Field Meetings 2015
Croxteth 11/4/2015, Dibbinsdale 25/4/2015, Altcar Rifle Range 2/5/2015, Aughton 6/6/2015, Risley Moss 20/6/2015,
Knowsley Safari Park 27/6/2015, Leasowe 4/7/2015, Millers Dale 11/7/2015, Yarrow Valley, Chorley 16/7/2015,
Wyre Way 18/7/2015, Dungeon Bay 8/8/2015, Liverpool City Centre 12/9/2015, Eastham (Fungus Foray) 26/9/2015
Croxteth 11/4/2015, Dibbinsdale 25/4/2015, Altcar Rifle Range 2/5/2015, Aughton 6/6/2015, Risley Moss 20/6/2015,
Knowsley Safari Park 27/6/2015, Leasowe 4/7/2015, Millers Dale 11/7/2015, Yarrow Valley, Chorley 16/7/2015,
Wyre Way 18/7/2015, Dungeon Bay 8/8/2015, Liverpool City Centre 12/9/2015, Eastham (Fungus Foray) 26/9/2015
Croxteth
11th April 2015
Leader: Dave Earl
Photos: Peter Gateley
11th April 2015
Leader: Dave Earl
Photos: Peter Gateley
| 2015_croxteth_species_lists.doc |
Dibbinsdale
25th April 2015
Leader: Steve Cross
Photos: Steve Cross
25th April 2015
Leader: Steve Cross
Photos: Steve Cross
Following Photos by Peter Gateley
Fungi and lichen photos by Tony Carter
Following photographs by Barbara Allen
| dibbinsdale_species_lists.doc |
Altcar Rifle Range
22nd May 2015
Leader: Steve Cross
Photos: Steve Cross
17 members and friends met at Hightown on a cloudy, cool evening to proceed in convoy on to Altcar Rifle Range. We were treated to the massed ranks of some 28,000 Green-winged Orchids Anacamptis morio, probably the largest concentration in Northern England. As well as the dark purple form that predominates there were a handful of the white "alba" form as well as the slightly commoner pale pink form of this variable species. Other species such as the marsh orchids and Ragged Robin Silene flos-cuculi were not quite yet in flower. Marsh Pennywort Hydrocotyle vulgaris was common on the wettest areas along with various sedges and horsetails which provided more of an identification problem.
On I Range we found around about 1000 Cowslip Primula veris flowerheads, though many already gone to seed. Also here were Adderstongue Ophioglossum vulgatum, some 3000 Common Twayblade Listera ovata just coming into flower and a hybrid Dactylorhiza Marsh Orchid that had Common Spotted Orchid D. fuchsii as a parent but was the other Northern (D. purpurella) or Southern Marsh Orchid (D.praetermissa), still working on that one, though I think it is the former which would make it D. x venusta.
In a roadside ditch was a mass of Changing Forgetmenot Myotis discolor, a nice end to a visit to Altcar, which always seems to deliver good botanising!
22nd May 2015
Leader: Steve Cross
Photos: Steve Cross
17 members and friends met at Hightown on a cloudy, cool evening to proceed in convoy on to Altcar Rifle Range. We were treated to the massed ranks of some 28,000 Green-winged Orchids Anacamptis morio, probably the largest concentration in Northern England. As well as the dark purple form that predominates there were a handful of the white "alba" form as well as the slightly commoner pale pink form of this variable species. Other species such as the marsh orchids and Ragged Robin Silene flos-cuculi were not quite yet in flower. Marsh Pennywort Hydrocotyle vulgaris was common on the wettest areas along with various sedges and horsetails which provided more of an identification problem.
On I Range we found around about 1000 Cowslip Primula veris flowerheads, though many already gone to seed. Also here were Adderstongue Ophioglossum vulgatum, some 3000 Common Twayblade Listera ovata just coming into flower and a hybrid Dactylorhiza Marsh Orchid that had Common Spotted Orchid D. fuchsii as a parent but was the other Northern (D. purpurella) or Southern Marsh Orchid (D.praetermissa), still working on that one, though I think it is the former which would make it D. x venusta.
In a roadside ditch was a mass of Changing Forgetmenot Myotis discolor, a nice end to a visit to Altcar, which always seems to deliver good botanising!
| altcar_species_list.doc |
Aughton
Saturday 6th June 2015
Leader – Dave Earl
Photo- Barbara Allen
Saturday 6th June 2015
Leader – Dave Earl
Photo- Barbara Allen
| aughton_species_lists.doc |
Risley Moss
Saturday 20th June 2015
Leader : Howard Harris
Photos by Barbara Allen
Saturday 20th June 2015
Leader : Howard Harris
Photos by Barbara Allen
| risley_moss_lnr.docx |
Knowsley Safari Park
Saturday 27th June 2015
Leader: Tony Parker
Photos by Barbara Allen
Saturday 27th June 2015
Leader: Tony Parker
Photos by Barbara Allen
| knowsley_species_list.doc |
Leasowe
Saturday 4th July 2015
Leader: John Crowder
Photos Barbara Allen
Saturday 4th July 2015
Leader: John Crowder
Photos Barbara Allen
| moreton_species_list.doc |
Millers Dale
Saturday 11th July 2015
Leader – Tim Rogers
Photos by Barbara Allen
Saturday 11th July 2015
Leader – Tim Rogers
Photos by Barbara Allen
Yarrow Valley, Chorley
Thursday 16th July 2015
Joint WFS meeting.
Photos by Barbara Allen
Thursday 16th July 2015
Joint WFS meeting.
Photos by Barbara Allen
Wyre Way
Saturday 18th July 2015
Leader – Eric Greenwood
Photos by Barbara Allen
Saturday 18th July 2015
Leader – Eric Greenwood
Photos by Barbara Allen
Smardale
Sunday 2nd August 2015
Joint MNA coach trip
Leader David Bryant
Sunday 2nd August 2015
Joint MNA coach trip
Leader David Bryant
Dungeon Bay
Saturday 8th August 2015
Leader – Stephen Fletcher
Saturday 8th August 2015
Leader – Stephen Fletcher
| lbs_15_dungeon_bay.docx |
Liverpool City Centre
Saturday 12th September 2015
Leader: Wendy Atkinson
14 members started out in the rain at the museum and then headed up towards the university and cathedral areas. We saw at least 156 species of plant (of which at least 36 planted). List to follow.
Many alien species predominated with the likes of Shaggy Soldier Galinsoga quadriradiata, Oxford Ragwort Senecio squalidus, Japanese Rose Rosa rugosa and Buddleia Buddleja davidii abundant, also in this warmer urban environment Guernsey Fleabane Conyza sumatrensis is now much commoner than Canadian Fleabane C.canadensis.
Saturday 12th September 2015
Leader: Wendy Atkinson
14 members started out in the rain at the museum and then headed up towards the university and cathedral areas. We saw at least 156 species of plant (of which at least 36 planted). List to follow.
Many alien species predominated with the likes of Shaggy Soldier Galinsoga quadriradiata, Oxford Ragwort Senecio squalidus, Japanese Rose Rosa rugosa and Buddleia Buddleja davidii abundant, also in this warmer urban environment Guernsey Fleabane Conyza sumatrensis is now much commoner than Canadian Fleabane C.canadensis.
Eastham Fungus Foray
Saturday 26th September 2015
Leader – Steve Cross
Saturday 26th September 2015
Leader – Steve Cross
Marshside
Saturday 10th October 2015
Leader – Peter Gateley
Photos by Barbara Allen
Saturday 10th October 2015
Leader – Peter Gateley
Photos by Barbara Allen
Calderstones Park
Saturday 10th October 2015
Leader – Maria Knowles
Photos by Peter Gateley
Saturday 10th October 2015
Leader – Maria Knowles
Photos by Peter Gateley
| calderstones_tree_trail_oct_15_report.docx |
