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Monthly Archives: August 2016
Botany Group – Ledsham Vale
It was a warm, clear morning for our last flower walk of the season. The lack of rainfall has taken its toll on the vale which, on first glance looked dry and parched, lacking the lush green and purple haze … Continue reading
Posted in Wildflowers
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Half Moon and Ashfields
Field meeting, 14 August 2016: The Ashfields, between Heath village and the River Calder (OS ref. SE 353 206), were settlement lagoons for the pulverised fuel ash from Wakefield power station which was decommissioned in 1991. In the past thirty or forty … Continue reading
Posted in Meetings, Nature notes
Tagged Amber snail, Ashfields, Half Moon, Longhorn beetle
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Botany Group Visit to Townclose Hills
The weather was overcast but pleasant for our botany walk at this nature reserve near Kippax which is managed by the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust. The group identified over fifty species of wildflower during the walk including clustered bellflowers, wild basil, … Continue reading
Posted in Nature notes, Wildflowers
Tagged botany, limestone grassland, meadow flowers, summer flowers, wildflowers
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