVRVtSH9qd2SBfQ6ENu7DeThw9wE-fs-luB6iy8aj9p53b2w=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhHfzkWR5PfEPEe23fisD0USgUA8ZE3e2I0uvUVwpDHcoD7tLEDUeUysT_l2Q6PGocF4i6CSewe1bW_XGcCoA8vwMYHoCzEiwfQ2A9EfBlt9IrBe1KT7UcWp6iBextgoN7gk5QbSsc6auRVRVtSH9qd2SBfQ6ENu7DeThw9wE-fs-luB6iy8aj9p53b2w=s320" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Find places where rabbits have stripped the bark from small fallen branches.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjcnF7VRXNAqe3USBqW3FEYXy7QuMMW12hPUw8r3mylR91qu4Yn_tWfbo1fOgq-TPGsID5JQGkQN-3BX6g7FUZ0mJeJxE1Slc4xBZoUvr6hOMdIzO4um96mlBt7wHRDqWQMmvG8dHWKdzphAtJ46FnK3bXeCvv4WtFCSzhbUFUE_KOrIyV9r0Hg_4nzMw=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjcnF7VRXNAqe3USBqW3FEYXy7QuMMW12hPUw8r3mylR91qu4Yn_tWfbo1fOgq-TPGsID5JQGkQN-3BX6g7FUZ0mJeJxE1Slc4xBZoUvr6hOMdIzO4um96mlBt7wHRDqWQMmvG8dHWKdzphAtJ46FnK3bXeCvv4WtFCSzhbUFUE_KOrIyV9r0Hg_4nzMw=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiwdnihkvyk-weKwV4wc_boGNwV0NSRgdWJ5W3xKFaDTKF_yjXMGAjUGBvC5uf2sI7uxt9G_HyPa8QUPbwTirsz7Gxd5i2lp0W8dnuimbvcahBgVKWbPQLGDWq5SImsq4xfs8cFX8mzKJqhutCAc_ahFm5tA6bQukq6gtMmUn44SQZldDAuPKdNzUNCtg=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiwdnihkvyk-weKwV4wc_boGNwV0NSRgdWJ5W3xKFaDTKF_yjXMGAjUGBvC5uf2sI7uxt9G_HyPa8QUPbwTirsz7Gxd5i2lp0W8dnuimbvcahBgVKWbPQLGDWq5SImsq4xfs8cFX8mzKJqhutCAc_ahFm5tA6bQukq6gtMmUn44SQZldDAuPKdNzUNCtg=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Listen for a Robin singing. Copy the link into your browser to hear a Robin singing on the Park.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">https://youtu.be/ZJupAjJOgQc</div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjd_82-Ouz7VbnTCxTANS6kVFUGTvusWAXtzLo00ysr1NZ15U1sejQZJq96TI3soHhmgfAMtSl7h-zcKPDalptmr2NFFjl4V4nPPEn1KFexNfUym-lOsjRk5aF_MKtT96OaqEsLeEaFhTwEsO5oTQ3S4-gI1lP6MfhX_Ib_j0LXa1wOEeaDIG8qt21IIw=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjd_82-Ouz7VbnTCxTANS6kVFUGTvusWAXtzLo00ysr1NZ15U1sejQZJq96TI3soHhmgfAMtSl7h-zcKPDalptmr2NFFjl4V4nPPEn1KFexNfUym-lOsjRk5aF_MKtT96OaqEsLeEaFhTwEsO5oTQ3S4-gI1lP6MfhX_Ib_j0LXa1wOEeaDIG8qt21IIw=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiM-iODzggHBvmYKRZKtrqy-bQUtDDEhKxkqy5Lwk3Bfb8f4loSg1ktbOuUD7Vz0413BF5B9mljddBNNrjcAXK8Td6nFq52zlDAPQGl9lsFJVrgvEebZVc7_kykc3G1-9VG-KP8qdlthrd2iIBSRuPT5Na0CJl3BcDt1M4eGytlpsd-BCuP3-TR3Fr_Lg=s2048" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiM-iODzggHBvmYKRZKtrqy-bQUtDDEhKxkqy5Lwk3Bfb8f4loSg1ktbOuUD7Vz0413BF5B9mljddBNNrjcAXK8Td6nFq52zlDAPQGl9lsFJVrgvEebZVc7_kykc3G1-9VG-KP8qdlthrd2iIBSRuPT5Na0CJl3BcDt1M4eGytlpsd-BCuP3-TR3Fr_Lg=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Find an Elder Tree (look in the top left corner of the dog training enclosure) and look for the first signs of bud burst.Bob Reedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01139699346653589450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1572879957893246455.post-60131904218657260252021-12-19T05:57:00.003-08:002021-12-19T05:57:45.020-08:00Pishiobury Park. Springhall Field Hedge Project.<p> The old Field hedge around Spring Hall Field is largely derelict. There are lots of gaps and places where failed hedge shrub plantings have taken place some years ago. There are some older Hawthorns and old Hazels. It is possible that the Hazels go back to the time of Thomas Rivers when they were planted to provide sticks and poles for use on the Nursery. The plan is to carry out a biodiversity study of the hedge, coppice the Hazels and plant up the gaps with young shrubs next year. A short film on You Tube shows wasps and bees feeding on the Ivy over growing some of the Hawthorns. The first work party was on 16th of December where we have started coppicing the Hazels and clearing away some of the dead wood to make eco-piles.</p><p>https://youtu.be/MDU-HnE-sr4 for wasps and bees feeding on the Ivy.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh6cb-zDKrklP3jgIdtTFQEn0do8qglIL98BEy26JUvLka6TcmmfKNUTHVPxTODf_y3c7IwGS9f1XH2-aGe-8lU6r1khXda8Vz28TA4L4j4YtNCwuB4ihXqcgaupKYfITiJOtrSZ7X-67gyiYK3oqT0fTlV-9DIIAVs24mTc1jem1HkoosNKQF-0DfsrA=s2560" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="2560" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh6cb-zDKrklP3jgIdtTFQEn0do8qglIL98BEy26JUvLka6TcmmfKNUTHVPxTODf_y3c7IwGS9f1XH2-aGe-8lU6r1khXda8Vz28TA4L4j4YtNCwuB4ihXqcgaupKYfITiJOtrSZ7X-67gyiYK3oqT0fTlV-9DIIAVs24mTc1jem1HkoosNKQF-0DfsrA=s320" width="320" /></a></div>Old Hazel with barbed wire inter- grown.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjqlrhSBGM7wJeojQaOjcoxIkVTExFu4aCjil6Fv8NjFEsR9knxST2Dyde_yLuxrJ7282Hp4519NJdzzTHZ71CvoE2ghd8i9tTNG7zoTDQTbHOG0D25ET7CAD44OeKG3mO5ToUKMUByUJctUx1XO5feUQFvLWFIb0cLsJLrnK93bHTC2sQ-WZxMf_-BTQ=s2560" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="2560" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjqlrhSBGM7wJeojQaOjcoxIkVTExFu4aCjil6Fv8NjFEsR9knxST2Dyde_yLuxrJ7282Hp4519NJdzzTHZ71CvoE2ghd8i9tTNG7zoTDQTbHOG0D25ET7CAD44OeKG3mO5ToUKMUByUJctUx1XO5feUQFvLWFIb0cLsJLrnK93bHTC2sQ-WZxMf_-BTQ=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>Making sure the worksite is left neat and tidy ready for the next time.</p></div>Bob Reedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01139699346653589450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1572879957893246455.post-75651974612602416652021-11-19T01:03:00.000-08:002021-11-19T01:03:11.179-08:00Coppicing in the Maple Belt area of the Park.<p> On 18th November 2021 a Friends Work Party completed the coppicing started in the Community Event on 28th October. Seven of us worked to build protective 'baskets' around the Hazel tree stumps which had been cut down to about 30 cm. What we are doing is to continue a practice, not necessarily on the Park, but certainly by Thomas Rivers, who probably leased the Osier Bed to plant up with Osier Willows for fruit tree packaging. The areas which were too dry for Willows were planted up with Hazel to provide rods and poles for use on the Nursery. Some of these original Rivers Hazel trees are to be found in the area adjacent to the boardwalk and also in the hedges around the edges of Springhall Field.</p><p>Very old hazel trees.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNqXZh0ITpZApYimHCnt-1uKmKVbCYLvlW68FZAUHpLqsyb8BCIINQiGYzTmHu_D9yY2oPXjQhS_ri0yVBahdCF8WyXlJ639Z8P98_cREJs_VQJxBptsy-WIvZYgpkrBklJFTm-7dTiI32/s2048/hazels.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNqXZh0ITpZApYimHCnt-1uKmKVbCYLvlW68FZAUHpLqsyb8BCIINQiGYzTmHu_D9yY2oPXjQhS_ri0yVBahdCF8WyXlJ639Z8P98_cREJs_VQJxBptsy-WIvZYgpkrBklJFTm-7dTiI32/w479-h318/hazels.JPG" width="479" /></a></div><br /><p>We harvested straight poles as the trees were coppiced, a billhook was used to put points on the poles which were then driven into the ground as a framework.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG1YpZzm_0K70wI8S66P_4tT1j1okU2DfxCIxjGodiUTt-1eYfvdPr2ZXtVZsxreNH8f1fgS_JPYjGkbXNceYavbG0I8G2mEmyhlwp3FIpdbPIl_47BZiob1YF7zd9uXTuJzLeOYTpjQnA/s1280/B1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="417" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG1YpZzm_0K70wI8S66P_4tT1j1okU2DfxCIxjGodiUTt-1eYfvdPr2ZXtVZsxreNH8f1fgS_JPYjGkbXNceYavbG0I8G2mEmyhlwp3FIpdbPIl_47BZiob1YF7zd9uXTuJzLeOYTpjQnA/w313-h417/B1.jpg" width="313" /></a></div><br /><p>The Hazel rods produced by coppicing were then woven between the stakes to make a 'protective basket'.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5pC5Tf2MpJM6BCqAR0aTyURQqGD0eoF3Gwd1-q3bEI4k8584q-T4Y86l3XIG-0_9delgl-m-vuKrPSDr3Z1neOdUO0SxQ_dNPwpRv9z-5yKCkHz8XM0rXIBIkRJCrClXR8GCSdXr8-dNS/s1280/B3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="293" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5pC5Tf2MpJM6BCqAR0aTyURQqGD0eoF3Gwd1-q3bEI4k8584q-T4Y86l3XIG-0_9delgl-m-vuKrPSDr3Z1neOdUO0SxQ_dNPwpRv9z-5yKCkHz8XM0rXIBIkRJCrClXR8GCSdXr8-dNS/w390-h293/B3.jpg" width="390" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbaGyy3UXMm78gCSF3IWEIvzHcv5wwQQhm3n1_tvhkjDEvyHqkhyphenhyphenAvi6-6JmaPR1-tjKAVcOUcLbujW_9DIg0J9Ay0ciJf85NvPleU_DcVoemAa1a0-J0mkk0QeCj2dx0ARUg9uTuIBhak/s1280/B4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbaGyy3UXMm78gCSF3IWEIvzHcv5wwQQhm3n1_tvhkjDEvyHqkhyphenhyphenAvi6-6JmaPR1-tjKAVcOUcLbujW_9DIg0J9Ay0ciJf85NvPleU_DcVoemAa1a0-J0mkk0QeCj2dx0ARUg9uTuIBhak/w403-h302/B4.jpg" width="403" /></a></div><br /><p>If we did not do this then the new shoots which would be produced from the stumps next Spring would be browsed off by Muntjac and rabbits. In Thomas Rivers day these would not have been a problem because Muntjac were not introduced into this country until early in the 20th century and rabbits would have been regularly controlled and considered an item of our normal diet for country people.</p>Bob Reedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01139699346653589450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1572879957893246455.post-38088231738724041482021-10-19T07:19:00.002-07:002021-10-19T07:19:29.806-07:00 19th October 2021.<p>Autumn is steadily progressing and the leaves are starting to come off the trees. It will be interesting to see what happens to these leaves in the coming weeks as the earthworms start to get busy and drag them down into their tunnels. This is all part of the food chain and food web on the Park.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh76jQoZs8imD30-95qcWVhVzsJZEpSLNbGg9061EQlZ9CsIBiGU6utxrc9jbbX0IVibAI4iMHtKIr2VpSAXc85IAkmhpPpkAemC-1xj41wWY5kaEo1WLkVD0LfYKfqowwRnsc94CmdoDnw/s2048/P1080260.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh76jQoZs8imD30-95qcWVhVzsJZEpSLNbGg9061EQlZ9CsIBiGU6utxrc9jbbX0IVibAI4iMHtKIr2VpSAXc85IAkmhpPpkAemC-1xj41wWY5kaEo1WLkVD0LfYKfqowwRnsc94CmdoDnw/s320/P1080260.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>Hornbeam.<p></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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I am not going to try and name many of these because identification is difficult. The role of fungi is that they break down organic matter either in the soil or in dead tree trunks. The nutrients are then returned to the soil as part of the food chain.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9aCgdFD_1UGWXr9-_pne3FKCP4lcJkdN91SxHPzjm4Ai_5fXxtqW45TMW4V39N__BOxG9gYy7RwFWGCXWZrg7osFb08Xx4h-p3-bhxzzEBeTX7zumKgrI5OnMXKxV6hnOT8HLrO8I0Wes/s2048/P1080240.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9aCgdFD_1UGWXr9-_pne3FKCP4lcJkdN91SxHPzjm4Ai_5fXxtqW45TMW4V39N__BOxG9gYy7RwFWGCXWZrg7osFb08Xx4h-p3-bhxzzEBeTX7zumKgrI5OnMXKxV6hnOT8HLrO8I0Wes/s320/P1080240.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtE5CiLvWlfPyP5FLN9IZzpmjpZZwPpPS3UrJVqk1DpuLc1EeyOB29CqwMLXxjLO6nmeWk0Er26wsbEt5pvB6c6nJ5lPcruIQ-XAX_tiBM2j0Qzs7Lj2HNJrodp3aoYViBe-xIPqo9xPn9/s2048/P1080247.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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I think this is largely because most of the soils on the Park are very difficult to dig in which is why Moles are found in the north-west corner, by the Spring and all the way along the bottom of the sledging slope adjacent to the Osier Bed.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi6Zk_KTqKWN5IeU1AfIMOOWl19PUgp-zUuhHDarpaBi1kVc0n9Lq50ptJ8xsbBbrnrkskoqIrQI4A10g45bRYTp1gerpK_a3CoxUPKC3Add9BVxxRj73-KlKD0yeLsXN-jaD0clUoZAh5/s2048/P1080275.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi6Zk_KTqKWN5IeU1AfIMOOWl19PUgp-zUuhHDarpaBi1kVc0n9Lq50ptJ8xsbBbrnrkskoqIrQI4A10g45bRYTp1gerpK_a3CoxUPKC3Add9BVxxRj73-KlKD0yeLsXN-jaD0clUoZAh5/s320/P1080275.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH5kFDRJZ7ddw0QINtMryxKN2CPIn5vosEv_mgQltB6exUPTxf_QEG6eGx2RNDo8booNhDs2N2haZQ0H_fX8eHv82WRL_piT_fwS5EMKVXwXp99Xhyb-xj2EBn16IEauDu4-JSlj6yW8-I/s2048/P1080274.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH5kFDRJZ7ddw0QINtMryxKN2CPIn5vosEv_mgQltB6exUPTxf_QEG6eGx2RNDo8booNhDs2N2haZQ0H_fX8eHv82WRL_piT_fwS5EMKVXwXp99Xhyb-xj2EBn16IEauDu4-JSlj6yW8-I/s320/P1080274.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieALZCtyrXBWf8C7a-KZ4XAP3ynbBfDbqQXbkaARTy9jk9jUTJAodLFppNRgfdeG39xTKFuGg_ZVk6bhHGbUnnQp_x4GhtuGNw6uCjyBZL0D26fYzZkhiIXLxZ9Nf0bogWYErIhzJPPpTf/s2048/P1080261.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieALZCtyrXBWf8C7a-KZ4XAP3ynbBfDbqQXbkaARTy9jk9jUTJAodLFppNRgfdeG39xTKFuGg_ZVk6bhHGbUnnQp_x4GhtuGNw6uCjyBZL0D26fYzZkhiIXLxZ9Nf0bogWYErIhzJPPpTf/s320/P1080261.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>The Friends are currently planning a Bat Roost Box Project and here are five photographs of lightweight concrete boxes which are already on trees in the Park. We are hoping to be able to add some more ones in the not too distant future.<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFbfKRB8JAJ7Ib0euoYyu4UCMGbob8xDn-4QUaL2bkX1NZrsvb9aCiZpsdXe0PR3eMr5wCU-U8Fg2VB6w1Z-AMIPt7LaJvwA6R9vgLRC2HsWIXMqM79FWHODITvcJw5o9el_APLpN57BgJ/s2048/P1080241.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFbfKRB8JAJ7Ib0euoYyu4UCMGbob8xDn-4QUaL2bkX1NZrsvb9aCiZpsdXe0PR3eMr5wCU-U8Fg2VB6w1Z-AMIPt7LaJvwA6R9vgLRC2HsWIXMqM79FWHODITvcJw5o9el_APLpN57BgJ/s320/P1080241.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzCIeEsRGmONx4iolI-fAgH0EYXMJSBC7xFeizXNUGmQ536mlkbinWB5Puwb-uoQkf8Or_qWHRBYhIsLAMV758ZN21BE30AQdYS6rbqyu4qZMeQnaykMVlOfjazwm_hRyxtQ7lVHRTM97e/s2048/P1080245.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzCIeEsRGmONx4iolI-fAgH0EYXMJSBC7xFeizXNUGmQ536mlkbinWB5Puwb-uoQkf8Or_qWHRBYhIsLAMV758ZN21BE30AQdYS6rbqyu4qZMeQnaykMVlOfjazwm_hRyxtQ7lVHRTM97e/s320/P1080245.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0hPqyDUjffKxajBe6zQ61WAOvyNYV1MRB4WOuv4ZcNPhY5URjDdbKlMaDAsgjGTzPH7FU8XqFsQU53zxO5yzxKE4FMsX6Y4kk_WvRe4tjuKKQN5OCmOsFGJq_yQHSsvJHio3DZfeFmroa/s2048/P1080249.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0hPqyDUjffKxajBe6zQ61WAOvyNYV1MRB4WOuv4ZcNPhY5URjDdbKlMaDAsgjGTzPH7FU8XqFsQU53zxO5yzxKE4FMsX6Y4kk_WvRe4tjuKKQN5OCmOsFGJq_yQHSsvJHio3DZfeFmroa/s320/P1080249.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK4j1cX-cy1uSbhCqUdAbnCsUi4lZc188x-40gjSwNtGZ4K8EPNsa62G8cD1-Y4PyyaCgP9QypJQc9Wwq_Hlu_y73z26Y4gaNzrrOOEQ1qixqWePwSfpH7ApZiToatTMhZgikUiTDxwRCi/s2048/P1080257.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK4j1cX-cy1uSbhCqUdAbnCsUi4lZc188x-40gjSwNtGZ4K8EPNsa62G8cD1-Y4PyyaCgP9QypJQc9Wwq_Hlu_y73z26Y4gaNzrrOOEQ1qixqWePwSfpH7ApZiToatTMhZgikUiTDxwRCi/s320/P1080257.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkWhqm0ZqOw7yQEk2YmcmYHmNoG4n5qG7LNjjYedkRH5gasl-X4oC9lkIGG2r2hoIya6iEQ9GKTsaWbWTwRAxQpBlJPa_JAzOeNsrdljr3UnOM6DpDTwxS1tb5qugbyk8S0JoA4IG3H9Q5/s2048/P1080129.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkWhqm0ZqOw7yQEk2YmcmYHmNoG4n5qG7LNjjYedkRH5gasl-X4oC9lkIGG2r2hoIya6iEQ9GKTsaWbWTwRAxQpBlJPa_JAzOeNsrdljr3UnOM6DpDTwxS1tb5qugbyk8S0JoA4IG3H9Q5/s320/P1080129.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Just to demonstrate the biodiversity we have on the Park here is a shot of a section of Ash tree which has got two different types of Moss and four different types of lichen growing on it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHNT4QGc-IMYYvwhSo0La6Ngj_qGODFLTnlkDFMRrCxr0ftMrtn9aJ7BuLjQBaYUtYddboO0bzhNsPsUCePqTB3rqdZvvavktHAbRD8CpcCWKOClsovt55TXe4xsHODksEYWGwGmJS2AOG/s2048/P1080290.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHNT4QGc-IMYYvwhSo0La6Ngj_qGODFLTnlkDFMRrCxr0ftMrtn9aJ7BuLjQBaYUtYddboO0bzhNsPsUCePqTB3rqdZvvavktHAbRD8CpcCWKOClsovt55TXe4xsHODksEYWGwGmJS2AOG/s320/P1080290.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Birds are difficult to photograph but today there was a flock of Jackdaws taking advantage of the blustery wind. There were also some Jackdaws, Carrion Crows and Magpies feeding where the grass has been cut.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7joM8dr5F0_m-EASl3BcO_n6m03_asbDBwOujV1qkdoG1j4vhmp_3BXr0WTIOV6MoJ-zcFZO3t2cYYeUBWVAwojqvPOOpCU3W4VAhADxIwGu1OAXXk2Zcj2IhgnKVAZ-c5l8noekJm-tk/s2048/P1070727.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7joM8dr5F0_m-EASl3BcO_n6m03_asbDBwOujV1qkdoG1j4vhmp_3BXr0WTIOV6MoJ-zcFZO3t2cYYeUBWVAwojqvPOOpCU3W4VAhADxIwGu1OAXXk2Zcj2IhgnKVAZ-c5l8noekJm-tk/s320/P1070727.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbCHBlOg3v3nbT0pH_JLrNiwUJQHFjQEOlWbFAc67WLXb8GpPJrti49sfiEv5ujn715cV_kT8Q-BLqPzKxvtMLOU_fNQha53l4EqPRDGle16cPrP0sakRnGSyra8SXD_kbUvhvYh9-HDTx/s2048/P1070728.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbCHBlOg3v3nbT0pH_JLrNiwUJQHFjQEOlWbFAc67WLXb8GpPJrti49sfiEv5ujn715cV_kT8Q-BLqPzKxvtMLOU_fNQha53l4EqPRDGle16cPrP0sakRnGSyra8SXD_kbUvhvYh9-HDTx/s320/P1070728.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQyuV6p48jlyWN1geSRnhyphenhyphenZl8BQjAkYY1AUIihKsK45LA2isao4uFfFLrcoDgkCTnnxkvMs4VpDLIwndQEIPQShoUfaIaXu9Uj77Q3Xk91arMv0qLWKMVOJjyAEj2xQdOr0U7CHlUS2HEE/s2048/P1080269.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQyuV6p48jlyWN1geSRnhyphenhyphenZl8BQjAkYY1AUIihKsK45LA2isao4uFfFLrcoDgkCTnnxkvMs4VpDLIwndQEIPQShoUfaIaXu9Uj77Q3Xk91arMv0qLWKMVOJjyAEj2xQdOr0U7CHlUS2HEE/s320/P1080269.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhitH8lRqosP7MptWXs1dgcoun2KB_a5dTr5v3lUnlMCoqUHxsY4xWGt6Xv2UoMw9mtyePk_eXJE_R3_vCmv2_-sbT9SCWpQYxbw9XT8nbOK001tWdFgh09Jb7PK6jIl_8OktcZcGc26eV/s2048/P1080270.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhitH8lRqosP7MptWXs1dgcoun2KB_a5dTr5v3lUnlMCoqUHxsY4xWGt6Xv2UoMw9mtyePk_eXJE_R3_vCmv2_-sbT9SCWpQYxbw9XT8nbOK001tWdFgh09Jb7PK6jIl_8OktcZcGc26eV/s320/P1080270.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2VsuHCcohIDSfR-dejoJq9Ki0Ef7PYLaq3xak4TB2WYY5xxLoKYCjs879iB3-4Qp_pIeHfu5Y_bx7X-Wy_9C7JPmiCTVxkzlztgtTRNUr2uNT7LFHSB67l0a1ZDdpwgunZnvaCbqqnB2B/s2048/P1080277.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2VsuHCcohIDSfR-dejoJq9Ki0Ef7PYLaq3xak4TB2WYY5xxLoKYCjs879iB3-4Qp_pIeHfu5Y_bx7X-Wy_9C7JPmiCTVxkzlztgtTRNUr2uNT7LFHSB67l0a1ZDdpwgunZnvaCbqqnB2B/s320/P1080277.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVKvXi8STWCPJ4__jSsVNcuOCRK-vAroeMuSVZOaPeBztj-u_DsK-g3GwD1_EgKUh4Gd5T3_f6Qo1pu0shA6lcUhm626ub0yMoWx90H5gYBYx9xUHVXHMxrLKi-311daCNPgB51nGNcjPs/s2048/P1080278.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVKvXi8STWCPJ4__jSsVNcuOCRK-vAroeMuSVZOaPeBztj-u_DsK-g3GwD1_EgKUh4Gd5T3_f6Qo1pu0shA6lcUhm626ub0yMoWx90H5gYBYx9xUHVXHMxrLKi-311daCNPgB51nGNcjPs/s320/P1080278.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>And finally, this is a rarity this year an actual Acorn in a year when the Acorn crop seems to have totally failed. This will have consequences for animals which rely on these nuts for food as part of the food chain.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNQQYlcBX1AHQhbk2743frtJDBTeDHK8WE4VQXtqMfOVe7wdSjolX0bwv9b4jMJXmNUoSt8PreEuqTVG3BSorjuYaZIVqHgC5brjBnLIKrtUdR0aqh0rKd5VNcfvBh4hHjGKbE_JXEPxDA/s2048/P1080292.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNQQYlcBX1AHQhbk2743frtJDBTeDHK8WE4VQXtqMfOVe7wdSjolX0bwv9b4jMJXmNUoSt8PreEuqTVG3BSorjuYaZIVqHgC5brjBnLIKrtUdR0aqh0rKd5VNcfvBh4hHjGKbE_JXEPxDA/s320/P1080292.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div>Bob Reedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01139699346653589450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1572879957893246455.post-13179276571805893102021-10-04T08:01:00.001-07:002021-10-04T08:01:33.356-07:00Archive pictures from the 1970s.<p> Here are some scanned 35mm colour slides taken of the Park in the 1970s.</p><p>The first one is a view looking north towards Nursery Wood. On the sledging slope there was a landscape Elm and a Horse Chestnut in full bloom. In the distance you can see the large Cedar of Lebanon and Nursery Wood.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFp6TwuLqrvPeDgwTIpCkH0SJXJz2TSr9W1im0PWRSV1EAOQz8WyOSufvM3CnileV1veqkyV9BsVKNUv_jopJJ-Q4O9pCH_XGfWwlB_nL6bpLjI1xn930J62zm6gKsI8GSiFAp_Pb__GbA/s2048/view3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1367" data-original-width="2048" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFp6TwuLqrvPeDgwTIpCkH0SJXJz2TSr9W1im0PWRSV1EAOQz8WyOSufvM3CnileV1veqkyV9BsVKNUv_jopJJ-Q4O9pCH_XGfWwlB_nL6bpLjI1xn930J62zm6gKsI8GSiFAp_Pb__GbA/s320/view3.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Now the Horse Chestnut has fallen over. It died because the bark was eaten off by horses which used to graze on the Park. The Elm tree has gone because it caught Dutch Elm disease. Nursery Wood has disappeared because all the Elms have been cut down and in the next picture you can see a herd of black-and-white cattle in the distance which used to graze on the Park.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd5OAcTurk35UjOkobdC4sNWnL3b38ieLrCVTiODLgCZxPqjAcTqqCnRgyUtAxgMmWeAUQz8n4Z7DCNIvdl0_-4fMDiuLzK2vvpCL93lKqJMdtzfbAie1CU2ZEcBTiB15FAkvlatjfiRnf/s2048/view1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1419" data-original-width="2048" height="222" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd5OAcTurk35UjOkobdC4sNWnL3b38ieLrCVTiODLgCZxPqjAcTqqCnRgyUtAxgMmWeAUQz8n4Z7DCNIvdl0_-4fMDiuLzK2vvpCL93lKqJMdtzfbAie1CU2ZEcBTiB15FAkvlatjfiRnf/s320/view1.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2Bcvenka0bY9RowO99vd027o5KHFC5qdLHiLMGMiaURQQeQHf4FIRdIc4ca5uLrQpZT0RXMGBgRyE9AInlduGM87_st1Lk5oWXQtVkoKxX60JNin4WjCBU8ZhOZUrQgeDS2XNsggdpU2R/s2048/view2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1366" data-original-width="2048" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2Bcvenka0bY9RowO99vd027o5KHFC5qdLHiLMGMiaURQQeQHf4FIRdIc4ca5uLrQpZT0RXMGBgRyE9AInlduGM87_st1Lk5oWXQtVkoKxX60JNin4WjCBU8ZhOZUrQgeDS2XNsggdpU2R/s320/view2.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>As ever, the Park was a popular place for sledging. You can see snow on the roofs of houses in East Park.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitrHXVTKTEzUnpqUIY5ltDTexKYd577xBQXapK4M1_MWWM4Avt99b7-vorzihxzH4w17P7G7jq1pZ4PRwid9a8mHH8lTAW6DjbNPUqCvHvan3yRsn6woxpo2qI3fvejrf5vnTR0tkjhgby/s2048/snow.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitrHXVTKTEzUnpqUIY5ltDTexKYd577xBQXapK4M1_MWWM4Avt99b7-vorzihxzH4w17P7G7jq1pZ4PRwid9a8mHH8lTAW6DjbNPUqCvHvan3yRsn6woxpo2qI3fvejrf5vnTR0tkjhgby/s320/snow.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Here are some landscape Elms near to the bridge and ditch. The bridge was not there of course. The Park lost a lot of landscape trees at this time. The next picture shows a huge tree that has been felled in the South East corner of the Park and the sawn trunk. The timber was perfectly sound but the trees had all died because of the fungal infection spread by the bark beetles.<div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeJdRXnYcmG6bM1io2XBIy5uI8fqTg4UNzb3zSgj8-ZavJnobePv7qEcjFi1BsBhyLAfyBzXV0gnO4heuqKDh13bm7k5kcAOtqVA7KSpMR5R2zqkI6IqNSyKngzKW3wz_bMUb2N7_ObNzv/s2048/bott2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeJdRXnYcmG6bM1io2XBIy5uI8fqTg4UNzb3zSgj8-ZavJnobePv7qEcjFi1BsBhyLAfyBzXV0gnO4heuqKDh13bm7k5kcAOtqVA7KSpMR5R2zqkI6IqNSyKngzKW3wz_bMUb2N7_ObNzv/s320/bott2.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0X6VWMv3wl89sdPRTTm9iloBclGr2ISuRr8RNM_w0TFNtCDMGXWwLBSztT11N3Tkp6jSTolnXfGWgSz5KXniq9SP0hwP9IaIB-l09BFkffmx6Hdqz-nbWUjORBS9zp3TuaZwyjnTauRGo/s2048/bridge1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdqJ5spSfsiKWG8-1OLFBBA-xHm7aJqgC8UVx8ShnpG3i36mnTxiyF0pQDa1nM_ezQU12AjOHU7YCMdYMxIAWiPEhM6DE9YbKMhB_F694dNgHgXPbdz9zVCa30PsIl2Wk9Y8VA94xGUMMy/s2048/trunk.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdqJ5spSfsiKWG8-1OLFBBA-xHm7aJqgC8UVx8ShnpG3i36mnTxiyF0pQDa1nM_ezQU12AjOHU7YCMdYMxIAWiPEhM6DE9YbKMhB_F694dNgHgXPbdz9zVCa30PsIl2Wk9Y8VA94xGUMMy/s320/trunk.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkbB8PwsXA4GXAOyknHFJ8vpZMRoJ0VU5KHxBtZ9UiG1ummZAidPx4AP-LZH0FuORj8-zr1X_ZpSP38XnJUP5639f9CwJ4VIxx7ZwblTX459VYPEgZ-u1MNQVEA0HAIPcgBdqOkynJTmLH/s320/butt.JPG" width="320" /></div><br /><br /><div>This is the spring area which at this time was completely open to the cattle and was surrounded by large Poplar trees.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY6_iJdWeCibkf1qA16qGNr5awcS4QTP3f2iyPpn9_J6N3DLolMLG2bhG6p_WcYmALiPC__Pj_p81J8dKYFeSWDPDU1v39wb3pQyQFkEtqJvnY0AwVrH2kdAwafU3GC8cMAIwrgCriZf0k/s2048/spring.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY6_iJdWeCibkf1qA16qGNr5awcS4QTP3f2iyPpn9_J6N3DLolMLG2bhG6p_WcYmALiPC__Pj_p81J8dKYFeSWDPDU1v39wb3pQyQFkEtqJvnY0AwVrH2kdAwafU3GC8cMAIwrgCriZf0k/s320/spring.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>And finally, here is the newly constructed car park when the Park was purchased by East Herts District Council in 1980.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQrEWikvgfPlH3AlVNwdAhm9RmWyEzgFg7C7LiD8Je3OOU1GnsZa9mbjtcDUANwxTRKl9-xKi1jLLxrMpzC5YcMX8CdsmIyYM7K44yEIURjSanp1WXjYfUtnsca5TFDzXRmTvj7g7Xnke2/s2048/carpark.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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A few of the trees are just starting to show autumn colour.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDmgzzz7iZOxTAz25Iv9bK2ucgCEdMFWdGebF5PIc5FK5xE7mQEOfFzTpJJDkKcZ1ku19pcu0G18gMyh77OG6NeULni_rIUOI8NWjHvRXVcK40Mkp-vPDZE4mAjMuuWrXZadcc5wTrWsq6/s2048/P1080134.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDmgzzz7iZOxTAz25Iv9bK2ucgCEdMFWdGebF5PIc5FK5xE7mQEOfFzTpJJDkKcZ1ku19pcu0G18gMyh77OG6NeULni_rIUOI8NWjHvRXVcK40Mkp-vPDZE4mAjMuuWrXZadcc5wTrWsq6/s320/P1080134.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p><br /></p>I found a Queen bumblebee nestling down into the grass where she will spend the winter buried in the grassroots.<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb-WE5pOouJqfQDYtChgFPTvXTJeY2U-zCH1T23CeesBcFQehjTYihIwLYxU7bJhjAIIBy1W2jZf9sYTw3THtb9qLBG_cFCGL7d5plGAesfSPq4XhCxI35GA8Tr-G7I4hbZM-1eSWLCTKt/s2048/P1080123.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb-WE5pOouJqfQDYtChgFPTvXTJeY2U-zCH1T23CeesBcFQehjTYihIwLYxU7bJhjAIIBy1W2jZf9sYTw3THtb9qLBG_cFCGL7d5plGAesfSPq4XhCxI35GA8Tr-G7I4hbZM-1eSWLCTKt/s320/P1080123.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p> Surprisingly, there were some dragonflies hawking about in the sunshine. I think that they were faded Brown Hawkers and must be near the end of their lifespan.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZk_fMlM5nh87Ds4lcLEXUfrevawyQH7WA9WKFeGu_oOpX2LKN3vIacmsDavxKu48_OI9r9mVXd7f2mXSsNIEvTgza3JO6Xu6xevNiRfV8n9EbhFXuOWAKd9m8WCUhiebkHqRrfLwcOpvF/s2048/P1080125.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZk_fMlM5nh87Ds4lcLEXUfrevawyQH7WA9WKFeGu_oOpX2LKN3vIacmsDavxKu48_OI9r9mVXd7f2mXSsNIEvTgza3JO6Xu6xevNiRfV8n9EbhFXuOWAKd9m8WCUhiebkHqRrfLwcOpvF/s320/P1080125.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><br /><p>I was pleased to find a native six spot Ladybird.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2BCoUWB6erip5kKAbaZwy1wkS_yoyPlZrYqfGCNaNVUV5OqJ7NDRQgIiUNn8NiMRdTaHxUnlYUKio57PQIZSefaM66hVWADw_aH3YW1bnpK1lfYHMqFb3RdD1GhVBF37uxnMRZX_T87-c/s2048/P1080145.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2tQjjsVrL8T5KhAY6NPjTh_DcqXHGH34HR6GMzGEBl-B1J31wFoMVwZi57UJ_dF7M8zjDbxjyPovJpqT60bdalY-VF6zKHL0ooGJVtljH_sUV43__EsIZTgr5f7e34na2dR7LjZ45caCK/s2048/P1080129.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2tQjjsVrL8T5KhAY6NPjTh_DcqXHGH34HR6GMzGEBl-B1J31wFoMVwZi57UJ_dF7M8zjDbxjyPovJpqT60bdalY-VF6zKHL0ooGJVtljH_sUV43__EsIZTgr5f7e34na2dR7LjZ45caCK/s320/P1080129.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>This year, the Oak trees have not produced hardly any acorns. They do this occasionally as not every year is a full fruiting year. Any acorns that did form have been parasitised by a small wasp which lays an egg in the flower bud causing it to form a Knopper Gall, the wasp larva feeds inside the gall.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd18BgnmROzjdt7xn17vPY1Gvl4RM3tjsnQoaFQhfUNW0JMB5jqsUdnn_csJQ-IWq2wiBU_wc2Ej_SnILI3MywhZKB5LnxxHNaFrWeRcla8aBxDDtKNxsLXIv7d70VOcWHVUb8MIZWGygD/s1280/knop1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1280" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd18BgnmROzjdt7xn17vPY1Gvl4RM3tjsnQoaFQhfUNW0JMB5jqsUdnn_csJQ-IWq2wiBU_wc2Ej_SnILI3MywhZKB5LnxxHNaFrWeRcla8aBxDDtKNxsLXIv7d70VOcWHVUb8MIZWGygD/s320/knop1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvLu2aqc0-tw-JjKzxXXu7FSsxTNQdew3rYSRhJqTcZfH66K5I2wQWDmAB31g1s59GMLUJ2OvfBuiPsrUrR_nVxcsI9JaEoBSJt8ljCJJVdn6HLMSXyG4VOp4djrSS5uSOMtdfYdKgesDF/s1280/knop2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1280" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvLu2aqc0-tw-JjKzxXXu7FSsxTNQdew3rYSRhJqTcZfH66K5I2wQWDmAB31g1s59GMLUJ2OvfBuiPsrUrR_nVxcsI9JaEoBSJt8ljCJJVdn6HLMSXyG4VOp4djrSS5uSOMtdfYdKgesDF/s320/knop2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-43c_7y2S0W_QcQrouJfXlck44On8BsZK8ef2oHvUVBt7iXzycWtRP_UIXlU944LVFtIRdpq208hjYwlx1b81zerE4h0JD11beyfbfHyPxK1v6Aa08MoGqAoG9UVUgBjS9BhNx1kbAzG6/s1280/knop3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1280" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-43c_7y2S0W_QcQrouJfXlck44On8BsZK8ef2oHvUVBt7iXzycWtRP_UIXlU944LVFtIRdpq208hjYwlx1b81zerE4h0JD11beyfbfHyPxK1v6Aa08MoGqAoG9UVUgBjS9BhNx1kbAzG6/s320/knop3.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>A familiar gall on Oak is the Oak Apple. You do not seem to notice them until the wasp grub has hatched and left through a tiny circular hole. Once again the adult wasp lays eggs into the developing buds which developed into the 'Apple'.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOV4P3PrGpHc2ZwFdSp6JJiLY93b1KZ4-_yAHPurzyvqgeGCiQAsBC7aWOnjCeCK6LH7uLhIYyFn8OUdrJe0gbq7a69w1HMyMrK79ucfGAO4BOWXwSQI257uPRhnRbnuLDnDaceG_vOzaA/s1280/app2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOV4P3PrGpHc2ZwFdSp6JJiLY93b1KZ4-_yAHPurzyvqgeGCiQAsBC7aWOnjCeCK6LH7uLhIYyFn8OUdrJe0gbq7a69w1HMyMrK79ucfGAO4BOWXwSQI257uPRhnRbnuLDnDaceG_vOzaA/s1280/app2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmvzhYz3QcNkKsOfAkcJX5Zvxq90ljh_JQEV25w3-BJ0za2wz-ixGzimloB_l7mZK7APqNAMKJ6j_dYeA-teyZCvvC55qspUnWndx5iRDdpqblH0-QQoVY8AeBld934Zqg_OIzZfZDdCYq/s1280/app3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_V2e_Jfy6qxtmHtTozXuxQuWUiiE3BpKx6vomtpUbZ3m0HAceUhIRf5I3R8VcmRGA4FTdpgg5D_jDkcmPpr_ckoj30EVsendbbyqKyra-pM842oZqs9ftWP35_sCms5nSBinuTy5UToRW/s2048/P1080126.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_V2e_Jfy6qxtmHtTozXuxQuWUiiE3BpKx6vomtpUbZ3m0HAceUhIRf5I3R8VcmRGA4FTdpgg5D_jDkcmPpr_ckoj30EVsendbbyqKyra-pM842oZqs9ftWP35_sCms5nSBinuTy5UToRW/s320/P1080126.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Bob Reedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01139699346653589450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1572879957893246455.post-57028304900702308842021-09-17T03:32:00.002-07:002021-09-17T03:32:45.404-07:00<p> History Group investigation Wednesday 1st September 2021.</p><p>The group decided to investigate a rectangular hollow just to the east of Oak Walk. The hollow shows up clearly on LIDAR.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVtwsgxkDykZMynuLmoG8Fjovmzxnd4l0_ku_lqP0MaMdRn-jBu_IT9LuwSCyJOpQrBPi4apoZmYjKNuXeEuzzObVUPT-RhKT2nawNAjXgrbhaM3GWJu2d1QDuCQIXBEh3itBRb8772l2T/s321/depressionsite.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="249" data-original-width="321" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVtwsgxkDykZMynuLmoG8Fjovmzxnd4l0_ku_lqP0MaMdRn-jBu_IT9LuwSCyJOpQrBPi4apoZmYjKNuXeEuzzObVUPT-RhKT2nawNAjXgrbhaM3GWJu2d1QDuCQIXBEh3itBRb8772l2T/s320/depressionsite.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOA9tCUSYZIQhBHdnb5BesSOS_2LABfghnUTDPI_sAL_qCj48b1N7oNTDrdctY6oi7KsYheRDK-mc-Mhdx8O6p12xO3u_33kuGYdxYfL03XUG7Dq2DYRoWH8Une4wB5TMbheBkuVBFQIKo/s2048/Depression.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1887" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOA9tCUSYZIQhBHdnb5BesSOS_2LABfghnUTDPI_sAL_qCj48b1N7oNTDrdctY6oi7KsYheRDK-mc-Mhdx8O6p12xO3u_33kuGYdxYfL03XUG7Dq2DYRoWH8Une4wB5TMbheBkuVBFQIKo/s320/Depression.jpg" width="295" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>We used a soil auger to make boreholes along a 40 m transect across the hollow.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLuFcWRpGAb7XYclSH17TV6l7cGvK1vx_2Fy-DnDDgi50PTZhzfaMwtPcMs_0_VXxYXY_gt2iemKvbbek032pCowLJ9PjjEq-t4MQcC8TpYMQn4dmfix0_UkvsvNmyn0jd_XXSx-IU7skV/s2048/20210901_104112.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLuFcWRpGAb7XYclSH17TV6l7cGvK1vx_2Fy-DnDDgi50PTZhzfaMwtPcMs_0_VXxYXY_gt2iemKvbbek032pCowLJ9PjjEq-t4MQcC8TpYMQn4dmfix0_UkvsvNmyn0jd_XXSx-IU7skV/s320/20210901_104112.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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We also carried out a 'Dirty Hands Test' which showed us that the soil is a silt/clay loam.</p><p>The conclusion was that most of the area is underlain by Chalky Boulder Clay which has been very deeply weathered in post glacial times. There appears to have been a thick layer of gravel laid over the top of the clay along the line of Oak Walk. We could find no evidence of either a pond or a garden as had been suggested. The conclusion was that soil had been moved from the sloping ground to the east and used to level up Oak Walk to make it easier, safer and more comfortable for coaches, carriages and carts. See diagram. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRaVEA9zKmNDv2TjHMrPaLzy5m5ZqS-rIyG5L7wpv6a1_wXdKNrSAnydO1De64Z8oDwneekQFA2jT2_kXzDerQ6-h2iyx3vFuY83NB2tD2pxUxz1Z9M4EjGeVWURaHioIjVTEP6J4_z5cD/s955/cart.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="545" data-original-width="955" height="183" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRaVEA9zKmNDv2TjHMrPaLzy5m5ZqS-rIyG5L7wpv6a1_wXdKNrSAnydO1De64Z8oDwneekQFA2jT2_kXzDerQ6-h2iyx3vFuY83NB2tD2pxUxz1Z9M4EjGeVWURaHioIjVTEP6J4_z5cD/s320/cart.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Bob Reedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01139699346653589450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1572879957893246455.post-24438839831778882322021-08-05T07:51:00.003-07:002021-08-05T07:51:45.032-07:00Insects and other invertebrates demonstrate the value of Bramble on bloom.<p> Just entering the second week in August much of the Bramble blossom has gone over but there is still enough remaining to interest a large number of insects.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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The Declaration has been strongly supported by Natural England. What it means is that Friends of Pishiobury Park can now start to organise events, visits and educational activities to inform all sections of the community of the wildlife, history and geology of this very special site.</p>Bob Reedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01139699346653589450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1572879957893246455.post-56090852995823438002021-07-12T03:27:00.000-07:002021-07-12T03:27:25.628-07:00<p> Great spot today, seeing this Marbled White butterfly on the dry Meadow. There are several of them and they are a spectacular butterfly. It is only in recent years that they have appeared in our part of the country, before that they were largely restricted to the South West but are obviously now expanding. The caterpillar feeds on grasses and hibernates through the winter. The adults only fly for a relatively short period from the end of June to mid-July which is where we are now so if you want to see one then please do not leave it too late.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXmW5rIeAhEubfQTaAidZIwLWhd9xkHF1Szl9S9uJ-Nl2G65hbWwyj4JvSZwGj0jKcg9SAQ0zGr5PlsS4ssAQSZ3wpZ3RvyJQ9Yf4ORauBSApE-pQRl7TS9A5teWj5ovqUaVkIYcykpk0K/s2048/marbledwhite.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXmW5rIeAhEubfQTaAidZIwLWhd9xkHF1Szl9S9uJ-Nl2G65hbWwyj4JvSZwGj0jKcg9SAQ0zGr5PlsS4ssAQSZ3wpZ3RvyJQ9Yf4ORauBSApE-pQRl7TS9A5teWj5ovqUaVkIYcykpk0K/s320/marbledwhite.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Bob Reedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01139699346653589450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1572879957893246455.post-26845968903974186612021-07-11T06:44:00.000-07:002021-07-11T06:44:17.760-07:00<p> Bats active on the Park in July.</p><p>Sunset is only at about 9:15 PM at this time of year and bats will start to appear about 30 minutes later when it starts to get dusk. Waiting in the Park the other evening I was treated to a large group of rabbits hungrily feeding, a large fox cub and an adult Fox coming out of the Osier Bed and then a Barn Owl hunting over the grassland. Walking back along Oak Walk I monitored bat species using an Echometer Touch ultrasonic device which plugs into an iPad. The iPad records and analyses the bat calls and then even better identifies them for us. Shown below are the spectrograms of the four different types of bat that I recorded.</p><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcpdfXB5JrjpUYbI8Z02eXpk1n4kn4SnbKw3aVkCFaYrOmBPGGw4f2pSU6c39_az21x8jaLcNi43EvOvc1-syPIfR262aUAS1sao7pzePD93RDKfgW7GXqgLa5aeU0YbUtonWocICE1T-G/s2048/brandt+-+Copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcpdfXB5JrjpUYbI8Z02eXpk1n4kn4SnbKw3aVkCFaYrOmBPGGw4f2pSU6c39_az21x8jaLcNi43EvOvc1-syPIfR262aUAS1sao7pzePD93RDKfgW7GXqgLa5aeU0YbUtonWocICE1T-G/s320/brandt+-+Copy.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglsmZXTveDH7XCJDY_h3ssiCD1JDhYQnpnRRf-9_gKjaU58J_z52Esq0sV7vgWQ6uYm4u8tRjpBXSvjWi1RFPrjFiBMyuBToG98ARkCnc09_FYqyZ0-1L1oml8oenzMOAg1yzqaLdYLBtD/s2048/cpipi+-+Copy.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglsmZXTveDH7XCJDY_h3ssiCD1JDhYQnpnRRf-9_gKjaU58J_z52Esq0sV7vgWQ6uYm4u8tRjpBXSvjWi1RFPrjFiBMyuBToG98ARkCnc09_FYqyZ0-1L1oml8oenzMOAg1yzqaLdYLBtD/s320/cpipi+-+Copy.png" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWOizZM8I_oj6iT8rGXGhGQGTg4h9_Z0u5D78wNAOpfoaaHCg9ZEisqgzdAOi5O7AmUdfBaPpHbv4GiLub0A1Vp8SbHoegBXiMf3EeJ0pMKq1WdRcCSIQ8R_q-VSHvhMn5jiGr2RYO81g5/s2048/natpip+-+Copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWOizZM8I_oj6iT8rGXGhGQGTg4h9_Z0u5D78wNAOpfoaaHCg9ZEisqgzdAOi5O7AmUdfBaPpHbv4GiLub0A1Vp8SbHoegBXiMf3EeJ0pMKq1WdRcCSIQ8R_q-VSHvhMn5jiGr2RYO81g5/s320/natpip+-+Copy.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEKqnnKp2PfE0TfvEN2-tkU2-DxUDirvc8Ok-XAMPfYnj0bD-e_JZyeTv-hErxAA1rs_-5UspBOqwZuHgcGZ7EmioFFQlqbfuAJpVsf8xDG05c2Ba33quHs8Tp9bSKLnxp57ePkZ6SMUSr/s2048/spipi+-+Copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEKqnnKp2PfE0TfvEN2-tkU2-DxUDirvc8Ok-XAMPfYnj0bD-e_JZyeTv-hErxAA1rs_-5UspBOqwZuHgcGZ7EmioFFQlqbfuAJpVsf8xDG05c2Ba33quHs8Tp9bSKLnxp57ePkZ6SMUSr/s320/spipi+-+Copy.jpg" /></a></div><br /><p>Bats are present in the Park for several reasons, firstly there are old trees which give them places to roost, the unimproved grassland which is rich in insects as food and the fact that we have cattle grazing and the cattle themselves attract insects which become food for the bats. The Friends will be holding a Bat Evening in September. We do it at this time of year because it gets dark at about 7:30 PM which means it does not make too late and evening for families and children. Details will be circulated later on.</p>Bob Reedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01139699346653589450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1572879957893246455.post-47307406382624401452021-07-11T06:35:00.003-07:002021-07-11T06:35:36.105-07:00<p> Great July for wild flowers on the Park. One of the best areas to see wild flowers on the Park is the 'sledging slope'. The soil is quite thin here and is over Chalky Boulder Clay. Here are some of the plants that you can see.</p><p> Agrimony.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSKF39Rwv0jcKVGF4i6xocPiWA3yVfKeM1YUX2SCQk5Iw27I3JpA7smP4ERXIKyPmyCWHwnG42EY0b5WeXipfgg33uE0bm7qDao6Bw4cA3TE4rnmyqolgYHSQYhmyr0C4DFWvB1xSn6FZR/s4000/agrimony.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSKF39Rwv0jcKVGF4i6xocPiWA3yVfKeM1YUX2SCQk5Iw27I3JpA7smP4ERXIKyPmyCWHwnG42EY0b5WeXipfgg33uE0bm7qDao6Bw4cA3TE4rnmyqolgYHSQYhmyr0C4DFWvB1xSn6FZR/s320/agrimony.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div> </div> Birdsfoot Trefoil.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8FR2m1cWg4-fsY2yvmFH0mhVl0jNke9XdBaadzcwz0QBHn0mg3gqjYKHatTD7AgXd-f-aJOgPz3MnZTn-8Prb3lHO0MlIk-fjmRmPw-5AnO0fDKfcIcHxQk9qqQxyAVJmvKMFep7fKpog/s4000/birdsfoottrefoil.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8FR2m1cWg4-fsY2yvmFH0mhVl0jNke9XdBaadzcwz0QBHn0mg3gqjYKHatTD7AgXd-f-aJOgPz3MnZTn-8Prb3lHO0MlIk-fjmRmPw-5AnO0fDKfcIcHxQk9qqQxyAVJmvKMFep7fKpog/s320/birdsfoottrefoil.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div> Dwarf Thistle.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg1n1lSiHmXG4GWY5BFigH5MX5yEY3aCqTfqDrlxs3sn5tfA9WVgx3wF7Qd59pfevJwAFFrQIUS08GnQxYB7EBvKMWSTBlyglo89H5ig9bkiHIhewE6bIZQ1v2gaQTMBU07BpoBfOryUhW/s1024/dwarfthistle.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="778" data-original-width="1024" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg1n1lSiHmXG4GWY5BFigH5MX5yEY3aCqTfqDrlxs3sn5tfA9WVgx3wF7Qd59pfevJwAFFrQIUS08GnQxYB7EBvKMWSTBlyglo89H5ig9bkiHIhewE6bIZQ1v2gaQTMBU07BpoBfOryUhW/s320/dwarfthistle.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div> Goatsbeard.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJbgrm7pWogoGCu5msmEbsfveb2i2TNQwc0CAJ8BUld-DSqcsFm-y6bOy5v92lSTMC7nEpu4CKqPs8zAjA6P8-GoFDzCNaJO5X9VmstgoT_LcUT7kh0IiJpB6KUOKhq7iRh-5SfKqmjMwR/s4000/yarrow.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJbgrm7pWogoGCu5msmEbsfveb2i2TNQwc0CAJ8BUld-DSqcsFm-y6bOy5v92lSTMC7nEpu4CKqPs8zAjA6P8-GoFDzCNaJO5X9VmstgoT_LcUT7kh0IiJpB6KUOKhq7iRh-5SfKqmjMwR/s320/yarrow.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>The reason that we have such a great variety of wild flowers is that the Park has never been sprayed with herbicide and has only had very light applications of artificial fertiliser at least 60 years ago. Pishiobury Park is a valuable part of the 5% of remaining unimproved grassland of this type found in Herts. We are so lucky to have it freely available to us.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Bob Reedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01139699346653589450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1572879957893246455.post-52045747138424471302021-07-02T02:59:00.003-07:002021-07-02T03:20:20.548-07:00<p style="text-align: center;"> Community Archaeology event 2021.</p><p style="text-align: center;">From June 22nd to 1st July, LP Archaeology ran a Community Archaeology event over three sites suggested by a geophysics survey.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheFLUnvEryUEDRJ3CH09I1g2777THGMjpJoPa2E9kCEu7Jf_wDMmJx7IoVASKXCgmpflquMMdSsjeba_accYv4kJ5TNCUobK6C_r-vOTqqpaW9CHVFwT3Uh71uxU5AvOcs_SO_LpQeilD6/s1168/LP2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="831" data-original-width="1168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheFLUnvEryUEDRJ3CH09I1g2777THGMjpJoPa2E9kCEu7Jf_wDMmJx7IoVASKXCgmpflquMMdSsjeba_accYv4kJ5TNCUobK6C_r-vOTqqpaW9CHVFwT3Uh71uxU5AvOcs_SO_LpQeilD6/s320/LP2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;">Two of the three sites indicated were opened, the bottom one which was the old Cattle Shed site and the new central one over a semi circular feature. No time was available to investigate the one at top right.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT4vlfe4VAcaMNa87FaWfxDU0EojCLiSXnqZnTz1PeY35DBBufF2B555WcgHgBDxN0oQWK-__Zo7H65Zui43HCmpSS5GgZjnFUzNj8eml1-Ss1gOI8kUaz168vjHIwy7z6-5UjvFcqoovL/s4000/t2h.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT4vlfe4VAcaMNa87FaWfxDU0EojCLiSXnqZnTz1PeY35DBBufF2B555WcgHgBDxN0oQWK-__Zo7H65Zui43HCmpSS5GgZjnFUzNj8eml1-Ss1gOI8kUaz168vjHIwy7z6-5UjvFcqoovL/s320/t2h.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-c6qRlPlE8h1A2rpS1Ja7qXUAWld9Uk1KC3RDebJ_e7pwvb_24yPIa-MoTmMnQHEiNwQ4LpPCS5KtS_IltefSATXk0NTJp-zq1GBBaLp2odIq5fZKwmJZs1f8-v6vrtuK_4pqBiafqL9o/s4000/t2b.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-c6qRlPlE8h1A2rpS1Ja7qXUAWld9Uk1KC3RDebJ_e7pwvb_24yPIa-MoTmMnQHEiNwQ4LpPCS5KtS_IltefSATXk0NTJp-zq1GBBaLp2odIq5fZKwmJZs1f8-v6vrtuK_4pqBiafqL9o/s320/t2b.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrv6GFACL9LWjcOMUHGX_XssKaoEdetXECuW8XejHX8hk8NUjg3Q7hWQT6NvNWUqOVWJKHkuJ0qw8SAqgrcXUxtJKSHcmofx_ggzpVD2Co3gFDsde4pXuSHUgVSF-xcLHt4oA1DhQ2fbx8/s4000/t1a.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrv6GFACL9LWjcOMUHGX_XssKaoEdetXECuW8XejHX8hk8NUjg3Q7hWQT6NvNWUqOVWJKHkuJ0qw8SAqgrcXUxtJKSHcmofx_ggzpVD2Co3gFDsde4pXuSHUgVSF-xcLHt4oA1DhQ2fbx8/s320/t1a.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;">No further finds of any significance were made from the Cattle Shed but pieces of Iron Age pottery and pieces of bone were recovered from a shallow ditch in the other test pit. Here is the shallow ditch which showed up as a dark layer in the floor and side of the tests pit.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnGR2BPNUMGtwYBJfN7gbT690BkQDSEYTzk_kq4vbwkFNaWfHDp0Xzpn4HeiAkP7wqsVU4zwCxjdEsD99RenFhKHmS5uk94X_uLqAIxGefD8Q0s-WmnuKcEFX7q06rVH9OWyrn3JZonjgD/s4000/t2i.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnGR2BPNUMGtwYBJfN7gbT690BkQDSEYTzk_kq4vbwkFNaWfHDp0Xzpn4HeiAkP7wqsVU4zwCxjdEsD99RenFhKHmS5uk94X_uLqAIxGefD8Q0s-WmnuKcEFX7q06rVH9OWyrn3JZonjgD/s320/t2i.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg54qkjfD3eeqJVqOCJCUub0UBz3rs_2IZkPWcC-u-oTcJFAXYRFZ4sljkWOhllzP-i97NTBhyqgYin1f5SQ68hOVU1LXKXyHyOqtJhetfcO0gmq_NJsDgTNgxnQlhdv-EI4O_cG-tmIBvq/s4000/t2j.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYeII3XOjAgRaGWjU3t-t5JF1iWN2GSm2jt2NWUqT98C3Xo_7QD3we7M2VAknmzVThJz_0i5W3V9LHqo8hqylL1NsKYckNynoYfOW709AeHcCc-TVBqIg01bl2pXXRUvqB1P3UXJlQPy3T/s3984/t2u.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2656" data-original-width="3984" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYeII3XOjAgRaGWjU3t-t5JF1iWN2GSm2jt2NWUqT98C3Xo_7QD3we7M2VAknmzVThJz_0i5W3V9LHqo8hqylL1NsKYckNynoYfOW709AeHcCc-TVBqIg01bl2pXXRUvqB1P3UXJlQPy3T/s320/t2u.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div>There were also a selection of chips and bits and pieces of flint which could be the result of casual flint working. It is accepted that even in the Iron Age people would have prepared a sharp flint for a casual task as metal was still a rarity.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhK0TxJfBAVathbtkMeIdJkATQ2g9POFghmkxlteIfIvjfKtyDjtr6LkusEPmiOHWpvMzCa4PMQcbXh1U-SxJ-R1G8ks9fdk3aVs7Mc8QvFoSQtPkIzv45KJ4ED7OKZEsBPxnv3fzkQmzt/s3984/t2r.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2656" data-original-width="3984" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhK0TxJfBAVathbtkMeIdJkATQ2g9POFghmkxlteIfIvjfKtyDjtr6LkusEPmiOHWpvMzCa4PMQcbXh1U-SxJ-R1G8ks9fdk3aVs7Mc8QvFoSQtPkIzv45KJ4ED7OKZEsBPxnv3fzkQmzt/s320/t2r.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>No real firm conclusion could be drawn as to the purpose of the ditch. A suggestion was made that it might have been part of a temporary structure such as a corral into which sheep and cattle would be herded at night for their own protection as large predators would still have been about at this time. Whatever the origin it is fascinating evidence that there was human activity on the Park more than 2000 years ago and pre AD.</div>Bob Reedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01139699346653589450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1572879957893246455.post-47369950770590162512021-01-12T01:55:00.001-08:002021-01-12T01:55:06.414-08:00Blewett mushroom.<p> At the end of 2020 I found this Blewett mushroom which must have been one of the last to fruit in the year.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis71GW0bXp23E9T6RJSeUZG0gJqKWU2tpjdWmKUgYuSlw3pM83zjb4VW0DtxxJRKImHujC7nU4qYQZDc8e9XiOuhbCfzHw6rPwp3pPJPlR4AfYoPiuIbTjrO7h_rI3BMU9XDpdvUv_hxK1/s4000/blewett.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis71GW0bXp23E9T6RJSeUZG0gJqKWU2tpjdWmKUgYuSlw3pM83zjb4VW0DtxxJRKImHujC7nU4qYQZDc8e9XiOuhbCfzHw6rPwp3pPJPlR4AfYoPiuIbTjrO7h_rI3BMU9XDpdvUv_hxK1/s320/blewett.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p>Bob Reedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01139699346653589450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1572879957893246455.post-60194998803886938332021-01-12T01:47:00.001-08:002021-01-12T01:47:46.433-08:00Tree bark textures.<p> Every type of tree has got its own type of bark and bark texture. It is interesting not only to look at the bark of different trees but also to feel their different textures. For those of you who may not be quite sure here they are once again from top to bottom:-</p><p>Horse Chestnut, Alder, Lime, Oak, Cedar, Beech, Cherry, Hawthorn, Hazel, Hornbeam.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigTXhonMUFdL_LJjd3TIAvAuKrUpZScKHt51FooKBrIZjtgRmclbw1mVAk1tkow_jh8_kv4E4XH2iAJYCSDIi5yCQKKxoO7eYfRub-bBxw9KN1wgcevAjA9xY_T7oJErY3b_3Tz1Wa_Dbg/s4000/horsechestnut.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigTXhonMUFdL_LJjd3TIAvAuKrUpZScKHt51FooKBrIZjtgRmclbw1mVAk1tkow_jh8_kv4E4XH2iAJYCSDIi5yCQKKxoO7eYfRub-bBxw9KN1wgcevAjA9xY_T7oJErY3b_3Tz1Wa_Dbg/s320/horsechestnut.JPG" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyI7ca_GCpnI0CrQJmjEyQ4oVIJjvdOCncQdWux0NKL3nWYSSY59MFESFdXF8L8__aa5DQ0n-hj72vIiYsCe3iS1bo5J9567-NhSRkK9vwW7JKsk2cwFgNb-dqsixtZTRBIecOe5Tc_e2z/s4000/HT2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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