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White butterbur at Bretton Country Park

On Monday 30 March I noticed a large patch of what appears to white butterbur (Petasites albus) growing in damp shady woodland close to the gate and Dam Head Bridge and old quarry at Bretton Hall Parkland (image attached).  I … Continue reading

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Flowers at Pugneys

It was a fine morning for our walk along the lakeside at Pugneys with plenty of meadow buttercups, ox-eye daisies and bird’s-foot trefoil.  As we turned left we saw patches of cut leaved cranesbill, smooth hawks beard, dog-rose, common and … Continue reading

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