t was a warm, muggy cloudy morning for our last walk of the season where our aim was to find autumn lady\u2019s tresses, a tiny spiralling flower hiding in low grass.\u00a0 Amongst the damp grass along the main path we passed white, red and bladder campion as well as agrimony, lady\u2019s bedstraw and, as the path widens out to the sunny bank, harebells. Here also we had\u00a0 rock rose, eyebright, fairy flax and quantities of autumn gentian, common centaury amongst field scabious, small scabious. On the bumpy knoll where the leaves of the pasque flower could still be seen, we found devil’s-bit-scabious and plenty of yellow-wort and our target spoecies – autumn lady\u2019s tresses. \u00a0A number of our walks have been rained off this year so it was good to finish with such a rewarding morning at the flower rich site.<\/p>\n
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t was a warm, muggy cloudy morning for our last walk of the season where our aim was to find autumn lady\u2019s tresses, a tiny spiralling flower hiding in low grass.\u00a0 Amongst the damp grass along the main path we … Continue reading